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Coles notes on the books nominated for 2023's Giller Prize

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Is Toronto's ice time policy freezing out girls' hockey?

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Ozempic: when game-changing medicine becomes a trend

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'I had to go through the discomfort of being wrong': a self-proclaimed anti-vaxxer switches sides

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Toronto is the raccoon's city. We just live in it

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Author Michael Lewis on the rise and fall of 'King of Crypto' Sam Bankman-Fried

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Canada-India diplomacy: The view from Ottawa and New Delhi

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Inside the celebration as the Blue Jays clinch a playoff spot

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The Yonge-Dundas Square peg, Eglington Crosstown, Olivia Chow's measures of progress in Ottawa and at Queen's Park and more stories of the week

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Are apologies and a resignation enough?

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Doug Ford's summertime blues

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Truth, reconciliation and sustaining the land

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Ford's week is a case of 'surprise, not surprised' and other big stories

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A history of violence and other Toronto mayoral stories

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Why Hanlan's Point is important to Toronto history

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How the London terror trial will test Canada's anti-terror laws

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'If I can finish it, I will': the inside story of Terry Fox's run

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Toronto's mayor keeps making the case for cash, plus other Toronto news of the week

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Unleashed and barking mad

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The shows must go on: SAG, WGA tiff puts new light on TIFF

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In a Greenbelt hole, Ford keeps digging, plus other Toronto news of the week

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Digital generation struggling with facts vs. misinformation

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The bee catastrophe we should be worried about

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Mission impossible: Real estate

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Is the American dream more attainable than Canada's?

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Policing wellness checks

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Summer ends early at City Hall

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A homebuyer, seller, tenant dispute that could happen to you

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COVID booster shots and the next pandemic wave

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Ford persists that Greenbelt is needed for housing. Experts say no

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Trump's tangled legal web

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Class-action lawsuit against police 'carding' highlights its lasting impact

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Style vs. substance: How Trudeau, Poilievre and Canadian minds are changing

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Olivia Chow's one-month performance review

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Does Toronto need to nip tree problems in the bud?

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On class divisions, and why not everyone's stories get told

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Cruel summer: Devastating wildfires, flash floods and heat records

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The COVID papers: What Canada's top doctors say about the country's pandemic response

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The story of mass murder in a GTA condo tower

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Justin Trudeau just overhauled his cabinet. What now?

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Is Doug Ford 'excessively preoccupied' with municipalities?

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Mercury contamination linked to high youth suicide attempt rate in Grassy Narrows First Nation

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Report says minimum wage needs to be higher than $33 to afford rent in Toronto

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Will Canada's Mounties become the 'FBI of the North'?

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Star investigation reveals troubling tax trend hitting Toronto's cheapest homes while mansions catch a break

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Electric vehicles are picking up speed but have one speed bump. They're illegal

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These nurses treat mental health patients wherever they might find them

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Why do Canadians search for proof of racism instead of finding solutions?

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Toronto's best (and worst) playgrounds? This dad has made a guide

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Why are newcomers seeking refuge sleeping on Toronto streets?

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King's Counsel honours stirs questions, accusations of patronage

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Unravelling Meta's new Threads

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The Star, police and racial profiling: A reporter looks back (Rebroadcast)

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One on one with David Suzuki: climate change, clean energy and whether there's hope (Rebroadcast)

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A chief at the centre of a national reckoning on residential schools (Rebroadcast)

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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on getting to the moon (Rebroadcast)

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What we know about Google's plan to block all Canadian news content

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Olivia Chow and a new time of possibility in Toronto?

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Drag has always been part of Toronto. Here's part of its history

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Pride, hope and Olivia Chow's prospects

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Toronto Star's Fresh Air Fund: Its impact and the magic of camp

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Is this 'the most exciting and positive election in 20 years'?

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Hot shots: Are laced drugs being used to murder people?

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The rising costs and concerns of building light rail transit

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Why are so many newcomers giving up the Canadian dream?

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Your last-minute Toronto mayoral election questions, answered

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Climate change noticeable in Toronto, not so in mayoral platforms

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Three of their kids are going blind. So they went and saw the world

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'Seizing the means of construction' and other mayoral attacks

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Toronto Pride: funding woes, rising hate and why events must go on

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Paul Bernardo and how federal corrections handles dangerous offenders

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Are any candidates separating themselves? It's up for debate

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A reality check on Apple's new Vision Pro headset

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An insider's look at the race for mayor from Jennifer Keesmaat

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Is Toronto a safe city? The data versus perception

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Canada is in flames. What you need to know about fire science

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One on one with David Suzuki: climate change, clean energy and whether there's hope

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Olivia Chow vs. Everyone? Keenan and Teitel weigh in on the Star's mayoral candidates debate

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'We're getting screwed... make that the ballot question'

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The ups and downs of the elevator industry

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Body cams on soccer referees to deter abuse from parents and coaches

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The historical context behind renaming Dundas Street

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Debating Toronto's future: The race for mayor

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Is Olivia Chow's 'untouchable' lead for real?

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How will Ontario peel Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon apart?

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Sodium nitrite, self harm and the case people around the world are watching

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Supply teachers and demand: How staffing shortages are affecting TDSB

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How the Eglinton Crosstown LRT has been derailed again

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How soon is 'now' on affordable housing? A big election question

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Business not as usual: The return to office and downtown Toronto now

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After George Floyd: One city's vow to 'end' police

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Ontario's housing plan and how it could lead to sprawl

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Canada set to name foreign labs, universities that pose national security risk

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Can you have too many candidates for mayor of Toronto?

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WHO says COVID as global health emergency is over. Now what?

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Alberta's neck and neck election: Notley vs. Smith

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How Toronto police's drug evidence locker thefts impact prosecutions

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'You need to stand up to the bully': David Miller's advice to next mayor about Doug Ford

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How will Bill C-11 affect Cancon, streaming platforms and cat videos?

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Violence in Sudan: A Canadian family shares their story