As need grows, another nursing home closes

Plus billionaire Stronach charged with sexual assaults, what TTC workers won and a Stanley Cup Final preview for suffering Leafs fans [The Star] First Up [By Andrew Joe Potter] By Andrew Joe Potter Good morning and sending good vibes to Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah; after bouncing back a bit from a disastrous 2023, the team announced [the star hurler must undergo season-ending elbow surgery](. Here’s the latest. MUST READS Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star Elder care [As Toronto’s dire need for long-term care grows, yet another nursing home prepares to close its doors]( At the end of the year, the North Park Nursing Home will join three other facilities representing nearly 500 combined beds that have shuttered in Toronto in the past two-and-a-half years, Kenyon Wallace reports. What’s more, advocates are sounding the alarm: the licenses for 31 facilities, both for-profit and non-profit, will expire by June 2025. [The fate of several of those homes remains unclear](. Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star Star exclusive [How the rails were won: What transit workers received in their last-minute deal with the TTC]( Late Thursday, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 agreed to a three-year deal with the TTC, avoiding a city-halting shutdown. The deal included a wage hike north of 13 per cent and commitment to curb plans to allow drivers from 905-region transit agencies to take over Toronto bus routes, Ben Spurr reports. [However, those weren’t the only concessions in the yet-to-be-released deal](. Supplied Crime [Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach charged with sexual assaults dating back to the 1980s]( Frank Stronach, founder of the automotive parts empire Magna International, was arrested and charged with five offences on Friday — rape, indecent assault of a female, forcible confinement and two charges of sexual assault, alleged to have take place between the 1980s and 2023. Stronach categorically denied all allegations through high-profile criminal defence lawyer Brian Greenspan, Raju Mudhar reports. [Here’s what we know so far](. Codie McLachlan/Getty Images SPORTS [A guide to the Stanley Cup Final (for Maple Leafs fans once again left out in the cold)]( This year’s Stanley Cup Final begins tonight down in that hockey hotbed of suburban South Florida. The Florida Panthers, which didn’t even exist when the Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Cup in 1967, are going for the franchise’s first-ever title; the Edmonton Oilers hope to make it their sixth. Even with no skin in the game, Kevin McGran writes that [local hockey fans will find plenty of regret](. Marcus Cooper Music [Allie X didn’t like the music industry’s rules. The Oakville pop star chose to sing a different tune]( With her new album “Girl With No Face,” Allie Hughes, better known as Allie X, almost entirely self-produced the project. “For me, this is an album about liberation and really trying something that I’d never tried before: trusting my own instincts, trusting that I could do something that came completely from me,” she tells Nick Krewen ahead of tonight’s show at the Opera House. [Check out the profile on her latest work here](. Support THIS Supplied In January 1996, a boy Katie Daubs knew died at hockey practice, a random tragedy that made for sleepless nights for the 10-year-old future Star journalist. That summer, sleepover camp helped her start regaining her sense of control. [It’s a feeling every child deserves to experience](. You may have noticed our Sunday edition didn’t reach your inbox last weekend — which is too bad, because you missed this great story about [the major shift in the GTA’s lawn wars]( a thought-provoking column about [who really bears responsibility for the scourge of e-bikes on our sidewalks]( and [the Star’s chat with breakout leading man Glen Powell](. We believe we’ve found the issue. You can reach the First Up team at [firstup@thestar.ca](mailto:firstup@thestar.ca?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=emailutm_email=6C53B63A8E3FAD70AD4EF13004527437&utm_campaign=frst_214842), and — fingers crossed — I will see you back here tomorrow. If you're not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you'd prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. [Unsubscribe From This Newsletter]( [Sign Up for More Newsletters and Email Alerts]( [View in Browser]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. 8 Spadina Avenue, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 0S8. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY](