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How this fake Norval Morrisseau led to the collapse of Canada’s most brazen art forgery ring
“Spirit Energy of Mother Earth” is the painting that started it all — the fake that brought down a forgery ring profiting off the legacy of one of the towering
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November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Eulogy for a speed camera: As Ontario’s ban begins, an ode to the oft-felled Parkside Drive sentry
We come to bury speed cameras, with a eulogy for the ace of Toronto's automated speed enforcement fleet, the Parkside Drive speed camera.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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How Rodney Clark became Toronto’s King of Oysters: ‘He was Order of Canada-big’
Clark, the skilled storyteller and entertainer who opened Rodney’s Oyster House in the 1980s, died last week at age 75.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Renovating? This Toronto company wants to recycle your bricks and lumber — instead of sending that ‘gold’ to the landfill
Think “deconstruction,” not demolition. Do it well, and it can mean the cost to the homeowner is often the same or less than a wasteful gut job.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Matt Elliott: Blue Jays’ World Series run shows Toronto is a baseball city. So why are there no batting cages left in our parks?
The saga of the shuttered batting cages at Centennial Park reveals problems with the consultation and decision-making process at our municipal government.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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18 cars’ worth of microplastics flow through Toronto’s Don River every year, study finds
More than 520 billion microplastics and 160 kilograms of larger plastics flow into Lake Ontario through the Don annually. Where are they coming from?
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October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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No, you don’t have a Charter right to sell magic mushrooms, Ontario judge tells fugitive behind FunGuyz dispensary chain
The experience of taking a psychedelic drug is “not what freedom of thought was meant to protect,” Judge George Orsini wrote in his decision.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Inside the deal that’s making geothermal heat go mainstream in Toronto
Over the past decade, geothermal has gone from being installed in less than one per cent of new homes in Toronto to nearly 30 per cent this year, according to the Ontario Geothermal Association.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Apples stuffed in strollers and half-eaten fruit tossed away: Local orchard farmers say rampant theft is ‘killing our lifestyle’
Many farmers estimate they have lost several hundreds of dollars each day in thefts that some municipal police services are considering organized crime.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel
How self-cleaning toilets, the pandemic and bike lanes made Toronto Bike Share a staple of the city, and how Doug Ford’s battle against bike lanes will shape its future.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Condo v. Church: A story of Toronto on the steps of Sanctuary
The people of Sanctuary believe they are doing the Lord's work on Charles Street East. More and more of their neighbours think the church has become part of the problem.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Toronto’s push for a traffic czar has taken a turn
We know what the city's new traffic officer will make. When will one make it to Toronto? A recent job posting underlines a change in direction.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Ottawa let car dealers file after Tesla ran the bank on Canada’s EV rebate. Then Tesla went back for more
In all, Tesla claimed more than $717 million, or 27 per cent, of the $2.6 billion paid out in the iZEV rebate program.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Robots. Thermochemical reactions. Great Scott! Could these new weapons help win our war on trash?
With Toronto’s landfill nearing capacity, the Star spoke with researchers to see what novel waste disposal technologies are being worked on.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Sticky floors, damp seats, blaring TikToks first thing in the morning: Is this Toronto’s worst commute?
The Star is testing Torontonians’ commutes to find the worst in the city. First up: Alisha, a social worker who makers her trip in from Scarborough to downtown every day.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Forgotten Toronto: Inside the great ‘clown riots’ of 1855 — and the coverup that changed the city’s policing forever
How a normal circus visit turned into a vicious battle between clowns, firefighters and the powers that ran Toronto.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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‘I don’t want anyone to forget his name’: Mother speaks out during candlelight vigil for JahVai Roy, 8, killed by stray bullet
A vigil was held Thursday late afternoon to honour JahVai Roy, 8, who was killed by a stray bullet in his home on Saturday.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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How a stray cat helped me leave my basement and face the world again
Isolation during lockdown left daily life confined to a basement suite in Kensington Market. A stray cat’s visits sparked rare moments outside and helped ease growing anxiety.
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August 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Cheese might actually give you nightmares, study suggests. Here are other foods that may change your dreams
Lactose intolerance and food allergies were linked to nightmares — but certain foods can help promote sweet dreams, a new study found.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Is office air conditioning sexist? Why women tend to feel chillier at work than their male colleagues
Many office thermostats are informed by a decades-old formula based on the metabolism of a 40-year-old man. Where does that leave women?
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July 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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‘A fraud on us’: Judge challenges the defence ahead of fall verdict in $300M St. Mike’s hospital construction trial
The defence argues no one has suggested John Aquino and Vas Georgiou didn’t breach the rules — rather that the rules routinely get broken in the world of high-stakes public
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June 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Ontario doesn’t have enough wilderness firefighters. I learned what it takes to be one
On a training course near Sault St. Marie, Star reporter Marco Chown Oved learned what it takes to join the firefighters facing the next big Ontario wildfire.
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June 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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‘Gather round!’ Toronto high schoolers get hands-on lesson in the lost history of Afro-Ojibwe farming
“This is a history that they don’t tell you about in Canada,” Isaac Crosby says.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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‘I want to achieve something big’: Billionaire mall owner Weihong Liu reveals plans for old Hudson’s Bay leases
B.C. billionaire Weihong Liu has revealed new details about her plan to assume more than two dozen Hudson’s Bay leases.
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June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM