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Bert Bruser, the longtime Toronto Star newsroom lawyer who helped reshape Canadian media law and pushed for responsible, aggressive reporting, was awarded the World Press Freedom Canada career achievement award on Thursday. thestar.com/news/canada/lo…

For the morning crowd: A scathing assessment of the NDP campaign from top party voice. Tensions following the NDP’s worst ever election result. And more potential leadership candidates. My latest via @torontostar thestar.com/politics/feder…

Toronto Star investigations among finalists for Canada's top journalism prize trib.al/UsctvuI

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Today's front page.

Disturbing errors at Ontario fertility clinics destroy couples' baby dreams years after province abandoned oversight plans. My latest investigation for The Toronto Star thestar.com/news/investiga…

A 53-year-old Soviet spacecraft built to survive Venus — where the sky glows yellow and the temperature measures 460 degrees — is about to hit Earth. The problem? No one knows where. Back on the space beat for Toronto Star: thestar.com/news/world/thi…

It took me a year to get this data because Shoppers Drug Mart didn’t want it public. It reveals Ontario taxpayers footed a $61M bill for more than 1.2 million meds checks done by Shoppers over 14 months, via Toronto Star: thestar.com/business/shopp…

Your morning must read from Mark Colley Raised in captivity, Macro never got to be 'what a raccoon should have been': A story of caution and redemption thestar.com/news/gta/raise… via @torontostar

Perched above the New York City diner made famous by Seinfeld, a small lab became, improbably, crucial to humanity’s understanding of the universe itself. Now, it is being shut down by Donald Trump’s administration. Fascinating story by Oliver Milman: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Parkside Drive speed camera cut down for fifth time: ‘It’s just Groundhog Day’ The speed camera, Toronto’s busiest, has been the frequent target of vandals in recent months. trib.al/WAXL5xn

Me and my colleagues at the Toronto Star with live on the ground coverage of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s royal visit to Ottawa thestar.com/politics/feder…

Exclusive from me today in the Toronto Star: Behind the scenes of Toronto’s ‘bubble zone’ debate: The confidential legal advice city council was given about limiting protests thestar.com/news/gta/behin…

All the props in the world to Richie Assaly for putting words to a feeling that I think we're all having these days in Toronto. It's about the burger but it's also so much bigger than the burger. Culture writing at its best imo! thestar.com/news/gta/i-cou…

She was in one of history's most famous photos. Now its authorship is in question — and the ‘Napalm Girl’ has thoughts. For Toronto Star: thestar.com/news/gta/napal…

Scoop from me: TTC chooses new CEO, nearly a year after Rick Leary's resignation: sources thestar.com/news/gta/ttc-c… via @torontostar

The Toronto Star’s urban affairs team is on fire this week, here’s another exclusive this time from David Rider: CNE has fired its CEO and his wife. They call the harassment allegations against them 'unjust' thestar.com/news/gta/cne-h…

I'm reminded of these words from Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk: "Marc Garneau really had a load on his shoulders. He felt the load and he did well ... He paved the way for those of us who followed." thestar.com/news/canada/he…

Patients who spoke with me said they felt pressured by private clinics to pay out of pocket for faster care or unnecessary add-ons when trying to get OHIP-covered cataract surgery. My latest for Toronto Star thestar.com/business/there…

Ontario Line construction has unleashed a rat problem for some residents nearby. Metrolinx has promised to pay for exterminators — but many say they’ve been left with the bill. From Andy Takagi and me: thestar.com/news/investiga…