To celebrate the Toronto Sun’s 40th birthday, we offer a selection of the paper’s more, er, memorable front pages
To celebrate the Toronto Sun’s 40th birthday, we offer a selection of the paper’s more, er, memorable front pages
The Toronto Sun, that “little paper that grew” (apparently), celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday, looking back on its colourful history with pride. “The idea was to take the news seriously, but not take ourselves seriously,” said lifelong devotee Christina Blizzard in a Sun News Network interview. “So long as we’re having a lot of fun 40 years from now, I think that’s what it’s all about.” Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor (the paper’s parent company), touted The Sun’s “unbeatable journalistic team.” Naturally, we decided to celebrate our own way—by sharing some of our favourite moments of the Sun’s unique brand of crack journalism from the last few years, plus a couple golden oldies. Check out our gallery after the jump.
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- In this grovelling apology, the <em>Sun</em> admit its editors didn’t examine the evidence in detail. Our favourite excerpt: “Regrettably… when the Prime Minister described the Sun’s Petrofina story as ‘garbage,’ it appears on this particular story he was not far from the truth. We are very sorry.”
- “We Were Wrong” (June 1981)
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- In June 1981, the <em>Toronto Sun</em> accused federal cabinet minister <strong>John Munro</strong> of insider trading—specifically, the sale of Petrofina shares prior to the petroleum company’s takeover by the government. The <em>Sun</em> failed to produce any proof, and Munro won $75,000 in a libel suit.
- “Liberals Tied to Petrocan Stock Profits” (June 1981)
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- “Brevity is the soul of wit”—Polonius, <em>Hamlet</em>
- “Bastards!” (12 September 2001)
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- The <em>Sun</em> has never been afraid to dive into the dirty stories other papers won’t touch.
- “Oh, Poo” (2 March 2009)
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- This photo of two actual dogs refers to just one of the <em>Sun’</em>s mature and stimulating articles on the definition of marriage.
- “Woof! I do!” (8 June 2009)
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- “The <em>Sun</em> editors have been informed that, instead of a photo of a golden retriever, the last issue ran an image of former MP Helena Guergis. The Sun regrets the error.” Of course, the paper never ran that correction—it wasn’t an error (and the <em>Sun</em> probably wouldn’t have regretted it even if it was).
- “Two Dogs” (10 April 2010)
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- No account of the <em>Sun</em> would be complete without acknowledging the paper’s platonic admiration of the grace and artistry of the female form.
- “Heat is on” (31 May 2010)
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- The <em>Sun</em> maintains a fair and balanced perspective by insulting everyone equally.
- “Your Next Mayor” (2 October 2010)
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, celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday, looking back on its colourful history with pride. “The idea was to take the news seriously, but not take ourselves seriously,” said lifelong devotee Christina Blizzard in a Sun News Network interview. “So long as we’re having a lot of fun 40 years from now, I think that’s what it’s all about.” Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor (the paper’s parent company), touted The Sun’s “unbeatable journalistic team.” Naturally, we decided to celebrate our own way—by sharing some of our favourite moments of the Sun’s unique brand of crack journalism from the last few years, plus a couple golden oldies. Check out our gallery after the jump.
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