Toronto Sun
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The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper
published in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl
feature and for what it sees as a populist
conservative
editorial stance.
The Sun was first published on November 1, 1971, the Monday after the demise of the Toronto Telegram
, a conservative broadsheet
. As there was no publishing gap between the two papers and many writers and employees moved to the new paper, it is today generally considered as a direct continuation of the Telegram, and the Sun is the holder of the Telegram archives.
The Toronto Sun is modeled on British tabloid journalism, even borrowing the name of The Sun
newspaper published in London
, and some of the features, including the typically bikini-clad Sunshine Girl
, who was on the same page as the British paper. (Unlike its British counterpart, the Toronto Sun has never had a "topless" Sunshine Girl.) News stories in the tabloid style tend to be much shorter than those in other newspapers, and the language Sun journalists use tends to be simpler and more conversational than language used in other newspapers.
As of the end of 2007, the Sun had a Monday through Saturday circulation of approximately 180,000 papers and Sunday circulation of 310,000.
The Sun is owned by Sun Media
, a subsidiary of Quebecor
. Torstar
, the parent company of the Toronto Star, once attempted to purchase the Sun. The paper, which boasts the slogan "Toronto's Other Voice" (also once called "The Little Paper that Grew") acquired a television station from Craig Media
in 2005. SUN TV
is the new face of Toronto 1. By the mid-2000s, the word "The" was dropped from the paper and the newspaper adopted its current logo.
The Toronto Suns first editor was Peter Worthington
who remains a columnist for the paper. He was succeeded by Barbara Amiel
who, in turn, was succeeded by John Downing
, Lorrie Goldstein, Linda Williamson and Rob Granatstein. The editor-in-chief job is James Wallace. The publisher is Mike Power.
drew a cartoon comparing David Miller
to Adolf Hitler
after he refused to allow a debate on Chief Julian Fantino
's contract renewal. (Senior Associate Editor Lorrie Goldstein apologized after Miller and the Canadian Jewish Congress
condemned the cartoon.)
The Sun also criticized Miller for changing his position on the issue of whether to renew the yellow ribbon decals on emergency vehicles (proponents argued that the decals showed support for the troops, while opponents claimed that it was an endorsement for the war in Afghanistan). Miller initially said that he supported the troops but refused to intervene to extend the campaign beyond September, 2007; after the deaths of several soldiers he changed his position and voted for the decals.http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/20/4275175-sun.htmlhttp://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/21/4278218-sun.html. Editorials condemn high taxes, high gas prices, and perceived government waste.
Despite its conservatism, the Sun has had both a prominent Liberal columnist, Sheila Copps
and a left-wing columnist Sid Ryan
. Copps resigned from her weekly Sun column in 2008, and Ryan writes for the paper infrequently. During the 2006 election, the Sun was strongly critical of a poster that attempted to link Ryan to the Provisional Irish Republican Army
.
The Sun strongly criticized the Liberal Party of Canada
over the Sponsorship scandal
, which involved the misuse and misdirection of public funds intended for government advertising in Quebec. The paper's headings have been controversial. The day following a federal election call by Canadian Prime Minister
Paul Martin
of the on May 24, 2004, the Sun ran a front-page picture of Mr. Martin along with the headline "Throw the Bums Out!", as the Liberals supposedly wanted a renewed mandate before the results of the Gomery Inquiry became public and as this would not give the Conservatives time to consolidate. Several weeks prior to that headline, when former Progressive Conservative Party
leader Joe Clark
insinuated he would support the Liberals despite being implicated in the scandal, rather than the newly-minted Conservative Party of Canada
in an impending federal election, the headline in the Sun the following day read "Joe Blows".
During the era when Pierre Eliott Trudeau was Prime Minister, and Joe Clark
was leader of the official opposition, cartoonist Andy Donato
lampooned both of them extensively. Joe Clark for years was drawn wearing children's mittens (attached to his suit with string), a reference to the time his luggage went missing on a trip to Israel. The final cartoon of the series came when Trudeau's airplane was hit by a bus, and pictured a puzzled Trudeau staring at the bus while one of his aides held up Clark's mittens and said, "We don't know who the driver was, but we found his mittens."
award.
, the Calgary Sun
, the Ottawa Sun
and most recently the Brampton Sun and York Sun, weekend-only tabloids distributed as sections of the Toronto edition. The Winnipeg Sun
was originally launched by independent interests, only later coming under common ownership to the Toronto Sun, which subsequently elicited a redesign in Sun Media style.
