Toronto Star

{{Short description|Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper}} {{Redirect|TheStar.com||Star (newspaper){{!}}''Star'' (newspaper)}} {{Pp-move}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | logo = Toronto-Star-Logo.svg | image = Toronto Star frontpage.jpg | caption = Front page of the January 23, 2013, edition of the ''Toronto Star'' | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | founded = {{start date and age|1892}} (as ''Evening Star'') | ceased_publication = | owner = Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (subsidiary of [[Torstar]]) | publisher = Jordan Bitove | editor = Nicole MacIntyre | political_position = [[Social liberalism]]{{sfnm |1a1=Phillips|1y=2011|1p=A26 |2a1=Urquhart|2y=2008|2p=AA4}} | headquarters = 8 [[Spadina Avenue]]<br />[[Toronto]], Ontario<br />M5V 0S8 | ISSN = 0319-0781 | oclc = 137342540 | website = {{URL|https://www.thestar.com/}} }} The '''''Toronto Star''''' is a Canadian English-language [[broadsheet]] [[daily newspaper]]. It is owned by [[Torstar|Torstar Corporation]], previously a publicly traded company from 1958 until it was acquired by private investment firm NordStar Capital LP in 2020. The newspaper is operated by [[Daily News Brands]], a Torstar division.

Established in 1892 as the '''''Evening Star''''', the newspaper was renamed the '''''Toronto Daily Star''''' in 1900 under [[Joseph E. Atkinson]]. Atkinson significantly influenced the paper's editorial stance, with the publication reflecting his [[social liberal]] principles even after his death in 1948. His son-in-law, [[Harry C. Hindmarsh]], continued these principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also increasing circulation through sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photographs.{{sfn|Harkness|1963|pp=157–160}}

Renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971, the newspaper introduced a Sunday edition in 1977. Its editorial alignment is [[Centrism|centrist]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] moderately [[Canadian nationalism|nationalist]], and generally supportive of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]].

Two paper-owned high-rise headquarters buildings were prominent on the City of Toronto's downtown skyline when they were constructed. These were the 1929 [[Old Toronto Star Building]] and its successor, the 1971 [[One Yonge Street|Toronto Star Building]]. The Star sold its headquarters in 2000 and relocated from its building in 2022, now leasing space at The Well on Spadina Avenue.

==History== The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking ''Toronto News'' printers and writers,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Toronto-Star |title=The Toronto Star | Canadian newspaper |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref> led by future [[mayor of Toronto]] and social reformer [[Horatio Clarence Hocken]], who became the newspaper's founder,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2177 |title=Profile – Hocken, Horatio Clarence |publisher=Parliament of Canada |work=Parlinfo |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711195922/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2177 |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> along with another future mayor, [[James Simpson (Canadian politician)|Jimmy Simpson]].

The ''Star'' was first printed on ''[[The Toronto World|Toronto World]]'' presses, and at its formation, ''The World'' owned a 51 percent interest in it{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=3}} as a [[wikt:silent partner|silent partner]].{{sfn|Sotiron|2005}} That arrangement only lasted for two months, during which time it was rumoured that [[William Findlay Maclean|William Findlay "Billy" Maclean]], ''The World''{{'}}s proprietor, was considering selling the ''Star'' to the Riordon family.{{efn|Owners of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company, and investors in ''[[The Hamilton Spectator]]'', ''Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Evening News''{{sfn|Rutherford|1982}}}} After an extensive fundraising campaign among the ''Star'' staff, Maclean agreed to sell his interest to Hocken.{{sfn|Sotiron|2005}}{{sfn|Archer|1947|pp=4{{en dash}}5}}

The paper did poorly in its first few years. Hocken sold out within the year, and several owners followed in succession until railway entrepreneur [[William Mackenzie (railway entrepreneur)|William Mackenzie]] bought it in 1896.{{sfn|Archer|1947|pp=5{{en dash}}6}} Its new editors, Edmund E. Sheppard and [[Frederic Thomas Nicholls]], moved the entire ''Star'' operation into the same building used by the magazine ''[[Saturday Night (magazine)|Saturday Night]]''.{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=6}}

===Under Atkinson=== [[File:Joseph Edward Atkinson.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph E. Atkinson]], {{circa|1910s}}. The ''Star'' became Toronto's largest newspaper under his leadership.{{sfn|Bothwell|Poulin|2021}}]] [[Joseph E. Atkinson|Joseph E. "Holy Joe" Atkinson]], backed by funds raised by supporters of Prime Minister [[Wilfrid Laurier]], bought the paper on December 13, 1899.{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=6}} The supporters included [[George Albertus Cox|Senator George Cox]], [[William Mulock]], [[Peter Charles Larkin]] and [[Timothy Eaton]].<ref>{{Cite DCB |last=Otto |first=Stephen A. |title=Larkin, Peter Charles |volume=15 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/larkin_peter_charles_15E.html}}</ref> Atkinson became the controlling [[shareholder]] of the ''Star''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR_-aSFyvuYC&q=joseph+e+atkinson+controlling+shareholder+of+the+star&pg=PA2368 |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia |page=2368 |first=James H. |last=Marsh |year=1999 |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |isbn=9780771020995 |access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> The ''Star'' was frequently criticized for practising the [[yellow journalism]] of its era. For decades, the paper included heavy doses of crime and [[sensationalism]], along with advocating social change.

