Toronto Sun
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Sun Media
Publisher	Kin-Man Lee
Founded	1971
Political allegiance	Populist, Conservative
Headquarters	Toronto Sun Building, 333 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario
Website: torontosun.com

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History

The Sun was first published on November 1, 1971, the Monday after the demise of the Toronto Telegram, a conservative broadsheet. As there was no publishing gap between the two papers and many writers and employees moved to the new paper, it is today generally considered as a direct continuation of the Telegram, and the Sun is the holder of the Telegram archives. is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... The Toronto Telegram (previously the Toronto Evening Telegram) was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon daily newspaper published in Toronto. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Archive of the AMVC hahahahaAn archive refers to a collection of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. ...

The Toronto Sun is modeled on British tabloid journalism, even borrowing the name of The Sun newspaper published in London, and some of the features, including the typically bikini-clad Sunshine Girl, who was on the same page as the British paper. (The Toronto paper, however, has never had a "topless" Sunshine Girl, unlike its British counterpart.) News stories in the tabloid style tend to be much shorter than those in other newspapers, and the language Sun journalists' use tends to be simpler and more conversational than language used in other newspapers. This article is about a British tabloid. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sunshine Girl is a popular expression in the english language for a generally happy and positive girl spreading warmth and joy much like sunshine. ...

As of 2003, the Sun reportedly had a Monday through Saturday circulation of 200,000 papers and Sunday circulation of 400,000.

The Sun is owned by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor. Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, once attempted to purchase the Sun. The paper, which boasts the slogan "Toronto's Other Voice" (also once called "The Little Paper that Grew") acquired a television station from Craig Media in 2005. SUN TV is the new face of Toronto 1. Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read Canadian tabloid newspapers. ... Quebecor (written without an accent on the first e, even in French) is a Quebec-based company with two main spheres of activity: Quebecor World is the largest commercial printing company in the world, with 39 000 employees around the world. ... Torstar Corporation TSX: TS.NV.B-T is an independently-owned Canadian broadly based media company that is named after its principal holding, the Toronto Star daily newspaper. ... Craig Media Inc. ... CKXT is a broadcast television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which uses the on-air brand of SUN TV. The station began broadcasting on September 19, 2003, on channel 52. ...

The Toronto Sun's first editor was Peter Worthington who remains a columnist for the paper. He was succeeded by Barbara Amiel who, in turn, was succeeded by John Downing, Lorrie Goldstein and Linda Williamson. The Editoral page editor today is Rob Granatstein, Lou Clancy is Editor-in-chief and Mike Burke-Gaffney is the Managing Editor. The publisher and CEO is Kin-Man Lee. Peter Worthington (born February 16, 1927) is a Canadian journalist. ... Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour (born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England on December 4, 1940), is a British-Canadian journalist and writer. ...

Editorial Position

Editorially, the paper has a populist stance and sees itself as siding with the average/ordinary person in government and taxation topics. It generally follows the positions of neo-conservatism in the United States on economic issues and traditional Canadian/British conservatism. Editorials promote individualism, self-reliance, the police, and a strong military and support for troops. For instance, cartoonist Andy Donato drew a cartoon comparing David Miller to Adolf Hitler after he refused to allow a debate on Chief Julian Fantino's contract renewal. (Senior Associate Editor Lorrie Goldstein apologized after Miller and the Canadian Jewish Congress condemned the cartoon.)^[1] The Sun also criticized Miller's flip-flopping on the issue of whether to renew the yellow ribbon decals on emergency vehicles (proponents argued that the decals showed support for the troops, while opponents claimed that it was an endorsement for the war in Afghanistan). Miller initially said that he supported the troops but refused to intervene to extend the campaign beyond September; after the deaths of several soldiers he changed his position and voted for the decals.[1][2]. Editorials condemn high taxes, high gas prices, and perceived government waste. Andy Donato (1937 - ) is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain. ... David Raymond Miller (born December 26, 1958) is a Canadian politician. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Julian Fantino, O.Ont Julian Fantino O.Ont, C.O.M. (born 1942 in Vendoglio, Italy) was Torontos Chief of Police from 2000 to 2005, and is currently Ontarios Commissioner of Emergency Management. ... The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with Bnai Brith Canada in that regard. ...

