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

Published on 07/17/2024

Why hundreds of thousands of people are leaving the city for other parts of Canada

Published on 06/29/2024

Which Toronto neighbourhoods have the most dangerous dogs? Newly published stats shed light on problem canines

Published on 07/16/2024

Ontario hospitals asked patients about the care they received. Results were kept secret — and pleas for change went ignored

Published on 12/08/2023

Pot is legal. But where Toronto police enforce the Cannabis Act suggests troubling disparities continue: Star analysis

Published on 11/12/2023

Ontario gas plants were supposed to run only during peak periods. Instead they’re running most of the time, polluting the air you breathe

Published on 10/02/2023

Toronto property assessments are shielded from public scrutiny. This is how we discovered many of us were over-taxed

Published on 07/08/2023

Troubling property tax trend hitting Toronto’s cheapest homes while mansions catch a break, Star investigation finds

Published on 05/22/2023

Fire crews slower to respond in Toronto’s low-income neighbourhoods, data shows

Published on 03/10/2023

Attention TTC passengers: The delay you’re experiencing on the subway is longer than ever. Here’s why

Published on 03/02/2023

COVID outbreaks rise in Ontario long-term-care homes just as weather is turning cooler

Published on 10/08/2022

Toronto’s busted bins mystery: Why are reports of broken bins higher on the west side of the city than anywhere else?

Published on 04/23/2022

Which are the TTC’s most dangerous bus routes? Records show violent and bizarre incidents drivers face almost daily

Published on 04/18/2022

Private schools, large firms won big in Ontario’s rapid testing program, while hot spots lost out, Star analysis finds

Published on 04/10/2022

Drumming brought her ‘closer to purpose’ after years of struggling with mental health. But an approach tailored to Indigenous culture remains out of reach for others like her

Published on 11/21/2021

Worried pot shops have taken over Toronto streets? You may be right — and it may be about to get worse

Published on 11/07/2021

Who has faith in politics? In 2019, some Toronto areas saw nearly half their electorate skip out

Published on 09/19/2021

‘People have to park in a proper way’: Hospitals among top 10 spots in Toronto where people got parking tickets during the pandemic

Published on 08/09/2021

Several of Doug Ford’s key pandemic decisions were swayed by business interests, Star analysis suggests

Published on 07/15/2021

A third of Ontario schools still have dangerous levels of lead in drinking water – two years after the province pledged to fix it. Search our database to see the results

Published on 06/11/2021

Stephen Lecce said COVID-19 wasn’t spreading in schools. Internal documents show Ontario’s education ministry did not know if this was true

Published on 06/01/2021

They were supposed to be vaccinated. So, why are Ontario’s seniors still getting the worst of COVID-19?

Published on 04/13/2021

Toronto is short more than $27 million in unpaid traffic fines since 2011

Published on 04/05/2021

Cellphone data shows people are on the move again. What mobility patterns tell us about ‘leaky lockdowns’ and a possible third wave

Published on 03/10/2021

Measles vaccination rates matter in the fight against COVID. In Ontario, that’s cause for concern. Check where your child’s school ranks

Published on 02/22/2021

Who is an essential worker in the GTA? Millions of us, data shows. This is life — outside lockdown — in five graphs

Published on 02/02/2021

Why did Ontario COVID-19 rates surge after Christmas? New cellphone mobility data offers some clues

Published on 01/10/2021

These numbers reveal a worrying trend in Ontario long-term-care home deaths

Published on 01/01/2021

What cellphone mobility data can teach us about why lockdown might not be working, and what to expect from the holidays

Published on 12/13/2020

‘Nothing we’ve done has helped’: In Toronto’s poor, racialized neighbourhoods, second-wave lockdowns are again failing to slow COVID cases

Published on 12/04/2020

The kids are in crisis — and COVID-19 is making it worse. In Canada, deteriorating youth mental health is leaving a generation in distress

Published on 11/23/2020

‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules, running up the public’s tab for chronic pain management

Published on 09/28/2020

150 Toronto schools were over-capacity before the COVID-19 shutdown. Now some are scrambling to find space for students heading back to school

Published on 09/03/2020

Lockdown worked for the rich, but not for the poor. The untold story of how COVID-19 spread across Toronto, in 7 graphics

Published on 08/02/2020

Toronto’s COVID-19 divide: The city’s northwest corner has been ‘failed by the system’

