A look at the struggle immigrants face in Brampton and Mississauga as they try and follow their passions.
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Trying to spruce up my political coverage with zombie references.
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In the third and final part of my feature series I attempt to pull it all together, looking at how the perception of rising violent crime impacts the community.
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Part 2 in my feature series on violent crime in Peel in 2018, this time looking at how things began to shift in the spring and summer.
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The first of my three-part investigative feature series into the crime-ridden year that was 2018 in Peel Region.
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For voters, trying to judge the work of their incumbent MPs come election time can be one of the hardest parts of casting a ballot, especially when those elected officials refuse to answer the tough questions.
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Following up on my previous coverage of Darren John’s case, another judge has pointed out issues in the system that prejudice Darren’s access to justice.
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Police forces across the country are dealing with a confluence of new issues. This means that the traditional way of doing things will no longer work.
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A quartet of Peel Regional Police officers have pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct justice and lying to the court as part of a plea bargain signed Tuesday after the four were caught stealing a wooden statue of a movie character from an accused drug dealer’s storage locker.
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My follow-up story following an in-depth interview with Peel’s new police chief.
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My interview with Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and her fight to get rid of the LPAT
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The Region of Peel is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. This feature explores some of the more creative solutions to solving the problem.
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Struggling against bureaucracy and powerful interests without legal help could become more common for low-income people across Ontario as the PC government under Premier Doug Ford forges ahead with plans to cut Legal Aid Ontario’s budget by $133 million, a 35 percent reduction.
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My last in a three part series out of the Global Conference on Human Trafficking and Trauma at the University of Toronto.
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My second in a three part series out of the Global Conference on Human Trafficking and Trauma at the University of Toronto.
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My first in a three part series out of the Global Conference on Human Trafficking and Trauma at the University of Toronto.
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Since the insidiously addictive qualities of opioids began to capture national attention more than a decade ago, Peel Region has been spared some of the epidemic’s more devastating impacts.
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Human trafficking is the fastest growing area of organized crime; the global sex trade is said to be worth an estimated $32 billion annually, though some authorities say that’s a drastic understatement. Peel has become home base for many traffickers.
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My feature profile on Brampton MPP Sara Singh.
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My feature on the changing face of libraries and how Brampton’s local book dealers are adapting to survive.
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