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During her first day in office, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters she wants to protect unvaccinated people under the Alberta Human Rights Act.
Indigenous leaders said the discovery underscores the fact there are likely many more unmarked burial sites stemming from residential schools across the country that have yet to be found — and they urged officials to provide the resources to locate them.
Justin Trudeau should step down before next election, majority of survey respondents say
Large anti-mandate march takes over major downtown arteries on Saturday
Markham teen Iman Vellani has reportedly landed the title role in a new TV series on Disney Plus, playing the first Muslim superhero in the Marvel universe.
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Is there any valid reason NOT to wear a mask? We spoke to experts to see what they had to say. “Even doctors who are asthmatic, including myself, are able to (mask up)," one says. "Just wear the damn mask." torstar.co/sKhK50AB2pY
This is what the line currently looks like for the new BTS pop-up shop in Toronto at the Eaton Centre 🤯
Hundreds of eager BTS fans also lined up overnight. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/
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What's #trending in Toronto? 👀 It's madness at Scarborough Town Centre's #BT21Toronto pop-up, just look at the crowds blocking the entrances. Why are they there? This pop-up features toys by LINE friends and super popular k-pop group . Video: @awallacethestar
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It’s a hard truth that some kids live with parents who are transphobic. No province should forcibly out gender nonconforming kids to these parents, writes Julie Malbogat.
On Dec. 21, the date of the winter solstice, gas giants Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky and appear as a single ultra-bright light in a rare event known as the “Christmas Star.”
One breath at a time.
That’s how Emily Cave says she’s approaching life in the wake of the loss of her husband Colby, the Edmonton Oilers forward who succumbed to the effects of a rare brain tumour at age 25 a week ago.
Her conversation with :
Now that he has solved the world's problems, Donald Trump is a film critic and he has a few things he needs to get off his man boobs, writes.
Gigi, a registered nurse, returned from work exhausted to the tiny room she was renting in a Toronto home last Monday night. About 45 minutes later, Toronto police were knocking on her bedroom door saying she had to leave "now." torstar.co/Tino50z6giG
From '96 til now, has struck the hearts of people across the world. While the show's namesake focuses on Arthur Read, real ones know that the most meme-able is his bossy little sister, D.W.
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⚡️Ontario government workers will no longer need to be vaccinated as of April 4
Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young accused Spotify of spreading fake information about vaccines, citing the immensely popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
A raccoon family has taken over a Toronto bank causing it to shut down. thestar.com/news/gta/2017/
More than 60 years ago a Black teen from Malvern C.I. was told to stop dancing with a white girl on a Buffalo TV show. Toronto exploded.
'Thank you for teaching our all-American family the Canadian way': After seven years as coach of the , Dwane Casey has a message for Toronto.
NEW: James Webb space telescope’s next images released. thestar.com/news/canada/20
#Breaking: The Ontario government plans to end streaming in Grade 9 — a long-standing practice that research has found disproportionately impacts Black and low-income students and severely limits their chance of graduating, the Star has learned.
The world wants Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to be in love, but they've already dated. When she was 8 and he was 10.
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"Forever and always, your beautiful Black life matters and you’re loved fiercely, no matter what the world around us tells you." —
Black Canadians share their stories and words of heartache and strength.
Mo Ahmed wins his first ever medal in the Olympics 🥈🇨🇦
The Somali-Canadian made history. He becomes the first Canadian to win a medal in the men's 5,000. thestar.com/sports/olympic
Citing the discovery of the remains of 215 children in Kamloops, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced her department is launching a program to investigate potential burial sites associated with Indigenous boarding schools in the U.S. thestar.com/news/canada/20
Human trials to begin on new male birth control pill with 99% efficacy, study shows
It’s so hot that Canada’s sea creatures are cooking to death in their shells.
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At 14, Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in a gymnastics accident. Now the Toronto native is the driving force behind a fledgling organic loose leaf tea company included in the December issue of ’s magazine
#BREAKING: Prime Minister Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns.
#Breaking: Jordan Peterson loses court battle over ‘degrading’ and ‘unprofessional’ tweets
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For each COVID-19 vaccine given, it's a bell-ringing celebration for this pharmacist. Now at 1000, confetti, a dance routine, and LMFAO's "Shots."
Humanity used more ecological resources in 2021 than the earth could regenerate in one year by July 29, according to international research organization Global Footprint Network.
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. have seen a steady increase in the number of homeless people using their facilities. Instead of kicking them out, they're responding by hiring their first full-time social worker to deal with the homeless.
The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns.
With so few places mandating masks, is there still a point in covering up?
The short answer, experts say, is a resounding yes. The Star breaks down your burning questions about how to navigate this barefaced new world.
