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Including: Facial recognition app Clearview AI has been used far more widely in Canada than previously known [Star Logo] Headlines [Facial recognition app Clearview AI has been used far more widely in Canada than previously known]( [From the RCMP and small-town cops to a Rexall employee hoping to bust shoplifters: On Thursday, several more police forces and private businesses confirmed trying the controversial technology, which is under investigation by privacy regulators.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Talks begin with Wet’suwet’en chiefs, but blockades aren’t coming down]( [Coastal GasLink has agreed to halt some construction activity for two days as Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs signal to their supporters across the country that they need time to negotiate with the British Columbia and federal governments in “an atmosphere” of respect.]( [Read More [arrow]]( Never miss a Star story you'll like again There's a new way to get the news you want in your inbox: our Recommended For You newsletter. It's the stories we think you'll like, based on what you read now. And you help make it smarter, because the more you read while logged in with your TheStar.com account, the better our recommendations will get. [Sign up for the Recommended For You newsletter today]( and we'll start sending you the best of what you might have missed. Don't have an account on TheStar.com yet? Create one for free [here](. [A third of Ontario schools, daycares have dangerous levels of lead in the water. Search our database to see the test results]( [In the past three years, more than a third of schools and daycares that tested for lead — 36 per cent — had at least one exceedance of Health Canada’s guideline of 5 parts per billion (ppb).]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Scoffield: Just because Justin Trudeau says you aren’t poor doesn’t mean you’ll feel like it]( [The statistics may well suggest that Canada is gaining the upper hand on poverty, but struggles remain for those hovering just above the poverty line, Heather Scoffield writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Restaurants in downtown Chinatown struggle with drop in number of customers due to coronavirus fears]( [Restaurateurs hope episode will be short-lived as reduction in revenue and wastage of supplies puts a strain on businesses.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Bruce Arthur: Trusting the IOC to do the right thing on Tokyo 2020 — facing the spectre of a pandemic — is a dangerous game]( [The Olympics has a time-worn history of worries surfacing within six months of the Games, and the IOC — with Japanese investment predicted to hit $26 billion — has shown, over and over, what they care about, Bruce Arthur writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Sticker shock: Decals of train driving through protesters is just a joke, Alberta man says]( [Matt Bussey said he made the decal depicting a train running through protesters for entertainment and didn’t expect it would get so much attention.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘A turnaround year’? Alberta’s budget pins hopes on oil, offers ‘blue print’ for jobs]( [Jason Kenney’s second budget doubles down on promises to cut corporate taxes and rein in spending; awaits pipeline completion and further investment.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Mounties have ‘bigger fish to fry.’ So who can protect Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Canada?]( [The best private security providers often have decades of protection experience and high skills. What they don’t have are badges and guns.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The TDSB is changing the start times at 131 schools — find yours with our handy search tool]( [Aim is to cut costs, improve bus route “reliability,” Toronto District School Board says.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [China says this bookseller gave up his citizenship while in custody. Could imprisoned Canadians face similar fate?]( [Earlier this week, Gui Minhai, originally from Ningbo, China and a naturalized Swedish citizen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in mainland China for ‘illegally providing intelligence overseas.’]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Photos: The world responds to COVID-19]( [The novel coronavirus has gone global.]( [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]( [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](