Toronto Star
The next Ontario premier? Yours to discover
- Title
- The next Ontario premier? Yours to discover
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Ontario’s snap winter campaign has kicked off with the major party leaders trying to define the race. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, trying to win his third majority government, was in Windsor against the backdrop of the Ambassador Bridge, railing against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. New Democratic Leader Marit Stiles was in Toronto’s Regent Park to emphasize how “unaffordable” life has become since the Tories took office in 2018. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie was in Barrie with local candidate, Dr. Rose Zacharias, the former president of the Ontario Medical Association, to put a spotlight on the fact that 2.5 million people in the province don’t have a family doctor. At Queen’s Park, Green Leader Mike Schreiner said “the Ford government has abandoned Ontarians” and has lost touch with the priorities of families.
Read the full story: https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontario-election...
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- Inside the rise and fall of Canadian Tire money
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- It was carted around in armoured trucks, protected by gun-toting security guards and secured with alarms and cameras. It was accepted at par with the Canadian dollar at bars and car dealerships and jewelry stores across the country. It became so universal that lawyers worried it would be confused with actual Canadian currency.
- Title
- Donald Trump discusses Canada during flight on Air Force One
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, U.S. President Donald Trump made some of his most extensive comments about his recent suggestions that Canada could become part of the U.S. (AP VIdeo / Jan. 26, 2025)
- Title
- A snap election might be good news for Doug Ford
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie explains why it might be in Doug Ford’s favour to call an election very soon
- Title
- WATCH: Police make 14 more arrests, lay 105 new charges in chaotic Queen Street West shootout
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Toronto police have arrested 14 more suspects and laid 105 new charges in connection to the chaotic gunfight that erupted outside a Queen Street recording studio in November.
- Title
- Donald Trump's inauguration in 2025 vs. 2017
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald Trump was officially sworn in for the second time as President of the United States Monday morning. Here are some takeaways from Star reporters who were at the inauguration.
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- Trump begins crackdown on immigration with executive order, AP explains
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A wide-ranging series of steps that President Donald Trump has promised to take to beef up security at the southern border began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Highlights from Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th U.S. president
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Dignitaries from across Washington and around the world crammed into the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday to watch presidential power transfer peacefully from Democrat Joe Biden to his Republican successor, Donald Trump. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Trump team signals no tariffs on 1st day
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Though U.S. President Donald Trump's team indicated he wouldn't hit Canada with damaging tariffs on his inauguration day, Canadian politicians and business groups remained wary tariffs could still be on the horizon. (Jan. 20, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Elon Musk celebrates Trump’s victory
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Elon Musk pumped his fists as he spoke at the Inauguration Day viewing party at Capital One arena. He celebrated Trump’s victory, calling it “really important” and highlighting the new president’s promise to plant the U.S. flag on Mars — a longtime goal of Musk’s. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Cabinet still working on tariff response, Joly says
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says the government is still working to prevent the Trump administration from imposing punishing tariffs, and on a possible Canadian response in case that happens. The federal cabinet is meeting for two days to discuss possible tariffs after Trump's inauguration. (Jan. 20, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Canadians share their thoughts on a second Trump presidency
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Canadians from coast-to-coast are bracing for the possibility of tariffs and more antics from a second Trump presidency. (Jan. 20, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
- Title
- Russia's Putin congratulates Trump on his inauguration
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on taking office as he was sworn in on Monday as US President at a ceremony in Washington. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Trump declares that 'the golden age of America begins right now' after swearing presidential oath
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- "The golden age of America begins right now," he declared. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Crowd in DC restaurant cheer Trump's inauguration speech
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Supporters packed inside Carmine's erupted in cheers several times as Trump made his inauguration speech and sworn in as the 47th president. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 20250
- Title
- President Trump to sign Day 1 executive orders on border security and other priorities
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders starting day one of his new White House administration, in what amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign on border security, deportations and a rush of other policy priorities. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president of the United States
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States Monday, overcoming impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to take on a second term in the White House. (AP Video / Jan. 20, 2025)
- Title
- What happened during a wrong-way police pursuit on Highway 401? Video, audio tell the story
- Runtime
- 8:27
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- On April 29, 2024, the driver of a vehicle being pursued by police entered Highway 401 going the wrong way. On January 17, 2025, two police officers were criminally charged in relation to fatalities and injuries. Video, audio tell the story of the dramatic moments before fatal crash
