Today's Star Headlines

Including: The RCMP is shutting down its financial crimes unit in Ontario. Here’s why former top Mounties says it’s a mistake [Star Logo] Headlines [The RCMP is shutting down its financial crimes unit in Ontario. Here’s why former top Mounties says it’s a mistake]( [As alarm over money laundering increases, specialist investigators in financial crime will be reassigned to national security and organized crime units]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Confidential memo raises eyebrows with request for school boards to reduce ‘red tape’]( [The Jan. 13 missive, obtained by the Star, says the ministry is “currently undertaking budget planning for the upcoming school year and an integral part of this process is soliciting feedback from our valued education partners to improve and refine the education funding formula.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Who can beat Donald Trump?]( [Three weeks from the launch of primary season that will choose the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, the ballot question has been well-established: Who can beat Donald Trump?]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Toronto Homeless Memorial now lists more than 1,000 lives lost. These are the names we know]( [The memorial at the Church of the Holy Trinity marks a grim milestone this week during a ceremony to remember men and women who died homeless by adding them to a list that for the first time includes more than 1,000 names.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Susan Delacourt: If Harry and Meghan can move to Canada, why not Scotland?]( [Less than a day after Harry and Meghan won approval to break away from their royal life in the U.K. on Monday, Scotland was summarily denied its chance to stretch its dreams of independence from mother England. Hello Canada!]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Judge slams Toronto South Detention Centre for sending accused to jury trial in oversize ‘security gown,’ without socks or underwear]( [Superior Court Justice David E. Harris found there was “no possible justification” for sending inmate David Baichoo to court without clothes for the start of his first-degree murder trial last January.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [High-end home tax will force out Toronto talent, warns real estate CEO]( [New taxes in council budget deliberations would make city less attractive to international talent, says the head of Sotheby’s Canada.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Black Future Lawyers program aims to attract more Black students to U of T law school]( [“Students either aren’t applying, are not being accepted or they’re not accepting offers when they’re extended,” said Josh Lokko, national president of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Scoffield: Here’s why men still get paid more than women]( [The way sexism is ingrained in our culture means there’s no easy fix for the gender gap when it comes to wages, Heather Scoffield writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Emma Teitel: Tory leadership hopefuls, pay attention. Canadians don’t want another Scheer]( [Though there are far more pressing things happening in our nation, the fact remains that its long-term future depends in part on the outcome of a mostly dull affair: the leadership race for the Conservative Party of Canada, Emma Teitel writes.]( [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](