Betsy Powell, TorontoStar

Betsy Powell

TorontoStar

Toronto, ON, Canada

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Past:
  • TorontoStar
  • YorkRegion
  • Hamilton Spectator
  • WR Record
  • Brampton Guardian
  • Simcoe.com
  • The Mississauga News

Past articles by Betsy:

Xiao Hua Gong and other long-shot candidates in Toronto mayoral race left in the dust

Xiao Hua Gong stood out with a well-financed advertising campaign announcing he was “Here to rescue Toronto.” → Read More

A Toronto cop was about to get away with an $834,000 fraud. Then his ex opened his mail

If only Robert Konashewych had forwarded his mail when he left his ex for another woman. → Read More

Toronto cop guilty of faking will to steal dead man’s unclaimed $834,000 estate

Const. Robert Konashewych and his girlfriend Adellene Balgobin — the public servant administering Heinz Sommerfeld’s unclaimed estate — have jointly been found guilty of fraud. → Read More

In a Toronto court, Jordan Peterson fights for his right to tweet his mind

The College of Psychologists of Ontario previously ordered Peterson to undergo a “remedial” program over his public statements, or face the threat of a professional misconduct finding. → Read More

‘Truly an incredible coincidence’: What are the odds this Toronto cop was heir to an unclaimed $800,000 estate, Crown asks

At the time he produced a will listing himself as sole beneficiary, Const. Robert Konashewych was in a relationship with the public servant handling Heinz Sommerfeld’s unclaimed estate. → Read More

‘Betrayal and premeditated murder’: Toronto businessman guilty of hiring fake delivery man to kill his wife

It is the second time this week that a GTA man has been found guilty in a plot to kill his partner in a scheme involving a fake deliveryman. → Read More

‘I made the wrong decision’: Public servant describes hiding relationship with Toronto cop accused of stealing dead man’s estate

Testifying Wednesday, Adellene Balgobin denied colluding with the Toronto cop who collected the estate of the estate of Heinz Sommerfeld. → Read More

Leading Ontario forensic psychiatrist too biased to give evidence, ‘cut and pasted’ opinions, judge finds

“It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of the court’s findings,” Toronto lawyer Eric Neubauer said. → Read More

Toronto man guilty in beating death of two-year-old Wynonna Noganosh

Rodrigo Flores-Romero’s jury rejected his claim the girl died after he accidentally fell on top of her — a claim prosecutors said defied logic. → Read More

Man denies beating Toronto toddler to death, blames an accident

Rodrigo Flores-Romero’s account of little Wynonna Noganosh’s death “defies logic,” the prosecutor said. → Read More

Toronto ‘incel’ murder was terrorism, court rules in landmark decision

The teen who murdered spa employee Ashley Arzaga over “incel” ideology committed an act of terrorism, a Toronto judge has ruled in a legal first. → Read More

Ex-girlfriend tells officer’s fraud trial she went to police upon receiving suspicious mail

Robert Konashewych is accused of stealing $800,000 from the estate of a man who died with Alzeimer’s. → Read More

‘It was very weird’: Ex-girlfriend testifies in trial of Toronto cop accused of defrauding dead man’s estate

Oakville’s Candice Dixon told court Thursday that when she heard he was seeing another woman, Robert Konashewych denied it and called the woman who is now his co-accused ‘crazy.’ → Read More

‘Lies, money and love’: Trial starts for Toronto cop accused of defrauding dead man’s estate

A police officer and his civil servant lover allegedly used the latter’s position to concoct a fake will, a jury heard as their fraud trial got underway Monday. → Read More

Was ‘incel’ killer a terrorist? Court hears landmark arguments in Toronto spa murder

The teen attacker is the first person to be charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder motivated by terrorism related to the misogynist ‘incel’ ideology. → Read More

Court dismisses ex-lovers’ appeal in Toronto murder; disbarred lawyer goes to prison

Disbarred lawyer Demitry Papasotiriou, victim Allan Lanteigne’s husband, had been on bail pending the outcome of his appeal. He began serving his life sentence Friday. → Read More

Toronto rapper guilty of second murder in case marred by witness intimidation

Saaid Mohiadin, who performs under the name Flippa, was earlier convicted in the 2019 execution of mob enforcer Antonio (Tony Scratch) Fiorda. → Read More

‘The most overwhelming case I have ever seen’: Woman guilty in ‘calculated’ murder of Toronto lawyer Scott Rosen

Anh Chiem had a “long-standing and undaunted resolve” to cause lawyer Scott Rosen harm, the Crown said. → Read More

Toronto man sentenced to 11 years for ‘brazen shooting’ at his baby son’s birthday party

Judge describes hail of bullets fired at kids and guests at Baby Shark-themed celebration ‘the kind of incident that tears at the very fabric of the community.’ → Read More

Toronto men sentenced for ‘stupid, reckless’ posts outing witness on Instagram hip-hop pages

The decision to post images and audio of the witness to Instagram was a “stupid, reckless, interference with the administration of justice,” a Toronto judge found. → Read More