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Of the respondents, 65 per cent said they disapproved of the provincial decision, according to a poll by Forum Research Inc.
The Maple Leafs can wrap up their first series win since 2004 in Sunday’s Game 6 at Scotiabank Arena.
Pascal Siakam fuels offence on an off night for Kawhi Leonard in Orlando. Raptors up 2-1 heading into Sunday’s Game 4.
Toronto author Jordan Peterson seemed to have a hometown advantage in Friday’s debate against Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, on the topic “Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism.” But there were no real fireworks between the two thinkers — in fact, they often agreed, even if their supporters do not.
Ontario’s fundamental change to its justice system vastly expands the pool of potential jurors to better reflect economic and racial diversity. This follows a 2018 Star/Ryerson School of Journalism investigation into racially imbalanced juries.
Travel-related cases linked to two medical facilities and a restaurant where officials warn people may have been exposed to the disease.
Police said a man call 911 claiming he was trapped on the Scarborough Bluffs. But he was bluffing.
If the city keeps using “heritage” to say no to new residents, it risks losing a whole generation of heritage advocates who are struggling to live here, writes Shawn Micallef.
Author-illustrator wins out over other buyers to secure Hemingway’s old condo.
Police have arrested and charged Julian Clarke, 26, of Toronto, after last Sunday’s crash near College St. and Spadina Ave.
A local resident thinks so, but a city employee who responded to his complaint defended it, writes Jack Lakey.
Region to get 25 to 50 millimetres of rain through Good Friday and Saturday, Environment Canada said. May flowers should be worth a wet long weekend ….
A conference call Thursday confirmed the reduction in units and new funding formula, board of health chair Councillor Joe Cressy said.
Veterans of the Pierre Trudeau government, which won only a bare minority government four years after Trudeaumania, were in Ottawa this week to mark the 37th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
There are signs Premier Doug Ford’s contempt for libraries, of all places, persists, writes Edward Keenan.
“It can no longer be free to pollute,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna tells the Star.
The provincial New Democrats have complained to Elections Canada about the Progressive Conservative government’s gas pump stickers, which can net businesses who don’t post them a fine of $10,000 a day.
Interlibrary loans, training, professional development, catalogue system all at risk
Until this month, the FBI’s Cincinnati field office had never before investigated a case where someone falsely claimed to be a missing person, a spokesman said.
Police say dissident republican group New IRA most likely responsible for fatal shooting in Londonderry. The small group rejects the 1998 Good Friday agreement that marked the IRA’s embrace of a political solution to ‘The Troubles’ that claimed more than 3,700 lives.
David and Louise Turpin were sentenced after pleading guilty to torture and other abuse and neglect so severe that it left two of their daughters unable to bear children.
The forecast of economic benefits gives some ammunition to the USMCA’s proponents. But experts said the relatively small size of the forecasted benefits means that skeptics of the deal will probably not feel any added pressure to vote yes.
Dead Matter is a zombie survival game set in Alberta, designed by local programmer Nikolas Zorko.
After Rubab Qureshi took part in Daughters of the Vote, which welcomes 338 young women to a mock session of Parliament, she faced an onslaught of “racist rhetoric” that left her fearful for her life.
During his retrial Thursday, former taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi denied ever touching the complainant sexually and said he believed she took off her own pants.
The transit consultant advising Doug Ford’s provincial government once described Toronto as a “graveyard of badly conceived subway schemes.”
There are many more Amys in the child welfare system right now who we do not know about. We often only find out about them once it is too late, Tanya Talaga writes.
The Canadian government’s behaviour toward Venezuela grossly contradicts its position on Cuba — Canada opposes sanctions against Cuba while levelling them against Venezuela.
Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission have until April 25 to resolve the SEC’s claim that Musk should be held in contempt for breaching a policy requiring certain tweets to be preapproved by Tesla’s lawyers.