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- Three hostages arrive in Israel from Gaza as fragile ceasefire passes first hurdle - AP explains
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The first three hostages released from Gaza have arrived in Israel on Sunday, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold. The truce, which started at 11:15 a.m. local time, is the first step toward ultimately ending the conflict and returning hostages abducted in Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack. The ceasefire ushers in an initial six weeks of calm and raises hopes for the release of nearly 100 remaining hostages and an end to the devastating war. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
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- Chaotic scenes in Gaza during transfer of three hostages to the Red Cross
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Crowds of people gathered around vehicles carrying three hostages as they were released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel on Sunday. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Released Israeli hostages reunited with family and friends as ceasefire passes first hurdle
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The three are expected to stay in the hospital for a number of days. All of the released hostages were able to walk under their own power, despite concerns about their conditions. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
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- First group of freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in West Bank amid cheering crowds
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Emotional scenes and celebrations were seen in Beitunia in the early hours of Monday as freed Palestinians were reunited with relatives following their release from Ofer prison as part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Chrystia Freeland officially launches bid for Liberal leadership
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland officially launched her campaign to become the Liberal party leader at her University-Rosedale riding in Toronto on Sunday. Speaking at a local Boys and Girls Club, Freeland says she’ll fight for Canada in the face of economic threats from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. (Jan. 19, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Israeli families cheer release of first 3 hostages from Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Israel's military shared on Sunday video of family members of the first three hostages transferred as part of the deal watching them being transferred to the IDF. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Chaotic scenes in Gaza during transfer of three hostages to the Red Cross
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Crowds of people gathered around vehicles carrying three hostages as they were released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel on Sunday. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up the first Israeli hostages in Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up the first Israeli hostages in Gaza (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Drone footage shows destruction in Gaza's Khan Younis
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Aerial footage on Sunday showed the devastation caused to the city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip following 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Israeli bombardment and ground operations have transformed entire neighbourhoods in several cities in the enclave into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and mounds of debris stretching away in all directions. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
- Title
- Video shows three Israeli hostages in Israel as fragile ceasefire passes first hurdle
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Three Israeli hostages released from Gaza have been handed over to Israeli forces and crossed into Israel in the first test of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The three hostages are Romi Gonen, 24, kidnapped from the Nova music festival, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
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- Explosion seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel ahead of ceasefire
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- An explosion was seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel early on Sunday morning ahead of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which is set to begin, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. (AP Video / Jan. 19, 2025)
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- Karina Gould enters Liberal leadership race
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Karina Gould has officially thrown her hat in the ring to lead the Liberal party. Gould says she's the best candidate to restore trust in the Liberal party, and she is resigning as government House leader to run for the party's top job. (Jan. 19, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Trudeau warns Canada will retaliate if U.S. imposes tariffs
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his new Council on Canada-U.S. Relations seeking advice as Canada prepares to retaliate if president-elect Donald Trump imposes punishing tariffs on Canadian imports. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says such tariffs would trigger the biggest trade war between Canada and the U.S. in decades. (Jan. 17, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
- Title
- Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if not sold by its Chinese parent company, AP Explains
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company. (AP Video / Jan. 17, 2025)
- Title
- Trying Cherry Blossom candy for the first time before they're gone
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Hershey's Canada is reportedly discontinuing Cherry Blossom Candy. The candy is filled with a syrupy maraschino cherry surrounded by milk chocolate with bits of coconut and peanut.
- Title
- Family doctor’s arrival in Walkerton leads hundreds to line up in snow to sign up
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Hundreds of people lined up outside the Canadian Legion in Walkerton on Wednesday, January 15, braving frigid temperatures and snow squalls for the chance to sign up for a family doctor.
Those at the front of the line arrived more than six hours before doors were set to open, desperate to ensure their spot at the event, which was first come, first served. Just 500 people could join the new physician’s practice at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, and many said they didn’t want to risk getting turned away.
