How do you get rid of $20M in gold? Why the chances of recovering the Pearson heist gold are ‘virtually nil’ thestar.com/news/gta/how-d… via @torontostar

Big scoop by Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂: Canada’s plan to overhaul its temporary foreign worker program revealed thestar.com/news/canada/ca… via @torontostar

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Hey folks! My dear friend and research partner Nana aba Duncan and I are working on making journalism more inclusive in Canada. Check out our website to learn more about our work 👇🏾. Opportunities are open for fellowships and we’re looking for folks to join our studies and surveys.

'It made my heart hurt': Hundreds of cyclists partake in ghost bike memorial ride to honour man killed on Bayview Avenue thestar.com/news/gta/it-ma… via @torontostar

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Yay! Congrats to two past mentees of our Canadian BIPOC PJ Mentors on their nominations in the Canadian Association of Journalists awards. Katherine Cheng in the photojournalism category for work in The Narwhal and Aaron Hemens in Truth and Reconciliation category for work at IndigiNews.

NEW: A police watchdog has upheld the firing of a female Toronto cop terminated after launching an online campaign about workplace sexual harassment and racism in the service — a decision the ex-officer maintains she’ll fight.

“This isn’t over,” she said.
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Remember this 1988 Seoul Olympic 100m final? I tell Ben Johnson’s story - rise, fall and quest for redemption - in World’s Fastest Man* and ask this Q: Is it possible to railroad a guilty man? Have a read, you tell me. Sutherland House #benjohnson #newbooks #nonfictionbooks

For Toronto Star: some of the city’s biggest theatres have been caught using AI in recent marketing. The implications of that are…unsettling. thestar.com/entertainment/…

Why are Indigenous people so overrepresented in Canadian prisons? / new for @torontostar thestar.com/politics/feder…

EXCLUSIVE w/Ben Spurr: The workplace investigation into TTC CEO Rick Leary that has dragged on for more than five months includes allegations he violated employees’ human rights and tried to land jobs for his friends, among other claims Toronto Star

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It’s finally the day. The culmination of a decade of work. From crime reporter to award-winning author to Executive Producer of a Netflix true crime doc based on that very same book. Hope you like it: tinyurl.com/4kxt9djb #JenniferPan #Markham @yrp Dundurn Press @RAWTVltd

NEW: A GTA police recruit allegedly impersonated an officer to “gain the trust” of underage victims who he is charged with taking to a bar, purchasing alcohol for, then sexually assaulting, the Star has learned. Toronto Star
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Very proud of my partner Nicole Baute for writing this thoughtful and touching piece in the The Globe and Mail about the stillbirth of our beautiful daughter Mabel last summer, and grieving alongside our 3-year-old, Norah.

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🚨NEW STORY🚨Ontario's 450+ police officers suspended with pay have cost taxpayers $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exhaustive database compiled by my colleague Julie Ireton, CBC. Read our investigation here: cbc.ca/newsinteractiv… #data #ddj

Learned a lot about Pakistan and how decades of religious orthodoxy and military rule have contributed to current circumstances while writing this piece. Highly relatable.

The mystery of the missing Pakistani airline attendants thestar.com/news/canada/wh…

Sometimes the news gets me down, thinking everything’s broken.

Then I meet inspiring people changing the world, like Dan Kunanec, and I know we’re going to be all right.

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A story about how compassion can literally change the life of a person with dementia.

Also enlightening illustrations at the end.

Ruth lost her love of reading. Then she moved to a new retirement home that changed everything
By Moira Welsh Toronto Star
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