👤 Jacques Gallant

10 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
10
2026-09-22 – 2026-10-24
Claims per article
47
474 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,079
characters
Writes for Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Crime & Law
70%
Health
30%
Most-tagged topics
Superior CourtCrownOntarioStarTorontoWaypointCASPenetanguishene

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Toronto man pleads guilty to manslaughter. Victim died 11 months after Parkdale rooming house beating
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-10 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Words from father of murdered three-year-old leave courtroom sobbing: 'To my beautiful son in heaven'
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Getaway driver pleads to manslaughter. Co-conspirator tripped while setting Scarborough restaurant ablaze, died in fire
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-24 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Babysitter gets life sentence for toddler's 'inexplicably savage' murder inside Toronto CAS bathroom
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-17 · Toronto Star · Health
What's it really like for patients 'trapped' in seclusion? 'I feel sometimes I'm losing my soul'
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Family of YMCA instructor slain in North York shooting speaks at sentencing hearing: 'So much ambition, so many dreams, so much hope'
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-22 · Toronto Star
Stories of patient isolation at this Ontario hospital ’deeply troubling,' ombudsman says. Warnings about 'unethical' use of seclusion go back more than 40 years
🔮 Ontario’s patient ombudsman says stories of people being held in isolation for years at the province’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital are “deeply troubling,” as his office considers what actions it may take. assertive
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star
Judges' grilling of accused men leads to sex assault and dangerous driving cases being overturned
🔮 While judges can ask clarification questions, they can never take on the role of cross-examiner, as it would risk undermining their job as a neutral decision-maker. assertive
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star
Ontario hospital ordered to follow own policies. Waypoint routinely broke internal rules for long-term patient isolation
🔮 He said the panel was “indebted” to corrections expert Andrea Monteiro, who prepared an independent assessment of Azevedo’s case; without her thorough work, it would have been “extremely difficult” for the board to provide proper oversight of Azevedo’s seclusion experience due to what Siebenmorgen described as incomplete and inaccurate information compiled by Waypoint. assertive
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Getaway driver pleads to manslaughter. Co-conspirator tripped while setting Scarborough restaurant ablaze, died in fire
🔮 According to the agreed statement of facts, the youth removed three jerrycans of gasoline from the car’s trunk, while Todd smashed the glass panel of the restaurant’s door so they could gain entry. assertive
2026-10-10 · Toronto Star
Words from father of murdered three-year-old leave courtroom sobbing: 'To my beautiful son in heaven'
🔮 “I wish I could tell you how proud I am of you and how sorry I am that I couldn’t be there to protect you,” Belotte said, addressing his late son as he read his victim impact statement that had the packed courtroom sobbing. assertive
2026-10-15 · Toronto Star
He fled Toronto for El Salvador after killing his wife and evaded capture for 20 years. Now he faces her family in court
🔮 The outcome means that Avalos’s trial for second-degree murder, which was set to begin Monday, has now been scrapped. assertive
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star
Family of YMCA instructor slain in North York shooting speaks at sentencing hearing: 'So much ambition, so many dreams, so much hope'
🔮 “I lost my brother, but I also lost the opportunity to see the life he was supposed to have, the things he would have accomplished, and the person he would have become. assertive
2026-10-17 · Toronto Star
What's it really like for patients 'trapped' in seclusion? 'I feel sometimes I'm losing my soul'
🔮 Hamblett may be the person who has spent the most time in psychiatric seclusion in any Ontario hospital. assertive
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star
Toronto man pleads guilty to manslaughter. Victim died 11 months after Parkdale rooming house beating
🔮 He could not speak and required round-the-clock care, including a breathing tube. assertive
2026-10-24 · Toronto Star
Babysitter gets life sentence for toddler's 'inexplicably savage' murder inside Toronto CAS bathroom
🔮 In a statement recognizing that the case is “very sad, tragic, and incomprehensible,” the defence said they will decide soon whether to appeal. assertive
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