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Including: Judges and Crowns regularly send still-innocent people to places like the Toronto South Detention Centre. Should they have to know what that feels like? [Star Logo] Headlines [Judges and Crowns regularly send still-innocent people to places like the Toronto South Detention Centre. Should they have to know what that feels like?]( [“I still remember the smell of it,” says Toronto lawyer Angela Chaisson, who believes the jail visits should be mandatory. “If you don’t know what it means to be incarcerated, then how can you be part of a justice system that incarcerates people?”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Gregor Chisholm: Blue Jays sign ace Hyun-Jin Ryu for $80 million over four years — it’s a calculated risk]( [The former Dodgers left-hander was an NL Cy Young Award finalist this past season.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Susan Delacourt: Trudeau gets personal. Here are 10 things he reveals about himself]( [This year, as part of a continuing Christmas tradition dating back to 2003, Trudeau sat down again with Terry DiMonte, a Montreal radio host who is also a close friend. It is a rare opportunity for the prime minister to talk candidly and personally about what it’s like to live his life, Susan Delacourt writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Gregor Chisholm: Down by 30? ‘Piece of cake,’ Raptors coach jokes after comeback victory for the ages]( [How improbable was this victory? When the Mavericks led 85-55 midway through the third, they had a 99.7 per cent win probability. No team had overcome that since New Year’s Eve in 2009 — until the Raptors did it on Sunday.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The bullet is still lodged near her spine. How it feels to be ‘just another person’ among a record 279 shot in Toronto this year]( [“As long as you stay angry, you’ll be alive,” Samantha Cowe-Tomlinson remembers thinking as people trampled over her to escape the shooting that left her injured outside an Oakwood-Vaughan bar over Thanksgiving.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Motorist charged with impaired driving after two pedestrians killed in Scarborough]( [When police arrived at the scene in the area of Markham Road and Progress Avenue, two people were lying in the roadway. They were transported to hospital with serious injuries where they later died.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Climate activists dump cow manure in front of Doug Ford’s Etobicoke office]( [Activists with Extinction Rebellion took responsibility for the action.]( [Read More [arrow]]( ANALYSIS [The knives were out for Mike Babcock long before the Leafs cut ties]( [On May 6, when GM Kyle Dubas said he was “all in” on coach Babcock keeping his job, few believed him. It was more or less a waiting game, with a slow start to the season the excuse to strike. Dubas had been floating Sheldon Keefe’s name since before Babcock was hired.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Rosie DiManno: Hockey’s moment of reckoning is personal for Sheldon Keefe. A survivor of abuse, he opts to lead with positivity, empathy]( [The head coach of the Maple Leafs survived the bizarre cult of David Frost and is now a positive force — on and off the ice — in the centre of the NHL universe, Rosie DiManno writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ugly Christmas sweaters turn from earnest to raunchy]( [“I feel like certain brands are trying to go for the edgiest, dirtiest, broiest dude they can find,” said Amanda Neville, an ugly sweater designer for the wholesale company Fashion Avenue.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Star]( 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]( [Manage Your Email Preferences]( [View in Browser]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY](