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“The inside story of how the OLG lost control of Ontario’s online gambling market” by @TorontoStarhttps://twitter.com/i/events/1443610367754739722 …

The inside story of how the OLG lost control of Ontario’s online gambling market. @christinedobby has more:https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/09/30/inside-the-battle-for-control-of-ontarios-soon-to-be-legal-online-gambling-market.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=olginsidestory …

According to industry sources, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., which has long managed gambling in the province, was largely cut out of control of the new igaming market — in part because private gaming companies wouldn’t work with them.https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/09/30/inside-the-battle-for-control-of-ontarios-soon-to-be-legal-online-gambling-market.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=olginsidestory …

Now, Ontario is poised to become the first province in Canada to allow private companies — including websites licensed outside Canada — to legally offer online gambling to its residents.https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/09/30/inside-the-battle-for-control-of-ontarios-soon-to-be-legal-online-gambling-market.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=olginsidestory …

What does that mean? Offshore betting in Ontario is a grey area and since it’s unregulated, the province can do little to keep minors away from betting, help gamblers with addiction issues and combat money laundering.https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/09/30/inside-the-battle-for-control-of-ontarios-soon-to-be-legal-online-gambling-market.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=olginsidestory …

EXCLUSIVE: Of the close to $1 billion that Ontarians spend gambling online every year, about 70% goes to sites that are unregulated here, big-name players like Bet365, PokerStars and Betway. In other words, it’s the Wild West.https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/09/30/inside-the-battle-for-control-of-ontarios-soon-to-be-legal-online-gambling-market.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=olginsidestory …

Genocide, land grabs, food resources extinguished, mass segregation. A constant state of survival mode. How much fight would you have left in you? Today, deepen the family bonds that colonial wickedness tried to devour, @Songstress28 writes. #Opinionhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/09/30/today-deepen-the-family-bonds-that-colonial-wickedness-tried-to-devour.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=deepenfamilybonds …

Indigenous stories and voices on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation We honour the lost children, families and communities still impacted from residential schools to this day. #EveryChildMattershttps://twitter.com/i/events/1443599985405272072 …

Toronto Public Health warns of potential COVID-19 exposures at two Elections Canada polling stationshttp://dlvr.it/S8g64T 

Indigenous youth are using TikTok to educate and preserve their culture — and gaining hundreds of thousands of followers along the way.https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/22/indigenous-youth-are-using-tiktok-to-educate-and-preserve-their-culture-and-gaining-hundreds-of-thousands-of-followers-along-the-way.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=indigenousyouthontiktok …

Like other Ontario restaurants, Heart’s Tavern has struggled with the industry’s current labour shortages. Unlike many other Toronto restaurants, though, this gig comes with a persuasive change of scenery.https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2021/09/30/worth-the-drive-hearts-tavern-brings-toronto-talent-to-scenic-pastures-in-grey-county.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Life&utm_content=heartstavern …

Indigenous people are no longer waiting for permission. With every year, more and more people call for Canada to be held accountable for the violence they continue to cause to Indigenous people. #Opinionhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/06/08/indigenous-people-are-no-longer-waiting-for-permission.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=donewaitingforpermission …

Gaps in data about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls must be filled to portray real scope of the genocide. We urge all police forces, including the RCMP, to provide us with their data to help us in this effort. #Opinionhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/06/28/gaps-in-data-about-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-must-be-filled-to-portray-real-scope-of-the-genocide.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=gapsindata …

Here's a look at what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission wanted for the residential school dead — and here’s what Canada’s done so farhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/06/05/heres-what-the-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-wanted-for-the-residential-school-dead-and-heres-what-canadas-done-so-far.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=whatthetrcwanted …

Ten best buys under $10 at the LCBO right nowhttp://dlvr.it/S8g2b3 

While country marks today as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Liberal government has for months decided to continue legal battles against residential school survivors.https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/06/07/why-does-justin-trudeaus-government-continue-to-fight-indigenous-compensation-claims-in-court-i-cant-make-sense-of-it-top-advocate-says.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Federalpolitics&utm_content=trudeaugovernmentcourt …