Toronto Star
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 18:38:00 EDTDyke March takes over streets of Toronto in first mass Pride event since COVID-19 pandemic
“We haven’t had access to in-person queer spaces . . . We wanted to bring people together,” said Meg Fenway, one of the organizers.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:00:00 EDTLanguage app helps Canada’s LGBTQ newcomers learn queer culture and history
A new initiative between language app-maker Babbel and Toronto’s 519 community hub will help LGBTQ newcomers learn English as well as queer culture and history in a safe and inclusive virtual environment.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:00:00 EDT‘Pathetic and shameful’: York Region residents frustrated with vaccine booking system
People trying to book appointments for 1st, 2nd doses voice anger, fatigue with busy booking system in York Region
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:00:00 EDTThe Saturday Debate: Will life return to normal in 2021? (Redux)
On Jan. 2 we asked essayists Jen Gerson and Rick Salutin whether life would return to normal in 2021. Now, halfway through a very challenging year — and with the benefit of six months of hard-earned insights — we are revisiting the question. Once...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:00:00 EDTInside the risky, lucrative business of Canada’s dead ships: Big money, rough seas, old steel and millions of dollars in cleanup
Transport Canada routinely approves the oversea tows of retired vessels that are not built to withstand the ferocity of open seas.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 20:47:13 EDTPriests ran the residential school at Cowessess. Now the pastor next door wonders, what now?
Rev. John Mock, the pastor in nearby Grayson, Sask., is going through his records and hopes his community can help with the work required to memorialize the recently announced unmarked graves.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:16:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario sets record for vaccinations in a day; Ontario reports 346 new cases; Sydney, Australia enters two-week lockdown
Meanwhile, the Public Health Agency of Canada has released new colour-coded guidance on what people can safely do, once they are fully vaccinated.
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:58:00 EDTShe saw the horrors of Marieval Residential School as a child 60 years ago. As an adult, something drew her back
For the second time in a month, the revelation that hundreds of unmarked graves have been found at a residential school has shocked much of the country, and the world.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:00:00 EDTTwo Indigenous scholars read a history textbook chapter on residential schools. This is what they would change
The Star had two Indigenous education scholars take a read through the pages of a Grade 8 history textbook and highlight some changes that could still be made in the way Ontario teaches about residential schools.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 20:46:12 EDTExtra time saves Italy, Denmark dances into Euro 2020 quarterfinals
On Headers and Footers, host Brendan Dunlop recaps an exciting start to the knockout round at Euro 2020 with Italian soccer expert Mina Rzouki as Italy and Denmark advance.
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 05:00:00 EDTHow the clash over Trinity Bellwoods encampments was 16 months in the making
Dozens of police officers were met with hundreds of protesters this week as the city cleared camps at the popular west-end park. One advocate says, given what’s unfolded over the course of the pandemic, ‘Tuesday was not a surprise.’