Toronto Star

thestar.com — A fly-in First Nation reserve is inviting Canadians to come spend the better part of a week; to live with locals, go fishing, visit the school, tour sacred sites and get a taste of how hard - and how rich - life in the remote northern bush can be.

thestar.com — A group of Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. The group - which includes author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, and actor Gordon Pinsent - has signed an online petition to rename this Monday's public holiday "Victoria and First Peoples Day."

thestar.com — In his Toronto Star op-ed , the C.D. Howe Institute's Benjamin Dachis urges the government to "hang tough" and stick to its risky plan to introduce high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes in Ontario. The government should ignore such advice. To his credit, Dachis does not argue (like the government does) that HOT lanes are a revenue tool for transit.

thestar.com — OTTAWA-Nigel Wright says he has resigned from his post as the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff in light of the controversy surrounding his handling of matters involving Senator Mike Duffy. The Prime Minister's Office said earlier this week that Wright personally paid off $90,000 in inappropriately claimed housing expenses for Duffy.

thestar.com — SASKATOON-Nathan MacKinnon couldn't have made a louder statement with a megaphone. This isn't over yet. While the hockey world seems to have decided that the Colorado Avalanche will make Portland defenceman Seth Jones the No.

thestar.com — "I'm totally fine!" says Shary Boyle, on the other end of a wonky Skype connection from Venice. This comes as some relief. Boyle's there putting the pieces together for her project for the Venice Biennale: nothing less than the most intricate, complicated, complex and, by the way, biggest-by-far project of her entire career.

thestar.com — Raise a glass, this long weekend, to labour peace at the LCBO. No strike, so no need to stock up. But let's take stock, as we toast Queen Victoria, of our lucrative crown jewel: What if the LCBO and its unionized workers hadn't negotiated an 11th-hour deal ahead of the holiday deadline?

thestar.com — Two weeks ago, late on a Friday night, Star reporters Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan sat in the back of a car in the dark and saw a video on a cellphone held in the hands of a reeking man with scabbed arms. They watched it three times.

thestar.com — The detective's suit gave it away. Sitting in Tim Bosma's packed living room at 9:30 a.m. on May 14, Det.-Sgt. Matt Kavanagh came to update the missing man's family and friends on the investigation into his disappearance. But the jeans and casual shirt he usually wore were replaced by more formal attire.