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Palestinian artists are calling for a boycott of the Toronto International Film Festival for screening a series of movies about the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Austin: Although many players are in contention for the women's singles title, the odds are that the trophy and winner’s check will be going home with a player named Williams.
Elena Dementieva's U.S. Open tuneup was an overwhelming success.
Real-life couple Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival with the life story of Charles Darwin.
Usain Bolt was plenty good enough to win, even if he didn't flash his world-record breaking form.
A Toronto-based group has come forward with a proposal to launch a second NHL franchise in the city in time for the 2012-13 season.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored on a penalty kick before Columbus teammate Gino Padula had an own goal to give Toronto FC a 1-1 tie with the Crew on Saturday.
Corey MacDonald was on the phone searching for tickets and making plans to travel to Toronto the minute the NFL schedule was announced last spring.
Except for a brief and ill-fated bid in the 1990s to expand to the United States — anyone remember the Las Vegas Posse? — the Canadian Football League has peacefully coexisted with the world's most powerful football league, the NFL.
After decades as one of the world's leading cinema showcases, the Toronto International Film Festival finally is getting a home of its own.
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival.
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said.
Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Rogers Cup, his fifth straight tournament victory.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was expected to announce plans Friday for the Buffalo Bills to play an annual regular-season game in Toronto, starting this year.
The Buffalo Bills intend to play a few games in Canada, eh? That's the plan after the Bills on Thursday announced they are seeking approval to play a preseason and at least one regular-season game in Toronto. It's part of the franchise's attempt to expand its market base beyond western New York.
Mexican-born director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's feature film debut, the unheralded "Bella," took the top audience prize at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival. International critics gave an award to the controversial British TV movie "Death of a President," which centers on a fictionalized assassination of President Bush.
A sellout crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival gave a warm reception to the British TV movie "Death of a President," which centers on a fictionalized assassination of George W. Bush. The audience applauded at the end and several more times during a question-and-answer session with the filmmakers.
On the set of his latest movie, Will Ferrell did whatever the little voice in his head told him to do. Luckily, the words arrived in the classy voice of Emma Thompson.
Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. announced plans Tuesday to blanket downtown Toronto with wireless WiFi coverage, allowing laptops to log onto the Internet anywhere within the zone, from park benches to cars and cafeterias.
Police Trap Deer Downtown - CityNewsCanada's wildlife is plentiful and wild animals often visit our busy cities.
Why Canada can't stop bullies - Parentcentral.caDaniel Sebben was just 13 when the taunts began. Day after day, for the next three years, the Newmarket high school student faced homophobic slurs, insults and verbal abuse from a group of six boys.
Canadian officials discussed torture in 2006 - thestar.comOTTAWA – Top Canadian officials discussed in 2006 whether the then-governor of Kandahar was involved in the torture of prisoners and dismissed the concern, The Canadian Press has learned.
Oprah talk show going off the air - thestar.comCHICAGO–The Oprah Winfrey Show, an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.
'Liberation was just a big lie' - thestar.comShe sleeps in safe houses, with a rotating squad of bodyguards securing the doors. She goes out only in a billowing burqa. Even her wedding was held in secret.
'Dumb blonde' emails not insulting: U.K. boss - thestar.comThe former boss of a Canadian financier said on Tuesday that emails he forwarded to Jordan Wimmer, referring to locking women in the trunk of his car and calling her a "dumb blonde," were meant in jest and weren't demeaning.
UN official decries lack of bailout for hungry - thestar.comROME–The director of a UN food agency questions how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry.
PM's Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say - thestar.comOTTAWA–Angry Liberals Wednesday accused the Conservative government of reaching a new political low by circulating flyers characterizing the Liberals as anti-Semitic.
Green police target the flat-screen TV - thestar.comThey've targeted gas-guzzling clunkers. They've blacklisted power-wasting light bulbs. Now the efficiency police are going after our big-screen TVs as a way to tame our household energy demons.
Lurking Taliban watch Canadian troops - thestar.comI KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Taliban kept to the shadows of Haji Baba on Wednesday as Canadian soldiers trying to seize control of the insurgent stronghold continued to pick up apart its defences.
New Toronto FC coach comes with experience - thestar.comToronto FC is set to announce the hiring of a new coach on Thursday. General manager Mo Johnston is expected to introduce his former teammate, Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic, will become the club's fourth coach in four Major League Soccer seasons.
Hébert: New citizenship guide: Good, bad and ugly - thestar.comMONTREAL Reading the 1995 edition of the federal Citizenship guide, an immigrant to Canada might have been forgiven for thinking he or she was signing up to join the Boy Scouts or the Girl Guides.
Canada ignored torture warnings: Diplomat - thestar.comOTTAWA – A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan has levelled bombshell allegations suggesting the military knowingly handed detainees to Afghan authorities who allowed them to be tortured.
NOW Magazine // Daily // Raptors and Leafs, a tale of two citiesWhat do fans of Toronto's sports teams say about the city? By Enzo Di Matteo Tripped over this stencil spray-painted on the sidewalk at the corner of Jarvis and Queen the other day – Leafs nation: spirit is everything; Raptors nation: we prefer winning.
Susan Boyle to sing in Toronto Nov. 26Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who became a YouTube sensation, is set to sing in Toronto later this month. The Nov. 26 show will be her only Canadian appearance. The "Les Miserables" song serves as the title of Boyle's debut album, which drops Nov. 23.
Opposition calls for Smitherman's headOntario's opposition parties called for the resignation of Energy Minister George Smitherman, saying he must be held accountable for his role in the expense scandal at eHealth Ontario.
Smitherman's 'dirty laundry'Mayoral aspirations kept alive by resignation: Opposition
Topic : Auditor General's report - thestar.comAuditor General Sheila Fraser, an Officer of Parliament, audits federal government departments, agencies and most Crown corporations and makes regular reports to the House of Commons.
Ottawa ill-prepared for emergencies: Auditor General - thestar.comOTTAWA—Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser says the Conservative government has dropped the ball in preparing Canada for pandemics and other national emergencies.
Taking T.O. off the gridNew Energy Plans put Toronto on the forefront of the green energy revolution. "...renewable energy projects will now get fast-tracked, and thanks to a new feed-in tariff plan, anyone and everyone who wants to get in on the sustainable..."
Best green orgOntario Green Energy Act wins best Green Organization in NOW! Magazine's Best Of Toronto.
Brains: the secret to better schools - thestar.comFrench neuroscientist Bruno della Chiesa met with his country's education minister in Paris to talk about the groundbreaking international movement to link the fields of teaching and brain science.
Walkom: Afghanistan sacrifices may have been in vain - thestar.comWhere does the war in Afghanistan go? My sense is that it is finally beginning the long and drawn-out process toward an inglorious end. For Canada, this would mark the finish of the longest – and the least considered – war that this country has ever fought.
When citizens act like police - thestar.comDavid Chen has discovered that criminal justice has become a spectator sport. Members of the public are only allowed to watch from the sidelines.
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