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Including: Bill Morneau resigns as Canada’s finance minister [Star Logo] Headlines [Bill Morneau resigns as Canada’s finance minister]( [Bill Morneau stepped down Monday as Canada’s finance minister after weeks of speculation about his future following in a charity scandal that has rocked the Liberal minority government.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Scoffield: Bill Morneau accomplished a lot, but it was time to go]( [The beleaguered finance minister did the right thing when he handed in his resignation on Monday, Heather Scoffield writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( Get more than headlines in your inbox If you like this newsletter, there's another one you might love: First Up. Every morning, it'll give you more of everything you need to know to start your day — what's happening, why it's a big deal and what to look for next. [Sign up for First Up here]( and you'll start getting more of the biggest news of the day in your inbox. OPINION [Bruce Arthur: Raptors easily win opener against Nets, but just wait until Pascal Siakam gets going]( [No one is worried about the team’s top scorer, including Siakam, who says “I took the shots that I want to take.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Is Zoom the place where the Democrats can take on Donald Trump?]( [The prospect of an online presidential convention seems very of the moment in a country that’s recently become overfamiliar with video conferencing, Edward Keenan writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [About 60% of COVID-19 cases in Ontario are now young adults: 4 charts that explain the latest pandemic trends]( [Mixed news as the number of pandemic infections continues to fall]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ottawa remains silent as pressure mounts to help victims of China's crackdown in Hong Kong]( [A growing number of legal and human rights experts are urging the federal Liberal government to grant a safe pathway to Canada for Hong Kong residents wishing to escape an increasingly repressive regime, and to enact targeted sanctions against Chinese violators of human rights.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘I feel like I’m not going to be lost in the system’: How COVID-19 has actually helped some homeless shelter residents]( [As part of its effort to ramp up its housing of the homeless, the city has moved 1,570 shelter residents to permanent housing since mid-March.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Should long-term-care homes be ‘old-person storage’ or places to live? New construction in Ontario could hold the answer]( [The Ministry of Long-Term Care is pumping $1.75 billion into new construction and renovation of homes, but it’s unclear if they’re being designed for the future rather than replicating the past. Once built, they will eventually become nursing homes for GenXers.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Toronto police board agrees to $16.5 million settlement over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit]( [More than a decade later, the settlement awards those arrested between $5,000 and $24,700, depending on their treatment during the notorious weekend protests.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [‘We are currently experiencing higher than normal call volumes’: Can anything be done to reduce pandemic-era call centre wait times?]( [Canadians are experiencing excessively long wait times when they call their bank, airline, insurance company or telco for service due to COVID-19 — but there are solutions to make things better.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Brampton councillor Gurpreet Dhillon sued for more than $2M by woman over alleged sexual assault]( [Coun. Gurpreet Dhillon denies all allegations in lawsuit over alleged sexual assault that the woman said took place on a trade mission to Turkey in 2019.]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [COVID-19 was a ‘four-alarm fire’ for Toronto’s finances. The province’s bailout does nothing to douse the flames]( [Instead of saving Toronto’s finances, the province’s $550-million bailout has actually illustrated just how structurally dysfunctional the relationship is between the city and Queen’s Park.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ten good news stories from Toronto Star headlines this week]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Was the PhD worth it? This jobless 27-year-old lives a very frugal lifestyle. Saddled with $20,000 in student debt she’s worried about her future career prospects]( [“At this point, I really question whether or not the PhD was worth the time and money required to complete it, especially since I will finish during a global pandemic which makes for some grim career prospects,” Ashley says.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Can Neil Young stop Trump from ‘Rockin’ in the Free World?’]( [Politicians have been using artists’ music without permission for a long time, but Donald Trump is a new kind of offender. Neil Young has had enough. Entertainment lawyer Larry Iser tells us how a new lawsuit might stop the President from “Rockin’ in the Free World.”]( [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. 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