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Rodney Clark didn’t just loosen Toronto’s tie – he yanked it off and handed the city an oyster. Before bivalves gained cocktail-hour currency, he urged a buttoned-down Toronto to slurp Malpeques, chase them with Champagne or an Alexander Keith’s ale, and swap pretense for pleasure. At Rodney’s Oyster House, he created a room where the high met the low – bankers beside bikers, suits beside students – and where seafood was joyful and unfussy. In doing so, he inspired a generation of shuckers, chefs and restaurateurs who carried his irreverent hospitality across the country.Mr. Clark died...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has invoked the notwithstanding clause for three sweeping bills affecting transgender and gender-diverse youth that were passed last year in a bid to prevent courts from weighing in on the legislation.The three pieces of legislation respectively limit gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth, ban transgender participation in womens’ and girls’ sports divisions, and require parental consent for name and pronoun changes in school while also requiring parents to opt their child into sexual education.