Sing Tao Daily (Toronto)

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The Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), or Sing Tao (星島) for short, is one of a few Chinese language newspapers in Canada. Based in Toronto, Ontario, it is owned by the Sing Tao Group of Hong Kong in cooperation with Torstar. In Toronto, the Sing Tao Daily publishes its Canada Eastern Edition (加東版).

A Canada Western Edition (加西版) is also published in Vancouver.

The paper is published 7 days a week in the broadsheet format. News coverage include national, provincial, and local news, international news, Hong Kong news, news from other parts of China (both mainland China and Taiwan), plus business, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, etc.

The paper is felt by some to contain a far-left stance on many issues, similar to the Toronto Star. However, it is actually more neutral than the Star in terms of news coverage.

[edit] Supplements (magazines)

The Sing Tao publishes several weekly magazines. Unlike the situation in Hong Kong where the magazines are sold as separate publications, these are more properly called supplements that come free with the paper. The pages inside the magazines are also printed on newsprint instead of glossy paper.

The free magazines that come with the Canada Eastern edition are:

Friday — Home Choice Magazine (雅居), a tabloid-sized home living/buying magazine with about 1/4 editorial content (original editorial content plus a small but noticeable number of advertorials)
Saturday — the Sing Tao Weekly (星島週刊), an entertainment-and-lifestyle magazine with mostly local content
Sunday — the Star Magazine (星週刊), a tabloid-sized entertainment-and-news magazine with mostly Hong Kong content

From time to time, special supplements are also published.