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How Racism Fuels Ineffective Gun Control

December 3, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Angela Wright

Bias has influenced our ideas of those who shoot versus those who are shot

First responders close down Yonge Street in Toronto after a van mounted a sidewalk, crashing into a number of pedestrians on April 23, 2018

Current Affairs

Toronto Refuses to Give In To the Terrorism Trap

April 24, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

The city has always valued inclusion and tolerance. Yesterday’s van attack won’t change that

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April 2018 / Cover Story / Justice

Busted by Big Data

March 29, 2018November 12, 2019 - by John Lorinc

Algorithms could make cities safer—but they can’t protect us from policing’s worst instincts

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Current Affairs

Canadians Don’t Love Guns? Think Again

March 7, 2018November 12, 2019 - by John Lorinc

The Trudeau government has largely dismissed long-gun registries—but recent mass shootings invite Canadians to reopen the debate

The Laan family, at brother Paul Laan’s wedding. Kathrine Laan, Walter Laan, David Laan, Paul Laan and Ron Allen are highlighted

Muskoka Mystery: Police Suspected Murder in the Case of Missing Senior

March 2, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Zander Sherman

Documents give new insights about unsolved disappearances

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Why Bruce McArthur’s Murder Trial Could Stigmatize Gay Men

February 9, 2018August 8, 2019 - by Paul Gallant

For Toronto’s LGBTQ community, justice requires more than just arresting an alleged serial killer

Illustration of a Gloved Hand Passing a Book Between Prison Bars

First Person / January/February 2018

I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant

January 4, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Robbie Dillon

The one thing that criminals and philosophers share is a sense of being an outsider

Feature / January/February 2018

How Canada’s Health Care System Helped Create a Killer

December 18, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Martin Patriquin

Johnathan Townsend’s family knew he was a danger. Nobody listened

The Laan family, at brother Paul Laan’s wedding. Kathrine Laan, Walter Laan, David Laan, Paul Laan and Ron Allen are highlighted

Cottage Country Murder: Family Linked to Disappearance of Seniors Fights Release of Police Documents

October 13, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Zander Sherman

Members of Laan family oppose release of information to the public

Photograph by Petra Bensted

The Lost Indigenous Youth of Thunder Bay

October 5, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Martha Troian

In Seven Fallen Feathers, Tanya Talaga exposes a northern city’s hard truths