Toronto Star

Are Bloggers Real Journalists? Robin Givhan Doesn't Think So

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.08.2012

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Fashion's top editors like Cathy Horyn of the The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes, Teri Agins from The Wall Street Jour...

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Jason Linkins

College Student Doesn't Get A Bad Example

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.14.2011

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Attention is being paid to a story out of Toronto on Wednesday involving a York University professor who's having to fend off accusations of anti-Semi...

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Critics Can't Resist The Green Hornet's "Sting"

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

It's the headline that critics couldn't stay away from. Seth Rogen's new film, The Green Hornet, lends itself so well to an easy and effective pun tha...

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Enough Hypocrisy: WikiLeaks Is Filling a Vacuum

Maher Arar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maher Arar

Instead of blaming WikiLeaks, governments should blame themselves. The solution is more transparency on their party. Only then will WikiLeaks be deprived of its audience.

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Pentagon Bans Four Reporters From Military Tribunals At Gitmo

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon Thursday banned four reporters, including one from McClatchy Newspapers, from covering future military commissions at Guant...

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Homeless And Pregnant: Toronto Program Aims To Educate Homeless Women

Posted 05.25.2011

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Over 300 women give birth in Toronto each year, and a team of five women, called the Homeless At-Risk Prenatal Program (HARP), have the job of caring ...

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A New Way to Think About New Media: Arianna Huffington Talks to Toronto

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Why would The Toronto Star newspaper be funding Arianna Huffington's talk during Toronto Advertising Week; hadn't she effectively killed newspapers with The Huffington Post?

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Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Friday arrived far too soon but featured some wonderfully creative creations and the Dare to Wear Love show wrapped up the week with a blowout show that proved fashion and philanthropy are just as beautiful, glamorous and meaningful as ever.

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Toronto Star Offers Buyouts, Launches Massive Restructuring

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Canada's largest circulation daily has launched what its publisher said will likely be the biggest restructuring in the newspaper's hi...

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A Look At Michael Jackson's New Poem 'Planet Earth'

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

The newly released Michael Jackson album This It It, a twenty track, two-CD set accompanying the release of the movie of the same name, features one of Jackson's poems, called "Planet Earth."

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Celebrating The Storytellers: 5 Articles About New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

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Julia Moulden

Michelle and Tal offered me their cottage for a week this summer. Prime time on a northern lake. How could I say no? One morning I slipped down to th...

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Canadian Media, Pols Fed Up With GOP's Lies About Its Health-Care System

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Mann

Some Canadian politicians, Canada's press, and my Canadian friends are not amused by the GOP's predictable attacks, distortions, and outright lies about Canada's popular, government-run health system.

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Michael Cooke Resigns To Return To Canada

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Michael Cooke told staff today he is leaving the paper at the end of this month, a day after former newsroom colleague John B...

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