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Toronto Star reporter/photographer I 2017/18 William Southam Journalism Fellow I jrankin@thestar.ca

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    27 Sep 2018

    The Toronto Star has moved to a subscription model for online access. Please consider subscribing if you can. It'll help support the journalism, and the journalists, and make sure the powers that be are held to account.

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    Apr 18

    Risking detention, deportation, 7 migrants spoke publicly of being excluded from benefits.Their voices expose a dirty little secret about us: we depend and grow rich off the very people we sanctimoniously exclude and frown upon as law-breaking outsiders.

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  3. Apr 17

    Hunter S Thompson desk coaster stares disappointedly through sparking water, and says when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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  7. Apr 17

    The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and other groups are calling for a public inquest into the death of the BC inmate.

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  8. Apr 17

    It is worth noting that this kind of inmate and guard data is not pro-actively released for provincial jails in Ontario, which are overseen by the Ministry of Solicitor General.

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  9. Apr 17

    Here is the union's tally of COVID-19 cases amongst federal guards.

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  10. Apr 17

    The union reports one more COVID case for COs than yesterday (from 8-9 at Mission), and 65 total; federal inmate cases are up 6, from 145 to 151 — one more at GVI, a few at Mission.

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  11. Apr 17

    Correctional Services Canada confirmed just now that it has put an end to COs rotating in and out of Mission Medium in BC, where a COVID-19 positive inmate died this week after a transfer to hospital. The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers had called for the stop.

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  12. Apr 16

    Today's COVID-19 case update from the federal Union of Canadian Correctional Officers: Up six from yesterday, for a total of 64.

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    Apr 15

    THREAD: Meet some of the , now battling two health emergencies at once - overdoses, and . I’m starting a portrait series to highlight some of these often . Please share or DM me if you or someone you know wants to be part of it

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    Apr 15

    This is the eyewitness account of an orderly who worked in one of the seniors' facility hit hardest by COVID-19. It appeared first in JdM but I thought the rest of Canada really needed to read it, so I got the author's permission + translated to English.

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    Apr 15

    Racialized communities make up 51% of the population of Toronto and we are nearing 30% of the provincial population. The fact that the collection of race-based data across all sectors is still not a priority is a decision to be politically committed to structural inequality.

    U.S. data shows racialized communities are at a higher risk of death from COVID-19 - so why isn't Ontario collecting this data? asks the province, and why advocates say current measures will prove deadly.
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    Apr 15
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    Any idea % of population tested? Worth considering.

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  17. Apr 15

    Today's update from the federal Union of Canadian Correctional Officers: fewer COVID-19 cases and more recoveries compared to yesterday's tally.

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  18. Apr 14

    Alberta roadblock, Bow Valley Trail, April 25, 2002

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    Apr 13

    Not to truck in gender stereotypes, but ... What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Reponses Have In Common? Women Leaders

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    Apr 14

    Look what did for me ... Story to follow

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  21. Apr 14

    Today's tally of federal correctional officers with positive COVID-19, via the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers. story updated this morning

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