The ever-prolific Norfolker (Norfolkie?) Charles Apple, cut off from his life-giving access to VisualEditors.com, informs us that the Toronto Star is set to launch a redesign on Sunday. From a statement released today:

Toronto readers will wake up to a bright, bold new Star this Sunday, Jan. 16, as the Toronto Star launches a newspaper unlike any other.

Bold, lively and full of colour, the magazine-style broadsheet offers everything a Sunday paper should be, and readers have said they want: good reads, engaging columnists, thought-provoking ideas, lots of sports, entertainment, and, of course, breaking news.

The striking visual package makes bold use of photography, graphics and typography throughout the paper's four sections: A-section, O.T. (sports), The Buzz (lifestyle and entertainment), and Ideas.

The paper was designed around the premise that people have more time to read on Sundays and therefore, expect more from their newspaper. Sunday provides not only the immediate news of the day but features that readers can enjoy in a more leisurely way.

...Editor-in-Chief Giles Gherson [said] "We believe that this will be the first major North American newspaper with colour on every page."

Check back here Saturday night. I should have some page images up.

*Update: David Putney says it's "Norfolkian." Of course!

>Bold new Sunday newspaper makes its debut [Toronto Star]