Published on 06/28/2020

COVID-19 cases are rising among young people in hot spots including Toronto, Peel and Hamilton

Published on 06/09/2020

Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers, new Star analysis reveals

Published on 06/05/2020

Where have all the patients gone during COVID-19? Not to the ER. Star analysis reveals stark, nationwide trend

Published on 05/23/2020

For-profit nursing homes have four times as many COVID-19 deaths as city-run homes, Star analysis finds

Published on 05/08/2020

One GTA health region has already exhausted its supply of ventilators. Experts say this should be a ‘red alert’

Published on 04/02/2020

How well are women represented on your local city council? Search hundreds of cities in our exclusive database to find out

Published on 03/08/2020

A third of Ontario schools, daycares have dangerous levels of lead in the water. Search our database to see the test results

Published on 02/27/2020

Toronto saw a 77 per cent rise in personal-use eviction applications over four years, data shows

Published on Feb 12 2020

These cosmetics contain banned or potentially hazardous chemicals. Why are they being sold in the GTA?

Published on Dec 18 2019

Regional representation - an a lot of men named William. Analysis of Canadian ministers shows how building a cabinet shapes a nation

Published on Dec 5 2019

How much do doctors bill OHIP for services? Star database reveals figures for 30,000 physicians

Published on Nov 28 2019

The Star analyzed 31,000 anti-panhandling tickets. Forty-six people received more than 100, with one man ticketed 467 times

Published on July 8 2019

TTC ticketing data raises concerns that Black transit users are being fined at a disproportionately high rate
Published on July 2 2019

A top-billing doctor charged OHIP for doing an eye procedure more times than all other MDs combined. Another billed for 128 laser treatments in one day. The numbers have some medical experts baffled

Published on July 5 2019

Secrets of the Four Seasons

Published on Nov 21 2018

PARLIAMENT IN CHECK

Published on June 20 2018

Bad doctors who cross the border can hide their dirty secrets. We dug them up

Published on May 1 2018

Toronto marijuana arrests reveal "startling" racial divide

Published on July 6 2017

More than 640 Ontario schools and day cares failed lead tests in th past two years

Published on Oct 6 2017

Grassy Narrows residents eating fish with highest mercury levels in province

Published on Nov 23 2016

The Daesh Files: Database provides snapshot of recruits

Published on May 30 2016

Nearly half of murdered indigenous women did not know or barely knew killers, Star analysis shows
Published on Fri Dec 04 2015

Fariza Trinos thought her grandmother was being cared for — until she saw the sores

Published on Wed Sep 16 2015

Shedding light on the troubles facing kids in group homes

Published on Fri Jul 03 2015

Mapping the Leaf Killers: The guys who really get up to play Toronto

Published on Wed Apr 08 2015

’Backroom deals’ keep problem MDs out of the public eye

Published on Sat Feb 28 2015

Known to Police

Published on Sat Jul 26 2014

NDP presses for new accountability practices in the Commons

Published on Tue Jun 18 2013

Mike Duffy not only senator to campaign during 2011 vote, Elections Canada documents show

Published on Sun Jun 02 2013

Federal government doing business with companies once involved in bid-rigging

Published on Tue May 21 2013

Senator Mike Duffy resigns from Conservative caucus

Published on Thu May 16 2013

Star gets action: Taxpayers will get details about millions in government consulting contracts

Published on Tue May 14 2013

Millions in taxpayer-funded consulting work kept secret

Published on Wed May 08 2013

Runway incursions a threat to aviation safety

Published on Mon May 06 2013

Lobbying boom in Toronto may be fueled by hot topics — and a less predictable council

Published on Mon Mar 11 2013

Lobbyists flock to Toronto’s city hall under Mayor Rob Ford

Published on Fri Mar 08 2013

Ontario hospitals lagging behind other provinces, report finds

Published on Thu Mar 07 2013

Senate finance data

Published on Fri Feb 15 2013

Assault, drunk driving, death threats: The cab drivers the city can’t get off the road

Published on Tue Feb 05 2013

Star gets action: Health Canada announces new standard for reporting side effects

Published on Mon Feb 04 2013

Diane-35: Deaths of 11 Canadian women linked to acne drug, compared to four in France

Published on Thu Jan 31 2013

NHL goal scoring dominated by wrist shots, Star analysis shows

Published on Wed Jan 23 2013

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