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Q&A: Andrea Horwath on parenting, dating and dealing with Doug Ford
She’s spent her career in third place. Now she’s the leader of the Opposition, which could be a wild ride
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The six most telling moments from last night’s Ontario leaders’ debate
Some highlights from last night's showdown
City News
The best zingers and attack lines from last night’s provincial leaders’ debate
Nobody escaped unscathed
City News
Do you know who you’re voting for in tomorrow’s provincial election?
The 2014 provincial election is on Thursday, and it's bound to be a tough one. Ontario voters have a choice between a Liberal...
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Two free dailies sell their covers to two different political parties on the same day
Take a look at those two covers. (The one on the left is 24 Hours , in case it wasn't obvious.) At first glance—and these...
City News
Gas plants and folksy anecdotes: a few running themes from last night’s Ontario leaders’ debate
In Tuesday's Ontario leaders' debate, the single most high-profile event in this month's provincial election, PC leader Tim Hudak...
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CBC’s
Metro Morning
confirms the obvious: nobody pays attention to Queen’s Park
Anyone who cares about provincial politics may want to sit down before listening to the first two minutes of this segment from...
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Toronto is about to be plunged into yet another election
After months of talk and partisan hostility, it's finally happening: Ontario will go to the polls in June. At a press conference...
City News
Pembina Institute’s message to public-transit voters: pick anyone but the Tories
The Pembina Institute , an environmental think tank, has just released one of its periodic reports on public transit in...
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Ontario’s election watch approaches red alert
Queen's Park has been bracing for a possible springtime election for months, and now we know what might cause it: new fees for...
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Rob Ford offers the provincial NDP advice: bring down the government
The troubled relationship between Rob Ford and premier Kathleen Wynne took another southward turn yesterday when the mayor urged...
City News
Sunshine List: how much Rob Ford, Paul Godfrey and Chris Spence earned in 2012
Each year, Queen’s Park releases the sunshine list, a catalogue of all the Ontario public servants who made $100,000 or...
City News
Some notables earning six-figures (or more!) from Ontario’s annual “sunshine list”
Once again, Ontario’s sunshine list has spotlighted the public servants who made $100,000 or more last year. A list of rich...
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LCBO confirms Ontarians will have to shell out a little extra for certain beers and spirits
Sure, we understand that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario sets minimum prices on booze as part of its mandate to promote social...
City News
The Onion, that paper your friend’s friend picked up in Milwaukee that one time, now available in Toronto
Joking aside: in its first export from the United States, satirical newspaper The Onion landed in T.O. this morning. Long popular...
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Reaction Roundup: sailing metaphors, locker room talk and ignoring Toronto. The skinny on what happened at last night’s provincial election debate
Given the amount of chatter generated by Dalton McGuinty’ s erratic hand gestures last night, it would seem that the provincial...
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Provincial Election Leaders’ Debate: The Drinking Game
Sure, this hasn’t been the most exciting election in recent memory (that honour has to go to last year’s bizarre municipal...
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Five notes on tonight’s (likely boring) provincial election debate
This snooze of a provincial election will soon be over, but there remains one major piece of business: tonight’s debate (oh, and...
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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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The provincial election campaign is so boring we’re actually pining for an all-leaders debate
Earlier today, we linked to a Toronto Sun column by Mike Strobel that argued the provincial election has been a dull affair...
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The Sun decries dull election by creating terrifying Frankencandidate
Toronto Sun columnist Mike Strobel claims to have figured out why the provincial election is so undeniably dull: the four main...
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Rob Ford dips into the provincial politics water—but we were hoping he’d make a bigger splash
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Mayor Rob Ford has “waded into the provincial election campaign”—although we think...
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Dull political sabre-rattling follows Ontario Liberals’ dull political attack ad
Busted, Horwath! Actually, not really, but that’s the message the Liberals are apparently trying to convey with what might be...
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Toronto is shaping up to be a battleground for the provincial election (but where’s Ford Nation?)
A raft of new polls on the provincial election race is showing the same thing over and over: where once it looked like Tim Hudak...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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