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Including: Kielburgers say questions about lobbying practices and links to government are ‘killing’ WE Charity [Star Logo] Headlines [Kielburgers say questions about lobbying practices and links to government are ‘killing’ WE Charity]( [The Kielburger brothers faced four hours of gruelling testimony where they said WE Charity wouldn’t have received any financial gain from running the grant program and that the scandal is killing their organization.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Judge who served on Walkerton inquiry will lead probe into COVID-19’s impact on Ontario’s nursing homes]( [A judge who once served as the provincial government’s lead counsel for the Walkerton tainted water inquiry and prosecuted the notorious Bre-X gold fraud case will head Premier Doug Ford’s long-awaited commission into the deadly impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes, the Star has learned.]( [Read More [arrow]]( What's happening in the U.S., and what it means for you If you've been enjoying this newsletter, there's another one you might like: This Week in Politics. 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[I was told to quit for asking about financial records, says former WE Charity board chair]( [Michelle Douglas, a human-rights activist and former public servant who worked with WE Charity for 14 years, told the House of Commons finance committee Tuesday that the charity was “scrambling” during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it laid off hundreds of employees.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Scoffield: Heads may yet roll in Justin Trudeau's inner circle, but the WE Charity fiasco is already taking a toll]( [Third-party arrangements are crucial to many local public policy initiatives, especially involving community-based charities, Heather Scoffield writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Nova Scotia mass killing will get a public inquiry afterall — here’s what that means]( [Governments had faced blistering criticism since announcing a review of the April massacre around Portapique, N.S., in which a gunman killed 22 people.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Slashed tires, loosened lug nuts and bear-spray attacks: Is the pandemic fuelling Canadians’ rage?]( [The message is ‘be kind, be calm be safe,’ but the advice is not so easy for some to heed during a global pandemic]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The murder of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano]( [Peter Edwards, the Star's expert on organized crime, tells This Matters everything you need to know the life and recent death of Pat Musitano, a notorious figure in Hamilton's criminal underworld.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Aug. 1 is Emancipation Day in Canada. Black community leaders say it’s an opportunity to examine what freedom and liberation mean today]( [Ontario does recognize Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, as of 2008, but advocates have long pushed for the day to be a national public holiday in Canada, as it is in many Caribbean countries.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Worried about a busy commute? Crowdsourced app will give you real-time updates]( [Rocketman app uses information from riders to tell people how crowded routes are at any given time.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Local artist sees boom in sales after Toronto Raptors don her Black Lives Matter masks]( [Roberta Nurse, wife of head coach Nick Nurse, reached out to the Liberty Village artist Nadia Lloyd to purchase the masks a week prior.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Secret UFO files? In Canada the truth is out there — online and searchable]( [Amid excitement over unpublished U.S. military findings about “unidentified aerial phenomena,” we look at how reports of flying saucers, aliens and other oddities are tracked, the Canadian way.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [‘Fair skin,’ a wife’s role: Defenders of Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ say it holds a mirror up to society. Is the bar really that low?]( [I was hoping to see some of the nuance around how arranged marriage works for modern millennials addressed in Netflix’s new reality series “Indian Matchmaking,” writes contributor Sahar Fatima. Instead, I finished hate-watching the show more frustrated than ever.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Shree Paradkar: ‘It took a pandemic for the country to see what was already broken.’ New report offers economic recovery plan with feminist spin]( [Women have suffered the greatest economic loss due to the pandemic, and in March alone accounted for 70 per cent of all job losses in Canada, new report says.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Rosie DiManno: The Maple Leafs return to the ice with a clean sheet, a win … and so much left to prove]( [If nothing else, a four-month furlough might prove advantageous for the Leafs, soothing and healing, a potential counter for what Boston’s Brad Marchand has predicted will be “sloppy hockey” across the board, Rosie DiManno 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. 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