Atkinson was the ''Star''{{'}}s editor from 1899 until his death in 1948.<ref name="History to 1992" /> The newspaper's early opposition and criticism of the [[Nazi Party|Nazi regime]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_nazi_state/a_canadian_observer |title=A Canadian Observer |author= |publisher=Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205135851/http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_nazi_state/a_canadian_observer}}</ref> saw it become one of the first North American papers to be [[Censorship in Nazi Germany|banned in Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/anniversary/2017/11/01/125-years-of-speaking-out.html |title=125 years of speaking out |last=Phillips |first=Andrew |date=November 1, 2017 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> Atkinson had a social conscience. He championed many causes that would come to be associated with the modern [[welfare state]]: [[old age pension]]s, [[Unemployment benefits|unemployment insurance]], and [[health care]]. The [[Government of Canada]] Digital Collections website describes Atkinson as: <blockquote>a "radical" in the best sense of that term.... The ''Star'' was unique among North American newspapers in its consistent, ongoing advocacy of the interests of ordinary people. The friendship of Atkinson, the publisher, with [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|Mackenzie King]], the [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]], was a major influence on the development of Canadian social policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ |title=Bienvenue au site Web Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Welcome to the Library and Archives Canada website |website=Collections Canada |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182206/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/}}</ref></blockquote>

Shortly before his death in 1948, Joseph E. Atkinson transferred ownership of the paper to a charitable organization given the mandate of continuing the paper's liberal tradition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Powell |first=Betsy |title=Atkinson's will kept Star's resolve |access-date=January 12, 2011 |date=November 6, 2002 |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/542589--atkinson-s-will-kept-star-s-resolve |location=Toronto |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065908/http://www.thestar.com/article/542589--atkinson-s-will-kept-star-s-resolve |archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> In 1949, the province of Ontario passed the ''Charitable Gifts Act'',{{efn|The {{Cite canlaw |short title=Charitable Gifts Act |abbr=R.S.O. |year=1990 |chapter=C.8 |link=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c08}}, repealed in 2009 by the {{Cite canlaw |short title=Good Government Act, 2009 |abbr=S.O. |year=2009 |chapter=33 |schedule=2 |link=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s09033}}}} barring charitable organizations from owning large parts of profit-making businesses,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bourgeois |first=Donald |title=The Charitable Gifts Act: A Commentary |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url=http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2009/chylb174.htm}}</ref> that effectively required the ''Star'' to be sold.{{efn|But the Act's repeal in 2009 did not mean that charities in Ontario could then set up for-profit companies or pursue business activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millerthomson.com/assets/files/newsletter_attachments/issues/Charities_and_Not-For-Profit_December_2009.pdf |title=Ontario Government passes ''Good Government Act'' that includes positive changes for charities |last1=Lazier |first1=Kate |last2=Manwaring |first2=Susan M. |date=December 2009 |publisher=[[Miller Thomson]]}}</ref>}}

Atkinson's will had directed that profits from the paper's operations were "for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature, for the benefit of the people of the province of Ontario" and it stipulated that the paper could be sold only to people who shared his social views.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Sandra |date=November 8, 2005 |title=Beland Honderich, 86 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/beland-honderich-86/article1130520/?page=all |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> The five trustees of the charitable organization circumvented the Act by buying the paper themselves and swearing before the [[Supreme Court of Ontario]] to continue what became known as the "Atkinson Principles":<ref>{{cite web |title=Atkinson Principles |url=http://www.torstar.com/html/social-responsibility/Atkinson_Principles/index.cfm |publisher=[[Torstar]] |access-date=August 2, 2013}}</ref> [[File:Banting-front-page Toronto Daily Star 1922.jpg|thumb|Front page of the ''Star'' in 1922, covering [[Frederick Banting]]'s accomplishments with [[insulin]]]] {{col div}} * A strong, united and independent Canada * [[Social justice]] * Individual and civil liberties * Community and civic engagement * The rights of working people * The necessary role of government {{col div end}}

====Other early media ventures==== Under Atkinson, the ''Star'' launched several other media initiatives, including a weekend supplemental magazine, the ''[[Star Weekly]]'', from 1910 to 1973. From 1922 to 1933, the ''Star'' was also a radio broadcaster on its station [[CFCA (AM)|CFCA]], broadcasting on a [[wavelength]] of 400 [[metre]]s (749.48 kHz); its coverage was complementary to the paper's reporting.<ref name="Plummer2014">{{cite web |url=http://torontoist.com/2014/03/historicist-an-invisible-giant/ |title=Historicist: An Invisible Giant |last1=Plummer |first1=Kevin |date=March 22, 2014 |website=torontoist.com}}</ref> The station was closed following the establishment of the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] (CRBC) and the introduction of a government policy that, in essence, restricted private stations to an [[effective radiated power]] of 100 [[watt]]s.<ref name="Plummer2014" /> The ''Star'' would continue to supply sponsored content to the CRBC's CRCT station—which later became CBC station [[CBLA-FM|CBL]]—an arrangement that lasted until 1946.<ref name="Plummer2014" />

===1971–2019=== In 1971, the newspaper was renamed ''The Toronto Star'' and moved to a modern International-style office tower at [[One Yonge Street]] by [[Queens Quay (Toronto)|Queens Quay]]. The original [[Old Toronto Star Building|''Star'' building]] at 80 King Street West was demolished to make room for [[First Canadian Place]].

The ''Star'' expanded during the 1970s with the introduction of a Sunday edition on October 16, 1977, called '''''The Sunday Star'''''.<ref name="Sunday Star">{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1977 |title=Beginning October 16, Sunday Will Never Be The Same |work=The Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |page=A9 |url=https://www.proquest.com/hnptorontostar/newspapers/page-a9/docview/1372733965 |access-date=March 21, 2026 |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=registration}}</ref> Its first morning edition was published in 1981.<ref name="History to 1992" />

In 1992, its printing plant was moved to the Toronto Star Press Centre at the [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407]] & [[Ontario Highway 400|400]] interchange in [[Vaughan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/09/06/torstars_vaughan_press_centre_celebrates_20th_anniversary.html |title=Torstar's Vaughan Press Centre celebrates 20th anniversary |work=Toronto Star |date=September 6, 2012}}</ref> In September 2002, the logo was changed, and "The" was dropped from the masthead. During the [[Northeast blackout of 2003|2003 Northeast blackout]], the ''Star'' printed the paper at a press in [[Welland]], Ontario. The newspaper's former printing plant was housed at One Yonge Street until the Toronto Star Press Centre opened.

Until the mid-2000s, the front page of the ''Toronto Star'' had no third-party advertising aside from upcoming lottery jackpot estimates from the [[Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation]] (OLG).

On May 28, 2007, the ''Star'' unveiled a redesigned paper that featured larger type, narrower pages, fewer and shorter articles, renamed sections, a more prominent focus on local news, and less focus on international news, columnists, and opinion pieces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/05/28/you_spoke_we_listened_here_are_the_changes.html |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto |title=You spoke, we listened: Here are the changes |date=May 28, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2010 |first=J. Fred |last=Kuntz}}</ref> However, on January 1, 2009, the ''Star'' reverted to its previous format. ''Star P.M.'', a free newspaper in [[PDF]] format that could be downloaded from the newspaper's website each weekday afternoon, was discontinued in October 2007, thirteen months after its launch.

On January 15, 2016, Torstar confirmed the closure of its Vaughan printing presses and indicated that it would outsource printing to [[Transcontinental (company)|Transcontinental Printing]], leading to the layoff of all 285 staff at the plant, as Transcontinental had its own existing facility, also in Vaughan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2016/01/15/torstar-sell-vaughan-printing-plant-close-300-jobs-affected/ |title=Torstar to sell printing plant in Vaughan, close to 300 jobs affected |website=toronto.citynews.ca |date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> The newspaper said the closure was effected so it could better focus on its digital outlets.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://torontosun.com/2016/01/15/torstar-to-sell-printing-plant-285-jobs-affected/wcm/48a2b4d1-a53f-4ce1-8b8a-8b782861d9c3 |title=Torstar lays off more than 300 production, editorial staff, selling staff |newspaper=Toronto Sun |last=Sagan |first=Aleksandra |date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> In February 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' suspended its internship program indefinitely to cut its costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/toronto-star-suspending-internship-programs-indefinitely/ |title=Toronto Star Suspending Internship Programs Indefinitely |work=Canadaland |date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> Long a source of Canada's next generation of journalists, the paid positions were seen by journalists and program alumni as a vital part of the national industry, and their suspension, a sign of its continuing decline.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://j-source.ca/article/toronto-star-internship-program-unique/ |title=Why the Toronto Star internship program was unique |date=February 21, 2018 |work=J-Source}}</ref> In 2020, the internship program returned.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2020 |title=Toronto Star welcomes back internship program with seven young reporters |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/20/toronto-star-welcomes-back-internship-program-with-seven-young-reporters.html |access-date=December 28, 2021 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

In April 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' expanded its local coverage of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Halifax with rebranded daily newspapers, previously known as ''Metro'', as ''[[StarMetro (newspaper)|StarMetro]]'', which was a joint venture between Torstar (90%) and Swedish media company [[Metro International]] (10%).<ref>{{cite news |title=Torstar hiring 20 reporters as it rebrands and revamps Metro Urban dailies across Canada |url=https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/torstar-hiring-20-reporters-as-it-rebrands-and-revamps-metro-urban-dailies |website=Financial Post |publisher=The Canadian Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Healing |first1=Dan |title=StarMetro? Toronto Star publisher rebranding free daily newspapers across Canada – cites appetite for 'progressive voice' |url=https://calgaryherald.com/business/starmetro-toronto-star-publisher-rebranding-free-daily-newspapers-across-canada-cites-appetite-for-progressive-voice/wcm/e9d04fc7-4529-4ee2-a1f5-311938d8acdf |website=Calgary Herald |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Popplewell |first1=Brett |title=Inside the Toronto Star's Bold Plan to Save Itself |url=https://thewalrus.ca/inside-the-toronto-stars-bold-plan-to-save-itself/ |website=The Walrus |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> In October 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' acquired [[iPolitics]], a political news outlet. It ceased to own the property in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tortar signs agreement to purchase political website iPolitics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/torstar-buys-ipolitics-1.4831392 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Torstar to purchase iPolitics media outlet |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/torstar-to-purchase-ipolitics-media-outlet-693842521.html |website=Cision |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref>

On December 20, 2019, all ''StarMetro'' editions ceased publication.<ref>{{cite news |title=Torstar shutting down StarMetro papers across Canada |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/11/19/torstar-shutting-down-starmetro-papers-across-canada/ |website=CityNews |publisher=Rogers Digital Media. |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Toronto Star shutting down StarMetro newspapers |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/toronto-star-star-metro-closing-1.5365326 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

===Nordstar: 2020–present=== With the newspaper facing tough economic pressures [[Torstar]]'s board of directors voted to sell the company to the investment firm NordStar Capital.<ref name="Torstar Families Sell">{{Cite news |last1=Honderich |first1=John |date=May 27, 2020 |title=We pass the torch to build upon our proud tradition |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-newspapers-play-a-vital/193230995/ A4] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-we-pass-the-torch-to-bu/193230462/ |access-date=March 12, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Their decision was announced on May 26, 2020, with the {{CAD|52{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}} sale also turning Torstar into a [[privately held company]].<ref name ="Torstar agrees to NordStar sale">{{Cite news |date=May 26, 2020 |title=Torstar agrees to $52M sale to NordStar Capital |work=CBC News |location=Toronto |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/torstar-sale-nordstar-capital-1.5586033 |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102014403/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/torstar-sale-nordstar-capital-1.5586033 |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The deal was expected to be approved by Torstar's [[shareholder]]s and to close by the end of 2020.<ref name="Sale">{{Cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Josh |date=May 27, 2020 |title=Torstar being sold in deal that begins 'New Chapter' |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |pages=A1, A4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-torstar-being-sold-in-d/193229726/ |access-date=March 12, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Canadian Modern Media Holdings made an offer of $58{{nbsp}}million on July 9, 2020; NordStar subsequently increased its offer to $60{{Nbsp}}million, effectively ending the bidding war.<ref name="Increased bid">{{Cite news |title=Surprise $60-million bid from NordStar locks up acquisition of Torstar |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/11/new-surprise-60-million-bid-from-nordstar-all-but-locks-up-acquisition-of-torstar.html |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> The majority of shareholders voted in favour of the deal.<ref name="Shareholders Approve">{{Cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Josh |date=July 22, 2020 |title=NordStar bid gains majority approval |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |page=B1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-nordstar-bid-gains-majo/193208335/ |access-date=March 12, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The takeover was approved by an Ontario judge on July 27, 2020.<ref name="Court Stay">{{Cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jeffrey |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Rival bidder tries to halt court approval of Torstar takeover by Nordstar |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |publisher=[[The Woodbridge Company]] |issn=0319-0714 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-judge-approves-nordstars-60-million-takeover-of-torstar/ |access-date=July 28, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> An appeal of the judgement by another prospective purchaser failed on July 31 when Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny dismissed the motion.<ref name="Takeover Cleared Court">{{Cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Josh |date=August 1, 2020 |title=NordStar takeover of Star publisher gets go-ahead |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |page=A2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-nordstar-takeover-of-st/193206765/ |access-date=March 12, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="Courts dismiss challenge">{{Cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jeffrey |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Judge approves NordStar's $60-million takeover of Torstar |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |publisher=The Woodbridge Company |issn=0319-0714 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-nordstar-to-close-torstar-purchase-after-rival-bidder-denied-stay-in/ |access-date=March 12, 2026 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