Despite its conservatism, the Sun has two prominent left-wing columnists, Sheila Copps and Sid Ryan. During the 2006 election, the Sun was strongly critical of a poster that attempted to link Ryan to the IRA terrorist group. Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. ... Patrick Cyril (Sid) Ryan (born 1952, in Dublin, Ireland) is a Canadian labour union leader. ... This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919–21, and the Irish Civil War 1922–23. ...

The Sun strongly criticized the Liberal Party of Canada over the Sponsorship scandal, which involved the misuse and misdirection of public funds intended for government advertising in Quebec. The paper's headings have been controversial. The day following a federal election call by Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of the on May 24, 2004, the Sun ran a front-page picture of Mr. Martin along with the headline "Throw the Bums Out!", as the Liberals supposedly wanted a renewed mandate before the results of the Gomery Inquiry became public and as this would not give the Conservatives time to consolidate. Several weeks prior to that headline, when former Progressive Conservative Party leader Joe Clark insinuated he would support the Liberals despite being implicated in the scandal, rather than the newly-minted Conservative Party of Canada in an impending federal election, the headline in the Sun the following day read "Joe Blows". The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... The sponsorship scandal, AdScam, or Sponsorgate, is an ongoing scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government sponsorship program in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada (mostly its Quebec branch), which was in power since 1993 up to January 2006. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LLB, LLD (h. ... The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, is a federal Canadian commission headed by the retired Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involves allegations of corruption within the Canadian government. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ...

During the era when Pierre Eliott Trudeau was Prime Minister, and Joe Clark was leader of the official opposition, cartoonist Andy Donato lampooned both of them extensively. Joe Clark for years was drawn wearing children's mittens (attached to his suit with string), a reference to the time his luggage went missing on a trip to Israel. The final cartoon of the series came when Trudeau's airplane was hit by a bus, and pictured a puzzled Trudeau staring at the bus while one of his aids held up Clark's mittens and said, "We don't know who the driver was, but we found his mittens." Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LL.D, FRSC known as Pierre Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. ... Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ... Andy Donato (1937 - ) is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain. ...

Sister papers

The Toronto Sun's format has given rise to sister Sun tabloids in major markets across Canada, namely the Edmonton Sun, the Calgary Sun, the Ottawa Sun and most recently the Brampton Sun and York Sun, weekend-only papers distributed as sections of the Toronto edition. The Winnipeg Sun was originally launched by independent interests, only later coming under common ownership to the Toronto Sun, which subsequently elicited a redesign in Sun Media style. The Edmonton Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta by Sun Media. ... The Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The Ottawa Sun is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario. ... The Winnipeg Sun is a daily tabloid-sized newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ...

The Vancouver Sun is not owned by Sun Media, but by CanWest Global. The Vancouver Sun is a broadsheet, not a tabloid; the Vancouver Province, also owned by CanWest Global, is that market's traditional tabloid daily. The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. ... Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read Canadian tabloid newspapers. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... The Province is a daily tabloid newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. ...

Current Sun writers

• Charles Adler, columnist
• Christina Blizzard, Queen's Park columnist
• Mark Bonokoski, columnist
• Sheila Copps, columnist
• Michael Coren, columnist
• Andy Donato, editorial cartoonist
• Lorrie Goldstein, Senior Associate Editor, columnist
• Rob Granatstein, Editorial Page Editor, columnist
• George Gross, Corporate Sports Editor, columnist
• Max Haines, Crime Flashback
• Sue-Ann Levy, municipal affairs columnist
• Rachel Marsden, columnist
• Sid Ryan, columnist
• Jim Slotek, film critic
• Mike Strobel, columnist
• Greg Weston, columnist
• Peter Worthington, columnist, former editor
• Eric Margolis, international affairs columnist, contributing editor
• Mike Zeisberger, Hockey writer
• Jack Boland, Reporter/photographer/videographer