The Vancouver Sun is not owned by Sun Media
, but by Postmedia Network
. The Vancouver Sun is a broadsheet, and unlike The Toronto Sun, not tabloid; the Vancouver Province, also owned by Postmedia Network, Inc, is that market's traditional tabloid daily.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl
Sunshine Girl
Sunshine Girl refers to pinup girls featured in most of the daily newspapers of the Sun chain in Canada.The feature started with the Toronto Sun, which was launched in 1971, and was adapted from British tabloids with similar featured women. The SUNshine girls have become an iconic part of Canadian...
feature and for what it sees as a populist
Populism
Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social...
conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
editorial stance.
History
Toronto Telegram
The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at both the federal and provincial level. The paper competed with the liberal Toronto Star...
, a conservative broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
. As there was no publishing gap between the two papers and many writers and employees moved to the new paper, it is today generally considered as a direct continuation of the Telegram, and the Sun is the holder of the Telegram archives.
The Toronto Sun is modeled on British tabloid journalism, even borrowing the name of The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper published in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and some of the features, including the typically bikini-clad Sunshine Girl
Sunshine Girl
Sunshine Girl refers to pinup girls featured in most of the daily newspapers of the Sun chain in Canada.The feature started with the Toronto Sun, which was launched in 1971, and was adapted from British tabloids with similar featured women. The SUNshine girls have become an iconic part of Canadian...
, who was on the same page as the British paper. (Unlike its British counterpart, the Toronto Sun has never had a "topless" Sunshine Girl.) News stories in the tabloid style tend to be much shorter than those in other newspapers, and the language Sun journalists use tends to be simpler and more conversational than language used in other newspapers.
As of the end of 2007, the Sun had a Monday through Saturday circulation of approximately 180,000 papers and Sunday circulation of 310,000.
The Sun is owned by Sun Media
Sun Media
Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of Sun News Network...
, a subsidiary of Quebecor
Quebecor
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
. Torstar
Torstar
Torstar Corporation is an independently-owned Canadian broadly based media company that is named after its principal holding, the Toronto Star daily newspaper....
, the parent company of the Toronto Star, once attempted to purchase the Sun. The paper, which boasts the slogan "Toronto's Other Voice" (also once called "The Little Paper that Grew") acquired a television station from Craig Media
Craig Media Inc.
Craig Wireless Systems, Ltd. is a Canadian company which offers MMDS. In Manitoba and British Columbia,-History:The company has its roots in Craig Media, which was founded in 1948 by John Craig in Brandon, Manitoba, and began its foray in television broadcasting in 1955 with the launch of...
in 2005. SUN TV
CKXT-TV
CKXT-DT was a broadcast television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and serving much of southern and eastern Ontario, owned by Quebecor Media through its Groupe TVA unit. At the time of the station's closure on November 1, 2011, the station was serving as an over-the-air simulcast of...
is the new face of Toronto 1. By the mid-2000s, the word "The" was dropped from the paper and the newspaper adopted its current logo.
The Toronto Suns first editor was Peter Worthington
Peter Worthington
Peter Worthington is a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the Toronto Telegram newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and can be seen in photographs of the event. He remained with the Telegram until it folded in 1971...
who remains a columnist for the paper. He was succeeded by Barbara Amiel
Barbara Amiel
Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour is a British-Canadian journalist, writer, and socialite. She is also the wife of former media baron and convicted felon Conrad Black.-Early life:...
who, in turn, was succeeded by John Downing
John Downing
John Downing has been an author, reporter, editor and columnist, most notably writing for the Toronto Telegram and later the Toronto Sun.-Life and career:...
, Lorrie Goldstein, Linda Williamson and Rob Granatstein. The editor-in-chief job is James Wallace. The publisher is Mike Power.
Editorial position
Editorially, the paper frequently follows the positions of neo-conservatism in the United States on economic issues and traditional Canadian/British conservatism. Editorials promote individualism, self-reliance, the police, and a strong military and support for troops. For instance, cartoonist Andy DonatoAndy Donato
Andy Donato is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain.He was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated from Danforth Technical School in 1955 and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the Toronto Telegram in 1961, working as a graphic artist in the promotion...
drew a cartoon comparing David Miller
David Miller (Canadian politician)
David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...
to Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
after he refused to allow a debate on Chief Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino is a retired police official and the elected Member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of Vaughan following a November 29, 2010 by-election...
