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On Tuesday’s Toronto Star A1: Ontario’s top court reverses a decades-old conviction: Rachel Mendleson reports, 📸 Richard Lautens. Plus: Tonda MacCharles on Russell Brown’s retirement. betsy powell on concerns over a psychiatrist’s expert evidence. And Isabel Teotonio on cuts to school swim classes.

Olivia Chow says as Toronto mayor she would bring accountability back to the public service, repairing the “broken conduit” between city staff and Torontonians on CafeTO and more thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar

This story is a powerful case study for all that's wrong with freedom of information. Dr. Brooks Fallis turned to FOI for answers about why he lost his position as medical director at a GTA hospital. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Premier Doug Ford repeatedly says the AG had 14 recommendations over the Greenbelt land swap — which is not true. There were 15 recommendations, including considering reversing the decision. #Onpoli

In 2018 our Toronto Star investigation into research by the disgraced Motherisk founder prompted The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to launch a wholesale review of his vast publication record. 4+ yrs later the hospital's review is over and the results are "inconclusive." thestar.com/news/investiga…

A Toronto landlady was charged w/ running an “industrial” labour exploitation scheme — one that supplied major employers across the GTA. Inside a rare criminal conviction — and where it ultimately left vulnerable workers. From Rachel Mendleson and I: thestar.com/interactives/t…

Nobody does Toronto investigation journalism, especially on workers' rights, like the Toronto Star and skilled diggers Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Rachel Mendleson. Please read and, if you aren't a subscriber, consider it because that is what is keeping us afloat

How some of Ontario’s most recognizable companies have become embroiled in alleged labour exploitation schemes — banger investigation by investigation by Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Rachel Mendleson thestar.com/news/investiga…

Exclusive from Rachel Mendleson: The Doug Ford government has settled 67 construction company claims related to pandemic-impacted projects (but won't say how much taxpayer money it has doled out) and faces further claims in court thestar.com/news/investiga… via @torontostar

I wrote about how the lack of internet access in Canadian prisons is making it nearly impossible for prisoners to pursue postsecondary education. “They’re supposed to be rehabilitating people," one inmate's mother told me. “But they’re stifling them.” thestar.com/news/investiga…

BEAUTY, AT WHAT COST? Latest investigation from Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek and me! These ‘lunch-break facelifts' are popular at GTA medical spas. But patients are being misled about the procedure — and potentially put at risk thestar.com/news/investiga… via @torontostar

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MY LATEST: This program is meant to help homeowners challenge Tarion’s warranty decisions. Now it’s under review after concerns about its impartiality #tarion #homebuyer #homeowner #warranty thestar.com/news/investiga… via Toronto Star

Yay! Thank you so much for this incredible honour RNAO ! And to Dr. Nancy Olivieri for trusting me with your story. Congrats to Toronto Star colleagues Brian Bradley & Sean Pattenden and all the other winners!

In 2022, a contractor made a horrifying discovery in a Rosedale dumpster: the remains of a girl, wrapped in blankets. In Toronto Star, Jennifer Pagliaro & I examine how a child long in the care of child-protection agencies can end up dead, with no one looking for her thestar.com/news/gta/almos…

A bat, but no signs of a bite: Ontario child’s #rabies death a grim reminder of a stealth killer, by Andy Takagi Rachel Mendleson thestar.com/news/a-bat-but… via @torontostar

The Toronto Star is hiring! We're looking for a full-time journalist to cover culture and living, with a focus on arts, entertainment and lifestyle reporting. Applications close Oct. 18. My DMs are open if you have any questions. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Torstar/744000…