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‘Torturing us as payback’: Inside the disturbing allegations of how Ontario jail guards exacted their revenge against inmates

Ontario’s Ministry of the Solicitor General is now investigating the December 2023 incident, which has been shrouded in secrecy.

Aug 12, 2024

Star Exclusive

They watched anti-trans protesters go after a school board. Here’s how they’re helping future targets fight back

Jul 31, 2024

Star Investigation

Sexual assault charge against megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey stayed over delays

Jul 22, 2024

STAR INVESTIGATION

It was once one of Canada’s largest megachurches. Now, after a sex scandal involving its celebrity pastor, the Meeting House can’t find ‘abuse liability’ insurance

Jul 17, 2024

Star Investigation

After the Freedom Convoy, she turned her focus on local politics. What followed was an alt-right siege of this Ontario city

Jul 26, 2024

News

Internet ban in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional because it blocks access to education, new lawsuit alleges

Jul 1, 2024

Investigations

He suffers debilitating side effects from a common medication. A simple test could have spared him. Why won’t Ontario and other provinces make the tests more widely available?

Jun 9, 2024

Barry and Honey Sherman

Investigations

Honey Sherman’s family members sue for part of Barry Sherman’s billions

Jan 15, 2024

Canada

Barry and Honey Sherman murder probe was kept away from ties to offshore banking and to Edmonton Oilers’ owner

Dec 15, 2023

Star investigation

Police investigating Barry and Honey Sherman’s murders accepted odd limits sought by executors

Dec 14, 2023

Greenbelt Investigations

Star Exclusive

Greenbelt developer accused of duping business partner into selling land set to explode in value

Michael Rice, who became a central character in the Ford government’s Greenbelt scandal, is being sued by his former associate.

Aug 13, 2024

Star Investigation

Inside this Greenbelt developer’s push to build a cottage country resort — and how the community is pushing back

Nov 5, 2023

Investigations

The Ford government appointed this developer to a committee to protect at-risk species. A month later, he’s been turfed over serious allegations

Jun 28, 2024

Investigations

Mr. X and his MZOs: The Greenbelt consultant has claimed credit for getting special zoning for developers. Now one of his clients is looking to resell the land for a big profit

Sep 24, 2023

More Investigations

Investigations

‘We have been met with a hard heart’: Frustrated at lack of progress, Grassy Narrows sues governments for failing to clean up mercury pollution

The lawsuit accuses Canada and Ontario of violating their treaty obligations by failing to ensure the community could safely fish.

Jun 4, 2024

The Third Act

Ontario promised to protect consumers from predatory financial claims against their houses. Then homeowners like the Bartons got sued

Jul 17, 2024

Star Exclusive

The mercury poisoning Grassy Narrows First Nation was supposed to go away over time. A new study reveals why it’s worse than it should be

May 23, 2024

Star investigation

More than $2 million in government grant money was allegedly stolen from the YMCA. The charity says it was an inside job

Jun 28, 2024

Canada

Rotting foundations. Rampant mould. Sewage backups. What an expert’s report reveals about the state of housing in ‘deliberately underfunded’ First Nations

May 20, 2024

Unchartered

Unchartered: Part1

Police officers across Canada are violating people’s rights with alarming frequency. Disturbing, unreleased video exposes cops stepping outside the law

Jun 9, 2022

Unchartered: Part 4

Unjust invasions happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights

Jul 5, 2022

Torstar Gets Action

Toronto police reviewing officers’ conduct in nearly 100 cases following Torstar investigation into Charter violations

Jun 13, 2022

This Matters

Rights wronged: How police are violating people’s Charter rights

Jun 9, 2022

Unchartered: Part 3

How Torstar found 600 cases of police violating fundamental rights when no one is tracking this national problem

Jun 9, 2022

Unchartered: Part 2

Illegal strip searches. Mishandled evidence. Slapdash raids. How nine Canadian police forces continued flouting the law despite judges’ warnings

Aug 9, 2024

Suspended

Star Exclusive

We asked the Ontario government about its controversial licence suspensions. Staff prepared answers. Then they were told to withhold them

Mar 6, 2023

Suspended

‘You lose your job, you lose your livelihood’: NDP will push for reform of Ontario program that has unfairly stripped drivers of their licences

Dec 5, 2022

Suspended

Six things to know about Ontario’s controversial medical condition report system

Dec 5, 2022

Death in a Small Town

Death in a Small Town: Part 4

Frustrated with the police investigation into Nathaniel’s death, his mother turned detective. What she found raised questions about the official probe

Jun 16, 2021

Death in a Small Town: Part 5

More than five years after Nathaniel died, the police investigation is open. The Star’s own investigation examines numerous apparent flaws

Jun 16, 2021

Death in a Small Town: Part 1

What really happened to Nathaniel? The babysitter said he collapsed. Then all eyes turned to his parents

Jun 16, 2021

Death in a Small Town: Part 3

The police said they had information on Nathaniel’s death. Instead, they separated his parents and warned: ‘We are pursuing a manslaughter charge’

Jun 16, 2021

Death in a Small Town: Part 2

As Nathaniel clung to life, his parents asked if he’d survive. What they didn’t ask would soon be held against them

Jun 16, 2021

Death in a Small Town

Watch the video: What happened the day Nathaniel collapsed

Jun 19, 2021

Break the Floor

Star/AP investigation

Break the Floor founder, celebrity dance instructors face sexual misconduct allegations as the prominent company’s crisis deepens

Apr 20, 2022

Star Investigation

The CEO of Break the Floor — where famous dance coaches were accused of sexual misconduct — says he is selling the company

Feb 3, 2022

Investigations

Choreographer Nick Lazzarini pulled from dance company tour following Star investigation

Oct 28, 2021