PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian jury on Thursday convicted a former Catholic bishop renowned for hosting alcohol-fueled house parties of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men. The District ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, a new poll finds, but higher-income families are more likely to participate. Learning teamwork and ...

Four out of five renter communities near transit developments examined in a new study faced eviction application rates higher than Toronto’s average, including two that had rates double the city ...

If there were a course available, I would take it. And I'm not the only one who romanticizes left-handedness Me? I wouldn’t be taller. I wouldn’t be younger. I would be left-handed. Take a stand with ...

What would it take for Toronto police parking enforcement to crack down on a bus-sized motor home that is eligible for $300 parking tickets? Despite a bylaw passed in 2024 to prevent it from using an ...

One of the first questions put to Summer McIntosh at this week’s Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, Calif., was about which world record she wanted to break next. It wasn’t an outlandish ...

First Up editor Nikhil Kanekal recently overheard a conversation in which people discussed the best mayor Toronto ever had. It almost doesn’t matter which specific one those people remembered best ...

David McLaughlin is a Canadian speechwriter who has worked in Liberal governments and written for public- and private-sector leaders across the country. In football, there is a tendency that coaches ...

Gregor Chisholm is a Toronto-based baseball columnist for the Star. Follow him on X: @GregorChisholm or reach him via email: gchisholm@thestar.ca. People never get a second chance to make a first ...

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The News Forum (TNF), Canada’s national news broadcaster, is proud to announce the Canadian broadcast premiere of Inside Hezbollah, an ...

Wenran Jiang is founding director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, president of Canada-China Energy & Environment Forum and an advisor to the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. The ...

Tourism to Finland has boomed in recent years, with many visitors drawn by the country’s consistent ranking as the world’s happiest country, not to mention its forests, lakes and, yes, saunas.