Ed Tubb
@edtubb.bsky.social
Editor at the Toronto Star, with a focus on courts, justice and occasional greyhound content.
Journalism is a discipline of verification.
he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca
Journalism is a discipline of verification.
he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca
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I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/
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November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/
‘I’ve been labelled a killer, and I’m not’: Court tosses Toronto man’s conviction in the 1989 murder of Darla Thurott, 10
‘I’ve been labelled a killer, and I’m not’: Court tosses Toronto man’s conviction in the 1989 murder of Darla Thurott, 10
A new trial has been ordered for Timothy Rees, 62, after Ontario's court of appeal found that his 1990 conviction of second-degree murder constituted a miscarriage of justice.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
‘I’ve been labelled a killer, and I’m not’: Court tosses Toronto man’s conviction in the 1989 murder of Darla Thurott, 10
This by @j-pags.bsky.social & @calvileon.bsky.social is my favourite piece of crime reporting in years.
The fact this guy filed his indignant lawsuit while under FBI investigation — after he was interviewed by the FBI!
And that it's the Star who told his civil lawyers he's in jail.
*chef's kiss*
The fact this guy filed his indignant lawsuit while under FBI investigation — after he was interviewed by the FBI!
And that it's the Star who told his civil lawyers he's in jail.
*chef's kiss*
The FBI was closing in on Ryan Wedding’s alleged Toronto money man. Then he laid bare his own crypto accounts in a lawsuit
According to the FBI, Rolan Sokolovski, 37, is one of Ryan Wedding’s “chief money launderers.” Earlier this year, he detailed his own accounts — including ties to crypto wallets linked
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This by @j-pags.bsky.social & @calvileon.bsky.social is my favourite piece of crime reporting in years.
The fact this guy filed his indignant lawsuit while under FBI investigation — after he was interviewed by the FBI!
And that it's the Star who told his civil lawyers he's in jail.
*chef's kiss*
The fact this guy filed his indignant lawsuit while under FBI investigation — after he was interviewed by the FBI!
And that it's the Star who told his civil lawyers he's in jail.
*chef's kiss*
Man, the NBA can be so electric when the endgame isn't bogged down by fouls and timeouts.
More of that, please.
More of that, please.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Man, the NBA can be so electric when the endgame isn't bogged down by fouls and timeouts.
More of that, please.
More of that, please.
In which Senior Ontario judge Paul Currie explains he delayed turning himself in to police on assault charges because he was ‘terrified’ of spending the Easter weekend in Maplehurst jail.
More great reporting from Jacques Gallant.
More great reporting from Jacques Gallant.
‘I didn’t want to spend the weekend at Maplehurst’: Senior judge delayed turning himself in to police because he was ‘terrified’ of notorious Ontario jail
The allegation that Ontario judge Paul Currie raped a woman in January 2023 “just didn’t happen,” he told his judicial discipline hearing on Monday.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In which Senior Ontario judge Paul Currie explains he delayed turning himself in to police on assault charges because he was ‘terrified’ of spending the Easter weekend in Maplehurst jail.
More great reporting from Jacques Gallant.
More great reporting from Jacques Gallant.
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Baby bathtubs need to come with seatbelts.
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Baby bathtubs need to come with seatbelts.
The man who double-crossed Ryan Wedding: The inside story of the life and murder of an FBI witness
The man who double-crossed Ryan Wedding: The inside story of the life and murder of an FBI witness
The case against ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding traces back to one man: the Montrealer the FBI tasked with becoming a “co-operating witness.”
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The man who double-crossed Ryan Wedding: The inside story of the life and murder of an FBI witness
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Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
That sure is an interesting version of “lawyer stuff.”
‘Deepak on it’: Unsealed text messages detail Canadian lawyer’s alleged role in Ryan Wedding murder plots
Newly unsealed court documents, filed this week in courthouses in Toronto and Montreal, suggest lawyer Deepak Paradkar’s alleged involvement is more extensive than previously understood.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
That sure is an interesting version of “lawyer stuff.”
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
The Star’s Jacques Gallant is such an incredibly good court reporter.
‘Do you know what they’ll do to me? I’m a judge’: Woman testifies senior Ontario judge raped her, broke her wrist
A lawyer suggested during cross-examination that the judge made an insulting comment, prompting the woman to strike him with her hands and the two then engaged "in a kind of
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Star’s Jacques Gallant is such an incredibly good court reporter.
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The Trump family has been bragging that Trump's energy policy has enabled their Bitcoin-mining bonanza.
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: The Trumps’ latest money-making scheme has a little-known Canadian connection. Can we do anything about it?
It's a refuge for criminals and a cash cow for the man who wants to annex us, yet bitcoin is still being mined in Canada.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Trump family has been bragging that Trump's energy policy has enabled their Bitcoin-mining bonanza.
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
He’s not capable of pulling this off.
We say.
Over and over again.
As he keeps pulling a surprising number of these things off.
We say.
Over and over again.
As he keeps pulling a surprising number of these things off.
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
He’s not capable of pulling this off.
We say.
Over and over again.
As he keeps pulling a surprising number of these things off.
We say.
Over and over again.
As he keeps pulling a surprising number of these things off.
“Sadly I think editors and publications are at risk from bad actors.”
Damn right we are.
The risk is radioactive.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Damn right we are.
The risk is radioactive.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Sadly I think editors and publications are at risk from bad actors.”
Damn right we are.
The risk is radioactive.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Damn right we are.
The risk is radioactive.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
The allegations of GTA lawyer Deepak Paradkar’s involvement in the Ryan Wedding case and the assassination of an FBI witness, go *considerably* beyond what was reported yesterday.
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Inside the assassination of an FBI witness: How Ryan Wedding, a Colombian madame and a team of sicarios allegedly lured Jonathan Acabedo-Garcia to his death
The FBI’s key witness had worked with Ryan Wedding for more than a decade. Within three months, he would be dead.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The allegations of GTA lawyer Deepak Paradkar’s involvement in the Ryan Wedding case and the assassination of an FBI witness, go *considerably* beyond what was reported yesterday.
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
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He really does find a new low each day, somehow.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He really does find a new low each day, somehow.
Hell of a defensive win for the Raps.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hell of a defensive win for the Raps.
I mean. She’s Linda Tubb when she’s in trouble.
do you make up ridiculous longform versions of your dog's name? if so please share. I've been calling lambo "lamborghini wigglesworth" (mr. wiggles for short)
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I mean. She’s Linda Tubb when she’s in trouble.
Few things annoy me so consistently as the fact I can't set Windows 11 to never, ever use the "group by" function inside my file folders.
I want to sort by name, or I want to sort by date, or I want to sort by type.
I want to sort by name, or I want to sort by date, or I want to sort by type.
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Few things annoy me so consistently as the fact I can't set Windows 11 to never, ever use the "group by" function inside my file folders.
I want to sort by name, or I want to sort by date, or I want to sort by type.
I want to sort by name, or I want to sort by date, or I want to sort by type.
Some people like the thrill of skydiving.
Me?
I live for the rush of cross-referencing the names of an ancestor’s parents in a handwritten note on WW1 service and pension records.
Me?
I live for the rush of cross-referencing the names of an ancestor’s parents in a handwritten note on WW1 service and pension records.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Some people like the thrill of skydiving.
Me?
I live for the rush of cross-referencing the names of an ancestor’s parents in a handwritten note on WW1 service and pension records.
Me?
I live for the rush of cross-referencing the names of an ancestor’s parents in a handwritten note on WW1 service and pension records.
I tell ya, there is no greater high than finally breaking down that wall after days of family research led you nowhere.
Genealogy, man.
This stuff rocks so hard.
Genealogy, man.
This stuff rocks so hard.
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I tell ya, there is no greater high than finally breaking down that wall after days of family research led you nowhere.
Genealogy, man.
This stuff rocks so hard.
Genealogy, man.
This stuff rocks so hard.
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This is awful and also part of a larger pattern where we have completely normalized the fact that harassing and threatening people online is a thing a lot of people do
Can we as a society talk about addressing that???
Can we as a society talk about addressing that???
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is awful and also part of a larger pattern where we have completely normalized the fact that harassing and threatening people online is a thing a lot of people do
Can we as a society talk about addressing that???
Can we as a society talk about addressing that???
Ontario judges are (rightfully) upset that a man who executed a Crown witness in 2001 — a security guard who was days away from testifying against him — was invited onto a panel at an educational conference for the judges themselves.
Really great get from Jacques Gallant.
Really great get from Jacques Gallant.
Judges outraged after ‘ruthless’ murderer invited to speak at Ontario judge conference. Killer ambushed Crown witness in 2001
The murder of Roy Jones sent a silencing message to the community, “do not cooperate or step forward because the police cannot protect you,” Ontario Court Justice Brenda Green wrote
www.thestar.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ontario judges are (rightfully) upset that a man who executed a Crown witness in 2001 — a security guard who was days away from testifying against him — was invited onto a panel at an educational conference for the judges themselves.
Really great get from Jacques Gallant.
Really great get from Jacques Gallant.