This story is a follow-up to our recent investigation into Toronto's short-term rental bylaw and the gaps in the city's enforcement of it. From me, Sheila Wang & May Warren: thestar.com/news/investiga…

Her condo was licensed as an Airbnb rental without her consent. Why this landlord and others are now suing the City of Toronto
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All of the short-term rental property mgmt companies we called casually walked us through how to falsify the principal residence requirement of Toronto's bylaw, illustrating how financial incentives for investor-owners continue to outpace the city's enforcement efforts.

Toronto made a bylaw to crack down on short-term Airbnb rentals. Now, companies are instructing investor owners how to evade the rules.

Read the Star Investigation from Brendan Kennedy, May Warren and Sheila Wang : thestar.com/news/investiga…

I really liked this Reanna Julien story about a Toronto tattoo shop that specializes in inking darker skin.

“We want people to come in here and feel good about coming into a space that’s welcoming.”

(Great pics by Nick Lachance (he/him), too.)
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With nearly 40 people involved in this project, the Toronto Star’s new series, “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” launched yesterday, looking at how Canada is failing a generation and the toll it’s taking on kids.

Stories to roll out daily here: thestar.com/news/kids/

I created a tool to track the new XBB #COVID19 vaccine rollout across public health units in #Ontario :

young.me/xbb/ (bookmark and visit often)

I will be posting updates here, Mastodon, and Bluesky. Feel free to go to my profile and tap the bell to get alerts 👍

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Congrats & welcome to the journalists who joined our newsroom this month as part of the Toronto Star's internship program: Ana Pereira Andy Takagi Calvi Leon Emily Fagan Jermaine Wilson Mahdis Habibinia Mark Colley Mark Ramzy (Ottawa) Reanna Julien & photog Nick Lachance (he/him)!

In case you missed on the weekend, our latest:

Mr. X and his MZOs: The Greenbelt consultant has claimed credit for getting special zoning for developers. Now one of his clients is looking to resell the land for a big profit
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‘A lifestyle risk for us’: Gay men report discrimination over PrEP HIV-prevention drug thestar.com/news/gta/a-lif… via @torontostar

Without journalists' hard work, the public would never have known the details of what went on behind the scenes of this Greenbelt affair. Today's a great day to subscribe to a news outlet like The Narwhal or Toronto Star

This case is an absolutely terrifying example of intimate partner violence and the danger it poses to not just the woman targeted but her friends and children.

New from Victoria Gibson and me: thestar.com/news/gta/they-…

This Calgary daycare kitchen E. coli outbreak is so concerning, inspectors found dozens of cockroaches, and now six kids are on dialysis. thestar.com/politics/criti… via @torontostar

Lovely read from Victoria Gibson and Omar Mosleh on how libraries are adapting to fill the city’s cracks. thestar.com/news/gta/every…

Star’s Jesse McLean & Brendan Kennedy reveal the identity of “Mr. X” alleged in Greenbelt reports to have acted as an unregistered lobbyist chasing a $1M bonus for getting the Doug Ford government to move a parcel of land out of the protected environmental preserve

For the past two years I have been writing pretty much non-stop about about the Ford government’s relationship with developers. The Star has consistently put stories about the Greenbelt and MZOs on the front page. Here’s a thread of a handful I have written out of dozens:

For a Toronto Star story, I'm looking for renters who quickly jumped into a lease only to end up unhappy with the place after they moved in. I'm curious what your regrets were! My DMs are open or you can reach me via email: [email protected]

New from my colleagues and I on the developing situation in Toronto where some refugee claimants and asylum seekers have temporarily moved into a North York church after spending weeks on a downtown sidewalk: thestar.com/politics/provi… via @torontostar