Torstar, which owns more than 70 papers, to launch gaming app to ‘support the growth and expansion of quality journalism’As advertising revenues dry up and the outlook for print newspapers looks increasingly bleak, publishers around the world are constantly hunting for new and innovative ways to fund costly journalism. Related: Why Toronto is taking action against a carpenter amid its homelessness crisis Continue reading...
Monday 19 April 2021
theguardian - 2 month ago
Canada s top newspaper group gambles on casino app to help fund journalism


European Super League explainer: Who are the Big Six, what are they worth and how much do they owe?
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Racing gripped with sadness as amateur jockey Lorna Brooke passes away following fall at Taunton
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Farmers asked to assist in search for female mountain runner (40s) missing overnight in Comeragh Mountains
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Hines gets go-ahead for 732 apartments for Player Wills site in Dublin 8 despite local objections over 19-storey height
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Man Utd failed to share European Super League plans at fan forum just days before announcement
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‘I planned to get a tattoo of my name, so I would be identified after my death’- Women reveal traumatising experiences in hope of making stalking a crime
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A lucrative border-industrial complex keeps the US border in constant ‘crisis’ | Todd Miller
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Do oil companies deserve reparations for fossil fuel bans? They ll try to get them | Nicolás M Perrone
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Why is the right obsessed with ‘defending’ borders? Because it sees citizenship as a commodity | Daniel Trilling
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Explainer: All you need to know about the Munster SHC draw, the counties and the rivalries
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‘Don’t tar all Travellers with the same brush’ - sisters urge for stigma to be broken as they are refused entry to restaurants
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez review – a South American Shirley Jackson
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Man who called gardaí ‘piggies’ and said it was ‘part of their job’ to take abuse avoids prison sentence
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Rescuers search for female mountain runner (40s) missing overnight in Comeragh Mountains
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Manchester United chief Ed Woodward quits UEFA role as club leaves European Club Association
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Hold police officers accountable, urges George Floyd lawyer as jury prepares to deliver verdict
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Britain can’t slash emissions without clamping down on the ‘polluter elite’ | Peter Newell
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UK Covid news: Tories claim pandemic will stop PM campaigning in Scotland – despite planned trip to India
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Vaccinated travellers should still avoid eating and drinking on planes, these experts say
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We re really aware that we can provide a bit of light, with the mood in Ireland quite low at times
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Covid lockdown roadmap: key dates for when restrictions will end and what rules will change on May 17
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There’s a nervous unease in my stomach, and the cure is to meet people – we’re on the right road
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Beef Trade: Tight supplies underpinning prices, but many finishers still way off breaking even
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Is the ‘new muon’ really a great scientific discovery? For now, I’m cautious | Carlo Rovelli
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Coronavirus live news: UK study to expose young people to virus for second India cases top 15m
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Prince Philip s funeral: Watch key moments as the Royal family bid farewell to the Duke of Edinburgh
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News headlines today: Lockdown may ease for summer but pubs must wait, and new law to ban lobbying for Leaving Cert
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Compulsory worship of national symbols is the sure sign of a culture in decline | Nesrine Malik
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Laura Dockrill on parenting, paranoia and postpartum psychosis: ‘I thought I’d been hijacked by a devil’
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New survey launched to capture people s experiences of remote working during the pandemic
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Anxiety, bad sleep and painful sex are just some of the menopause symptoms women put up with – but there is help at hand
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‘Joe Brolly has a great way of making things about him almost’ - Cavanagh opens up on infamous incident
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