Kevin Donovan Toronto Star (@kevin-donovan)

How accountant John Rosenthal’s friends missed the signs that their money was disappearing: ‘Looking back, he was very Machiavellian’ As real estate scheme unravelled, Rosenthal made excuses for bounced cheques: he was sick, he’d been hit by a “major wire fraud.” Second of two parts.

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14.02.2026 13:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Strathroy detective denies connection to babysitter during his investigation of Nathaniel McLellan’s death The families would end up at the same trailer park, but detective said he didn’t know Meggin Van Hoof when he was involved in the investigation.

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13.02.2026 11:45 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This Toronto accountant was everybody’s ‘best friend.’ Now he’s accused of stealing millions in a Ponzi scheme John Rosenthal, whose tax advice was always highly sought after, faces millions in claims in 15 court actions. He says he’s broke. First of two parts

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13.02.2026 11:43 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Life expectancy has grown exponentially in just over a generation but has society & culture caught up on how to embrace this growing slice of the population...

In Episode 3 of How To Live To 100 (Or Die Trying) @thestar.com we go deep into a difficult topic: older men, isolation and suicide. Those are very tough conversations but the podcast also offers powerful ideas on staying connected.
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20.01.2026 00:17 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Toddler Nathaniel McLellan was being carried in ‘unorthodox’ way by babysitter, neighbour testifies “The child’s face was facing towards the sidewalk and his feet were sticking, were hanging down,” manslaughter trial hears.

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17.01.2026 12:57 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Toddler Nathaniel seemed fine hours before being rushed to hospital, preschool teacher testifies First witness in babysitter’s trial over death of Nathan McLellan who isn’t a family member tells court about the morning he collapsed.

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14.01.2026 23:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nathaniel McLellan may have fallen down stairs at babysitter’s house, trial hears “You thought there was a possibility that Meggin Van Hoof threw your son down the stairs,” defence lawyer asks Nathaniel McLellan’s father.

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13.01.2026 01:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Father of dead toddler Nathan McLellan testifies police lied during interrogation Kent McLellan, the second witness at the babysitter’s trial, says OPP were trying to get him to confess that his wife had a role in their son’s death.

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07.01.2026 00:48 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Today the Toronto Star launches a new podcast that I am hosting called How To Live to 100 (Or Die Trying) and over eight episodes, we dig into the concept of longevity with discussions that are compelling, challenging - and pretty entertaining. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

05.01.2026 20:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

‘I wanted to know what happened,’ mother of dead toddler Nathaniel McLellan testifies Rose-Anne Van De Wiele spars with defence in court over recordings of doctors and how she acted in hospital as her son was dying.

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06.01.2026 00:17 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Toronto police turned to AI in Sherman murder case. So I did too I was skeptical, but curious if AI could tell me something that I had not already learned from endless days and nights perusing documents. Here’s what I found.

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16.12.2025 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Toronto police turned to AI in Sherman murder case. So I did too I was skeptical, but curious if AI could tell me something that I had not already learned from endless days and nights perusing documents. Here’s what I found.

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16.12.2025 19:58 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and his (almost empty) $78 million speed camera building Critics question the cost — and a secretive process behind Brampton’s purchase of a facility whose price more than doubled in three years.

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09.10.2025 17:53 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Six doctors said toddler’s injury would have caused immediate reaction, his mother tells trial of babysitter charged with manslaughter “Each and every doctor had told me that the damage would have been done immediately,” Rose-Anne Van De Wiele testified Wednesday about the October 2015 injury her son Nathaniel McLellan suffered.

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24.09.2025 23:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No gun, conflicting witness accounts, mistakes with the evidence. Did police have enough for a murder conviction? What police got from forensic evidence and witness accounts in the killing of Kim Golaub, a case being re-examined by the Star.

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08.07.2025 13:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who really killed Kim Golaub? Three shots on a scorching Toronto day spark a manhunt In the first instalment of our series re-examining a deadly shooting in 2009 in northwest Toronto, the Star’s Kevin Donovan reconstructs the crime.

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05.07.2025 11:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for watching! I also have a podcast of the same name on Apple and Spotify.

16.06.2025 13:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm not a television person whatsoever, but I'm obsessed with the Sherman murders, so last night I subscribed to Crave to watch their 4 episodes of a riveting documentary by @kevin-donovan.bsky.social. I thought I knew every detail going in, but I was wrong. Holy, it's good.

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