This is the closest I’ve ever come to a real life Scooby Doo mystery, where the alleged scammers really would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those darn kids. thestar.com/business/the-a…

Champagne says he secretly visited a foreign grocer that's considering a move to Canada. We analyzed his recent trips to try to figure out which chain trib.al/lH9gHXk

NEW from me on how the Ford government’s Peel dissolution flip-flop has already cost taxpayers over $4-million, according to new public documents.

Pleased to announce that I'm taking on a new role Toronto Star. I am joining our growing Business section to focus on the intersection of private industry and publicly funded healthcare. It's a fascinating area to be covering and I'm excited to dive in. Send me tips please!

NEW FROM Noor Javed and me:

‘These documents tell a different story:’ Newly released records reignite questions about Premier Ford’s office’s involvement in the #Greenbelt scandal
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Every so often in this job, you get to report on extraordinary people giving back. Living organ donor Tyler Rosen is one such individual. He's not only donated countless litres of blood, but also part of his liver, a kidney, and soon, limbal stem cells. thestar.com/news/canada/he…

Police chasing suspect before deadly Highway 401 crash in Whitby had been called off — but pursuit continued, internal report says. Story from Wendy Gillis and Jennifer Pagliaro thestar.com/news/gta/polic… via @torontostar

Med students in Ontario are choosing family medicine. Here's what the numbers are telling us, by Kenyon Wallace Megan Ogilvie thestar.com/news/canada/me… via @torontostar #MedEd

Jury acquits Umar Zameer as judge gives rare apology: 'Deepest apologies for what you have been through' trib.al/9iONdPR

And here's Umar Zameer, with his lawyer Nader Hasan, speaking outside University Ave.'s Superior Court after his acquittal of the charge of first-degree murder:

Private companies are part of Ontario's plan to cut surgical wait lists. These doctors have a different approach -- performing joint replacement surgeries on the weekend, all within the public system, by Megan Ogilvie Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/pr… via @torontostar

This is Umar Zameer's lawyer Nader Hasan speaking outside Toronto's University Avenue Superior Court after his client's acquittal of first degree murder in the death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup.

My latest for Toronto Star: Trekked and tracked the whole 15.6 km of Metrolinx’s Ontario Line (yes, by foot) to see how it’s rumbling through local neighbourhoods🚊 thestar.com/news/gta/the-d…

A group of Mississauga seniors facing eviction from their retirement home is drawing a line in the sand with the property’s owner, Chartwell, which wants tenants gone by the end of July via Toronto Star: thestar.com/news/gta/oh-my…

#Opioids responsible for 1 in 4 deaths in young adults aged 20-39: study. The #ToxicDrugCrisis has killed more than 40,000 people in Canada the past 8 years, by Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/op… via @torontostar Tara Gomes

Ontario is in the midst of a #ToxicDrugCrisis . New research looking at four years of #opioids overdose deaths offers a revealing glimpse of the face of these victims. These 7 charts tell us who’s being hit hardest, by Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/on… via @torontostar

BREAKING: #Ontario wants almost all available #InternationalStudent spots reserved for public colleges and universities, essentially freezing out private career colleges. There'll also be a 55% ratio for first-year #enrollment . #StudyPermits #Cap #PPP
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Tax breaks, free transit, ad inspectors: Inside the secret deals Toronto signed to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup thestar.com/news/gta/tax-b… via @torontostar

I wish people would understand that journalists aren't 'behind' on the news just because social media posts circulate moments before our stories do. There's a thing called verification that needs to happen before we publish and embed something into the public record *forever*.

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
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