's contract renewal. (Senior Associate Editor Lorrie Goldstein apologized after Miller and the Canadian Jewish Congress
Canadian Jewish Congress
The Canadian Jewish Congress was one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in the country, although it often competed with the more conservative B'nai Brith Canada in that regard. At its dissolution, the president of the CJC was Mark Freiman. Its past co-presidents were Sylvain Abitbol...
condemned the cartoon.)
The Sun also criticized Miller for changing his position on the issue of whether to renew the yellow ribbon decals on emergency vehicles (proponents argued that the decals showed support for the troops, while opponents claimed that it was an endorsement for the war in Afghanistan). Miller initially said that he supported the troops but refused to intervene to extend the campaign beyond September, 2007; after the deaths of several soldiers he changed his position and voted for the decals.http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/20/4275175-sun.htmlhttp://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/21/4278218-sun.html. Editorials condemn high taxes, high gas prices, and perceived government waste.
Despite its conservatism, the Sun has had both a prominent Liberal columnist, Sheila Copps
Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
and a left-wing columnist Sid Ryan
Sid Ryan
Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour and a longtime Canadian labour union leader and politician.-Biography:...
. Copps resigned from her weekly Sun column in 2008, and Ryan writes for the paper infrequently. During the 2006 election, the Sun was strongly critical of a poster that attempted to link Ryan to the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
.
The Sun strongly criticized the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
over the Sponsorship scandal
Sponsorship scandal
The sponsorship scandal, "AdScam", "Sponsorship" or Sponsorgate, is a scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government "sponsorship program" in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada, which was in power from 1993 to 2006...
, which involved the misuse and misdirection of public funds intended for government advertising in Quebec. The paper's headings have been controversial. The day following a federal election call by Canadian Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Paul Martin
Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
of the on May 24, 2004, the Sun ran a front-page picture of Mr. Martin along with the headline "Throw the Bums Out!", as the Liberals supposedly wanted a renewed mandate before the results of the Gomery Inquiry became public and as this would not give the Conservatives time to consolidate. Several weeks prior to that headline, when former Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
leader Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
insinuated he would support the Liberals despite being implicated in the scandal, rather than the newly-minted Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
in an impending federal election, the headline in the Sun the following day read "Joe Blows".
During the era when Pierre Eliott Trudeau was Prime Minister, and Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
was leader of the official opposition, cartoonist Andy Donato
Andy Donato
Andy Donato is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain.He was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated from Danforth Technical School in 1955 and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the Toronto Telegram in 1961, working as a graphic artist in the promotion...
lampooned both of them extensively. Joe Clark for years was drawn wearing children's mittens (attached to his suit with string), a reference to the time his luggage went missing on a trip to Israel. The final cartoon of the series came when Trudeau's airplane was hit by a bus, and pictured a puzzled Trudeau staring at the bus while one of his aides held up Clark's mittens and said, "We don't know who the driver was, but we found his mittens."
Sportsperson of the Year award
In 2004, the Sun began its annual George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of the YearAthlete of the Year
Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition....
award.
Sister papers
The Toronto Suns format has given rise to sister Sun tabloids in major markets across Canada, namely the Edmonton SunEdmonton Sun
The Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.It began publishing in 1978 and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, its conservative editorial stance,...
, the Calgary Sun
Calgary Sun
The Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily replaced the long-running broadsheet newspaper, The Albertan soon after it was acquired by the publishers of the Toronto...
, the Ottawa Sun
Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
and most recently the Brampton Sun and York Sun, weekend-only tabloids distributed as sections of the Toronto edition. The Winnipeg Sun
Winnipeg Sun
The Winnipeg Sun is a daily tabloid-sized newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It is owned by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, extensive sports coverage, a Canadian conservatism...
was originally launched by independent interests, only later coming under common ownership to the Toronto Sun, which subsequently elicited a redesign in Sun Media style.
The Vancouver Sun is not owned by Sun Media
Sun Media
Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of Sun News Network...
, but by Postmedia Network
Postmedia Network
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is a Canadian media company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news gathering and Internet operations....
. The Vancouver Sun is a broadsheet, and unlike The Toronto Sun, not tabloid; the Vancouver Province, also owned by Postmedia Network, Inc, is that market's traditional tabloid daily.
