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Toronto Star's View: Government should do more to protect freedom of the press
It would be better if the Trudeau government put its muscle behind a full review of the law and showed it takes concerns about spying on journalists seriously
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Toronto Star's View: More enforcement needed to stop impaired driving
Last weekend the OPP laid 104 impaired driving charges. It’s time for Ottawa to toughen legislation to deter people from driving after they’ve been drinking or doing drugs
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Council mustn't be timid when it comes to highway tolls
Road tolls used to be unthinkable and next week at Toronto Council they'll be up for debate. Councillors shouldn't shirk their responsibility to raise money for needed infrastructure.
View ArticleEDITORIAL: As gracious hosts, let's not disappoint Syrian families now
For many Syrian refugees who now call Canada their home, things must finally be settling in. For many who came in the first wave, a harsh reality awaits at the end of the month, however, when their...
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Toronto Star's View: How Justin Trudeau can get back on track in 2017
Five areas the prime minister and his team should focus on to restore confidence that they are the government they promised to be
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Don't ruin your life, or the lives of others, by driving drunk
The holidays are a time of year for family gatherings, evenings out with friends and reminiscing about the year that was, and looking ahead to what might come. With every story shared of dreams...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: As the Parkdale Villager comes to an end, community news lives on
It is with regret that we announce that after this edition, Metroland Media Toronto will no longer be publishing the Parkdale Villager newspaper. It is with regret, but also with some reserved...
View ArticleLiving on through the immortality of a byline
When people die, their peers memorialize them in ways that fit how they lived.
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Getting at gridlock might be John Tory's defining achievement
There are few issues that have seized Mayor John Tory’s attention as consistently and intensely as this one: the trouble of heavy traffic moving toward gridlock that defines life of motorists in and...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Etobicoke history column is evidence that readers love the past
With the approach of 2017 it’s time to think about new beginnings, new resolutions and what the future holds for our families and our city. But we’d like to suggest that this week, in this edition, we...
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Toronto Star's View: Canada needs to rediscover its ambition as it turns 150
‘On the eve of another significant milestone, there’s a distressing shortage of the kind of can-do optimism that marked Canada’s Centennial year’
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On the list of trendy global hot spots — where you should be and be seen in 2017 — one name tops the list: Canada.
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Toronto Star's View: Some New Year’s resolutions we’d like to see
Here are 12 New Year’s resolutions that, if followed, might help put out the raging tire-fire that 2016 ignited
View ArticleToronto Star's View: It’s past time to invest in mental health
Despite the ubiquity of mental illness and the steady erosion of the social stigma once attached to such struggles, the health-care system has not kept up
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Shining the spotlight on the stories that matter
In a city as large, diverse and ever-moving as Toronto, covering the news can often feel like a drop in a bucket. There’s so much happening here, and it’s a city full of strong communities that often...
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Toronto Star's View: Ottawa must settle lawsuit with sick moms
During the election campaign the Liberals promised to settle a class action suit with sick mothers if they were elected. More than a year later the women are still waiting
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Reform to Toronto police welcomed with hope, skepticism
The City of Toronto is preparing for some substantial changes on a number of fronts. Budget consultations are underway and residents are signing up by the dozen to appeal to decision-makers to maintain...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Toronto needs to fix its too-low property tax problem in 2017
Toronto’s budget committee has heard from 230 members of the public concerned about the city’s operating and capital budget for 2017. And if the committee were seriously listening to those...
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Toronto Star's View: Globalization should be fixed, not junked in age of Trump
‘What needs to be done is not to throw globalization into reverse, but to more aggressively address the ways the current model has shortchanged too many people’
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