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Including: How the Ford government’s love of MZOs is increasingly benefiting private developers with ties to PC and local politicians [The Star]( Morning Headlines [How the Ford government’s love of MZOs is increasingly benefiting private developers with ties to PC and local politicians]( The province says MZOs are a vital tool to help build projects communities want and people rely on. Premier’s office says “any attempt to link MZOs with political connections” is baseless. [Read more »]( [This fight over compensation for First Nation kids has been raging for 14 years. On Monday it’s back in court — amid calls for Canada to ‘just do the right thing’]( [Read more »]( [He came to Canada as a teenage refugee. Five years later, his bid to reunite his family is stuck in limbo]( [Read more »]( [Star columnist alerts] Following your favourite Star columnists just got easier. Never miss the latest from the voices that matter most to you with the Star’s new columnist email alerts. [Pick the columnists you'd like to follow here]( and you’ll get an email every time they have a new story online. [When baby boomers in Toronto finally leave their current homes, it will free up space for hundreds of thousands of young homeowners. But will they be able to afford them?]( [Read more »]( [City effort to clear park encampments puts homeless people at risk, outreach workers warn]( [Read more »]( [The TDSB is re-examining the names of its 583 schools. Can it find the right way to reflect the city’s diversity?]( [Read more »]( [‘I had no idea that I built a bad guy’: Three artists talk about the John A Macdonald statues they made — and what’s happening to them]( [Read more »]( [England, Netherlands live up to the Euro 2020 hype]( [Read more »]( [Why are Canadian police using expired blood collection equipment in DUI investigations?]( [Read more »]( [COVID-19 has made the green space on Toronto Island even more attractive. But getting to it is no walk in the park.]( [Read more »]( [Want to travel? Here’s how you will prove you are vaccinated]( [Read more »]( OPINION [Emma Teitel: Church-Wellesley BIA wants the city to take down Alexander Wood’s statue. It’s about time]( [Read more »]( OPINION [As Canadians emerge from lockdown eager to travel, a moment of silence for my cheap and cheerful Greyhound bus]( [Read more »]( [Inside the showdown over old-growth logging: A tangle of Indigenous sovereignty, protesters and B.C.’s big-money industry]( [Read more »]( OPINION [The senseless murder of a family walking down the street is an atrocity — one that begins with subtle forms of Islamophobia in Canada]( [Read more »]( [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]( [Sign Up for More Newsletters and Email Alerts]( [Become a Star Subscriber]( [View in Browser]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY]( - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -