Toronto StarVerified account

@TorontoStar

Get the latest news, alerts, sports, photos and more from Canada's largest daily newspaper. 1-800-279-0181 Instagram: (@)thetorontostar

1 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada
thestar.com
Joined January 2008
74.2K Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @TorontoStar

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @TorontoStar

  1. 6 minutes ago

    Buffalo Blue Jays? Toronto will play their home games in Buffalo, N.Y. or Dunedin, Fla. this season. Their home opener is scheduled for July 29 against the World Series champion Washington Nationals.

    2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  2. 28 minutes ago

    Dismissive embassy staff, botched flight plans and a Canadian government seemingly unwilling to help have left some stuck in Peru since the lockdown began. Yamile Jasaui had to find her own way home

    4 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    Fact is got caught up in something much bigger than baseball. This became an issue of how the USA is handling the coronavirus vs. measures being taken up here. We're not perfect, but feds have every right to be cautious to make sure it doesn't get as bad as down south.

    14 replies 53 retweets 287 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    As a lifelong baseball fan, and now as someone who covers the sport for a living, it pains me to say this, but I think the federal government made the right decision here. Risks likely weren't that high, but they existed and public health should be prioritized above all

    32 replies 61 retweets 534 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  5. 1 hour ago

    The Blue Jays home opener is scheduled for July 29 against the World Series champion Washington Nationals.

    4 replies 4 retweets 15 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  6. 1 hour ago

    Playing in Buffalo has some drawbacks including inferior lighting, and Dunedin is in a state where the rate of new cases of has been hitting record highs daily.

    5 replies 6 retweets 19 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    The Blue Jays will call Buffalo or Dunedin home after Rogers Centre pitch strikes out

    9 replies 8 retweets 20 likes
    Undo
  8. 1 hour ago

    Motorcyclist killed in Highway 427 crash; police looking for white Mercedes

    4 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
    Undo
  9. 1 hour ago

    Toronto will play their home games in Buffalo, N.Y. this season after the federal government rejected a plan that would have allowed them to use the Rogers Centre.

    89 replies 418 retweets 740 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  10. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    Can confirm this. There were doubts about the MLB plan both among federal health officials and even within the Jays organization, and the feds had to be the stopper after the city rolled over and the province shrugged. I now return to vacation.

    TORONTO (AP) _ AP source says Blue Jays denied Canadian government approval to play games in Toronto amid pandemic.
    27 replies 79 retweets 392 likes
    Undo
  11. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    Can confirm ’s report that did not get federal government approval to play home games in Toronto.

    21 replies 46 retweets 234 likes
    Undo
  12. 1 hour ago

    A perceived wave of urbanites are heading out of Toronto. Freed from the constraints and commutes of office working, worn down by the close confines and high prices, they are fleeing to points further afield.

    7 replies 7 retweets 12 likes
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    : Around 150 people are staging a peaceful sit-in in front of 52 division to protest the arrests of three protesters earlier today. Photo credit: Richard Lautens), via

    4 replies 46 retweets 77 likes
    Undo
  14. 2 hours ago

    Keeping kids out of school — again — may be the most difficult decision Doug Ford has to make as premier, writes. The fate of students, teachers and parents falls on the shoulders of his education minister, Stephen Lecce.

    16 replies 11 retweets 16 likes
    Undo
  15. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    One of the great privileges of this job is knowing men like Wayne Embry. This, among other points, from a conversation about the civil rights icon John Lewis: "It’s not enough to say he was an inspiration. I don’t know what goes beyond being an inspiration but he’s beyond that"

    1 reply 9 retweets 29 likes
    Undo
  16. 2 hours ago

    As Toronto moves towards Stage 3 of reopening, the top boss responsible for licensing and standards says he’s most worried about eateries and bars as they work to wrangle patio rule-breakers.

    6 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
    Undo
  17. 2 hours ago

    As the Black Lives Matter movement comes into full swing, there is a lot to learn and build alongside movements working toward gender equity, writes. Much like , we are shifting to a shout-it-from-the-rooftops network calling for change.

    13 replies 7 retweets 15 likes
    Undo
  18. 2 hours ago

    We finally have some fresh new data that give us a glimpse at how businesses led by visible minorities, women, people with disabilities and other minorities are faring during the pandemic and its budding economic recovery, writes.

    2 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  19. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    Ottawa is planning changes to its open work permit scheme for abused migrant workers, the Star has learned. Critics call it a ‘Band-Aid solution’ to a flawed system: via

    19 retweets 25 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    I wrote about the challenge of enforcing pandemic-era bylaws in Toronto and how the focus on park gatherings like that one in Trinity Bellowoods — which led to no publicly-reported cases — has taken resources away from apartment standards, other monitoring

    2 replies 22 retweets 39 likes
    Undo

@TorontoStar hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·