The Aporia · Alexa MacKie

Articles

15

2026-10-03 – 2026-10-05

Claims per article

6

86 extracted in total

Hedged claims

5%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

719

characters

Writes for Toronto Star.

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Entertainment

93%

Environment

7%

Most-tagged topics

Nuit BlancheTorontoAlaskaLeafsArgentinaBMWCanadianColombian

None of these articles has a leaning score yet.

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment

Early crowds gather for "UFO" sighting at Nathan Phillips Square

2 outlets covered this event

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star · Entertainment

A flying car with a flying saucer on its roof hits Queen Street

2 outlets covered this event

2026-10-05 · Toronto Star · Entertainment

Cole Escola's award-winning Broadway comedy ‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to Toronto

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment

Final thoughts on the 20th anniversary of Nuit Blanche

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Environment

Echoes of bumblebees atop City Hall

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment

Refuelling with poutine between exhibits

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-03 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Meet Alexa, reporting from Nathan Phillips Square and Old City Hall

🔮 Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. assertive

2026-10-03 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Artist makes Nuit Blanche debut on 20th anniversary of living in Canada

🔮 While parts of the displays would occasionally cut to black, a handful of visitors were already snapping photos of the natural images. assertive

2026-10-03 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

A flying car with a flying saucer on its roof hits Queen Street

🔮 Outside near Nathan Phillips Square on Friday, Brandon Vickerd waited for traffic to die down, so he could install his otherworldly “UFO”: a black car with a flying saucer lodged in its roof. mixed

2026-10-04 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Leafs fan makes Nuit Blanche pit stop as clock approaches Sunday

🔮 The Leafs may have fallen 3-2 to the Ottawa Senators, but Whidden said he’s still enjoying his night, thanks, in part, to what Nuit Blanche has to offer. assertive

2026-10-04 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Refuelling with poutine between exhibits

🔮 Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. assertive

2026-10-04 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Echoes of bumblebees atop City Hall

🔮 Most emit recordings of buzzing bees, but three include a deep voice speaking about beekeeping 200 years ago, beekeeping now and what beekeeping might look like in another two centuries. mixed

2026-10-05 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article

Cole Escola's award-winning Broadway comedy ‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to Toronto

🔮 A limited engagement of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning play will run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre during the 2027-28 off-Mirvish season, the production company announced in a Monday press release. assertive

Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.

👤 Alexa MacKie

About this journalist

What they cover

Leaning

More from this journalist

What they said would happen