During the COVID-19 pandemic, with its work from home orders and new communications technologies, the lack of the need for large office spaces meant the newspaper could downsize its operations.<ref name="Shopify" /> The paper had already sold the [[One Yonge Street|Toronto Star Building]] in 2000 but had rented office space in that building until 2022.<ref name="Memories of 1 Yonge">{{Cite news |last1=Zwolinski |first1=Mark |date=November 5, 2022 |title=Proudfoot Corner: Memories of 1 Yonge St. as Toronto Star prepares to move |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |page=S6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-proudfoot-corner-the-s/172466541/ |access-date=March 7, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603093301/https://www.thestar.com/initiatives/santa_claus_fund/2022/10/27/proudfoot-corner-memories-of-1-yonge-st-as-toronto-star-prepares-to-move.html |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, the newspaper moved its headquarters from 1 Yonge Street to a new location at the Well on [[Spadina Avenue]] at Front Street.<ref name="Shopify">{{Cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Josh |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Shopify confirms it no longer intends to expand to massive new Toronto office space, citing shift toward remote-first |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-a-digital-by-design-c/192882534/ B4] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-shopify-bows-out-of-new/192882371/ |access-date=March 7, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216211626/https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/12/14/shopify-confirms-it-no-longer-intends-to-expand-to-massive-new-toronto-office-space-citing-shift-toward-remote-first.html |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Content== ===Editorial position=== Like its competitor ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', the ''Star'' covers "a spectrum of opinion that is best described as urban and [[Central Canada|Central Canadian]]" in character. The ''Star'' is generally centrist and [[centre-left]], and is more [[Social liberalism|socially liberal]] than ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref name="Winter">Elke Winter, ''Us, Them and Others: Pluralism and National Identities in Diverse Societies'' (University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 96.</ref> The paper has aligned itself over the years with the progressive "Atkinson principles" named for publisher [[Joseph E. Atkinson]],<ref name="Wallace">Kenyon Wallace, [https://www.thestar.com/trust/2018/05/24/how-the-star-is-making-its-political-endorsements-more-transparent.html How the Star is making its political endorsements more transparent], ''Toronto Star'' (May 26, 2018).</ref> who was editor and publisher of the paper for 50 years.<ref name="Harris">Tamar Harris, [https://www.thestar.com/anniversary/2017/11/04/through-constant-change-atkinson-principles-endure.html Through constant change, Atkinson Principles endure], ''Toronto Star'' (November 4, 2017).</ref> These principles included [[social justice]] and [[social welfare provision]], as well as [[individual rights]] and [[civil liberties]].<ref name="Harris" /> In 1984, scholar Wilfred H. Kesterton described the ''Star'' as "perpetually indignant" because of its social consciousness.<ref name="Winter" /> When Atkinson's son Joseph Story Atkinson became president of the ''Star'' in 1957, he said, "From its inception in 1892, the ''Star'' has been a champion of social and economic reform, a defender of minority rights, a foe of discrimination, a friend of organized labour and a staunch advocate of Canadian nationhood."<ref name="Harris" />

Another of the "Atkinson principles" has been a "strong, united and independent Canada"; in a 1927 editorial, the paper wrote, "We believe in the British connection as much as anybody does but on a self-respecting basis of equality, of citizenship, and not on the old basis of one country belonging to the other."<ref name="Harris" /> The paper was historically wary of American influence,<ref name="Harris" /> and during the debates over the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]], the paper was frequently critical of [[free trade]] and expressed concerns about Canadian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Andrea M.L. |last=Perrella |title=Editorials and the Free Trade Agenda: Comparison of Law Press and the Toronto Star Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America |journal=Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America |editor=Guy Lachapelle |publisher=Presses de l'Université du Québec |date=1995 |pages=276–79}}</ref> The paper has been traditionally supportive of [[Official bilingualism in Canada|official bilingualism]] and maintaining Canadian unity in opposition to [[Quebec sovereignty movement|Quebec separatism]].<ref name="Harris" />

In the 1980s, [[Michael Farber]] wrote in the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' that the ''Star''{{'}}s coverage was Toronto-centric to the point that any story was said to carry an explanation as to "What it means to [[Metropolitan Toronto|Metro]]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farber |first=Michael |date=August 27, 1985 |title=Stock deal ends talk of takeover |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850827&id=haIkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2529,3244467&hl=en |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |page=A-3}}</ref> Conversely, Canadian sociologist Elke Winter wrote in 2011 that the ''Toronto Star'' was less "Toronto-centric" than its rival, ''The Globe and Mail'', writing that the ''Star'' "consciously reports for and from Canada's most multicultural city" and catered to a diverse readership.<ref name="Winter" />

The advent of the ''[[National Post]]'' in 1998 shook up the Toronto newspaper market.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/as-the-globe-turns/ |title=As the Globe turns – Macleans.ca |date=July 9, 2009 |work=Macleans |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref> In the upheaval that followed, editorial spending increased and there was much turnover of editors and publishers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/02/black200702 |title=Black Mischief |last=Orth |first=Maureen |work=The Hive |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

====Election endorsements==== In the 50 years to 1972, the ''Star'' endorsed the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] in each [[List of Canadian federal general elections|federal general election]].<ref name="English">Kathy English, [https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/10/11/why_do_newspapers_endorse.html Why do newspapers endorse?], ''Toronto Star'' (October 11, 2008).</ref> In the fifteen federal elections between 1968 and 2019, the ''Star'' has endorsed the Liberal Party eleven times, the [[New Democratic Party]] twice, and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] twice.<ref name="Wallace" />