Current Sun writers
- Mark BonokoskiMark BonokoskiMark Bonokoski is a Canadian journalist, editor, and broadcaster primarily associated with Sun Media/QMI.Bonokoski is a graduate of Ryerson University's journalism programme. He worked as a general assignment reporter with the Calgary Herald and then the Windsor Star before joining the Toronto Sun...
, columnist - Michael CorenMichael CorenMichael Coren is an English-Canadian columnist, author, public speaker, radio host and television talk show host. He hosted the television talk show The Michael Coren Show on the Crossroads Television System from 1999 to 2011 when he moved to the Sun News Network to host an evening talk show, The...
, columnist - Andy DonatoAndy DonatoAndy Donato is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain.He was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated from Danforth Technical School in 1955 and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the Toronto Telegram in 1961, working as a graphic artist in the promotion...
, editorial cartoonist - Brian GrayBrian GrayBrian Gray is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League during the late 1950s and early 1960s....
, reporter - Edward GreenspanEdward GreenspanEdward Leonard Greenspan, QC is a Canadian lawyer and prolific author of legal volumes. He is one of the most famous defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, The Scales of Justice .A...
, lawyer, columnist - Ajit JainAjit JainAjit Jain is a businessman who currently heads several reinsurance businesses for Berkshire Hathaway and has been touted as a possible successor to Warren Buffett.-Early life:...
, columnist - Sue-Ann Levy, municipal affairs columnist
- Rob Longley, sports columnist
- Salim MansurSalim MansurSalim Mansur is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is a columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun, and has contributed to various publications including National Review, the Middle East Forum and Frontpagemag. He often...
, columnist - Richard Mauntah, sports columnist
- Sid RyanSid RyanPatrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour and a longtime Canadian labour union leader and politician.-Biography:...
, columnist - Steve SimmonsSteve SimmonsSteve Simmons is a journalist with the Toronto Sun and nationally syndicated throughout Sun Media. He has previously worked as a sports columnist for the Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, London Free Press, Globe and Mail and The Hockey News....
, sports columnist - Jim Slotek, film critic
- Mike StrobelMike StrobelMike Strobel is a Canadian journalist, currently a columnist for the Toronto Sun.After being graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University, Strobel joined the Calgary Sun in 1980. He moved to the Toronto Sun where he became managing editor in 1989 and subsequently its...
, columnist, former editor-in-chief - Chris TessaroChris TessaroChris Tessaro is a radio personality, journalist, and actor in Canada. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he now makes his home in Toronto. He hosts the North American wide The Hardcore Poker Show along with his co-host, Rob Pizzo, on Hardcore Sports Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 98, and also...
, poker columnist - James WallaceJames WallaceJames Wallace may refer to:*James Wallace , English football player*James Wallace , British Member of Parliament for Horsham, Attorney-General...
, columnist, editor-in-chief - Joe Warmington, columnist
- Peter WorthingtonPeter WorthingtonPeter Worthington is a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the Toronto Telegram newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and can be seen in photographs of the event. He remained with the Telegram until it folded in 1971...
, columnist, former editor
Former Sun staff
- Barbara AmielBarbara AmielBarbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour is a British-Canadian journalist, writer, and socialite. She is also the wife of former media baron and convicted felon Conrad Black.-Early life:...
, editor and columnist - Joan BarfootJoan BarfootJoan Louise Barfoot is a Canadian novelist. She has published 11 novels, including Luck , which was a nomineee for the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Critical Injuries , which was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize...
, reporter - Christie BlatchfordChristie BlatchfordChristie Blatchford is a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She has published four non-fiction books.-Life and work:...
, columnist - Mark BourrieMark BourrieMark Bourrie is an award-winning Canadian journalist, best-selling author, historian, and Carleton University lecturer. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling The Fog of War , By Reason of Insanity: The David Michael Krueger Story , Flim Flam , and Many a Midnight Ship...
, reporter - Jim Brown, manager
- Dalton CampDalton CampDalton Kingsley Camp, PC, OC was a Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator and supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Despite having never been elected to a seat in the House of Commons, he was a prominent and influential politician and a popular...
, columnist (deceased) - Bob CarrollBob CarrollBob Carroll may refer to:*Bob Carroll , sports author and historian*Bob Carroll, Jr., television writer*Bob Carroll , singer and stage, television, and film actor...
