Wendy Gillis
@wendygillis
Toronto Star's crime and police reporter. Westerner who now knows to say Tronno. Tips: [email protected] or [email protected] or DM me for Signal info
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http://thestar.com 19-11-2009 19:13:45
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.Vinay Menon asked Taylor Swift to donate to Toronto Star's Santa Claus Fund. She gave $13,000.
Now he is calling on Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen and Will Arnett.
thestar.com/initiatives/sa…
The long-awaited report by the Ontario Human Rights Commission examines police carding practices from 2008 to 2013, including data from more than two million street checks.
Latest from Jim Rankin and Wendy Gillis: thestar.com/news/gta/toron…
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.)
thestar.com/news/gta/this-…
On #Dec6 , with the rest of #Canada , we remember the 14 women's lives lost in 1989. #MontrealMassacre
And we remember the 1,000s of women and girls lost since and who we continue to lose, including the 169 women and girls in 2023 so far.
#CallItFemicide
CBC is cutting 10% of its workforce (600 positions) and eliminating another 200 vacant positions - jobs some managers refused to fill, knowing cuts were coming. Added to Postmedia/Torstar/Bell/Quebecor cuts in 2023...this is awful for Canadian #journalism .
Asylum seekers are fleeing to Canada, only to discover there is nowhere for them to go with overcrowded shelters and limited support.
I spoke to three newcomers about the lives they had to leave behind and their first months here for Toronto Star:
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I wrote about post-custody homelessness in Ontario -- the cycle between jails and the streets, and a rising number of inmates (~1 in 5!) being knowingly released with 'no fixed address.' Read about the crisis here, via The Globe and Mail: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…