Elections in which the ''Star'' did not endorse the Liberals took place [[1972 Canadian federal election|in 1972]] and [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]] (when it endorsed the Progressive Conservatives), and [[1979 Canadian federal election|in 1979]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]] (when it endorsed the NDP).<ref name="English" /><ref name="Wallace" /> In the 2011 election, the ''Star'' [[Newspaper endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election|endorsed the NDP]] under [[Jack Layton]].{{sfn|Phillips|2011}} However, to avoid [[vote splitting]] that could inadvertently help the Conservatives under [[Stephen Harper]], which it saw as the worst outcome for the country, the paper also recommended Canadians [[Tactical voting|vote strategically]] by voting for "the progressive candidate best placed to win" in certain ridings.<ref name="strategicvoting">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |title=But vote strategically |work=Toronto Star |date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321014354/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |archive-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> For the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]], the ''Star'' endorsed the Liberal Party under [[Justin Trudeau]],<ref name="2015endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/09/for-justin-trudeau-and-the-liberal-party-editorial.html |title=Toronto Star endorses Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for prime minister |work=Toronto Star |date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> and did so again [[2019 Canadian federal election|in 2019]]<ref name="2019endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/10/16/liberals-are-the-best-choice-for-canada.html |title=Liberals are the best choice for Canada |work=Toronto Star |date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> and [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]].<ref name="2021endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/the-star-s-editorial-board-endorses-liberals-for-2021-federal-election/article_e66a7040-3654-5e04-9eb1-1ca63a69d833.html |title=The Star's editorial board endorses Liberals for 2021 federal election |work=Toronto Star |date=September 19, 2021}}</ref> The ''Star'' endorsed the Liberals under [[Mark Carney]] for the [[2025 Canadian federal election|2025 federal election]].<ref name="2025endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/in-a-time-of-crisis-mark-carney-is-the-steady-hand-canada-needs/article_aefe9436-1dfc-491a-93dd-bb285a23abb8.html |title=In a time of crisis, Mark Carney is the steady hand Canada needs |work=Toronto Star |date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>

In Toronto's [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] mayoral elections, the ''Star'' endorsed [[George Smitherman]] [[2010 Toronto mayoral election|in 2010]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Star's choices for Toronto mayor: George Smitherman |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/876268 |work=Toronto Star |date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> and [[John Tory]] [[2014 Toronto mayoral election|in 2014]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/10/21/john_tory_is_the_best_choice_to_lead_toronto_editorial.html |title=John Tory is the best choice to lead Toronto: Editorial |work=Toronto Star |date=October 21, 2014}}</ref> [[2018 Toronto mayoral election|2018]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/19/john-tory-is-the-best-choice-for-toronto-now.html |title=John Tory is the best choice for Toronto now |work=Toronto Star |date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> and [[2022 Toronto mayoral election|2022]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/john-tory-best-to-lead-toronto/article_ab142f68-235d-53de-af4d-e7f8e409153b.html |title=John Tory best to lead Toronto |work=Toronto Star |date=October 22, 2022}}</ref> The ''Star'' endorsed [[Ana Bailão]] in the [[2023 Toronto mayoral by-election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/ana-bail-o-is-the-best-choice-to-lead-toronto/article_a2236210-ebe6-5c84-b99c-ac79a735b0ca.html |title=Ana Bailão is the best choice to lead Toronto |work=Toronto Star |date=July 19, 2023}}</ref>

===Features=== The ''Star'' is one of the few Canadian newspapers that employs a "[[public editor]]" ([[ombudsman]]) and was the first to do so. Its newsroom policy and journalistic standards guide is also published online.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/1098344 |title=Toronto Star Newsroom Policy and Journalistic Standards Guide |work=Toronto Star |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

The ''Star'' favours an inclusive, "[[big tent]]" approach, not wishing to attract one group of readers at the expense of others.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} It publishes regular features on real estate, individual neighbourhoods, style, business and travel.

==Products== ===Website=== The ''Star'' launched its website in 1996.{{sfn|Bothwell|Poulin|2021}} In October 2012, the ''Star'' announced its intention to implement a [[paywall]] on its website, thestar.com,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2012/10/29/the_star_to_launch_digital_subscription.html |title=The Star to launch digital subscription |work=Toronto Star |date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> effective August 13, 2013. Readers with daily home delivery had free access to all digital content. Those without a digital subscription could access 10 articles a month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2013/08/13/toronto_star_launches_digital_subscriptions.html |title=Toronto Star launches digital subscriptions: Publisher |work=Toronto Star |date=August 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/toronto-star-moving-behind-paywall-1.1386531 |title=Toronto Star moving behind paywall |date=August 13, 2013 |work=CBC News |access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> The ''Star'' removed its paywall on April 1, 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/03/07/note-to-readers-star-to-end-paid-digital-subscriptions-on-april-1.html |title=Note to Readers: Star to end paid digital subscriptions on April 1 |work=Toronto Star |date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> and revived it in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/registration.html |title=Registration |work=Toronto Star |date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>

===Mobile app=== On September 15, 2015, the ''Toronto Star'' released the Star Touch tablet app, which was a free interactive news app with interactive advertisements. At launch, it was only available for the [[iPad]], which uses [[iOS]]. Based on a similar app for Montreal-based {{Lang|fr|[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}} released in 2013, Star Touch is the first such app for any English-language news organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/15/toronto-star-makes-news-with-innovative-star-touch-tablet-app.html |title=Toronto Star makes news with innovative Star Touch tablet app |work=Toronto Star |date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> In slightly over 50 days after launch, the app had reached the 100,000-download milestone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/13/toronto-star-touch-hits-100000-downloads-have-you-tried-it.html |title=Toronto Star Touch hits 100,000 downloads. Have you tried it? |work=Toronto Star |date=November 13, 2015}}</ref> The [[Android (operating system)|Android]] version was launched on December 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/30/toronto-star-touch-launches-on-android.html |title=Toronto Star Touch launches on Android |work=Toronto Star |date=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

The Star's current iOS app is rated 12+ by [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)#Application ratings|Apple's App Store guidelines]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/star-touch-by-toronto-star/id1026855048?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005142335/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/star-touch-by-toronto-star/id1026855048?mt=8 |archive-date=October 5, 2015 |title=iTunes |website=[[iTunes]]}}</ref> and the Android version is rated Mature 17+ by the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]] (ESRB).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torontostar.startouch&hl=en |title=Google}}</ref>

==Circulation== [[File:Red post box here appears fuchsia! (27283651334).jpg|thumb|A Canada Post mailbox next to an empty ''Toronto Star'' vending box]] The ''Toronto Star'' has seen, like most [[List of newspapers in Canada#Daily newspapers|Canadian daily newspapers]], a decline in [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]]. Its total circulation dropped by {{formatnum: {{#expr: abs(100 - (318763 / 409340 * 100)) round 0}}}} percent to 318,763 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.<ref name="Circulation Chart">{{cite web |url=https://nmc-mic.ca/about-newspapers/circulation/daily-newspapers/ |title=Daily Newspaper Circulation Data |work=News Media Canada |access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref>

{{image frame |width=440 |align=none |border=no |caption=Daily average total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies<ref name="Circulation Chart"/>|content= {{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart | height = 270 | width = 440 | group 1 = 409340:398745:374678:357612:360515:342527:318763 | colors = DarkCyan | units suffix = Copies | group names = | x legends = 2009:2010:2011:2012:2013:2014:2015 }} }}

==Offices== {{multiple image|total_width=385|image1=The Star Building, erected 1878.jpg|caption1=1905–1929|image2=TorontoStar3.jpg|caption2=1929–1971|image3=Toronto-star.jpg|caption3=1971–2022|header=Offices used by the ''Star''}} The ''Toronto Star'' has been located at several addresses since 1892.<ref name="History to 1992">{{cite news |last1=Honderich |first1=Beland |date=November 2, 1992 |title=History of the Toronto Star |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/history-of-the-toronto-star.html |access-date=March 21, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919233755/https://www.thestar.com/site/static-pages/history-of-the-toronto-star.html |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* 1892: 83 Yonge Street (shared with ''[[The Toronto World]]'') * 1896: 26–28 Adelaide Street West * 1905: 18–20 King Street West * 1929: 80 King Street West ([[Old Toronto Star Building]]) * 1971: 1 Yonge Street ([[One Yonge Street|Toronto Star Building]]) * 2022: 8 Spadina Avenue<ref name="Memories of 1 Yonge" />

==Notable staff== ===Publishers=== {{Div col}} * [[Joseph E. Atkinson]] (1899–1948) * [[Joseph S. Atkinson]] (1948–1966) * [[Beland Honderich]] (1966–1988) * [[David R. Jolley]] (1988–1994) * [[John Honderich]] (1995–2004) * [[Michael Goldbloom]] (2004–2006) * [[Jagoda Pike]] (2006–2008) * [[Donald Babick]] (2008) * [[John D. Cruickshank]] (2009–2016) * John Boynton (2017–2020) * [[Jordan L. Bitove]] (since 2020) {{Div col end}}

===Journalists and columnists=== {{Div col}} * [[Pierre Berton]] * [[Tony Burman]] * [[Peter Calamai]] * [[Morley Callaghan]] * [[June Callwood]] * [[Greg Clark (journalist)|Greg Clark]] * [[Jeremy Clarkson]] * [[Erin Combs]] * [[Daniel Dale]] * [[Susan Delacourt]] * [[Rosie DiManno]] * [[Robyn Doolittle]] * [[Milt Dunnell]] * [[Joe Fiorito]] * [[Graham Fraser]] * [[Michael Geist]] * [[Carol Goar]] * [[Alison Gordon]] * [[David Griffin (athlete)|David Griffin]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Lucky Grif's' Luck Failed: Only One of Crew to Die |date=February 22, 1944 |newspaper=Toronto Star |page=2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-griffin-1944/166937800/}}</ref> * [[Richard Gwyn (Canadian writer)|Richard Gwyn]] * [[Matthew Halton]] * [[Tom Harpur]] * [[Chantal Hébert]] * [[Ernest Hemingway]]<ref>A collection of Hemingway's work in the Star was published as ''[[Dateline: Toronto]]''</ref> * [[W. A. Hewitt]]<ref>{{cite news |title=After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt |last=Sullivan |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist) |date=December 8, 1953 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |page=19 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-08-1953-2975367/}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight |last=Sullivan |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist) |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=December 8, 1953 |newspaper=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]] |location=Kingston, Ontario |page=11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97010768/hewitt-1953/}}{{free access}}</ref> * [[Kim Hughes (radio)|Kim Hughes]]<ref name="twsA2ft55">{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Hughes |title=The soundtrack of a generation |work=Toronto Star |date=May 18, 2008 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Books/article/426145 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="twsA2ft55fs">{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Hughes |title=They loved, lusted, lost |work=Toronto Star |date=July 8, 2007 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/233539 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref> * [[A. D. Kean]] * [[Cathal Kelly]] * [[Marc Kielburger|Marc]] and [[Craig Kielburger]] * [[Naomi Klein]] * [[Faisal Kutty]] * [[Michele Landsberg]] * [[Gary Lautens]] * [[Duncan Macpherson]] * [[Linda McQuaig]] * [[Earl McRae]] * [[Heather Mallick]] * [[Lou Marsh]] * [[Peter C. Newman]] * [[Cleo Paskal]] * [[Angelo Persichilli]]<ref name="taber">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-finds-new-communication-director-in-ranks-of-ethnic-media/article2148647/ |title=Harper finds new communication director in ranks of ethnic media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906110412/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-finds-new-communication-director-in-ranks-of-ethnic-media/article2148647/ |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> * [[Jim Proudfoot (journalist)|Jim Proudfoot]] * [[Ben Rayner]]<ref name="Gordon">{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Cameron |title=Toronto's Star... Ben Rayner In a rockcritics.com interview |url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/benrayner/benrayner.html |publisher=Rockcritics.com |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Rayner |url=https://www.thestar.com/authors.rayner_ben.html |access-date=September 8, 2013 |newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref> * [[Ellen Roseman]] * [[Oakland Ross]] * [[Robert W. Service|Robert Service]] * [[Haroon Siddiqui]] * [[Gordon Sinclair]] * [[Randy Starkman]] * [[Walter Stewart (journalist)|Walter Stewart]] * [[Tanya Talaga]] * [[Charles Templeton]] * [[Ellie Tesher]] * [[James Travers (journalist)|James Travers]] * [[Thomas Walkom]] * [[Claire Wallace (broadcaster)|Claire Wallace]] * [[Antonia Zerbisias]] * [[Montague Birrell Black]] {{Div col end}}

