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ICYM what council will be debating this week: ‘Considerable risks’ to safety: City of Toronto report warns against grace period for speed camera tickets thestar.com/news/gta/consi… From Ben Spurr and me via Toronto Star

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

NEW - I hit the streets with outreach workers who told me they're finding more needles and people in distress, and witnessing more public overdoses since four supervised consumption sites closed in Toronto. It did not take long for me to witness one myself thestar.com/news/gta/ontar…

Rogers' satellite-to-mobile service will allow Canadians without traditional cell service (regardless of their mobile carrier) to send and receive text messages, including text-to-911 if they are enabled by municipalities. thestar.com/business/why-r… By Patty Winsa via Toronto Star

From ‘World of Warcraft’ to wedding vows: Community rallies to help Toronto man with terminal illness tie the knot thestar.com/news/gta/from-… From Estella Ren + Reagan McSwainStaff via Toronto Star

"What are people to think when a consultation process run in good faith by (city) staff and participated in good faith by residents has results ignored because a few people didn’t like what a majority of people wanted?" Shawn Micallef 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ via Toronto Star

My Toronto Star column: More than a decade ago, Doug Ford helped usher in an era of outsourcing services at city hall. It was supposed to save money. But the lofty benefits never materialized. And now Mayor Olivia Chow might be pushing back. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

The truck driver charged in the death of an e-bike rider on Avenue Road last year faces a fine and hours of community service after pleading guilty to a lesser charge on Tuesday. thestar.com/news/gta/truck… via Toronto Star

“You wouldn’t see a more lenient sentence in any other case but for operation of a motor vehicle [...] The penalty applied has got to be a smack in the face of this devastated family as well the cycling community.” thestar.com/news/gta/truck… by Mahdis Habibinia

This is one of those images you instantly know will appear in history books of the future. And people will wonder how we allowed this to happen.

Amnesty International: Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians Doctors Without Borders: Israel is deliberately starving Gaza UN expert: Israel is deliberately starving, killing children Human Rights Watch: Israel engineered mass starvation Media: Gaza food crisis spreads

Just now: City council approved the appointment of Dr. Michelle Murti as the city’s new medical officer of health, replacing Dr. Eileen de Villa, who stepped down in December. thestar.com/news/gta/toron… From Ben Cohen via Toronto Star

‘No compromises’: Ottawa issues warning to Toronto about housing funding over sixplex vote thestar.com/news/gta/no-co… From Ben Spurr via Toronto Star

Here’s how much the new Metrolinx CEO will get paid — plus his potential performance bonuses thestar.com/news/gta/heres… From Andy Takagi via Toronto Star

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV

Journalism is a precarious, poorly paid profession but you learn every day and that can include how lucky you are. Yesterday I covered Mayor Chow's visit to 500 Dawes Rd., an apartment building notorious for pests, mould and various malfunctions. Chow met 3 tenants ...