Francine Kopun

This McDonald's taste test video went viral for all the wrong reasons Does this guy even know how to eat a hamburger?

Vinay Menon makes me laugh out loud. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Hermes CEO says Epstein was 'financial predator' who targeted him during LVMH battle Hermes CEO Axel Dumas said on Thursday he had resisted repeated attempts by Jeffrey Epstein to meet with him, describing the financier as a "financial predator" who had targeted him during a corporate...

ICYMI, because I did. The CEO who refused to have anything to do with Epstein.
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Toronto has a reputation for being ugly. Here are seven beautiful new buildings that have bucked the trend — and are getting noticed There’s room for hope in many of the new projects that came online in 2025. The Star consulted with experts to produce a list of the seven best.

Toronto gets so much flak for being ugly. But 2025 was a great year for architecture, from the extraordinary Biidaasige Park to CIBC Square, and the new Anishnawbe Health Centre on Cherry Street -- we had to cap it at seven. What would you nominate for 2026?
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They didn’t lose. They played like heroes. #bluejays #worldseries #toronto @torontobluejays.bsky.social

What would you name Toronto’s new electric ferries? Why the city may come asking A new report suggests asking the public to help name the two new vessels — and updates when they are due to arrive.

What should we name the new electric ferries in Toronto? When NYC asked second-graders to pick names for their ferries, they came up with Tooth Ferry, because: "Losing teeth is one of the exciting things that happen to 2nd graders."
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Let’s go Blue Jays! Yonge and Front at 5 p.m.

‘It’s worse than the 1990s:’ Just 28 new condos sold in city of Toronto in September, new data shows The industry group says prices in September were flat compared to last year while sales continued to drop over 2024 numbers.

"Worse than the 1990s."
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MVP

Yay Jays!!!!!

Toronto, population three million, at sunset.

Vinay Menon: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s top-secret, multimillion dollar ‘wedding of the century’ is a filthy obscenity Here's my question: Why can't billionaires read the room?

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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82 Brian Wilson, one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.

This Brian Wilson obit, by Hillel Atalie of Associated Press, is excellent. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.

This piece, about Ontario Place and the spa company that won the right to redevelop the property, is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

This is great news for the Star!

I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made While Poilievre is right on some, not all points fit his overarching campaign premise that Canada went to hell during the “Lost Liberal Decade.”

This is the kind of journalism we need to make informed decisions on election day. 👏 to @moirawelsh.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

What happened on a Toronto ferry the night it hit Billy Bishop airport property The City of Toronto tried to downplay an accident April 30 that involved the Thomas Rennie ferry hitting Billy Bishop airport near the runway. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information

What happened on a Toronto ferry the night it hit Billy Bishop airport property. Based on more than 500 pages of documents released under Ontario FOI legislation. By @kopunf.bsky.social
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@steverussell.bsky.social worked flat-out for three days to capture Canadian snowbirds in Trump’s America, for @thestar.com My favourite is the sign pointing to the Gulf of Mexico, referring to it as the Gulf of America. A slice of life in Trump country.

Matt Elliott: Mayor Olivia Chow is spending big to make sure you notice Toronto’s parks are improving. But there’s one thing that won’t change Toronto’s proposed 2025 budget contains an ambitious spending plan for parks, giving voters a metric for measuring the mayor’s tax-and-invest strategy.

Some good news: Toronto is hoping to spend more on parks in 2025. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...