Arrests mount as police clear the convoy protest

Plus, Fox News' focus on the convoy, a Toronto radio shake-up, and tips for getting saucy this winter [The Star] First Up [By Andrew Joe Potter] By Andrew Joe Potter Good morning. A reader recently wrote to Star advice columnist Ellie asking [why the sex lives of senior citizens go unacknowledged by society](. Well, dear sir or madam, please accept this edition of First Up as receipt of my acknowledgement. Here’s the latest. MUST READS Paige White/The Star convoy protest [More than 100 arrests have been made as the occupation in Ottawa meets its demise]( Police continued their efforts to clear out encampments of anti-health mandate demonstrators around Parliament Hill on Friday, 22 days after protesters first descended on Ottawa. A line of officers in tactical gear and on horseback moved through the area, arresting over 100 protesters — including several key organizers of the so-called “Freedom Convoy.” By 7 p.m., 21 trucks had been towed and a dozen more had left voluntarily rather than risk impoundment. Tonda MacCharles, Alex Ballingall and Raisa Patel have [the play-by-play from our nation’s capital](. Richard Lautens/The Star food prices [The rising cost of many breakfast staples might make you snap, crackle and pop]( In March 2020, a dozen eggs cost about $3.41. Today, those same eggs cost $3.84 — a 12.61% jump attributed in part to the rising cost of feeding all of those egg-laying chickens. As Rosa Saba and Clarrie Feinstein report, additional factors — including labour disruptions, rising transportation costs, climate change and recent border blockades — have caused other breakfast favourites like bread, milk and bacon to balloon in cost. [These charts show which items have been impacted most](. Steve Russell/The Star Convoy Protest [Canada became the main character in a culture war over the past month and Fox News was watching]( With actual war threatening to break out in Europe, the eye of Fox News remained affixed to the frontline of the culture war. From Tucker Carlson referring to Justin Trudeau as a “Stalinist dictator” to TV infomercial huckster Mike Lindell threatening to bomb Canada “with little pillows,” Canada has clearly found itself in the crosshairs of our southern neighbour’s right-wing outrage machine, Edward Keenan writes. [Was the so-called “Freedom Convoy” simply the coming-out party for Trump-era populism in Canada?]( Toronto Star Illustration music [Toronto’s Flow 93.5 has been reborn on a new frequency. Some think it’s a loss for Black culture.]( Monday marked a new era in the Toronto radio scene, with hip-hop-focused Flow 93.5 FM migrating to merge with R&B-minded G98.7 FM as the “All New” Flow 98.7 FM. While some Canadian music industry veterans say there’s no reason that music by Black artists shouldn’t be transmitted under the same banner, others argue that Black culture shouldn’t be treated so homogeneously. Demar Grant explores [all the angles in one of the city’s biggest radio shake ups in years](. Dan Pearce/Metroland safe schools [United by tragedy, a Scarborough community comes together]( The new David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute only opened its doors in 2019, when it combined with Bendale Business and Technical Institute and moved to a gleaming new facility on central Scarborough’s Brockley Avenue. However, what was meant to be a symbol of potential and promise became the scene of tragedy and grief with Monday’s fatal shooting of student Jahiem Robinson. Joshua Chong, Isabel Teotonio and Olivia Bowden report on [how the community is mourning the death of an 18-year-old at the hands of a 14-year-old fellow student](. POV Althia Raj: As the protests in Ottawa come to their end, the predominant feeling is just sadness. [Here’s why](. Rick Salutin: [Was the Emergencies Act deployed in good faith]( or mainly (but not solely) for dramatic effect? Chantal Hébert: The debate over Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act [comes down to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh](. Emma Teitel: Doug Ford and John Tory believe in life after COVID-19. [That doesn’t mean it’s here yet](. Katarzyna A. Przybyła: [Conflict is inevitable; violence is not](. We aren’t doomed to another wave of Russo-Ukrainian war. Shinan Govani: At 18 years old, the Drake Hotel — Toronto’s bastion for hipsterdom — [gets a still-with-it addition](. cook THIS Anshu A/Unsplash Valentine’s Day being firmly in the rearview doesn’t mean you can’t get a little saucy this winter. As Rome-based food writer Elizabeth Minchilli tells Patricia Karounos, there are a few simple rules every home chef must follow to create fresh and bold tomato sauce in the comfort of their own kitchen. [Here’s what you need to know](. Thanks for reading. You can reach the First Up team at [firstup@thestar.ca](mailto:firstup@thestar.ca?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=emailutm_email=6C53B63A8E3FAD70AD4EF13004527437&utm_campaign=frst_107261), and I will see you back here tomorrow. [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]( [Sign Up for More Newsletters and Email Alerts]( [Become a Star Subscriber]( [View in Browser]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. 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