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Jesse Winter

Jesse Winter

Investigative Reporter at The Star Vancouver

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Jesse Winter
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How a Facebook message introduced a father to the daughter he never knew he had - Toronto Star

In 1989, Steve Grasby was engaged and his fiancée was pregnant. Then she broke it off and he was told she’d had an abortion. Twenty-eight years later, a message came out of the blue.
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How do we preserve the Distillery District but still make it livabl...

Residents oppose proposed condo towers, but architects say the development helps ensure the area continues to be a national historic site.
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The buildings got shorter and so did their shadows, so these contro...

The two projects, approved by the Ontario Municipal Board, will add roughly 1,000 new residential units to the already crowded district. Residents say they threaten the area’s heritage character.
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The Instagram-friendly Toronto church tied to Justin Bieber - Toron...

Toronto’s growing Vantage Church is an offshoot of the controversial Hillsong Church, which has drawn millennials with a concert-like atmosphere, while raking in millions in music sales.
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Drugs at 4 months. Sexual abuse as a child. Now he fights to keep t...

Gabriel Smarch shared his story: that of a victim who repeatedly cried for help and was ignored, and the story of a victim becoming a violent abuser, a cycle that is far too common in Indigenous communities.
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Allegations against Whitehorse principal began in 1984, retired tea...

Sandra Henderson says she was subpoenaed to act as a French language translator in a hearing over allegations a Whitehorse principal had sexually abused a child in his foster care.
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A convicted killer has escaped from a B.C. prison for the second ti...

The Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement that 48-year-old Michael Douglas Sheets was unaccounted for during a routine inmate count at the Mission Institution on Sept. 1.

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Patients at Wet’suwet’en healing lodge caught up in standoff - Toro...

The lodge was set up so Wet’suwet’en people could deal with addiction and other issues and help heal the land. With police and construction crews outside, patients fear it’s now in jeopardy.
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Wet’suwet’en land defenders rally after 14 arrests, retreat from Gi...

After arresting 14 protesters on Monday, police are on the way to the Unist’ot’en barricade while allowing vehicles and heavy equipment through to clear the logging road for pipeline workers.
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Amnesty International Canada compares human rights challenges at Op...

The biggest problem, as Alex Neve sees it, is that city staff fail to see homelessness for what it is: a violation of the right to adequate housing.
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How Vancouver dodged a climate bullet: Transit strikes can be a CO2...

Given how transit helps reduce the amount of cars on the road, transit strikes or lengthy disruptions are also an environmental issue. Two B.C. politicians say there’s too much riding on the systems to allow for near-miss situations like this week’s averted strike.