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Wency Leung

Wency Leung is a reporter for The Local. She was previously a health reporter for The Globe and Mail. You can reach her by email at wency@thelocal.to or on Bluesky @wencyleung.bsky.social.

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Understanding the TDSB’s Budget Woes in Five Charts

The province says the school board has a spending problem. The board says it’s chronically underfunded. We sort through the numbers.

News by Nicholas Hune-Brown , Wency Leung and Inori Roy

Toronto Stays Red, But Conservatives Make Inroads in the GTA

The Liberals take the GTA, and the country, as the Conservatives improve on their 2021 performance.

Short Feature by Wency Leung

In the Vital Contest for Brampton Centre, It’s Newbie Versus Newbie

23-year-old university graduate Amandeep Sodhi is trying to keep this key Peel riding Liberal, facing off against a field of fellow novices.

Feature by Wency Leung

Province Invests $1.3 Billion in New Schools—Just Not in Toronto

The Tories will fund 45 school building projects across Ontario—and not a single one in the TDSB, the biggest board in the province. Critics say the opaque process puts politics over students.

Feature by Wency Leung

When a Hospital Visit Costs $11,000

Amid changes that make accessing health care for uninsured residents more difficult than ever, midwives have led the charge for universal care.

Feature by Wency Leung

Ontario Needs Nurses—Many Are Already Here, and Waiting to Practice

In the midst of a labour shortage, nurses who come as caregivers and students remain shut out of their profession, with many working gig economy jobs and contemplating leaving.

Feature by Wency Leung

A Long-Brewing Crisis in Special Education

Parents and teachers say schools are underfunded and understaffed, kids are being “abandoned” in mainstream classrooms in the name of inclusion, and neither the TDSB nor the province will take responsibility.

News by Wency Leung

How a By-Election in Don Valley West Became a Contentious, Partisan Fight

Voting in Ward 15 is usually a sleepy affair. But with accusations of bigotry, legal threats, and behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, the by-election has narrowed into a heated race between right-wing commentator Anthony Furey and TDSB chair Rachel Chernos Lin.

Analysis by Brennan Doherty , Inori Roy and Wency Leung

Toronto’s Encampments, By the Numbers

Recent analysis by The Local shows just how widespread encampments have become, and how the City’s clearing efforts simply pushed unhoused Torontonians from one park to another.

Feature by Wency Leung

Trouble in the Principal’s Office

The problems in Toronto schools end up in the office, where principals and vice-principals say they’re overwhelmed and struggling to keep up.

Feature by Wency Leung

Fewer Caretakers, Dirtier Schools

Sticky floors, rodent infestations, uncleared ice, overflowing toilets—Toronto schools are showing the effects of years of slashing caretaker jobs.

Feature by Wency Leung

How Decades of Underfunding Eroded Toronto’s Schools

In the largest city in one of the richest countries, Toronto's public school system should be world class. So why are students heading back to school in crumbling buildings without enough staff to meet their needs?

Analysis by Wency Leung

What We Found at Three Canadian GFL Locations

Dead fish in North Stormont, conflicting stories in Abbotsford, and a mysterious, unbearable stench in Hamilton.

Investigation by Wency Leung

GFL Says It’s ‘Green For Life’—Its Neighbours Disagree

The GTA waste management company projects a green image. But a history of fires, water contamination, regulatory violations, and the complaints of neighbours from North Carolina to Hamilton tell another story.

Feature by Wency Leung

The Trouble with Home Care

Aging at home is what people want, and what governments have long said is the key to easing pressure on the health care system. So why is home care so broken?

Feature by Wency Leung

Promised Childcare Centres Delayed by Provincial Red Tape, says TDSB

Six years after the ministry of education greenlit 28 new childcare centres, construction hasn’t even begun, leaving parents in underserved corners of Toronto struggling to find care.

Feature by Wency Leung

Behind the Unprecedented Rise in Food Bank Use

Food charities started out as a temporary measure to alleviate hunger. But since COVID, demand has skyrocketed for services that were only ever meant to be a stopgap.

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