Posts Filed Under: Toronto Star
A timeline of recent events, as allegations that Rob Ford has been captured on video smoking crack create perhaps the oddest week in memory at City Hall.
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Desmond Cole
Canadian Somali Congress argues paper focused unduly on nationality in its reporting of Rob Ford's alleged crack smoking.
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Desmond Cole
Responses to Mayor Rob Ford's latest scandal.
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Steve Kupferman • Photo by Christopher Drost
Gawker and the Toronto Star both say they've seen a video in which Rob Ford appears to be smoking crack cocaine. Can he sue them for publishing about it?
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Christopher Bird • Photo by Christopher Drost
Every Sunday, Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Doug, host The City, a two-hour talk show on Newstalk 1010. We listen so you don't have to.
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David Hains
The mayor's friends are coming to his defense at the beginning of what will likely be a difficult week for him.
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Steve Kupferman • Photo by Christopher Drost
No one can expect Spence alone to own the unfulfilled promise of the socially-constructed group of people we call black.
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Desmond Cole
Toronto's top education official swiped passages from newspapers and blogs.
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Steve Kupferman
Nominated for: staying professional, even when the mayor couldn't.
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Desmond Cole • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
What commentators are saying about the mayor's spectacular fall.
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Steve Kupferman • Photo by Christopher Drost
Today: find engaging stories at the Living Library, let the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble entertain you with Playful Virtuosity, and join Sheryl Kirby as she launches her book of food stories and essays.
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Jessica Buck
Over Halloween weekend in 1971, the Toronto newspaper landscape shifted dramatically.
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Jamie Bradburn
Hint: it's the one that no longer exists.
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Jamie Bradburn
The conclusion of a two-part look at a nearly forgotten Toronto newspaper.
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Jamie Bradburn
Part two of a two-part look at cartoonist Jimmie Frise's life and work.
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Kevin Plummer
Part one of a two-part look at cartoonist Jimmie Frise's life and work.
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Kevin Plummer
In the wake of a heated confrontation between the mayor and a Toronto Star journalist: what we mean when we call someone a man.
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Hamutal Dotan • Illustration by A.R. Pang
How're you feeling about the fact that it's Friday? Pretty good? Excited? Numb? All feelings are legit. And here's some news: a suspicious phone call was made from Daniel Dale's cell phone after he dropped it and fled; Daniel Dale is, he says, not a wuss; Mayor Rob Ford's family doesn't want him to resign; Toronto ombudsman calls for a better city services response in an emergency; and Toronto elephants must wait a few months to soak up the California sun.
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Jodie Shupac