The York School Library: Middle &amp; Senior School Library: News Sources

Citing News Sources

APA Style, 7th Edition: Newspapers & Articles

Avoiding Fake News

Recognizing Media Bias

AllSides
AllSides provides multiple angles on the same story so you can get the full picture, not just one slant.
Media Bias / Fact Check
Media Bias / Fact Check follows a strict methodology to determine the biases of news sources. Use the site's search feature to check the bias of any source.

Newspapers

Toronto.com
Provides neighbourhood news and info about Toronto and all it has to offer.
NOW Toronto
NOW is an alternative weekly newspaper and online publication that covers news, culture, arts, and entertainment.

The Globe & Mail
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Founded in 1844, the Globe and Mail covers events that have changed our nation as well as the day-to-day happenings that continue to shape us as a country.
The Toronto Star
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Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star has long been Canada’s largest daily newspaper. Now a multi-platform news organization, the Star publishes a newspaper seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area and publishes ongoing news and information to a global audience on thestar.com on web and mobile applications.
Windspeaker
Windspeaker is the most widely distributed Aboriginal news publication in Canada, published by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society.
Xtra
Xtra is an online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics and health.
The Canada Gazette
The Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada. It informs Canadians about government operations and involves them in the legislative process.

Other national subscription-based newspapers of record include:

Visit Toronto Public Library's Digital Newspapers page to access digital copies of these (and more) subscription-based newspapers and individual articles.

The New York Times
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Founded in 1851, The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership.
The Wall Street Journal
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Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese.
The Guardian
Founded in 1821, The Guardian is a British daily newspaper with an international audience.

Google News This link opens in a new window
News aggregator service developed by Google. Presents a continuous flow of links to articles organized from thousands of publishers and magazines.
OnlineNewspapers.com This link opens in a new window
Provides an "online newspaper directory for the world," with thousands of newspapers listed by country and region.
This directory does not provide access to newspaper articles, but can help you find publications of interest.

Other subscription-based English language newspapers of record based outside of Canada include:

The Washington Post (United States)
The Los Angeles Times (United States)
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
The Financial Times (United Kingdom)
The Times (United Kingdom)
The Irish Times (Ireland)
The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
The Times of India (India)

Visit Toronto Public Library's Digital Newspapers page to access digital copies of these (and more) subscription-based newspapers and individual articles.

CBC News
Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations.
CTV News
CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada.
Global News
Global News is the news and current affairs division of the Canadian Global Television Network, owned by Corus Entertainment.
APTN
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is a Canadian specialty channel that airs and produces programs made by, for and about Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States.

BBC News
BBC News is the division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the U.K. and around the world.
CNN
CNN (the Cable News Network) is a multinational news TV channel, based in the U.S., known for its dramatic live coverage of breaking news.
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent news organisation that broadcasts in English and Arabic. It is funded in part by the Qatari government.
AllAfrica
AllAfrica (successor to the African News Service) is a website that aggregates news produced primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture. It is available in both English and French and produced by AllAfrica Global Media.
PBS Newshour
PBS NewsHour is the primary daily, breaking and special news producer for the American Public Broadcasting Service.

Historic Newspapers

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec This link opens in a new window
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Quebec has started an ambitious digitization program for the whole of the published and archival documentary heritage produced in Québec since the 17th century, or of foreign origin and related to Québec. The collection includes many Quebec newspaper titles, both French and English.
Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War This link opens in a new window
This collection (presented by the Canadian War Museum) of more than 140,000 clippings, arranged by subject and date, includes news stories and editorials from newspapers, mostly Canadian, documenting every aspect of the war. The English-language clippings are from the archive of the century-old Hamilton Spectator newspaper, while the French-language materials are from a collection of the newspaper Le Devoir.
Google News Archive This link opens in a new window
Provides digitized archives of newspapers, some dating back to the 1700s.
Multicultural Canada Collection This link opens in a new window
The Multicultural Canada digitization project (hosted by Simon Fraser University) provides access to newspapers, interviews, photographs, print and material culture artifacts.
OurOntario Community Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
The collection covers 200 years of Ontario newspapers. Coverage among the communities varies, but can include: news article indexing; Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMD) indexing; clippings; and full page/issues of newspapers.