, columnist - Sheila CoppsSheila CoppsSheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
, columnist - J. Douglas Creighton, founding publisher (deceased)
- Danielle CrittendenDanielle CrittendenDanielle Ann Crittenden Frum, who writes under the name Danielle Crittenden , is a Canadian author and journalist....
, reporter, columnist - Yvonne Crittenden, book reviewer, columnist
- John DowningJohn DowningJohn Downing has been an author, reporter, editor and columnist, most notably writing for the Toronto Telegram and later the Toronto Sun.-Life and career:...
, editor - Doug FisherDoug FisherDouglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...
, Ottawa columnist - David FrumDavid FrumDavid J. Frum is a Canadian American journalist active in both the United States and Canadian political arenas. A former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush, he is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency...
, columnist - Rob Granatstein, editorial page editor, columnist, reporter
- George Gross, Corporate Sports Editor, columnist (deceased)
- Max HainesMax HainesMax Haines is a syndicated crime columnist.Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. At a young age he attended St George's College, Weybridge. He began researching murders from around the world, past and present as a hobby. His "Crime Flashbacks" column made its debut in the Toronto Sun in 1972...
, "Crime Flashback" feature - Paul HellyerPaul HellyerPaul Theodore Hellyer, PC is a Canadian engineer, politician, writer and commentator who has had a long and varied career. He is the longest serving current member of the Privy Council, just ahead of Prince Philip.-Early life:...
, columnist and founding investor - Claire Hoy, columnist
- Jim HuntJim HuntJames Baxter Hunt Jr. is an American politician who was the 69th and 71st Governor of the state of North Carolina . He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history.-Early life:...
, sports writer (deceased) - Jim JenningsJim Jennings-Biography:Jennings was born James Benton Jennings on November 14, 1933 in Crystal City, Missouri.-Career:Jennings was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twenty-sixth round of the 1955 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the University of...
, editor-in-chief - George JonasGeorge JonasGeorge Jonas is a Hungarian-born Canadian writer and columnist. He is the author of 15 books. They include Vengeance , the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre...
, columnist - Linda LeatherdaleLinda LeatherdaleLinda Leatherdale was a columnist for the Toronto Sun specializing in financial matters. In May 2009, she was appointed Vice President of Business and Marketing Development in Canada by natural quartz company, Cambria.- External links :*...
, business editor,columnist - Bob MacDonaldBob MacDonaldBob MacDonald was a conservative Toronto journalist and columnist.MacDonald was part of the team that founded The Toronto Sun newspaper after the demise of the The Toronto Telegram...
, columnist (deceased) - Heather MallickHeather MallickHeather Mallick is a controversial Toronto-based columnist, author and lecturer. She writes a twice weekly column for the Toronto Star, an occasional column for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, and a monthly column for The Guardian's website...
, columnist - Eric MargolisEric MargolisEric S. Margolis is an American-born journalist and writer. For 27 years, ending in 2010, he was a contributing editor to the Toronto Sun chain of newspapers, writing mainly about the Middle East, South Asia and Islam. He contributes to the Huffington Post and appears frequently on Canadian...
, international affairs columnist, contributing editor - Rachel MarsdenRachel MarsdenRachel Marsden is a Canadian conservative political columnist, geopolitical strategist, author and television commentator based in Paris. She writes an internationally syndicated weekly column for Tribune Media Services. She also teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris...
, columnist - Lois MaxwellLois MaxwellLois Maxwell was a Canadian actress.Maxwell began her film career in the late 1940s, and won a Golden Globe Award for the New Actress of the Year for her performance in That Hagen Girl...
(Moneypenney), columnist - Rachel MarsdenRachel MarsdenRachel Marsden is a Canadian conservative political columnist, geopolitical strategist, author and television commentator based in Paris. She writes an internationally syndicated weekly column for Tribune Media Services. She also teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris...
, columnist - Judi McLeodJudi McLeodJudi Ann T. McLeod is a Canadian journalist who operates the conservative Canadian website, Canada Free Press , which publishes news stories, features, and editorials.-Early life and career:...
, reporter - Ben MulroneyBen MulroneyBenedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney is a Canadian television host, and is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.-Early life:...
, columnist - Joe O'DonnellJoe O'DonnellJoseph Roger O'Donnell was an American documentarian, photojournalist and a photographer for the United States Information Agency...
