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Kevin Donovan Chief Investigative Reporter
  • Toronto
  • Toronto Star

Kevin Donovan is the Toronto Star's Chief Investigative Reporter. His focus is on journalism that exposes wrongdoing and effects change. Over more than three decades he has reported on the activities of charities, government, police, business among other institutions. Donovan also reported from the battlefields in the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan following 9/11. He has won three National Newspaper Awards, two Governor General's Michener Awards, the Canadian Journalism Foundation award and three Canadian Association of Journalists Awards. As the Star's editor of investigations for many years, Donovan led many award-winning projects for the paper. He is the author of several books, including "Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation" and the "Dead Times" (a fiction novel).

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Toronto Star

Focus Areas

  • Investigations
  • Crime
  • Court
  • Toronto Politics

128 Articles
19 days ago
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Loosening lips: What Sherman friends and family might be trying to hide

“The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman” is hosted by Kevin Donovan.

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about 1 month ago
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North York homeowner wins a step in her court fight against broker and renovator, then dies in ho...

A Toronto Star investigation revealed that $1.5 million in mortgages had been placed on Judy Allen’s North York bunga...

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about 1 month ago
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The Clintons did it? A bonus episode of ‘The Billionaire Murders’

“The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman” is hosted by Kevin Donovan.

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about 1 month ago
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The Bodies

Hosted by Kevin Donovan, this is episode two of the podcast series “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers...

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about 2 months ago
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Large amount of cash found in Honey and Barry Sherman’s wallets ruled out a break-in

When the discovery of money and portable valuables made a robbery seem unlikely, police formed a theory that the Sher...

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about 2 months ago
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The Man on the Inside

Hosted by Kevin Donovan, this is episode one of the podcast series “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers...

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about 2 months ago
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‘The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman,’ a new podcast com...

Hosted by Kevin Donovan, Season 2 of the Toronto Star podcast series “Suspicion” will explore the hunt for the killer...

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4 months ago
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Five years later, inside the Barry and Honey Sherman murders

After a billionaire couple are found hanged by the railing of their indoor pool, a look back at the calm before the s...

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4 months ago
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Barry and Honey Sherman’s son raises reward to $35M, report says

Jonathon Sherman told CBC in a statement Sunday that he is personally adding $25 million to the $10 million put up by...

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4 months ago
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Barry and Honey Sherman’s daughter pleads for help to solve parents’ murder

In her statement, Alexandra Krawczyk noted that the Sherman family’s $10 million reward “for information leading to a...

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4 months ago
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Toronto fraud squad arrests Tony Sinopoli — Tony the Contractor — in Judy Allen case and 14 other...

Sinopoli, 54, turned himself in to Toronto Police Monday at 42 Division.

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5 months ago
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New report on most stolen vehicles in Canada shows the ‘epidemic’ is not slowing

The skyrocketing number of vehicle thefts that began during the pandemic show no signs of slowing.

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