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- Mark Carney officially joins race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and prime minister
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Former central bank governor Mark Carney has announced his campaign for Liberal leader and prime minister at an event in Edmonton Thursday.
- Title
- Comment from royal correspondent to Princess of Wales' revelation that her cancer is in remission
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Britain's royal family have been showing a "greater level of transparency" about their health journeys, a UK royal correspondent said on Tuesday. It comes as the Princess of Wales on Tuesday revealed that her cancer was in remission. (AP Video / Jan. 14, 2025)
Read "Kate Middleton says her cancer is in remission. Here’s everything we know" at https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royals/kate-middleton-says-her-cancer-is-in-remission-heres-everything-we-know/article_9a04ab8c-d297-11ef-8208-2f5985b99d6b.html
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- Champagne won't seek Liberal leadership
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he is not going to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal leader. He says he will focus on ensuring the federal government is ready to protect Canadian industry from the trade threats posed by president-elect Donald Trump. (Jan. 14, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
Read "Field of candidates narrows in the race to replace Justin Trudeau" at https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/field-of-candidates-narrows-in-the-race-to-replace-justin-trudeau/article_d23a819a-d28b-11ef-ad8d-7feb5d581977.html
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- Princess of Wales visits cancer center where she was treated
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- On Tuesday, Catherine, Princess of Wales visited the Royal Marsden Hospital in London where she was treated for cancer. (Jan. 14, 2025 / AP Video)
Read "Kate Middleton says her cancer is in remission. Here’s everything we know" at https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royals/kate-middleton-says-her-cancer-is-in-remission-heres-everything-we-know/article_9a04ab8c-d297-11ef-8208-2f5985b99d6b.html
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- Analyst on Trump sentencing: 'It's nothing. It's no sentence'
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment at all in his hush money case, an outcome that cements his historic conviction while letting him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine. (AP Video: Joseph Frederick / Jan. 10, 2025)
Read more at https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/for-donald-trump-no-penalty-from-the-voters-now-no-penalty-from-court/article_b914bc3e-cf9e-11ef-9d3f-8fd478e864f3.html
- Title
- Guttenberg calls wildfires ‘worst I’ve ever seen’
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Actor Steve Guttenberg says he's doing everything he can to help after witnessing the fires that destroyed thousands of houses in Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles neighborhoods. (Jan. 10 / AP Video)
- Title
- At least 10,000 structures have burned in a series of fires around Los Angeles
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Firefighters battled Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, burned at least 10,000 structures from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
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- Locals check the Hollywood sign after seeing false reports of the iconic landmark burning
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- On Thursday, residents from the Los Angeles area drove by the Hollywood sign after seeing fake reports of the iconic city landmark on fire. (AP video: Damian Dovarganes / Jan. 10, 2025)
- Title
- Altadena family returns to home in rubble after devastating California wildfires
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- An Altadena family returned to their home Thursday, destroyed to rubble, a day after seeing it in flames on live tv. They gave the Associated Press a tour of what was left after the devastating California fires. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
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- Fire burns in West Hills area of California
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s deadly and devastating wildfires. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
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- Firefighting helicopters battle Palisades Fire in Los Angeles
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Firefighting helicopters dropped water over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Thursday night. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
- Title
- Firefighters in Los Angeles hoping for a break in wind, but full containment remains out of reach
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures since Tuesday, when they first began popping up around a densely populated, 25-mile (40-kilometer) expanse north of downtown Los Angeles. No cause has been identified for the largest fires. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
- Title
- Why Trudeau decided to quit
- Runtime
- 52:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Title
- Donald Trump sentenced in NY hush money case, AP Explains
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction while freeing him to return to the White House without the threat of a prison time or a fine. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2025)
- Title
- Judge sentences Donald Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced in his New York hush money case, but Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan declined to impose any punishment. The sentence cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House. (AP Video / Jan. 10, 2024)
- Title
- What would make you happier to live in Toronto?
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- We hit the streets of Toronto to find out what people think the city can do better at and make them happier to live here.