Charles Adler (born August 25, 1954) is a Canadian talk show host. ... Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. ... Michael Coren (born January 15, 1959 in Essex, England) is a Canadian columnist, author, public speaker, radio host and television talk show host. ... Andy Donato (1937 - ) is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain. ... George Gross (born January 23, 1923 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a famous Canadian sport journalist, who was very much involved in Canadian Soccer in the early years of his life in Canada, both as a player and a journalist. ... Max Haines is a columnist. ... Rachel Marsden (born 1974[1]) is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator. ... Patrick Cyril (Sid) Ryan (born 1952, in Dublin, Ireland) is a Canadian labour union leader. ... Jim Slotek was the chief comedy and arts reporter for the Toronto Sun before becoming main editor of the Arts and Entertainment section. ... Peter Worthington (born February 16, 1927) is a Canadian journalist. ... Eric Margolis is a journalist born in New York City and holding degrees from Georgetown and New York Universities. ...

Sun alumni

• Barbara Amiel
• Joan Barfoot, reporter
• Mark Bourrie, reporter
• Christie Blatchford, columnist
• Jim Brown, manager
• Douglas Creighton, founding publisher
• John Downing, former editor
• Doug Fisher, Ottawa columnist
• Paul Hellyer, columnist and founding investor
• George Jonas, columnist
• J. Douglas MacFarlane
• Judi McLeod, reporter
• Heather Mallick, editor and columnist
• Lois Maxwell (Moneypenney), columnist
• Ben Mulroney, columnist
• Mackenzie Porter, columnist
• Paul Rimstead, columnist
• Laura Sabia, columnist
• Joan Sutton, columnist
• John Sakamoto, music writer ("Anti-Hit List")
• Walter Stewart, columnist
• Michael Taube, columnist
• John Tory, executive
• Garth Turner, business editor
• Lubor J. Zink, columnist

Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour (born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England on December 4, 1940), is a British-Canadian journalist and writer. ... Joan Barfoot (born in Owen Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist. ... Mark Bourrie (born 1957) is a Canadian writer, university professor and historian. ... Christie Blatchford is a Canadian newspaper columnist and broadcaster. ... Jim Brown (born July 23, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Douglas Mason (Doug) Fisher (born September 19, 1919) is a Canadian political columnist and former politician. ... The Honourable Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC (born August 6, 1923 in Waterford, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and commentator who has had a long and varied career. ... George Jonas (1935–) is a Hungarian-born conservative Canadian writer, poet and journalist, a self-described classical liberal. ... Judi Ann T. McLeod (born 1944) [1] is a Canadian journalist who operates the conservative news website Canada Free Press (CFP). ... Heather Mallick (born 1959) is a Toronto-based columnist and author who, until December, 2005, wrote for the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. ... Lois Maxwell (born 14 February 1927) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian actress, known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise. ... This article is about the fictional Bond character. ... Benedict Ben Mulroney (born March 9, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian television host. ... Paul Rimstead (1935-1987) was a featured page 5 columist for the Toronto Sun during the 1970s and 80s. ... Laura Sabia (September 18, 1916 – October 17, 1996) was a Canadian social activist and feminist. ... John Sakamoto is a Canadian journalist and music critic. ... The Anti-Hit List is a weekly music and fingerpainting column by Canadian music critic John Sakamoto. ... Walter Gordon Stewart (April 19, 1931 – September 15, 2004) was an outspoken Canadian writer, editor and journalism educator, a veteran of newspapers and magazines and author of more than twenty books, several of them bestsellers. ... Michael Taube (1970-) is a right-wing public affairs analyst, commentator and columnist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... John Howard Tory, LL.B, BA, MPP (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian businessman, political activist and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (Ontario PC Party). ... John Garth Turner, PC, MP, BA, MA (born March 14, 1949) is a Canadian business journalist, broadcaster, and politician. ... Lubor J. Zink (1920-2004) was a Czech-Canadian journalist and columnist known for his anti-Communism. ...

See also

• List of media outlets in Toronto
• The Sun (newspaper) - The original UK version
• Toronto Sun Building

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Notes

1. ^  Goldstein, Lorrie. "Why I'm apologizing to Mayor David Miller", Toronto Sun, July 28, 2004. 

References

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External links

• Toronto Sun
• Article on the Sun - includes rough circulation info