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Toronto Star / Torstar

The Hamilton Spectator is owned by Torstar.. Torstar is involved with NordStar Capital..

2 SOURCES · 8 DOCUMENTED FACTS · 3 DISPUTED · OPENED 2026-07-23 · UPDATED 2026-07-23
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The Hamilton Spectator is owned by Torstar.

Torstar is involved with NordStar Capital.

Torstar has explicitly stated this on its corporate website

DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital
“Torstar has explicitly stated this on its corporate website (per Canadaland)”
SOURCEDOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Torstar has zero printing infrastructure of its own as of April 2023

DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital
“Torstar has zero printing infrastructure of its own as of April 2023”
SOURCEDOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

CJLTC cap: $55K/employee/yr through 2022, $85K/employee/yr from 2023

CJLTC rate: 25% to end-2022, 35% Jan. 1, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2026, then back to 25%

Torstar received $10.4 million in digital media tax credits in Q1 2020

DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital
“$10.4 million”
SOURCEDOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Torstar Q1 2020 MD&A: $10.4 million in digital media tax credits

Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →

These are things people say about Toronto Star / Torstar that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"Torstar is a progressive newspaper"
Asserted by Jordan Bitove · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ↗
Disputed
"Torstar can't support the $100-million cap"
Asserted by Jordan Bitove · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ↗
Disputed
"$1 million per week in losses"
Asserted by Paul Rivett · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital ↗
Timeline see standalone →
2016
2016-09
sale of Vaughan plant
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2017
2017
2017 paper swap
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2019
2019-08
Torstar self-reported estimated benefit of $3 million
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2019-10
Torstar claimed $4.5 million
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2020
2020
COVID-19 pandemic
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2020
Torstar's market cap collapse
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2020-01
Torstar Q1 2020 MD&A
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2020-05
$1.5 million in CJLTC
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2025
2025-04
$65 million projected for FY2024-25
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2019
August 2019
last in-house presses stopped running
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Undated
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Mary Anne Glogovac appointed President of Torstar
receipt ↗ · source ↗