The Don Jail is full of ghosts. Ghosts of the murdered, of the suicides; ghosts of their countless victims, whose legacies are forever tied to these men
TORONTO — A 50-year-old man is facing a number of charges after a string of bank robberies.
For at least 33 years, the question has hung unanswered over this Toronto neighbourhood. 'I've never seen Tony,' the landlord says. 'I don't know who this Tony…
The measure came into effect a month after the law unanimously passed Canada’s legislative bodies last month.
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Canada's charity anthem recorded 30 years ago today urging Canadians to pull together and "change the world forever," was a hit — topping the singles chart and raising $3.2 million for African famine relief. But is its legacy about more than just '80s nostalgia?
For the last 100 years, the now dubbed Ed Mirvish Theatre has weathered its fair share of plot twists both on and off stage.
In a race already crowded with former reporters, John Deverell, who worked 25 years at the Star, is running for the Greens in Toronto Centre.
Frederick Groves Ship: RMS Lusitania Passenger: 2nd class Nationality: Canadian (British) Residence: Toronto, Ontario Canada Death: May 7, 1915 2:10 pm Cause: Lusitania sinking (body never recovered) Age: 1 1/2 years
The shooter was identified by investigators as 29-year-old Faisal Hussain.
For the last 100 years, the now dubbed Ed Mirvish Theatre has weathered its fair share of plot twists both on and off stage.
Ontario's largest school board has to account for a $28.7 million shortfall next year because of the province's changes to education funding, according to a document presented to the Toronto District School Board's budget committee.
On January 1, 1947, the voters of Toronto decided that the city should undertake Canada's first redevelopment project. Regent Park rose from the rubble of what was once the south part of Cabbagetown. During the 1930's, south Cabbagetown was one of Toronto's worst slums and was targeted by Toronto city planners for a grand urban renewal. Regent Park was expanded in the 1950's to include the area south of Gerrard street, which came to be known as Regent Park South. Housing units ranged in size from bachelor suites to five-bedroom, semi-detached houses.
The solution for a moisture problem that threatened the University of Toronto's oldest books came from an unlikely source: a first year engineering classroom.
You'll have to see it to believe it!
Stefan Zweig
Edward Burtynsky has spent 15 years photographing oil – from the fields where it is sourced, to the cars it powers, to the detritus it leaves behind
Jennifer Kagan and her daughter Keira in a pair of family photos. Keira was found dead with her father at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area on Feb. 9.
Toronto officials identified the 10-year-old girl killed in the weekend mass shooting that also left another woman dead and 13 others injured.
Six years in the making, jaw-dropping new film The Grab shows a secret scramble by governments and private firms to buy up global resources
My daughter wants to know how can Ford still be the mayor of Toronto when he’s admitted he’s used crack. Don’t adults face consequences like kids do?
1970s Toronto might not have been a more entertaining place than the city we live in today, but it was dirtier, sleazier, and less sanitized in gen...
After submitting an image we loved to My Month in a Photo, Sarah Berglund shows us more of her captivating work.
photo credit: The Toronto Star I have so much to say since Toronto Police Service’s Constable James Forcillo was convicted of attempted murder in the 2013 shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy …
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, the provincial capital of Ontario, and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area, the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. A global city, it is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. And here is a beautiful collection of color photos that shows the daily life of Toronto in the 1950s.
For all the changes it's undergone over the last century, Corktown remains one of those Toronto neighbourhoods that shows off its historical charac...
As we edge closer to 2024, numerologists and enthusiasts worldwide are abuzz with excitement. This ancient practice, where numbers are believed to hold deep mys
Read The city of Calgary in Canada has a new green heart thanks to the revitalisation of the historical park on St
Restaurants for New Year's Eve dinner in Toronto vary widely, so make sure you reserve at the right one to get your kind of party going. Hushed and...
Toronto of the 1850s is the last in our series of decade-by-decade photo posts. I will, however, do one big post on the years leading up to this de...
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the results of the 63rd annual Photo Contest. We take a look at a selection of this year’s celebrated images
Inquiry needed into the death of Richard Bilkszto
For the last 100 years, the now dubbed Ed Mirvish Theatre has weathered its fair share of plot twists both on and off stage.
The Beaches are one hot Toronto rock band. 2019 saw them open for The Rolling Stones on their only Canadian date and they kicked off the 107th Grey Cup festivit
A self-declared "caravan" of Americans bused across the Canada-U.S. border on Saturday, seeking affordable prices for insulin and raising awareness of "the insulin price crisis" in the United States.
Early nineteenth century adventures in the high Arctic in celebration of Valentine's Day
A new antibody test from the University of Toronto offers a clear window into the body’s actual immunity to COVID-19 — and it costs just $3 a pop.
What can we expect other than more lockdowns at this point?
They don't call it Fat Tuesday for nothing! Here are the best of the best pancakes in Toronto for Shrove Tuesday or any day of the year!
Fifty years after anthropologist Jean Briggs lived with the Utkuhiksalingmiut, a nomadic group, linguistic landmark finally sees the light of day.
Elise Verdoncq, aboard Omerio, a 10 year old Lusitano Stallion, rehearses in front of the waterfall set. Rick Madonik, Staff Photographer - @RMadonik Cavalia's philosphy is paying "homage to the age-old bond between human and horse." It is a performance where the horse is the central character. The show features 61 horses (11 breeds) and 49 equine, acrobatic and aerialist artists, all working in harmony. I haven't seen the full Odyssio show, only snippets of it during a Toronto Star sneak look at the production. Randy Rising, (video at http://www.thestar.com/videozone/1177938--behind-the-scenes-of-cavalia-s-odysseo) and I were both accorded access to some of the...
