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Including: Doug Ford touts ‘stringent’ back to school rules as safety concerns mount among Ontario parents, educators [Star Logo] Headlines [Doug Ford touts ‘stringent’ back to school rules as safety concerns mount among Ontario parents, educators]( [Ontario’s plan is based on advice from pediatric experts, ‘but for the parents that are nervous I understand. I’m nervous as a premier. I’m going to be losing sleep all the way up through September to make sure these kids are safe.’]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘It’s so hard to feel helpless.’ Lebanese diaspora in Toronto desperately tries to contact loved ones after explosion rocks Beirut]( [Those in Toronto with ties to Lebanon — more than 13,000 according to the last census, more than 6,000 immigrants — scrambled to call home amid power outages that have plagued the capital and hospitals already at capacity amid an ongoing global pandemic.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands]( [The blast struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake and it was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometres across the Mediterranean.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto may finally be embracing masks, one expert says: 4 charts that show where we are now in COVID-19 battle]( [For more than two weeks, Toronto has trended behind the rest of the GTA in daily new cases, something that is more likely linked to the city’s high compliance on mask use than to a delayed move to Stage 3, said Colin Furness, an epidemiologist with the University of Toronto.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘We felt we were swimming against the tide’: New research highlights untold story of GTA Chinese community’s proactive response to COVID-19]( [“A lot of credit needs to be given to the Chinese community for where we are right now in terms of the spread, it could have been far worse,” says York U. professor]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Court to decide whether it’s legal to record naked person on office surveillance camera for sex purposes]( [A judge will consider the issue after a woman testified last week that the manager of the downtown Toronto bar where she worked sexually assaulted her, with her pants pulled down, in the basement office of the bar in 2016.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Rosie DiManno: The Korpisalo spell is broken, and the Maple Leafs can breathe again]( [After four-plus periods of frustration, Auston Matthews solved Columbus goalie Joonas Korpisalo. John Tavares and Morgan Rielly added to the tally. A few adjustments and just like that, we’ve got ourselves a ball game heading into Game 3 Thursday, Rosie DiManno writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Auston Matthews, John Tavares give Maple Leafs the win in Game 2 vs. Blue Jackets]( [Concern for defenceman Jake Muzzin, taken off on a stretcher late in Tuesday's game at Scotiabank Arena.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Overall Wexford Heights strong local culture helped its independent businesses survive the pandemic]( [New study shows how COVID-19 impacted seven Canadian ‘main streets.’]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Shree Paradkar: Pandemic’s impact lays bare the world’s inequality and injustice]( [Economic suffering hits the poorest hardest; governments are handed a pretext to crack down on their citizens; and all the while Bezos and Zuckerberg thrive, Shree Paradkar observes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Susan Delacourt: Does Justin Trudeau have Canadians’ trust? He’ll need it to lead us through the pandemic]( [Whether it’s contact tracing or the eventual development of a vaccine, future success in the fight against this coronavirus increasingly depends on how well we understand behaviour modification, group dynamics and that elusive concept of trust, Susan Delacourt 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](