The CN Tower, streetcar tracks and colourful Chinatown are all seen in Disney and Pixar's new animated film #TurningRed voiced by Canada's own @IamSandraOh and Oscar-winning director of "Bao," Domee Shi.
A team of students from across the province is helping eliminate cost barriers for other aspiring doctors.
“Price of a Dream” has launched an Ontario medical school application fee waiver pilot program for students with low socioeconomic status. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The group plans to cover the cost of applying to up to three medical schools in Ontario of their choice. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The award will waive the $220 processing fee and application fees which, depending on the school, are between $100 to $380 each.
The name Dundas will be removed from all public assets in Toronto, city council decided Wednesday, including the landmark Yonge-Dundas Square and Dundas Station. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The street has been named for Henry Dundas — a Scottish minister reported to have helped delay the end of the slave trade in 1700s Canada — since long before any Torontonian was born. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
EXCLUSIVE: Throughout COVID-19, the Ontario government often made decisions that went against expert medical advice. Who else had Ford's ear? A Star analysis found that behind closed doors, business interests were lobbying the government through the crisis thestar.com/business/2021/…
Why could Ontario's big box outlets stay fully open while small businesses closed? Why did construction continue almost right through the pandemic? In this three-part series, #HiddenInfluence, the Star looks at which lobbyists may have swayed the PC party thestar.com/business/2021/…
At pivotal points during the pandemic, the Ford government made decisions that aligned with the interests of lobbyists with close ties to the party. Who were they and who did they represent?
Premier Doug Ford’s government has deleted a paragraph from Ontario’s new Grade 9 math curriculum, that said math “has been used to normalize racism and marginalization of non-Eurocentric mathematical knowledges.” thestar.com/politics/provi…
The modernized curriculum was introduced June 9 as the first step of ending the streaming of students so early in high school. That practice that has been tied to poor outcomes for Black and Indigenous youth. thestar.com/politics/provi…
The Progressive Conservatives initially approved an introduction that said “a decolonial, anti-racist approach to mathematics education makes visible its historical roots and social constructions.” thestar.com/politics/provi…
Further changes are expected to travel restrictions to Canada as the latest iteration of the Canada-U. S. border closure deal is set to expire next week. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Two sources told the Star that in the short term, they are expected to be just minor tweaks, and it remains unclear when Canada will throw open its doors to fully vaccinated tourists or business travellers. thestar.com/politics/feder…
It’s been just over a week since Canada relaxed quarantine rules for fully vaccinated Canadians, permanent residents and others who are currently eligible to enter Canada under the terms of travel restrictions. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Kristyn Wong-Tam intends to introduce a member’s motion asking that the city examine the possibility of banning feeding pigeons anywhere in the city, in public and private spaces, in order to control the pigeon population. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“I do think we’ve reached a tipping point in Toronto,” says the councillor, who has often spotted people feeding pigeons random food in places where people and birds congregate, like Yonge-Dundas Square. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…