The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation in the country, in excess of 400,000 daily, and is noted for its liberal stance. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ...

While most of Canada's high-circulation newspapers and chains were swallowed by large media conglomerates during the 1990s in a process called 'convergence' (the Globe and Mail by BCE, the National Post by CanWest Global), Torstar, the Toronto Star's parent company, has limited itself to several Southern Ontario local newspapers and various publishing ventures, including Harlequin romance novels. However, it has launched a license-exempt infomercial channel on Southern Ontario cable television systems (featuring rolling news at a certain point of the hour), and has attempted to win television licenses in Toronto and nearby cities. The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... Bell Canada Enterprises is a major telecommunications company and a provider of telephone services in Canada. ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... Torstar Corporation is an independently owned Canadian publishing company. ... Categories: Canada geography stubs | Ontario ... Harlequin may refer to: A figure from the commedia dellarte: see Arlecchino; The pattern common in the costume of the above figures. ... A romance novel is a novel from the genre currently known as romance. ... Infomercials are television commercials that run as long as a typical television program (roughly thirty minutes or an hour). ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ...

History

Describing itself as a "paper for the people", the Star (originally known as the Evening Star) was created in 1892 by striking Afternoon News printers and writers. The paper did poorly in its first few years, but it prospered under editor Joseph "Holy Joe" Atkinson from 1899 until his death in 1948. Atkinson had a strong social conscience and, in keeping with the paper's tradition, championed many left-wing causes. By 1913 it had the largest circulation of any Toronto newspaper, and Atkinson was the majority shareholder. Ernest Hemingway was a Star writer in this period. See also: 1891 in Canada, 1893 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1898 in Canada, 1900 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1947 in Canada, 1949 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... See also: 1912 in Canada, 1914 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events April 17 - 1913 Alberta election: Arthur Siftons Liberals win a third consecutive majority November 7-November 8 - A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships November 17 - The National Transcontinental... The word circulation can mean the following: The transport of blood through the circulatory system. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950. ...

Atkinson principles

Shortly before his death Atkinson had ownership of the paper transferred to a charitable organization given the mandate of continuing the paper's liberal tradition (known today as the "Atkinson Principles"). Ontario's Conservative government of the time did not like the Star's editorial stance, however, and passed a law barring charitable organizations from owning a large part of a profit-making business, therefore requiring the Star to be sold. To circumvent this requirement, the trustees of the charitable organization bought the paper themselves and swore before court to continue the Atkinson Principles. Retention of the Atkinson Principles has led some detractors to say that 'the Star is the only newspaper in the world run by a dead man.' Charity is a term in Christian theology (one of the three virtues), meaning loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both glorify and reflect the nature of God. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ...

Editorially, the Star is considered to be more liberal when compared to other (arguably right-wing) newspapers (Globe and Mail, National Post etc). It has been said that the Star urges readers to "think NDP and vote Liberal". In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or a state or quality of this ideology. ... This page is about the Canadian political party. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas largest political party. ...

Notable employees of the Star (past and present)

• Pierre Berton
• Graham Fraser
• Tom Harpur
• Ernest Hemingway
• Beland Honderich
• Naomi Klein
• Michele Landsberg
• Linda McQuaig
• Peter C. Newman
• Robert W. Service
• Joe Shuster
• Ellie Tesher
• Charles Templeton

Pierre Berton CC (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist. ... Tom Harpur (born ca. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950. ... Naomi Klein (born 1970) is a Canadian journalist, author and activist. ... Michele Landsberg is an award-winning Canadian writer, social activist and feminist who wrote a major column for the Toronto Star newspaper. ... Linda McQuaig is a Canadian journalist, columnist and non-fiction author. ... Peter Charles Newman (born May 10, 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian journalist who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940. ... Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958) was a poet born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England. ... Joe Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-born artist best known for co-creating Superman with Jerome Siegel. ... Ellie Tesher is a Canadian journalist and advice columnist. ... Templeton as an evangelist Charles Bradley Templeton (October 7, 1915 _ June 7, 2001) was successively a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, politician, newspaper editor, broadcaster and author. ...

See Also

• List of media outlets in Toronto

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External link

• Toronto Star Website (http://www.thestar.com/)
• History of the Toronto Star (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&inifile=futuretense.ini&c=Page&cid=972403844690&pubid=968163964505)