Marketing experts explain why sometimes investing in a tarnished brand is so important. Just ask Nike after Tiger Woods incredible Masters win
The U.S. International Trade Commission said the new North American treaty would have a limited positive impact, boosting U.S. gross domestic product by 0.35% over time and adding 176,000 jobs.
Park Board Commissioner John Irwin’s colleagues have refused to issue a permit to 4-20, but the city and police have not swooped in to shut down 4-20 either, and instead are taking steps to maintain public safety during the massive gathering.
Weed woes and shortages on the shelves mainly down to delays in processing, packaging, shipping, scheduling, “all that boring stuff,” experts say.
Last year’s 4/20 festival attracted about 40,000 people to Sunset Beach, defying Park Board regulations requiring permits for large events.
Centre’s minutes were down as his role kept changing during season, but Ibaka’s production was up.
The review came at a pivotal time -- a scoreless tie in the third period of a series that was knotted at two games apiece. Now the Leafs have the advantage.
The Leafs turned the possession game in their favour in a Game 4 loss.
Ready? No question, but the Jays’ top prospect says he’s content to wait as long as it takes to make his major-league debut.
As the luxury housing market cools, high-end properties are being listed for rent — such as this five-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot mansion asking $6,000 a month, roughly the cost of two basic two-bedroom apartments downtown.
The association says buyers and sellers should be allowed to choose whether to share the details of competing offers.
While the new rules had the desired effect of improving overall credit quality, it has also led more borrowers into the unregulated sector for financing, resulting in a significant market-share increase for alternative lenders, says deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal.
Insiders say the incident in Alberta is an example of how pressure and lobbying from industry and economic interests are trumping science and strong oversight, putting public health and safety at risk.
Faith Goldy, the Canadian Nationalist Front, Wolves of Odin, and Canadian Infidels were all banned Monday by Facebook but barely a day later reporters found 12 pages, groups, and Instagram accounts using similar names and posting similar content.
Toronto’s vaccination coverage was among the lowest in the province last school year. To prevent a measles outbreak, it’s ‘nowhere near the level we need for herd immunity.’
Canada’s Revenue Agency has released its first figures, saying it has assessed $14.9 million in tax and fines from audits into Canadians in the Panama Papers,
Independent pharmacies say a change is necessary if Ford government decides to allow pharmacy chains to sell their own in-house prescription drugs.
While the Shermans lay dead in the basement pool room of their Toronto home a lone man went in and out of their house three times, according to an account of security camera footage seized by Toronto police.
Canada’s David Saint-Jacques and American astronaut Anne McClain used the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm 2, to capture Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule as they soared 415 kilometres above France.
Rivers across Quebec are being monitored closely and authorities say they fear water levels over the weekend could rise as high as they did in the spring of 2017, when thousands of homes were flooded around the Montreal area.
All of the men tested in a new Swiss study, who were aged from 18 to 76, had high counts of bacteria in their beards.
Three-day event in June is a way to give kudos to the 1980s and ’90s cast and say thanks to the fans.
New charity gala benefitting Sunnybrook is woman’s way of giving back after getting the help she badly needed battling her addictions.
Old Stock is meant to put a human face on the refugee experience.
A difficult, dependent adult child can certainly sour a couple’s otherwise-happy union. Yet it’s a terribly stressful situation when one parent feels forced to choose between a child and a spouse, writes Ellie.
Walter and I had had an immediate connection. We were both highly interested in what the other had to say. He later said he had found me beautiful, which nobody has said to me before.
Fashion is powerful, but it is not sorcery, you should choose your garment based off what makes you feel powerful, advises The Kit’s editor at large.
Ayahna Cornish-Lowry, an accomplished basketball player in her own right, is a courtside mainstay at Toronto Raptors games, though she’s swapped her running shoes for a pair of sky-high studded Louboutins. “All I need to get camera-ready is eyeliner,” says Cornish-Lowry, whose go-to pick is NARS Kohliner in Minorque.
Rather than feeling shame or embarrassment, we should feel proud of our bodies for being able to do what they have done for thousands of years as a fundamental part of life, writes Chloe Wilde for the Kit.
