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Gridlocked: How incompetence, pandering and baffling inertia have kept Toronto stuck in traffic
The most egregious transit scandals in recent memory—and who’s to blame
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POLL: Who is your dream candidate for mayor?
Rob Ford says the 2014 mayoral election is going to be a “bloodbath” (which he, apparently, sees as a good thing ). The...
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Adam Giambrone updates his marital status on Facebook
Former councillor and one-time mayoral aspirant Adam Giambrone recently married his long-time partner Sarah McQuarrie , according...
City News
Adam Giambrone dazzles us with numbers, but stops short of going for the throat
In a column in this week’s Now, Adam Giambrone vents some frustrations about the TTC’s plans to pile more passengers onto...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: The Mexi-Can Market, a diminutive taste of Mexico in Little Portugal
Just over a year ago, Pavel Valdez, then 18, moved to Brampton from California to study business at Humber College. He’s already...
City News
Those crazy kids made it after all: former TTC chief Adam Giambrone to marry long-time partner this fall
It’s fair to say that this is not a storybook romance, but that’s no reason not to congratulate former TTC chair Adam...
City News
Cell service on the subway: good news may be coming in the fall
More than a year has passed since the TTC announced it was going to try to bring cellphone service to the subway. Back...
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Presto cards are coming to the TTC (finally), pushing Toronto transit into the late 20th century
One of the stranger fights that plagued the last few months of David Miller ’s mayoral tenure was between Toronto and Queen’s...
Real Estate News
Ford’s clean-walls crusade erases a mural the city paid an artist $2,000 to paint
It seems the first friendly fire casualty has fallen in Rob Ford’s war on graffiti . The mayor’s Clean Toronto Together...
City News
Five things we learned about ourselves from the latest Wikileaks dump
Wikileaks totally still exists, and is still releasing cables received from U.S. diplomatic computers. Its latest document dump...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation hands out awards for most wasteful politicians, but misses the most obvious ones
Yesterday, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation had a fun little event where the organization handed out Teddies—that...
City News
Cars likely to win yet another battle as Adam Giambrone’s parking legacy on Dundas West comes almost completely undone
One of the last things Adam Giambrone did before events transpired to take him out of the race for mayor was remove parking spaces...
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Toronto’s five best and worst political moments of 2010
As 2010 winds down, we can’t help but think of what a crazy year it’s been in Toronto politics. The city has had the kind of...
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2010 Lexicon: 11 new words that entered our vocabulary this past year
1. true belieber \troo bih-leeb-er\ n. (2010): Self-designative term adopted by mega-fans of Canadian entertainer Justin...
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TTC offering free New Year’s service again this year—only the event is going unsponsored
Good news, everyone: the TTC will offer its usual free ride home for revellers after the clock strikes midnight this New Year. In...
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Five things we learned from the Globe’s interview with Karen Stintz
Some gigs at city hall may be cushy, but explaining to angry urbanites why Transit City had to be killed isn’t one of...
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Swing to the right: it’s a whole new Toronto as Rob Ford and many right-wingers win offices at city hall
The election spanned 11 months, but counting the ballots took only a few minutes. At 8:08 p.m.—480 seconds after polls...
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Social media in Toronto’s election: a sampling of blunders
One of the much talked-about aspects of Calgary’s recent election has been how Naheed Nenshi successfully transformed social...
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Presto chango! The TTC’s payment war with the province is over (sort of)
One of the more maddening fights between the city and the province has been the argument over rolling out the Presto payment...
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TTC rolls out sexy new subway trains
With all the acrimony over Transit City, it’s easy to forget that the city, province and feds have all managed to play nice on...
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Like magic, TTC and Queen’s Park find some common ground on Presto
One of the most bizarrely acrimonious fights in the city over the past few months has been not over who pays for transit, or how...
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YouTube backlash: Adam Giambrone’s TTC opus proves once again that he just can’t do video
Adam Giambrone hasn't been a candidate for mayor since The Incident , but even he wants to get in on the game that Rob Ford and...
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Reaction roundup: the best things said about Rob Ford’s worst week
If a mayoral candidate named Rob Ford has a Wednesday filled with such questions as “Is Rob Ford prejudiced?” and “How...
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Will the latest cabinet shuffle at Queen’s Park be good news for Toronto? Probably not
The chairs at Dalton McGuinty 's big cabinet table were rearranged slightly yesterday, as he brought in two new men and moved some...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative