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Every 49 minutes
That’s how frequently people died of drug poisoning in Canada during one dreadful week last summer. Here, their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters share a message: the opioid crisis touches everyone.
Michael Friscolanti
Senior writer Michael Friscolanti spends a lot of time at crime scenes and courthouses. The author of 'Friendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing That Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan,' he has won three CAJ Awards for investigative journalism and four National Magazine Awards.
Life
These Syrian refugees became Canadians. Just in time to vote.
A small but growing number of the Syrian refugees who have resettled in Canada will be able to vote in this election. It’s a big moment when back home, an election was basically a “theatre act.”
Canada
The Supreme Court will decide if two sons of KGB spies can be Canadian
Four years after Ottawa revoked the brothers’ citizenship, the Supreme Court will hear one final appeal launched by the Trudeau government
Canada
Two sons of KGB spies will soon learn if Canada’s top court will hear their appeal to remain Canadian citizens
With the Supreme Court about to announce if it will hear their case, here’s everything you need to know about the strange saga of the Vavilov brothers
Canada
Former CEO of Barry Sherman’s drug company fights back in ’pillow-talk’ suit
Jeremy Desai denies being romantically involved with the executive of a rival firm and obtaining valuable trade secrets from her
Business
Barry Sherman’s company says fired employee stole valuable drug secrets
A lawsuit filed by Apotex months before the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman alleges the worker planned to start his own drug-making company
Canada
Barry Sherman’s legal battle with his cousins goes on weeks after his murder
Winning $300,000 in costs from his relatives apparently wasn’t enough. The day after his memorial, the drug tycoon’s lawyers appealed for more than three times that amount.
Canada
Son of Russian spies can travel home to Canada, judge rules
The Trudeau government has been ordered to issue citizenship documents and a passport to the Toronto-born son of elite Russian spies at the centre of a Supreme Court battle
Business
Judge greenlights lawsuit alleging Barry Sherman’s company stole rival’s trade secrets
The ruling comes shortly after Jeremy Desai, the man at the centre of the lawsuit, stepped down as Apotex CEO ’to pursue other opportunities’
Canada
Barry and Honey Sherman murders: What’s slowing the cops down at Apotex headquarters
Files covered by solicitor-client privilege might hold the case-breaking clue. Who decides whether police can see them?