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The Statue of Liberty stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires.

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Vinay Menon: Blame Canada? Why the wildfires are fuelling some … pretty wild conspiracy theories

The Canadian wildfires sparked conspiracies involving everything from space lasers to UFOs to boreal spontaneous combustion.

ContributorsOpinion

Hassan Diab: Prime Minister Trudeau must reject France’s extradition demand

David Johnston, the special rapporteur on foreign interference, appears before the Commons’ Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.

David Johnston was given a mission to tackle the problem of foreign interference. Instead, he’s become a problem

ContributorsOpinion

Banning TikTok adds to spreading of misinformation

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Bob Hepburn: How Ana Bailão can catch Olivia Chow in Toronto mayoral race

ContributorsOpinion

Grilling of David Johnston diverts attention from necessary intelligence reform

Editorial Cartoon

Theo Moudakis: Wildfire conspiracy theories

Columnists

We are slowly but surely killing the CaféTO patio program. Shame on us

The attack by Pierre Poilievre and others on safe supply will cost us lives

Heather Mallick

Optimism in transferring Paul Bernardo is galling

The Peel District School Board looks brazen and cowardly in new naming controversy

Readers' Letters

Readers' Letters

Toronto needs a wholesale change from the tight-fisted right

Readers' Letters

Get obese nursing home resident the help he needs

Readers' Letters

There were eight shootings in Toronto over the weekend but not one at a certified gun range — except targets

Readers' Letters

For-profit health care does not lead to better outcomes

Readers' Letters

Catholic Church’s hierarchy structure is out of step with society

Readers' Letters

Call for a national inquiry into foreign interference has merit

Editorials | The Star's View

Paul Bernardo’s prison move sparked understandable anger. Why is the corrections service denying people answers?

Hey, petulant parent having a meltdown at the soccer field. Smile, you’re on camera

Lawn signs and election ads signal Toronto’s mayoralty is coming down the wire. Here’s what we need to hear now from the candidates

Star Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the St. Thomas Volkswagen battery plant announcement. If Canada wants to remain a significant force in the global auto industry, writes David Olive, the entry fee at all levels of government is high.

BusinessOpinion

David Olive: The stakes in the $3 trillion electric vehicle game couldn’t be higher. Why Canada needs to ante up

Premier Doug Ford attends a luncheon hosted for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Poland Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Toronto on June 2, 2023. New Democrats have twice demonstrated that they can’t win power but there are Liberal leadership contenders up to the task, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

PoliticsOpinion

Martin Regg Cohn: Who can play dragon slayer and defeat Doug Ford? Here’s where we’ll find them

Vinay Menon: Chris Licht is out at CNN. Here’s why no tears will be shed

Contributors

Animated versions of Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld share a scene in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” already one of the biggest 2023 movies.

Peter Howell: The best summer 2023 movies list is here — our critic picks the top 10 you can’t miss

ContributorsOpinion

Politicians using Paul Bernardo’s notoriety to severely harm our justice system

ContributorsOpinion

Educators facing unacceptable threats for supporting LGBTQ students, staff

Within our democratic society, there is always room for sharing perspectives, but there is no room for hate speech or violence.

ContributorsOpinion

We have the tools to build affordable housing in Toronto

ContributorsOpinion

What Toronto mayoral candidates need to learn from abroad about financing transit

ContributorsOpinion

Matt Elliott: Olivia Chow’s property tax plan might add up, but she needs to show us the math

Editorial Cartoon

Theo Moudakis: Doug Ford effect

Editorial Cartoon

Theo Moudakis: Doug Ford effect

Theo Moudakis: Wildfire assistance

Editorial Cartoon

Theo Moudakis: Wildfire assistance

Michael de Adder: Pierre Poilievre's tactics

Editorial Cartoon

Michael de Adder: Pierre Poilievre's tactics

Public Editor

This Associated Press photo from April ran in a May edition of the Toronto Star, both in print and online, without the proper context. The photo shows Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and his aide displaying an image of a protester carrying a sign referencing George Soros earlier that morning outside the site of the House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing. Goldman was citing anti-semitism as a feature of political attacks that referenced Soros, who is a billionaire financier and philanthropist. “Without the appropriate context, the image can inevitably be viewed as antisemitic in itself,” says Toronto Star editor-in-chief Anne Marie Owens. “Someone who understands all those layers intuitively can do the work of filling in the subtleties of context, but they shouldn’t have to do that heavy lift on their own.”

Public EditorOpinion

Published photo with antisemitic imagery lacked the proper context

The image “referenced conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world’s wealth, theories that preceded Nazi Germany and still thrive today.”

Correction for June 5

Correction for June 3

Corrections for May 31