Toronto Star
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 12:11:00 EDT‘Just a bad dream’: After breaking heat records, village of Lytton, B.C. burns in fast-moving wildfire
Homes, businesses, health centre engulfed by flames as villagers forced to evacuate.
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 14:51:07 EDTOld-growth logging protesters in B.C. will not leave despite threat of wildfires
The Pacheedaht First Nation, a 300-member nation on southwest Vancouver Island, in whose traditional territories the Fairy Creek watershed sits, renewed requests for protesters to leave the area Monday, citing record-high temperatures and a dry seaso...
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:01:39 EDTChurches are burning. This First Nations grand chief wants to provide security for others: ‘These are potential evidence sites’
The latest church to be engulfed by flames is in Morinville, Alta., and local RCMP are treating the event as ‘suspicious.’
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDTWe must think about what we need to do to be a Canada worth celebrating
Is it really asking so much for us not to celebrate the instrument of people’s grief when people are freshly grieving on Canada Day?
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDTAs an Indigenous person, Canada Day celebrates the start of the worst days of our oppression . . .
With Confederation came an end to any attempt at equality, and instead what came of it was what we have uncovered in Kamloops, in Saskatchewan, and what we will continue to uncover for years to come, writes Montreal entrepreneur Robert Jago, who is a...
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDTIf Canada wants to be healthy and decent and prosperous and stable, it needs to face its demons
There is a great deal in Canada that is lovable, but love comes at a cost, writes author Stephen Marche. Let’s celebrate Canada Day, but quietly this year. Let’s celebrate, but remember.
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 12:43:05 EDTThousands take part in Every Child Matters Walk to honour residential school victims, survivors
The walk began at Toronto Council Fire on Dundas Street and continued to the site of the future Spirit Garden at Toronto City Hall
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 08:30:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Alberta lifts almost all COVID-19 restrictions; B.C. enters next phase of reopening plan
Meanwhile, nearly half of Australia’s 26 million people are living under lockdown measures due to the emergence of new virus clusters
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 07:00:00 EDTFamily doctors are getting a new tool to help nudge vaccine stragglers towards getting their first COVID jabs
Some are housebound and may just have been missed. Others are reluctant. Family doctors are eager to help the unvaccinated get their first shots.
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDTThe top nine Canada Day essays to read from the Star
Thu, 1 Jul 2021 18:45:10 EDT‘You feel the buzz:’ A new generation of Canadiens fans gets introduced to the Stanley Cup final
These runs to the final used to be commonplace for the Canadiens. “Twenty-eight years is a long wait,” former captain and coach Guy Carbonneau says.
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:00:00 EDTHere’s what’s open and closed for Canada Day 2021
Most malls, grocery stores, indoor attractions will be closed with some exceptions.