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Including: Talking about racism can be uncomfortable. This Toronto school is tackling the conversation head on [Star Logo] Headlines [Talking about racism can be uncomfortable. This Toronto school is tackling the conversation head on]( [Chaminade College School has always pushed the envelope in ensuring its students are able to speak about racism, sexism and social injustices openly. “This is one school that really takes the charge with social and emotional learning.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The most effective weapon in the war on COVID-19 is as plain as the mask on your face, U.S. researchers find]( [“What we believe is that if you impose the use of face masks and you do it properly, it is potentially a way to control the pandemic,” said Mario Molina, 1995 Nobel Prize winner and one of the lead researchers on a new study of the impact of making masks mandatory in public settings.]( [Read More [arrow]]( Have you signed up yet for First Up? The Star's new morning newsletter is more than just the headlines: it's everything you need to know in just a few minutes. Start your day with more of what matters and [sign up for First Up today](. [Protests continue across the GTA in fight to end anti-Black racism]( [From Markham to Hamilton to Christie Pits, peaceful marches and heartfelt speeches push for constructive change.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Justice For Jamal: Family demands answers at vigil for Black and Indigenous lives lost in police encounters]( [About 250 people at Mississauga’s Celebration Square on Saturday remembered the life of Jamal Derek Jr. Francique — a Black man, father of two — who died two days after a January incident with Peel police that’s still under investigation.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Anatomy of an arrest: Here’s what experts see in the altercation between an Alberta chief and the RCMP]( [Can video be in the eye of the beholder? The Star asked experts to break down the videotaped arrest of Chief Allan Adam moment by moment.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [How do I stay safe as Ontario reopens? A germ expert’s guide to bars, pools, haircuts and beaches]( [Ontario took another step forward in the COVID-19 battle Friday as most of the province reopened businesses under strict guidelines. There are good and bad ways to approach heading back out in the world. Dr. Dasantila Golemi-Kotra walks you through some of the biggest hurdles you’ll tackle.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Resignations demanded ‘in no uncertain terms’ at Peel District School Board]( [The National Council of Canadian Muslims has called for the education director and chair to leave their positions in the wake of findings of rampant, unresolved racism]( [Read More [arrow]]( [This single mother’s life just started to return to normal after her daughter’s fight with a cancerous brain tumour. Then COVID-19 hit]( [Amid the pandemic Samima Khan is especially concerned about her daughter being unable to regularly visit the doctor for checkups.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Royson James: ‘Nothing hurts greater than the sense that Black lives do not matter’: The heartbreaking lesson a father teaches a son about being Black]( [Being Black is no one-size-fits-all proposition, but even Royson James had to have The Talk with his sons.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [It’s been a year for the Raptors and that championship feeling isn’t going away]( [The organization is looked at differently, the players are looked at differently, they look differently at themselves. And a year after winning the NBA Finals, they’re ready for another run.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [When ‘systemic and structural’ racism is considered in sentencing]( [A top Ontario court judge found significant details in a social history report to guide his sentence of a convicted Black man. What the offender experienced growing up ‘was not simply the usual vicissitudes and general unfairness of life,’ found Superior Court Justice David Harris.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Dave Feschuk: The cost of words: It was almost 50 years ago when a night of slurs at the hockey rink led to a teenager’s death]( [Paul Smithers was 16 and trying to deal with a night of racial slurs, and insults directed at his mother. He reacted in a parking lot fight after the game, kicking out at an approaching foe while his arms were held back. Moments later, the other boy was dead, having choked on his own vomit.]( [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](