, columnist (deceased) - Les Pyette, publisher
- Ted ReeveTed ReeveEdward Henry "Ted" Reeve was a multi-sport Canadian athlete and sports journalist. He was on two Grey Cup winning teams as a football player, a Mann Cup championship as a lacrosse player and three Yates Cup championships as a coach for Queen's University. He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of...
, sports columnist - Paul RimsteadPaul RimsteadPaul Rimstead was a featured page 5 columnist for the Toronto Sun during the 1970s and 80s.-Life and career:Born in Sudbury, Ontario, the "Rimmer" was described by peers as "legendary", "the Sun's resident character", and "a master storyteller". Rimstead began his journalism career at the age of...
, columnist (deceased) - Ken Robertson, reporter-photographer
- Laura SabiaLaura SabiaLaura Sabia, OC was a Canadian social activist and feminist.Born Laura Villela in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Italian immigrants, she played an important part, as National Chair of the Committee for the Equality of Women, in the creation of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women called...
, columnist - John SakamotoJohn SakamotoJohn Sakamoto is a Canadian journalist and music critic. He is best known for the Anti-Hit List column, which has appeared on canoe.ca and in eye, the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star. He served as executive producer of canoe.ca's entertainment section, Jam!, from 1996 to 2002.In 2005, the...
, music writer ("Anti-Hit ListAnti-Hit ListThe Anti-Hit List is a weekly music column by Canadian music critic John Sakamoto.The column presents a countdown list of Sakamoto's ten favourite non-hit songs of the week. This may include indie rock, mashups, forgotten classics, and other assorted bits of Internet musical culture...
") - Morton ShulmanMorton ShulmanMorton Shulman, OC was a Canadian politician, businessman, broadcaster, columnist, coroner, and physician.-Biography:...
, columnist - Joey SlingerJoey SlingerJoey Slinger is a Canadian journalist and author, particularly known as a long-standing humour columnist for the Toronto Star....
, columnist - Mark StewartMark StewartMark Stewart is the name of:*Mark Stewart , British musician, founding member and vocalist of The Pop Group*Mark Stewart , New York City based multi-instrumentalist who has worked as a guitarist e.g...
, crime writer (deceased) - Walter Stewart, columnist
- Mike Therrien, editor-in-chief
- John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
, executive - Garth TurnerGarth TurnerJohn Garth Turner, PC is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...
, business editor - Gord Walsh, managing editor
- Greg Weston, columnist
- Sherri WoodSherri WoodSherri Wood was a Canadian journalist for the Toronto Sun. An Etobicoke, Ontario native, Wood worked for the Sun since 2004 as an entertainment reporter and critic. She also had a weekly spot on Canoe Live, SUN TV's current-affairs show...
, columnist (deceased) - Lubor J. ZinkLubor J. ZinkLubor J. Zink was a Czech-Canadian writer and columnist known for his anti-Communism.Zink was born in Klapý, Czechoslovakia. He was a student at Prague University in March 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the country. A member of the Czech underground movement, Zink fled to Britain and...
, columnist (deceased)
See also
- List of media outlets in Toronto
- Toronto Sun BuildingToronto Sun BuildingThe Toronto Sun Building, at 333 King Street East at Sherbourne, is home to one of Toronto's daily English language newspapers, the Toronto Sun. Built in 1975, the most notable feature of the structure is the large mural on the south side. The mural is 55 meters wide and 7.6 meters high, covering a...
- Toronto TelegramToronto TelegramThe Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at both the federal and provincial level. The paper competed with the liberal Toronto Star...
- Toronto StarToronto StarThe Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
- Globe and Mail
- National PostNational PostThe National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
- Ottawa SunOttawa SunThe Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
- Calgary SunCalgary SunThe Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily replaced the long-running broadsheet newspaper, The Albertan soon after it was acquired by the publishers of the Toronto...
- Edmonton SunEdmonton SunThe Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.It began publishing in 1978 and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, its conservative editorial stance,...
- Winnipeg SunWinnipeg SunThe Winnipeg Sun is a daily tabloid-sized newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It is owned by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, extensive sports coverage, a Canadian conservatism...
- The Sun (newspaper)The Sun (newspaper)The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
- The original UK version
External links
- Toronto Sun
- Toronto Sun Family - a blog for former and current employees of the Toronto Sun