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When three-year-old Dylan Ehler vanished in Nova Scotia last May, his parents were frantic. The only clues left behind were his rain boots. When the psychics got involved, everything changed. My latest story, out today in @wired. wired.com/story/search-missi…
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Must read Toronto election story. Inori Roy tracks down former staffers, old classmates, and past supporters to paint the fullest picture yet of the man who wants to be mayor. thelocal.to/brad-bradford-pr…
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Donna Adelson was the archetypal meddling mother-in-law: overbearing, hypercritical and intrusive, but manageable—until her daughter’s marriage started to crumble. Then she and her son hatched a gruesome plan
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After a lumpectomy – breast-conserving surgery to remove a cancerous tumour – surgeons often tell patients they think they got it all. But 1 in 5 surgeries doesn’t go that way.
Toronto-based company @PerimeterMed is working on a possible solution. @chamath
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I’ve been a fan of this newsletter for years, and it was an honour to get to guest edit an edition! I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I did.
We're honored to hand today's edition over to guest editor @klaidlaw. By day, she writes on business for The Hustle newsletter and by night on crime, gender, nature, and more for magazines like WIRED, Toronto Life, & Outside. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread.co…
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"Platters stacked with cash, thieves making off with priceless pigeons in the night, wronged fanciers and devoted detectives. This crime caper has everything I could ask for in a story." -Guest editor @klaidlaw's top pick by @ksieff washingtonpost.com/world/int…
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We're honored to hand today's edition over to guest editor @klaidlaw. By day, she writes on business for The Hustle newsletter and by night on crime, gender, nature, and more for magazines like WIRED, Toronto Life, & Outside. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread.co…
my dear friend @evaholland has written incredible longform features about the north for years, and is publishing a beautiful collection of her work. preorder here!!! indiegogo.com/projects/no-sl…
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For the first time ever, we’ve partnered with Canadaland to present a NEW, two-part virtual event. Our Podcast PitchFest will give audio journalists and producers, at all career levels, practical pitch training before selected applicants have an opportunity to actually PITCH their projects. Learn more 🧵⬇️
pandemicuniversity.com/podca…
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The first fugitive caught by the internet thehustle.co/originals/the-f…
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RIP Alice Munro, Canada's literary giant theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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The quotes in this @klaidlaw story are next level.
From a Hermès customer who owns 8 Birkins:
“I specifically had girls so I could hand them down,” she says. “I said, ‘God, give me only girls because I have way too many purses. It was a special order.’”
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Perhaps everyone in Paris knows this tale, but it was new to me:
Victor Lustig scaled up until he reached the height of his “profession,” selling a historic monument he didn’t own.
thehustle.co/originals/the-c…
(via @klaidlaw)
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Amid mass media layoffs, Google tests removing the News tab from search results niemanlab.org/2024/02/why-is…
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I increasingly feel like the only or at least the most important story is how private equity is hollowing out and destroying every aspect of our existence
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A 35-year-old Brooklyn woman is a bridesmaid-for-hire. For a fee of $2500 (and up), she’ll help organize a bachelorette party, deliver maid of honor speeches, get the dance floor going, and more. @DVNJr & @JacobFeldman4's top pick this week by @klaidlaw thehustle.co/the-surreal-lif…
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The best article ever written about #bridesmaidforhire just dropped today and it's from @klaidlaw at @TheHustle
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My jaw kept dropping hearing how many people, including notable reporters, got canned by Bell. Layoffs are always brutal. But what kills me most is that there are ever-fewer investigative teams and seasoned journalists holding power to account in Canada. That should worry us all.
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I can’t get over the feeling that it doesn’t matter how well the journalists do, it’s the suits at many outlets (not ours) who keep failing at the task of selling their good work semafor.com/article/02/04/20…
The cop and public servant in my most recent story each sentenced to seven years in prison this morning.
What happens when a cop and a public servant have a years-long affair? They steal the $800k estate of an elderly man with Alzheimer's... and get away with it. My new story, on this month's cover of @torontolife, is here: torontolife.com/deep-dives/c…
