big stories

Their life seemed like a fairy tale—until her body turned up in a suitcase by the Humber River

From our 2017 piece on BLMTO: Janaya Khan and Sandy Hudson spearheaded a movement that has captured the city’s attention

I was isolated, humiliated and assaulted. The whole time, I was planning my escape

It was supposed to herald a progressive era of incarceration. Instead, the South has become a house of horrors

Free-speech advocates say he’s combating the tyranny of political correctness. His critics say he’s a privileged, trans-phobic bigot who must be stopped

When one of Toronto's most prolific developers filed for bankruptcy protection, pre-construction buyers lost their future homes

A talented reporter fell in love with a married senior staffer. When their relationship ended badly, she left a suicide note in her desk, went home and killed herself

They were the city’s most influential arts duo. When their marriage fell apart, the fallout was explosive

I could buy a house tomorrow if I wanted. I don’t. I’d rather travel, drink expensive wine and eat at the best restaurants

Rohinie Bisesar had an MBA, a network of Bay Street mentors and experience at one of the city’s most prestigious investment firms. Now she's accused of a grisly stabbing

From our 2015 piece about police carding: A memoir about being black in Toronto

Beneath her poised veneer is an exacting perfectionist, a tenacious fundraiser and a total control freak. Which explains how she turned the floundering National Ballet of Canada into one of the world’s premiere arts organizations

A story about contaminated hospitals, dirty doctors and the bacteria that are killing 8,000 Canadians a year

Months before the market crumbled, she wrote a best-seller about careless investments and crushing debt. This isn’t the first time she’s had prophetic visions.

Loblaw’s decline is a story of clashing egos, professional jealousy and strategic screw-ups, the biggest mistake being the company’s decision to try to out-Wal-Mart Wal-Mart.

In the early morning of February 21, 1974, Tim Horton drove off the Queen Elizabeth Way at over 250 kilometres an hour trying to avoid a police roadblock, killing himself, shattering a family, ending a business partnership and setting in motion the process that would erase the memory of who he really was