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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How these four Toronto hospitals are making your ER visits less frustrating. Virtual appointments, AI and online booking are among the new tools of these hospitals to cut bloated wait times, by Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/gta/how-t… via @torontostar #CanadaWAITS

These ‘lunch-break facelifts' are popular at GTA medical spas. But patients are being misled about the procedure — and potentially put at risk
#StarInvestigation by Sheila Wang and me! thestar.com/news/investiga…

Sweeping study linking teen pregnancy, premature death exposes gaps in how Ontario supports vulnerable youth thestar.com/news/ontario/s… via @torontostar Kenyon Wallace

The 'Rob Ford episode' of 'Law & Order Toronto' is wild. But not as wild as the reality David Rider witnessed covering Rob Ford.

The show includes a crack-smoking mayor, but fiction isn't always stranger than truth. trib.al/cNxX2xg

Scoop from Jennifer Pagliaro and me: Police have arrested and charged a man they believe is responsible for the sexual assaults of three children and who has eluded capture for more than 30 years Toronto Star
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When Doug Ford tried to get out of jury duty — and earned himself a lecture on the rule of law. Another great file from Jacques Gallant thestar.com/politics/provi… via @torontostar