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Publication Date: January 29, 2026 - 15:54
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Police watchdog not investigating alleged assault of lawyer at Oshawa, Ont., courthouse
January 29, 2026
Ontario’s police watchdog says it is not investigating the case of a lawyer who is alleging that multiple Durham Regional Police Service officers slammed her head on a desk without provocation and dragged her to the basement cells of the Oshawa courthouse last week.
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Before sitting down in my consulting room, Matt A. stepped forward and shook my hand. He was an athletic and handsome forty-seven-year-old man. He wore a white cashmere sweater, black Chelsea boots, and tortoiseshell glasses. His red watchband matched his socks.
Typically, people who come to see me for a consultation begin by describing a problem; Matt began by describing himself. He told me that he worked in Downing Street as a political strategist and consultant for then British prime minister Tony Blair. This was 1999. He had been married for twenty years and had three teenage...
February 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Stephen Grosz | Walrus
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February 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Ketsia Beboua | Walrus
Analysis
The sexual assault trial of auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach started well enough for the prosecution.
Opening its case this week before a judge alone, the Crown sketched a preview of seven women complainants who will tell similar stories with common elements that allegedly reinforce the credibility of each other, and reveal Stronach’s alleged pattern of pressuring women into his lakeview apartment in Toronto, then sexually assaulting them despite their tears and refusals. A second trial with more recent allegations is scheduled for later in York Region. This one deals...
February 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Joseph Brean | National Post
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