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Including: ‘We thought we were a small little town’: In tiny Queensville, justice for Christine Jessop means closure for a 36-year-old horror [The Star]( Morning Headlines [‘We thought we were a small little town’: In tiny Queensville, justice for Christine Jessop means closure for a 36-year-old horror]( It was a crime that changed the town, residents remember. “We were a quiet little safe hamlet and then you were on the front page of the paper,” said mayor Virginia Hackson. [Wrongful convictions are still happening in Canada. Lessons from the Guy Paul Morin case — and others — can help prevent future injustices]( Morin was convicted, but later acquitted, in the 1984 murder of Christine Jessop. There was an inquiry into how this could happen to Morin and “staggering” degrees of tunnel vision played a large part. [Was it him who cried out, ‘please God, help me’? Christine Jessop’s mother on the questions that come after learning who killed her daughter]( The Jessops and the Hoovers used to share barbecues and playdates, Janet Jessop remembers. And Calvin Hoover even went to the funeral — 36 years before police identified him as the her daughter’s killer. [Girls who went missing in Ontario: Solved and unsolved cases]( Nine-year-old Christine Jessop went missing on Oct. 3 1984. Toronto police identified her killer Thursday. The Jessop family finally received some of the answers to the mystery of her disapparance and murder they had been seeking for decades. Christine was just one young girl who went missing during the ’80s and ’90s in Ontario. Some of the cases of girls who went missing have been solved. Some have not. [Calvin Hoover: What we know and what we don’t know about the man who killed Christine Jessop]( Who killed Christine Jessop? We know the answer now. But there are many questions about Calvin Hoover. [Five Ontario regions passed a key threshold for COVID-19 transmission. But only one faces new public health restrictions]( Halton, Eastern Ontario, Hamilton and Durham — as well as York Region — have been seeing more than 25 new cases per week per 100,000 residents. [Adam Pottle boycotted his own book because of racial stereotypes. It took time but now his publisher has stopped selling it]( A ‘sensitivity reader’ and other reviewers have found the depiction of a female character in a kimono with her hair in buns in ‘The Most Awesome Character in the World’ plays into Asian stereotypes. [Newmarket hospital fined $80,000 after two workers assaulted by patient]( Southlake Regional Health Centre pleaded guilty to two offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Incident occurred in 2019, when two workers were delivering food to another patient. [Toronto could have saved $31 million on winter road maintenance over the past five years: audit]( Had the City of Toronto used both GPS technology and management better to track the work being done by contractors, it could spared itself the expenditure of this sum, according to report by auditor general, Beverly Romeo-Beehler. OPINION [NBA players took a big stand against racism this season. Will the league continue to stand behind them?]( We’ve seen the “Jockey Syndrome” play out many times before, when the establishment attempts to change the rules of engagement in certain sports to end Black dominance. The NBA is not immune to this, writes Wendy-Ann Clarke. OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Nick Kypreos lands on his feet after Sportsnet — writing, selling booze and talking hockey without the ‘personal dilemma’]( The former NHL enforcer is back behind a microphone, and has his own line of pineapple-rosemary vodka drinks. He’s also an author, an endeavour that he said made him “take a good look in the mirror” as he plotted his next chapter, literally and otherwise, Dave Feschuk writes. [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]( - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -