My four-part series on human trafficking that resulted from nearly six months of reporting. The series was named the Best Feature News Series in Ontario in 2018.
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My first byline for The Pointer - Brampton following our launch in September 2018.
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This is my investigation into one of Oshawa's most controversial issues in modern history.
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When the name of Oshawa's premier downtown sports and entertainment venue changed, the details of the deal were kept quiet.
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If you haven't heard of these guys yet, it's only a matter of time.
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In 2013, Brian Rose was found not criminally responsible for killing his grandmother. He had shot her with a shotgun and burned her body in the backyard of her Brant Country home.
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Chad Tyson is the owner of The Paint Factory in Oshawa, Ontario. The combination shop, art gallery, studio space and classroom is a showcase of local talent and a place for graffiti enthusiasts to practice their talent with the worry of legal action.
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The issue of body worn cameras (BWC) by police officers has been a hot topic in cities across the province. Here in Durham, it's no different.
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I've been in the field for about five years now, and to date this has been one of my favourite assignments.
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I took the questions to those who could make a difference, asking police and councillors whose responsibility it was to make changes and what could be done to stop the violence.
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A year after my story on the fentanyl crisis in Oshawa was awarded by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association, I decided to follow-up and see how things had progressed.
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When one looked a little deeper, a consultants report from several years prior pointed to the fact that the house could have been moved and preserved, but at a price. It turns out that price tag was considerably more than what the developer was providing as a "donation".
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When the province announced changes to the Municipal Act that would ban the practice of union and corporate donations to municipal campaigns, I figured it would be a good time to pull out my old research and let readers know what I'd found.
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I had the rare opportunity meet with a Durham Regional Police investigator to talk about the police force's efforts to combat those preying on children over the Internet.
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I spent almost two years in courtrooms following along with this case. The kidnapping of the city's lawyer at the hands of a former councillor had occurred before I arrived in Oshawa, but for obvious reasons, the case was notorious.
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When a new development began to spring up in Oshawa's downtown, the condos and apartments were being marketed heavily to prospective tenants. However, a big part of the story was being left out
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The Harbour Lands of the City of Oshawa have a storied history. When the federal government transferred them back to the city years ago, it was left with a deadline to convert the land for certain uses by the end of 2017.
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This story was part of my collection was named as runner-up for best investigative news series by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association in 2016.
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Frank was wrongly accused in the murder of his father and spent months in prison before being exonerated. He's suing the Durham Regional Police because of the ordeal.
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As a result of the story the County of Athabasca fired their chief administrative officer, the man supposedly responsible for monitoring the timesheets and vowed to be more vigilant of the process moving forward.
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