ICYMI: Episode two of Paydirt is out!!

This time, Charlie Pinkerton and Colin D'Mello | Global News get on the mic to take us behind the scenes of the stag and doe story, my favourite Greenbelt side plot. And Richard Southern makes his debut on the pod!
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More homeowners reached out to me about their experience with #Tarion after my investigative piece of its #mediation program was published.

Feel free to 📧 me at [email protected] if you'd like to share as well.

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‘Should have been disclosed’: Tarion launches internal review over concerns about mediators’ past ties to the agency trib.al/dWPWJaD

The latest episode of Paydirt — our podcast miniseries on the Greenbelt saga with The Big Story Podcast — is out!

Emma McIntosh recounts when rumours were flying, journalists and watchdogs were digging and a consequential day when Doug Ford swallowed a bee. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/paydirt-greenb…

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
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Very cool story and presentation of TTC complaints data by Emily Fagan & N8 (with data analysis by Andrew Bailey).

Why we whine, what they do about it — and how your route ranks
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Congratulations to Toronto Star & The Narwhal for their National Newspaper Award for uncovering the Greenbelt scandal #journalism #NNAs

Starwhal forever! I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the honour of a lifetime to work with this supergroup of journalists, and our amazing editors and teams. Congrats to the other nominees on their incredible work as well. Wow wow wow

Excellent piece by betsy powell on the day after. The Star’s interview with Umar Zameer on relief, hope and the stigma of being called a ‘cop killer’ thestar.com/news/gta/the-s… via @torontostar

🎧 Bravo! Emma McIntosh

Toronto's city council voted yesterday to strengthen its short-term rental bylaw to crack down on rulebreakers.

Among the changes:
- higher fees to bolster enforcement
- additional documentation to prove principal residence

From Sheila Wang & me:

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So grateful to have worked with the supergroup of Noor Javed, Sheila Wang and Charlie Pinkerton last year on the Greenbelt. Starwhal forever!! And congrats to the other nominees for their amazing work, what a stacked category!

Finalists: Written news
Finalistes: Nouvelles écrites
🏆Darryl Greer The Canadian Press News
🏆Jenn Thornhill Verma Globe and Mail
🏆Aaron Derfel Montreal Gazette
🏆@emmamci Noor Javed @sheilawang_ @charliepinkerto Narwhal/Star
🏆Marsha McLeod Winnipeg Free Press
#CAJawards #prixACJ

Got lucky and snapped a shot before the city plunged into darkness...

#Eclipse2024
#Toronto

#StarExclusive : Man accused in Dominica killings of Canadian millionaire Daniel Langlois and his partner breaks silence from jail.

Jonathan Lehrer criticized the portrayal of him and his wife in media accounts of the double murder. trib.al/zzvu9rE

Have you heard of the 'lunch-break facelift'? It's been a thing for a while, it's all over TikTok and the socials and here I talk with Toronto Star investigative reporters Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek and Sheila Wang about the part they are not telling you about...