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Wendy Gillis Reporter
  • Toronto
  • Toronto Star

Reporter Wendy Gillis joined the Toronto Star staff in 2010 and has since been nominated multiple times for National Newspaper Awards. She previously worked for the StarPhoenix in Saskatoon, her hometown.

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200 Articles
3 months ago
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Toronto police’s ‘largest international drug takedown’ secured zero convictions, prosecutors confirm

Announced with fanfare in 2021, Project Brisa spanned the continent, leading to 20 arrests, 182 charges, and not one ...

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3 months ago
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Largest cross-border drug case in Toronto police history collapses suddenly

Announced to much fanfare in 2021, Project Brisa saw 20 arrests and the seizure of $61 million in drugs allegedly smu...

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3 months ago
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After George Floyd: The story of racism, violence and a vow to ‘end’ police in the city at the he...

For a moment, Minneapolis seemed poised to defund police and start over. What cities like Toronto can learn from what...

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3 months ago
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Canadian police used deadly force at record rates in 2022, new research finds

Sixty-nine people were killed by police in Canada last year, a record that continues a sharply rising trend in recent...

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4 months ago
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Toronto cop charged with manslaughter in teen Chadd Facey’s death after ‘Kijiji deal gone bad’

Eight-year veteran Const. Calvin Au has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. The Star has previousl...

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4 months ago
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Former head of Toronto police discipline charged with professional misconduct over impaired drivi...

According to tribunal documents, Supt. Riyaz Hussein was driving a police-issued SUV when he collided with another ve...

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5 months ago
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‘We are in absolute shock’: Family of Vaughan condo gunman says he was ‘controlling and abusive’ ...

In a written statement to the Star, the three daughters of Francesco Villi say they are stunned and are grieving for ...

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5 months ago
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SIU clears officers in killing of gunman who ‘ambushed’ Toronto cop amid three-city rampage

Gunman Sean Petrie was killed by Hamilton police officers hours at the end of a rampage in which he killed Const. And...

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6 months ago
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Senior Toronto cop formerly in charge of internal discipline pleads guilty to impaired driving

Supt. Riyaz Hussein still faces disciplinary charges before the tribunal he once headed.

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6 months ago
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Toronto police make arrest in 1983 murders of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice: Sources

Earlier this year, Toronto police confirmed they had turned to genetic genealogy in an attempt to find the person lin...

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6 months ago
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Sammy Yatim inquest derailed by Forcillo’s 11th-hour ‘suicide by cop’ motion

One day before a high-profile coroner’s inquest was set to begin, the convicted officer’s lawyer filed a motion askin...

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7 months ago
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Coroner’s inquest into fatal shooting of Sammy Yatim by Toronto police begins Monday

Yatim, 18, died on July 27, 2013 after he was shot eight times by James Forcillo inside a Toronto streetcar.

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