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Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:30:00 EDT
Loretta Rogers, matriarch of Rogers family, dies at 83
Loretta Rogers served as the director of Rogers Communications since 1979, which was founded by her late husband, Ted Rogers, who died in 2008.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:00:00 EDT
How hard could it be to tighten gun controls in Canada? Just ask Justin Trudeau
The Liberals’ beleaguered efforts at gun control have often seemed like more talk than action to supporters and critics alike, Tonda MacCharles writes.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 05:30:00 EDT
After 25 years in Canada, man to be spared deportation — and offered path for permanent residence
Mohammad Alam, a failed refugee from Bangladesh, has worked hard to support his family back home while his removal sat in the queue for years. He was arrested and scheduled for deportation after he missed one reporting with border officials.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:15:00 EDT
Most Ontario mask mandates expire Saturday. Here’s what you need to know
Masks will still be required in some circumstances to provide “an additional layer of protection for the most vulnerable.”

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 20:23:06 EDT
Mike Wilner: Three things: Jays give fans late thrill in loss to Tigers, and play it risky behind the plate
The Jays very nearly did the “victory from the jaws of defeat” thing with two out and nobody on in the ninth, down 3-0 against flame-throwing Tigers closer Gregory Soto.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:06:59 EDT
As a turban-wearing Sikh, I faced racism growing up. Sidhu Moose Wala made me — and so many like me — proud to be Punjabi
Beyond his music, fans gravitated to his inspiring “underdog” story. It reminded me a lot of my own parents, writes Simmer Anand.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 18:17:00 EDT
The Jeremy Lin Basketball School dishes out lessons on life and hoops, 10 years after Linsanity
The fan favourite was in Thornhill on Saturday for a clinic and to talk about his new collaboration, set to be introduced at several Markham, Scarborough, North York and Toronto schools later this year.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:32:00 EDT
Dall-E Mini explained: Meet the AI art generator that’s breaking the internet
The sky's the limit with this AI program that generates digital art from human suggestions. Here's why it's trending.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:16:00 EDT
Parliament Hill area reopened after investigation of ‘suspicious incident,’ no threat to public safety
Ottawa police say “no public safety threat” had been identified. Here's what we know.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Shoppers say the deals at Canada’s discount grocers are gone — but there may be some relief soon
As prices hit new highs at No Frills, Food Basics, FreshCo and other discount grocery stores, Canada’s most vulnerable are turning to food banks in droves. Some say, eventually, those prices will hit a wall.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:00:00 EDT
The man who helped decriminalize hard drugs in Portugal has some advice for Canada and B.C.
More measures are recommended beyond allowing small amounts of hard drugs in B.C.; in Portugal, those measures included mandatory meetings and punishments for refusing treatment.

Thu, 9 Jun 2022 12:00:00 EDT
The inside story of how Doug Ford beat the NDP — and destroyed the Liberals — in the Ontario election
Being “not a partisan or ideological guy at his core” was central to the Progressive Conservative leader’s brand, and the key to his second election victory, Robert Benzie writes.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:00:00 EDT
When is an overdose a homicide? Ontario fentanyl cases increasingly leading to manslaughter charges
Investigators tell the Star the complexity of such cases makes it difficult to prosecute dealers for overdose deaths.

Thu, 9 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Illegal strip searches. Mishandled evidence. Slapdash raids. How nine Canadian police forces continued flouting the law despite judges’ warnings
These systemic abuses are found among the more than 600 rulings over the past decade where judges found police committed serious Charter violations.



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