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#LunarNewYear is just around the corner. What will the Year of the Ox bring? Some optimism, because the sheer chaos of the previous Year of the Rat won’t happen again for another 60 years, Chinese astrologers say.
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Growing up, Chika Oriuwa had a natural affinity for science. The ability to process and understand medical concepts came easy.
It led her to med school — the only Black medical student in a class of 259. She graduates Tuesday as valedictorian.
University of Waterloo student Ayesha Khurram posted about her struggles to pay tuition and rent after the recent provincial OSAP cuts.
Then came a message from Taylor Swift — and $6,386.47.
The only prudent option available to Canada is to indefinitely extend the closure of the border with the U.S. to non-essential travel until the U.S. can demonstrate it has brought the virus under control, write contributors Ambarish Chandra and Keith Head.
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Canadian millennials are nearly twice as likely to vote for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing Liberals, according to new polling from Abacus Data.
He grew up watching Mr. Dressup, making jokes, researching voice actors. Now he’s hanging out with
on set of #SpaceJam2.
How , a wisecracking, Filipino-Canadian kid from Scarborough made it to Hollywood as the new voice of Bugs Bunny. thestar.com/content/thesta
#Opinion: Premier Doug Ford has breached the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and should be held accountable.
As citizens, let’s assert our rights in our democracy based on the rule of law, to challenge actions by legislators who abuse their power.
Doug Ford is proof voters get the government they deserve.
Ontario is led by what Jamaicans call a “wasteman,” which is what happens when your electorate is apathetic, has a short memory, or doesn’t care.
#Opinion by Shellene Drakes-tull
Nova Scotia restaurants boycott lobster in support of Mi’kmaq self-regulated fishery
#BREAKING: Ontario police officers are named in leaked list of donors to the ‘Freedom Convoy’
Both Toronto police and the OPP say they are investigating officers named in the leaked list of GiveSendGo donors.
"We have a bunch of yahoos out in front of Queen's Park sitting there protesting that the place isn't open," Doug Ford says in response to protesters who want Ontario reopen. "They're setting us back months. Obviously they don't care about everyone else."
Two new reports, released this week, suggest that a substantial portion of the inflation Canadian consumers are experiencing today are attributable to companies boosting their prices well beyond the rate at which they are paying for their supplies.
Toronto will launch a pilot program that will see civilians, not police officers, dispatched to 911 calls involving mental health crises — as long as violence is not being threatened, city council voted on Tuesday.
This just in: Canadians really do not like Donald Trump.
“I’d run my fingers through my hair and I’d pull out a whole bunch,” 26-year-old Heather Colton said after getting sick with COVID-19.
Survivors are alarmed by latest fallout of COVID-19 — their hair.
Toronto teacher says she’ll mask until her last student stops
Cancer surgeons in Ontario are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people coming to hospital with advanced cancers. It's an unintended consequence of the sudden shutdown of non-urgent health-care services during the spring wave of COVID-19.
#BREAKING: Masks won’t be mandatory in Ontario schools this fall
Social media is buzzing after Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford swallowed a bee during a live news conference in Dundalk, Ont. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/
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Facebook will ban Faith Goldy, Soldiers of Odin, the Canadian Nationalist front and other hate groups from across its platforms, the company said on Monday.
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In December of 2012, Darwin, the very small but very fashionable monkey was found at an Ikea parking garage in North York, Ont.
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After that incident, Clayton went on to become a jazz percussionist, garnering love from many fellow musicians. Now, at 77, he lives in an LTC in Toronto. Appreciative of the accolades, he responds with a simple “thank you.”
Susan Delacourt: America’s far right is operating in Canada. Why don’t we consider that foreign interference?
“I am a parent with kids in the Ontario public system and I really wish that Doug Ford would spend as much time focusing on my kids’ school as he does focusing on supporting his federal party,” Trudeau told reporters.
Doctors thought Mario Castillo Tamayo would die because his oxygen levels were so low. Then they said even if he'd survive, he would live on a ventilator for the rest of his life. Now, the "miracle" patient is COVID-free and recovering.
A #StarExclusive:
A Quebec couple who got off a plane immediately “looked out of place" in Old Crow, Yukon. Turns out, they were taking refuge from COVID-19.
“They perceived our community as a life raft from COVID-19,” chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation said.
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#Opinion: It’s critical that Canadians know about who Pierre Poilievre is, and about the troubling group of people who support him and what they represent.
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“It’s (like) leaving a car in a hot parking lot,” marine biologist Chris Harley told the Star. Extreme heat temperatures, rising up to 40 C in Vancouver, had caused sea animals like mussels, clams and snails to cook to their death. Video:
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To help prevent the spread of misinformation, it’s important to verify sources and content posted on websites or social media.
