I’d like to wish all those observing Yom Kippur today a meaningful fast.
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And I hope most of us had a better weekend than the Blue Jays, who aren’t quite eliminated from the playoff race, but look pretty close to done.
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Here are six things to know going into the work week:
- Mark Carney met with French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday, and the two agreed to deepen the ties between their countries.
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- The new sitting of Parliament starts in Ottawa today.
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The PM told his caucus last week to expect a “consequential” fall.
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- Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, days before she was to face byelection voters.
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- Star editor-in-chief Nicole MacIntyre is moderating the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s mayoral debate Tuesday.
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Get caught up on the candidates here, then watch live on the Star at 7 p.m.
- Rosie DiManno asked new Leafs execs John Chayka and Mats Sundin who’s the boss.
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And they answered.
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- Remote work leads to interesting office spaces: one guy has Zoomed in from Canada’s Wonderland for over a year.
OK, let’s get started.
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In Kalamazoo, Michigan, the fourth annual Can-Am Peace Jam celebrated Canadian culture — an attempt to repair the fraying bonds of friendship between two countries that have been kindred neighbours for hundreds of years.
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“Many Americans are heartbroken at what’s happening right now.
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They apologize to me all the time,” says Canadian-born resident Channon Russette-Mondoux.
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Francine Kopun checked out the festivities, from Barenaked Ladies cover bands, to curling demonstrations and a poutine cook-off.
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- Covid-era “freedom” politics have reshaped the Conservative Party; keeping those voters engaged without alienating the rest of Canada is one of Pierre Poilievre’s defining challenges.
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- Federalists say Alberta’s Conservative MPs are missing in action as the separation referendum looms.
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- Defence Minister David McGuinty says Donald Trump’s deal with Greenland is “encouraging.”
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- Milton’s Mayor Gord Krantz, 89, is Canada’s longest-serving mayor.
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He’s held the post since 1980.
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And he’s running for office for the 22nd time.
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The police union endorsement snubbed them both.
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- A newly opened $80 million park in Newmarket blends art, recreation and a rich history.
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Education
- Canada’s largest private English-language school has filed for bankruptcy, shuttering campuses in Toronto and Vancouver and leaving 1,300 students scrambling.
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Health
- We turn to our screens because we crave stimulation and distraction.
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Ironically, our endless scrolling is leaving us more bored than ever before, Kevin Jiang reports.
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World
- Ukraine fired over 1,000 drones at Russia this weekend, including its “largest ever” attack on Moscow.
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- A gold mine collapse in northeast Sudan killed at least 11 people.
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- Inflation isn’t just a Canadian problem: it’s even hitting Chile’s beloved hot dogs.
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THE CONVERSATION
Chief investigative reporter Kevin Donovan has broken a lot of big stories for the Star that started with clandestine meetings or anonymous tips.
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In 2021, one investigation started when his car was stolen.
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He looked into what happened to it, and wound up reporting on an unfolding car theft epidemic that was, at the time, powered by technological changes that had thieves performing “relay thefts” using scanners to copy the signals of keyless entry fobs.
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When he looked into the state of the industry in 2026 for his ongoing five-part series “Grand Theft Toronto,” he told me recently, it has gone back to “the stone age.”
As in, picking up rocks and throwing them.
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“People coming up to the doors of houses in the GTA with a paving stone or a rock, depending on the kind of window they want to break, smashing in, going in ….
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They usually end up with a set of car keys — three sets of car keys in one case — and they’re gone,” he said in a video podcast interview at the Star studio.
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This method of home invasion, alongside the rise in armed carjackings, leads to a crime that has become more violent, with higher stakes.
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It’s in service of a black market that’s multinational.
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“A Toyota Highlander may show up on the streets of Moscow tomorrow, and two weeks ago it was in Leaside in Toronto.
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Frustratingly, while the crime has become less digital and more dangerous, tech advances have simultaneously made it harder for police to have any hope of catching the “Mr. Bigs” actually in charge.
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Donovan says that, like in the cases we’ve heard of recently about guns for hire, the thieves (typically young, relatively low-paid) get orders for cars and instructions via encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, and never know who they are working for.
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The results of the investigation are fascinating, and his reporting is packed with videos of crimes in progress, vivid true stories of individual criminal characters, and detailed examinations of where, when and how these crimes tend to go down.
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…and 34 more, not listed.
The Aporia
