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Elissa Mendes

Reporter · CA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 5, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Elissa Mendes

    Canadian journalists reflect on the triumphs, regrets and lessons learned covering 9/11 (opens the original)

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    Like every other journalist working in a Canadian newsroom on Sept. 11, 2001, Michelle Shephard recalls the moment she learned a plane had struck the World Trade Center in New York City. Then a crime reporter at the Toronto Star, she barely stopped to grab her passport and a notebook before rushing to the airport, which had already grounded flights and switched off television screens. Shephard quickly switched gears and jumped into a car headed for New York with other Star reporters, joining sco

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Elissa Mendes

    Sudbury, Ontario’s mining capital, unshaken by Ford’s threat to cut off U.S. critical minerals supply (opens the original)

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    With each development in U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, many Ontario cities have received news of tariffs on Canadian goods with panic and devastation for their local industries. A Hamilton official last year warned that tariffs in the steel town could spell “the end of the industry” and thousands of jobs lost. In Oshawa, autoworkers already mourning the steady decline of the industry feared for their ability to put food on the table. But even as Ontario Premier Doug Ford h

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Elissa Mendes

    Police charge man after Toronto officer shot and injured during call for stolen e-bike (opens the original)

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    A man has been charged with attempted murder and another suspect is wanted after an overnight arrest over a stolen electric bike ended with a Toronto police officer being shot in the leg, police said Thursday. Officials said the shooting is the latest incident in a spate of violence against police this summer, including the high-profile shooting death of an officer during a raid in June. Police said they responded to a robbery call around 3 a.m. in the area of Sherbourne Street and Bloor Street

  4. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Elissa Mendes

    WestJet begins cancelling flights ahead of strike deadline, leaving travellers in limbo (opens the original)

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    Some travellers headed into the long weekend on edge, as WestJet began its first round of cancellations ahead of a possible strike by flight attendants. The airline announced early Saturday morning that 81 of the day’s scheduled flights were scrubbed. By Saturday evening, a total of 276 flights have been cancelled network-wide. The company said the move was meant to prevent crew and passengers from getting stranded, and travellers should check their flight status before leaving for the airport.

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Elissa Mendes

    Ontario police seize nearly 1.7 tonnes of drugs in cross-border investigation (opens the original)

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    Nearly 1.7 tonnes of drugs including suspected cocaine were seized as part of a cross-border trafficking investigation, police announced in Windsor, Ont., on Thursday. Investigators from local and provincial police forces are touting the operation as one of the single largest drug busts in the province’s history. A criminal network relied on commercial trucks to move the drugs hidden inside legitimate shipments, police alleged. The seized drugs include 973 kilograms of what authorities suspect t

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