The most stylish house to get raided recently

A spectacular spectacle of scandal

York Regional Police @YRP

This $9 million Decourcy Court palace in #Markham was the site of a high-end illegal casino and spa operation recently shut down by @YRP investigators as part of Project Endgame. More at yrp.ca/Endgame.

York Regional Police supplied this silent footage to show off the fruits of Project Endgame, an investigation that dismantled an alleged illegal casino and spa operating in a mansion in Markham, Ontario. Firearms, liquor and cash were seized from the estate, which provided the ideal 20,000-square-foot backdrop for publicly announcing charges.

---

Colour of political confusion

Glen Murray @Glen4Climate

Really heartbreaking. A significant amount of the funds we raised weren't recorded or put into our account by the party. As this was the only data the party reported on, it misrepresented our campaign's strength & really limited our campaign's resources.

greenparty.caParty Statement on Campaign Donation ErrorsIt is with deep regret that the Green Party of Canada acknowledges that it has not accurately reported the fundraising success of leadership contestant Glen Murray to the media and the public. A number of donations that were likely intended for the Glen Murray campaign were recorded as gene…

The former Winnipeg mayor turned Ontario Liberal MPP Glen Murray is running for leader of the federal Greens, a party that acknowledged some campaign contributions meant for him were recorded as general donations. Murray and other hopefuls are also looking into reports of supporters not getting their ballots to vote during this week.

---

A six-year sentence for Toronto’s rom-con artist. Shaun Rootenberg plans to appeal the ruling, which stipulates he also repay $558,456 to a woman he met on eharmony. Events that ranged from fundraising for a trivia app to getting hired as a health CFO in Sault Ste. Marie are recapped in the Toronto Life feature about Rootenberg’s activities.

---

Ethics in podcasting journalism

Canadian politicians raised concern over an apparent former ISIS executioner living in the Toronto area after statements he made on Caliphate, a 2018 audio documentary series produced by the New York Times. Now that Shehroze Chaudhry has been charged by the RCMP for making stuff up, the reporter who interviewed him is also under scrutiny:

Rukmini Callimachi @rcallimachi

I welcome the ⁦@nytimes⁩´ effort to re-examine the story of Abu Huzayfah:

---

Clare Bronfman gets six years and nine months for bankrolling a cult. Prosecutors asked that she serve 60 months, but a Brooklyn judge ruled that her role in the Nxivm sex-trafficking scheme deserved 81. The trial of Edgar Bronfman Sr.’s youngest daughter supplied new infamy to the Montreal legacy of the Seagram distillery.

---

Finally, a dubious achievement

Troy Young grew up in Regina and broke into advertising in Toronto before becoming a digital media strategy guru. It took him to the top of Hearst Magazines, publisher of both Cosmopolitan and Esquire, until his recent resignation following allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour. The big story is illustrated with a trashy homage:

New York Magazine @NYMag

Some at Hearst viewed Troy Young as a coarser, meaner Michael Scott, someone who had mistaken The Office for a MasterClass on leadership. @benjwallace on the rise and fall of Young's tenure at Hearst

nym.agThe Fall of TroyHearst hired a belligerent leader to disrupt its magazine business. Then fired him mid-disruption. Now it’s left with — what, exactly?