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Plus, neighbours take on Annex frats and Poilievre targeting Trudeau's legacy [Get This Offer]( [The Star] First Up [By Kevin Jiang] By Kevin Jiang Good morning. Here’s the latest on a court battle for Ontarians’ health data, Annex residents waging war against fraternities and how Pierre Poilievre would undo Justin Trudeau’s legacy. DON’T MISS Dreamstime Photo courts [Should your health data be stored on U.S. servers? A lawsuit is testing Ontario’s privacy safeguards]( A U.S. company is taking Ontario Health to court in a battle that could decide the fate of Ontarians’ health data. Doxy.me sells video conferencing technology to medical professionals for virtual appointments — and keeps the data in the U.S. But since 2022, Ontario health professionals could only bill OHIP if they used an approved platform that stored data in Canada, Patty Winsa reports — a change that has cost Doxy roughly $10,000 a month as provincial clients turned to other options. [Take a closer look at the details](. - Context: The new Ontario Health Virtual Visits Verification Program says medical professionals can only bill OHIP if they used one of the roughly three dozen Ontario Health-approved platforms that store data in Canada. - Go deeper: Doxy’s lawsuit comes on the heels of a [Supreme Court ruling that one’s IP address deserves privacy protection]( — which experts say could slim the odds of the company’s success in court. Andrew Francis Wallace/The Star housing [“This is simply unacceptable behaviour.” A former governor general wants the city to act on Annex frat houses]( For decades, Annex residents have warred against late-night disruptions caused by 19 fraternities embedded in the area — and now former governor general Adrienne Clarkson has joined the fight, Alyshah Hasham reports. In a searing letter to city council’s planning and housing committee, Clarkson and her husband railed against the noise keeping them up late into the night at their Annex residence: “This is simply unacceptable behaviour in a residential area. We don’t understand why we cannot regulate these types of houses.” Some councillors attempted to regulate fraternities and sororities as rooming houses — but the motion would eventually be scrapped, to the frustration of Annex residents. [So what can be done?]( - Wait, what? Noise and garbage complaints are already covered by municipal bylaws, and councillors encourage residents to report issues to 311. But some residents say they’ve made more reports than they can count, with limited results. - More: Fraternity members say the tension could be resolved by building better relations with neighbours, from their helping out around the neighbourhood to listening and acting on complaints. Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick federal politics [Poilievre will undo some of Trudeau’s legacy if he becomes prime minister]( While prime ministers might say they’ll leave their legacies up to the historians, it’s their successor who decides how much of that legacy endures. While Justin Trudeau appears confident some of his actions in office would remain untouched should Pierre Poilievre win the next federal election, the Conservative leader has made it clear what parts he intends to undo, Tonda MacCharles writes — namely scrapping the carbon levy, shutting down safe injection sites, ramping up minimum prison sentences for certain crimes and slashing funding for the CBC. [Here’s what else Poilievre might do to cement his own legacy as prime minister](. - What we know: Poilievre’s crusade against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax has become a centrepiece in his campaign, [with “axe the tax” rallies drawing thousands of supporters](. - By the numbers: Poilievre’s promises of a lower cost of living appear to be resonating with voters — 36 per cent of Canadians saying they’d vote Tory today, while 21 per cent would vote Liberal and 16 per cent for the NDP. [Stay up to date with our online polling tool](. WHAT ELSE An expected defeat was unexpectedly painful for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals — [it should set off alarm bells](. Economists expect the inflation rate [ticked up above three per cent last month amid higher gas prices](. [The Israeli military has raided Gaza’s main hospital]( claiming Hamas is using it as a base. Putin has been declared the [winner of a presidential race that was never in doubt](. Family members remember Regent Park shooting victims and [plead with the public to “drop false narratives.”]( “There’s nothing left.” [Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse and Island Café were destroyed in a large fire](. [The murder trial in the death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup begins today](. [FIFA’s request for labour law exemptions]( for Toronto’s World Cup bid sparked concern. Joey Votto hit a homer off the first pitch he saw as a Blue Jay — [and joked about the dugout scare that followed](. Season swept: [The Raptors have no answer for Paulo Banchero and the Magic in Orlando](. Take a peek inside Toronto’s annual furry convention, [where attendees are free to be their “fursona” alter egos](. Can’t follow the Mediterranean diet? [The Atlantic diet might be a better fit](. POV Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images [“My mother was a hungry child in a war zone.” Mayor Chow speaks to why the untold suffering in Gaza hits close to home for her and so many Canadians.]( CLOSE-UP Kelsey Wilson/The Star KING STREET: Toronto was a ghost town on March 17, 2020. [Here’s a look back at how the COVID lockdown changed the city](. Thank you for reading. You can reach me and 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_210673). I’ll see you back here tomorrow. Get unlimited digital and ePaper access Spring Sale: Only $1.25/week for 52 weeks! [Get This Offer]( 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. 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