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Including: Did free cash drive people to quit work? Not according to a new study of Ontario’s basic income experiment [Star Logo] Headlines [Did free cash drive people to quit work? Not according to a new study of Ontario’s basic income experiment]( [Basic income propelled workers to take chances on a new job or career, often with better pay and working conditions.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ottawa’s offer to recognize Wet’suwet’en land rights could be a game-changer for Canada. Here’s how]( [That question is at the centre of the dispute over the Coastal GasLink pipeline: the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say it can’t pass through the nation’s territory without their permission, but Canada’s legal framework does not acknowledge Wet’suwet’en ownership of the territory they claim.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [As Canadians wait for doctors, 170 family medicine residencies are left vacant]( [On “Match Day,” Canada’s graduating medical students found out where they will complete their residencies. This year, 223 positions were left vacant, 170 of them family doctor positions.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Race was a factor when police handcuffed 6-year-old Black girl at Mississauga school, human rights tribunal finds]( [The Peel Regional Police officers’ decision to restrain a schoolgirl with both her wrists and ankles handcuffed was “a clear overreaction in the circumstances,” adjudicator Brenda Bowlby wrote.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Biden makes it a two-horse race against Sanders after strong Super Tuesday showing]( [Mike Bloomberg, the ninth richest man in the world and former mayor of New York, washed out in what was supposed to be his big debut in the nomination contest.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto hospital trial allows patients to see their medical records — and control who else sees them too]( [A new UHN project uses blockchain to give patients a unified view of the data from all their health care providers, and give them more control over who has access to it.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ontario government defends secrecy surrounding what it will cost 3M to correct the licence plate fiasco]( [Embattled Government and Consumer Services Minister Lisa Thompson is defending the secrecy swirling around the Progressive Conservatives’ bid to fix the blue licence plate fiasco.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [This Toronto company can beam a lifelike version of you into meetings as a human hologram]( [Toronto-based ARHT Media’s technology aims to “solve the business challenge, the geography challenge, the time challenge that your companies or schools have.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [These workers can’t afford to take time off if they’re exposed to coronavirus. For them, the government’s advice to self-quarantine is almost impossible]( [Many people don’t have sick days to cover the time and can’t afford the financial hit.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [In a surprise move, Ontario government climbs down on high school class sizes. Is a deal far off?]( [But school boards have urged province to return to average of 22, warning any increases to class size are ‘devastating’ to students, teachers.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto Catholic school board cancels European trips over March Break because of coronavirus outbreak]( [The Canadian government is warning against all non-essential travel to northern Italy and there was growing concern over the rapidly evolving situation.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [What do you want to know about coronavirus? You ask, we’ll try to answer]( [The Star wants to answer your most pressing questions as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow and the global health emergency expands.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Shree Paradkar: Tribunal ruling on handcuffing of 6-year-old Peel girl is yet another wake-up call. But watch how it will be dismissed as a one-off]( [Case points to a hopelessness in Ontario’s education system that is crushing Black children underfoot, Shree Paradkar 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]( [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](