Here is some tips on identifying inaccurate news and misused photographs.
The Star’s has the
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An "unthinkable loss." Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia.
Her father was killed by the Taliban for championing his daughter to get an education. In 2012, Roya Shams escaped to Canada from Afghanistan to do just that with support from the Star and its readers.
This week, she graduated.
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Do masks make you sick? “No evidence whatsoever that wearing a mask will cause your carbon dioxide level to build up and certainly there’s no relationship between wearing a mask and damaging your immune system," Dr. Ken Chapman of says.
#Opinion: No doubt there were racialized folks among those gathered at Trinity Bellwoods but had that been a sea of Black and brown folks, we’d be having a very different conversation today. :
“There is a lot more that needs to be done, but first and foremost let’s show love and respect.”
Calls grow for a national day of mourning for 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found on the grounds of a former residential school in B.C.
Jagmeet Singh has said the NDP government would forgive up to $20,000 in debt for those with student loans. torstar.co/n04s50E468b
A new Abacus Data poll found 54 per cent of respondents think Premier Doug Ford’s “decisions have been primarily about what’s in the best interest of his friends and supporters.”
Niagara medical officer stands by his increased safety measures in schools.
Dr. Mustafa Hirji acknowledged a request from Ontario's top doctor to drop expanded masking, case management and air quality monitoring measures, but said his orders stand.
On Nov. 14, 1921, Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best presented the results of months of diabetes experiments to the University of Toronto’s Journal Club. The pair had discovered an “active pancreatic extract” that would come to be known as insulin.
#Breaking: Doug Ford ‘abandoned’ Ottawa’s residents, Emergencies Act report finds
The public is now allowed to see the video of late former mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
Canada has tossed or let expire almost 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in recent months, although the number of exact losses is surrounded by secrecy.
This Toronto couple listed their 5-storey ‘tower’ home for $2.2M so they could move to the country. Then COVID-19 hit.
Hundreds of businesses have united in opposition to Ontario’s new vaccine passport rules, openly refusing to check customers’ vaccine receipts despite the threat of penalties from public health officials.
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THREAD: As bad as COVID-19 was in the spring, this winter is even worse: patients in the ICU are younger and sicker, the infection tearing through their bodies faster.
It all takes a toll — on patients and health care workers caring for them:
“The Prince” vs. “The Quad King.”
The Legend vs. the Future.
Yuzuru Hanyu vs. Nathan Chen.
On Monday night, the highly-anticipated showdown between two of the best figure skaters kicks off with the men’s singles short program.
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These three teens pushed a stranger's car at midnight for nine kilometres to save her the expense of a tow. They got home at 4:30 a.m. Now, they're social media celebrities.
#Opinion: Ontario has chosen to spend $365M in one-time, nontargeted $200 payouts to parents across the province. The money will not address any challenges in schools and could be better used for targeted, in-classroom supports proven to be effective.
#Breaking: Healthcare workers planning rally counter to convoy protest Saturday torstar.co/bOcP50HMXfT
.: In less than a year in office, Ford has clearly proven through actions and words that he warrants the title of “Ontario’s worst premier ever.”
#Breaking: Saskatchewan First Nation finds 751 unmarked graves on the site of former residential school.
English broadcaster Piers Morgan is feeling the wrath of Canadians after he mocked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for dressing in pink to watch the 'Barbie' movie with his son.
Can you believe it's been 9 years since the Ikea Monkey stormed the store and the internet? 🐒
The Star's is here to take you down a trip through memory lane⬇️
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“I buried this for ten years, eleven years, and it’s destroyed me from the inside out and I want everybody to know, in the sports world and in the world, that you’re not alone.”
Neuroscientist turned Twitter legend, Nadia Chaudhri dies at 44
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"I told (the police officers), ‘I am a nurse. I just got home from work. It’s late,’” said Gigi, who had started her shift at 7 a.m. that day. “They just said: ‘We don’t care. Your landlord wants you out, and you have to go now.’"
“He’s shaken up by the whole thing, and shaken up by the magnitude. He said, ‘you know, I was just doing my job,’ ” Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association, said of the officer.
Unpublished U.S. military findings about “unidentified aerial phenomena” could soon be made public. But America, it turns out, could learn a thing or two from Canada. Why? We've had a database going back to the 1950s when it comes to tracking UFOs. torstar.co/bdCT50AL774'
Jan. 7, 1986 — The Star sent out 26 photographers to take photos at every hour for one day.
Now, we'll take a look back, 34 years ago, to see how Toronto looked every hour.
(A 24-hour photo thread)
What we witnessed today was an assertion of white power. White people are the only group that can spin a fake grievance into violent chaos and not face bodily harm, columnist writes. torstar.co/MmwM50D1YlE