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How a Project South accused allegedly used a GFL employee to collect extortion payments The allegation that criminals used a GFL Environmental facility for business has emerged as one GFL yard has been repeatedly targeted by gunfire.

How a Project South accused allegedly used a GFL employee to collect extortion payments #Starinvestigation

AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

A few weeks ago, I saw a group of people in a Facebook comments section trying to figure out if a picture of Ilhan Omar was real. (It was not.) I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I wrote about what I'm calling "strategic memes against public participation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Maybe they relied on AI to pick targets. But they bombed the school twice, hitting it again 40 minutes after the initial strike, in order to kill survivors and first responders. The mere *existence* of AI means no one has to be held responsible for this crime against humanity

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes Ars Technica has fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following an outrage-sparking controversy involving AI-fabricated quotes.

"As of February 28, Edwards’ bio on Ars was changed to past tense, according to an archived version of the webpage. It now reads that Edwards 'was a reporter at Ars, where he covered artificial intelligence and technology history.'"

Canadian cops questioned dad about human trafficking after he took his daughter to a coffee shop Plus: AI for mass surveillance, Alaskan lawsuit to decriminalize prostitution, "enhanced" British regulation of streaming services, and more…

Dad dares to go out with teen daughter in public, gets accused of human trafficking 🙄 reason.com/2026/03/02/c...

The cops, of course, commended the guy who gave them the totally baseless tip and blasted out the dad & girl’s pics on social media

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

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You know who else did medical experiments on prisoners?

By the Israeli's own admission, recent negotiations were a ruse and there was never interest in a deal. Iran, per Oman, was willing to swear off enriched uranium stockpiling, which is essentially what America wants.

The point of the war is to wage war.

Thousands expected at Richmond Hill march today in support of Iranian protesters, after U.S. and Israel strike Iran Earlier in February, an estimated 350,000 protesters filled the streets of Toronto in support of the anti-regime uprising.

Thousands expected at Richmond Hill march today in support of Iranian protesters after U.S. and Israel strike Iran

Justin Ling: For four years, Ukraine has held back a wannabe emperor while innovating on defence. Canada should take notes It’s easy for Canadians to despair over an unjust war. Despair is a luxury afforded by distance, something Ukraine sorely lacks.

For four years, Ukraine has held back a wannabe emperor while innovating on defence. Canada should take notes #Opinion

"The children are being used as bait" Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

Everyone Speaks Incel Now After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now impossible to avoid.

Ewwwww @milesklee.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/everyo...

re: hockey, Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever to live, gave up three years in the prime of his life — years in which his fighting would have been at peak; actual money incalculable — rather than fight in an unjust war, so noping out on grandpa’s burger bash should be an easy choice

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

The world has fallen in love with Punch the monkey. Why are we so captivated by a lonely Japanese macaque? Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque, has gone viral for dragging a stuffed animal around his enclosure. It’s a lesson for all of us.

The world has fallen in love with Punch the monkey. Why are we so captivated by a lonely Japanese macaque?

‘I know things about you’: Just weeks before an attempted hit on Ontario jail official, an inmate allegedly threatened his life The target of the Project South murder plot was a 'workhorse' known for his tough enforcement. Some claim it at times veered into cruelty.

‘I know things about you’: Just weeks before an attempted hit on Ontario jail official, an inmate allegedly threatened his life #StarInvestigation

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks.

"So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."

Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”

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A guard saw the murdered boy’s injury. Staff cleaned up the bloody bathroom. No one called 911. How the Toronto children’s aid society almost cost this man ‘justice for my son’s life’ When police arrived, the bathroom of the Toronto children's aid society —the bloody scene where a 3-year-old boy was murdered — had already been cleaned up.

A guard saw the murdered boy’s injury. Staff cleaned up the bloody bathroom. No one called 911. How the Toronto children’s aid society almost cost this man ‘justice for my son’s life’

Bruce Arthur: Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham almost didn’t make it to Milan. Now she’s an Olympic champion Three months after a concussion in training, 24-year-old freestyle skier Megan Oldham stood atop the Olympic big air medal podium in Italy on Monday.

She finished fourth and vowed to perfect bigger tricks. She crashed working on tricks late last year and wasn't sure she could be here. She crashed in slopestyle and won bronze, and was brave and, near perfect, in big air. Megan Oldham, golden girl. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

How an armed Brink’s guard with persistent money troubles got swept up in the Toronto police corruption case Ryan Cribbie, who has publicly declared his loyalty to the head of an outlaw motorcycle club, is one of 19 civilians charged in Project South.

An armed guard who has publicly declared his loyalty to the head of an outlaw motorcycle club is among those charged in the sweeping anti-corruption investigation that has rocked Toronto police.

Colorectal cancer is rampant among late GenX and elder Millennials. It has killed three friends of mine, as well as people you've heard of like Chad Boseman and James Van Der Beek.

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Bruce Arthur: IOC makes a compromise on Ukrainian athlete’s tribute to his dead countrymen — with yet another concession to Russia Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet bears the faces of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia’s four-year war of aggression.

The IOC reacted to Ukrainian luger Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicting dead Ukrainians with a compromise that tells you a lot about where the IOC is going: they will compromise even in the face of a clearly indefensible war. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...

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How Better Love helped Toronto seniors find real connections in a digital age No apps, no swiping: meet the Torontonians who found lasting connection through our pages.

These three stories are extremely sweet and a lovely testament to the importance of a print newspaper: www.thestar.com/life/relatio...

Video: I took the Eglinton Crosstown LRT during its first morning of rush hour service. Here’s how it compared to the bus How does a rush hour commute on the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT compare to one on the old bus route?

Video: I took the Eglinton Crosstown LRT during its first morning of rush hour service. Here’s how it compared to the bus

Trump threatens to block opening of Windsor-Detroit bridge Trump says on social media that the U.S. will "immediately" start negotiations over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is set to open early this year after delays.

Trump threatens to block opening of Windsor-Detroit bridge

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:

Bruce Arthur: U.S. Olympic athletes are speaking out about the state of their country — as Trump seethes Athletes rarely speak out against their own governments at the Olympics. This year has proven an exception, writes Bruce Arthur.

Over and over, American athletes at these Olympics are speaking out about their country and calling for love, empathy, compassion, and respect, and tellingly, are getting attacked for it. The Olympic truce apparently doesn't extend to the culture war. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...