Today's Star Headlines

Including: ‘Maybe they shouldn’t have had children,’ son of Russian spies says of his parents as he recalls his suffering [Star Logo] Headlines [‘Maybe they shouldn’t have had children,’ son of Russian spies says of his parents as he recalls his suffering]( [Alexander Vavilov’s world collapsed when he learned his parents weren’t who they said they were, but were, in fact, Russian spies. The family was sent to Moscow, a place he and his brother had never been. The boys did not speak Russian.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Under fire from Black community, province names third reviewer in Peel school board racism probe]( [Shawn Richard, former head of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, to join Sue Herbert, Ena Chadha in Peel school board review.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Traffic enforcement alone won’t ‘cure’ pedestrian deaths, Toronto police chief says]( [A longtime safety advocate expects traffic deaths to rise, not drop, unless urgent action is taken]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Two of three guards fired in wake of 2016 death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. super-jail counter-sue province]( [They allege it’s “deliberately and maliciously” refusing to defend them in a lawsuit filed by the mentally ill man’s family.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [You be the editor: What would you do if you were in the editor’s seat? Take our quiz]( [Toronto Star editors make thousands of decisions every year. How would you have dealt with these? Test yourself with our annual quiz.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Martin Regg Cohn: It’s time to pay MPPs more money]( [Raise a glass to our Ontario MPPs. For it is the only raise they will get this year — or any year, going back to the ghost of Christmas past a full decade ago, when the chill wind of a pay freeze swept across Queen’s Park, Martin Regg Cohn writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Mallick: When we shop at Amazon, we create the Canada we deserve]( [We close local stores, drive prices down, clog the streets, pollute the air, endanger exhausted delivery drivers and keep the huge hamster wheel spinning, Heather Mallick writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Bruce Arthur: The notion of clean sport was a fight worth fighting for Beckie Scott, but it came at a cost]( [The former Olympic gold medallist was always outnumbered, always outgunned, but she gave athletes something they hadn’t had before: a voice.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Chantal Hébert: Jean Charest is ready to lead the Conservatives but are the Conservatives ready for him?]( [Jean Charest is well on the way to succumbing to his last big political temptation: a run for the federal Conservative leadership and, in his best-case scenario, a solid shot at the job of prime minister, Chantal Hébert writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto doctor charged with five counts of sexual assault]( [Police say the crimes were committed between 2002 and 2016.]( [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](