Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's largest-circulation daily newspaper, founded in 1892 and published by Torstar. Long guided by the progressive Atkinson Principles of its former publisher, it is widely characterized as centre-left and rated Lean Left by AllSides. Its coverage spans Canadian politics, the Greater Toronto Area, business and investigative reporting.
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Toronto Star is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of Canada's press. Crosswire groups Canada outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Toronto Star beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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