===Cartoonists=== {{Div col}} * [[Walter Ball (cartoonist)|Walter Ball]] * [[Sid Barron]] * [[Jimmy Frise]] * [[Duncan Macpherson]] * [[Dušan Petričić]] * [[Ben Wicks]] {{Div col end}}

==See also== {{Portal|Canada|Ontario|Journalism}} * ''[[Grant v Torstar Corp]]'' * [[Media in Canada]] * [[List of media outlets in Toronto]] * [[List of newspapers in Canada]] * [[List of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation]]

==Notes== {{notelist}}

== References == ===Citations=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== * {{cite book |last=Archer |first=William L. |author-link=William Archer (Toronto politician) |date=1947 |title=Joe Atkinson's Toronto Star: The Genius of Crooked Lane |publisher=Montreal [Zeta Psi Fraternity] |url=https://archive.org/stream/joeatkinsonstoro00arch#page/n3/mode/2up |location=Montreal}} * {{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Bothwell |first1=Robert |last2=Poulin |first2=Jessica |author1-link=Robert Bothwell |orig-date=First published July 21, 2009 |date=December 20, 2021 |title=Toronto Star |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-star |access-date=March 21, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127163941/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-star |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |url-status=live}} * {{Cite book |last1=Harkness |first1=Ross |title=J.E. Atkinson of the Star |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |year=1963 |location=Toronto |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=wTUMAQAAIAAJ&q=Hindmarsh&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3 |OCLC=1402965}} * {{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Andrew |date=April 30, 2011 |title=The Election Choice: For Layton and the NDP |work=Toronto Star |publisher=[[Torstar]] |issn=0319-0781 |page=A26 |url=https://thestar.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-the-election-choice-fo/193879853/ |access-date=March 21, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503060912/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/983376--toronto-star-endorses-the-ndp |archive-date= May 3, 2011 |url-status=live}} * {{Cite DCB |last=Rutherford |first=Paul |title=Riordon (Riordan), John |volume=11 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/riordon_john_11E.html |year=1982}} * {{Cite DCB |last=Sotiron |first=Minko |title=Maclean, William Findlay |volume=15 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/maclean_william_findlay_15E.html}}{{sfn whitelist|CITEREFSotiron2005}} * {{cite news |last1=Urquhart |first1=Ian |date=October 11, 2008 |title=Star's choice: Dion, Liberals |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |issn=0319-0781 |page=AA4 |url=https://thestar.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-stars-choice-dion-li/193884262/ |access-date=March 21, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}

===Further reading=== * {{cite book |last=Templeton |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Templeton |title=Charles Templeton, an anecdotal memoir |chapter=Inside the Toronto Star |chapter-url=http://www.templetons.com/charles/memoir/chap5.html |access-date=February 13, 2010 |year=1983 |publisher=[[McClelland & Stewart]] |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-7710-8545-1 |oclc=11158533 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/anecdotalmemoir0000temp}} *{{cite web |last=Vincent |first=Trista |title=Manufacturing Concern :: Ryerson Review of Journalism |access-date=January 6, 2011 |date=March 1999 |url=http://www.rrj.ca/m3946/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327070356/http://www.rrj.ca/m3946/ |archive-date=March 27, 2012}} * {{cite book |last=Walkom |first=Thomas L |title=Rae Days |url=https://archive.org/details/raedays0000walk |url-access=registration |year=1994 |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Key Porter Books]] |isbn=978-1-55013-598-5 |oclc=30669140}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} *[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-star ''Toronto Star''] – ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' *[https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Toronto-Star ''Toronto Star''] – ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' *[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38788&view=grid ''Toronto Star'' photograph archive] – Toronto Public Library

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