Toronto Star
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 13
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Simcoe.com
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- Jul 4, 2026
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This free tool allows voters in 50 Ontario municipalities to compare their views with election candidate positions (opens the original)
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The municipal election is just around the corner. Candidates vying for your vote on Oct. 26 are canvassing neighbourhoods, weighing in on local issues, listing their priorities and sharing their platforms at events and on social media. Election signs peppered throughout the community promote individual candidates. They also serve as a reminder to voters of their choices on the ballot. But making an informed choice isnât always easy. Not feeling informed enough is often why many say they didnâ
Toronto writer Alison Gadsby on the book she wishes she’d written — and the one that needs to die (opens the original)
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Alison Gadsby is the co-founder of the west-end Toronto reading series Junction Reads. Her speculative short story collection, âBreathing Is How Some People Stay Aliveâ (Guernica Editions), combines the macabre and mundane as if they were perfectly matched literary bedfellows. In âThe Deal with Roger,â Mirabel endures an abusive relationship with a humanoid life companion whose psychology is imprinted from a deranged police officer. In âYesterdayâs Gone,â three siblings return to t
How this first-time Canadian crime novelist learned not to judge Elena Ferrante’s books by their covers (opens the original)
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Ottawa-born Kevin Jagernauth is a Montreal-based film critic who has written for The Film Verdict, Ioncinema and The Playlist. His debut novel, âThe Longest Death,â was released in June by Spiderline, House of Anansiâs crime fiction imprint. Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels called the queer heist novel âa sly love-letter to the Golden Age of hard-boiled fiction.â In it, unassuming clerk Richard Cobson begins his life of crime innocently enough. He pockets four quarters and a $1 bill o
Brampton food manufacturer fined $500K after industrial accident (opens the original)
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Maple Lodge Farms has been fined $500,000 after a worker was critically injured from carbon dioxide exposure at its Brampton facility in 2024. According to the Ministry of Labour, Maple Lodge Farms was convicted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act on Aug. 27 for failing to have a carbon dioxide sensor and alarm system. âFollowing a guilty plea in the provincial offences court in Brampton, Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. was fined $500,000 by justice of the peace Damanpaul Dulai,â the minist
'We buy local, buy Ontario, buy Canadian' (opens the original)
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Clarington is working to support small businesses as the U.S. implements a new round of tariffs on Canadian goods. Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster said the municipality will convene a roundtable to hear from local businesses on the impact of the new tariffs and how the municipality can support them. âWe stand strong with our business community against these unjustified and senseless trade tariffs,â Foster said in a statement. âFor decades, the strength of Canada and the United States has de
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