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Pants on Fire: Fact-checking the most scorching claims from the Ontario leaders’ debate
Did Galen Weston Jr. really get a $200 cheque from Doug Ford? Would building a tunnel under the 401 bankrupt the province? Is Bonnie Crombie Queen of the Carbon Tax?
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“Toronto can be one of the world’s great cities”: New chief planner Jason Thorne on his grand designs
After a decade in Hamilton, Thorne has been selected as our planner in chief. With traffic in gridlock, transit ever-delayed and housing far from affordable, he’s got his work cut out for him
City News
Editor’s Letter: How bike lanes became a scapegoat for all of Toronto’s traffic angst
Cycling infrastructure is intended to elevate a city from a place where the car is king to one where commuters have safe, healthy alternatives. So why, in Toronto, does it face such fierce opposition?
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
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“Mark Saunders doesn’t actually care about bike lanes”: The Biking Lawyer on rising violence against cyclists
Dedicated two-wheeler David Shellnutt on why bike lanes are an election issue, what’s actually causing gridlock and whether cyclists are vying for total societal destruction
City News
A bike advocate and a worried business owner face off over the Bloor Street bike lanes
The temporary Bloor bike lanes are on their way to becoming permanent, but not everyone is pleased
City News
“The bike lanes are going to change our lives”: What cyclists and non-cyclists think of Bloor Street’s new bike-friendly flow
Are Bloor's new bike lanes an improvement, or are they a nuisance?
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Do I have to slow down when pedestrians wander into the bike lane?
"When I swerved around him, I accidentally nicked him with the end of my handlebar"
City News
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
City News
Everybody hates Adelaide Street’s new bike lane
The official opening of Adelaide Street's new separated bike lane should have been a moment worth celebrating for Toronto's...
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City News
Cyclists, prepare to dodge some scooters: the city wants to start allowing e-bikes in bike lanes
In a move that seems guaranteed to invite backlash from cyclists, a newly released city staff report recommends that the city make...
City News
Q&A: Toronto’s chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat on public transit,
The Voice
and taking a pay cut
You left a rather prosperous job as a partner at a private firm six months ago to become Toronto’s chief planner, and you took a...
City News
Read emails from Rob Ford’s office about several past civic dramas
The Globe and Mail recently published an inside look at Rob Ford’s communication approach based on memos obtained through...
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City News
Is Rob Ford waging a war on bikes?
It’s always fun when news agencies outside of Toronto pay attention to the city’s political scene, but this BBC clip about...
City News
Editor’s Letter (May 2012): the city is in the midst of a cultural renaissance—except at city hall
The spectacle at city hall has become a common obsession, even among people who never before cared much about municipal...
City News
The battle over the Jarvis Street bike lanes begins again
Now that it’s clear—abundantly so—that Rob Ford can be beat, the Toronto Cyclists Union has decided to revive last...
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Stephen Marche: an unflinching assessment of Jack Layton’s dubious legacy
The next NDP leader will be obligated to adopt Jack Layton’s Toronto-born brand of socialism—childlike, sentimental, and...
City News
The Anti-Ford: Kristyn Wong-Tam believes Toronto is in better shape than you’re being told
In her first year on city council, Kristyn Wong-Tam hogged the spotlight with proposals to ban shark fin soup, save bike lanes and...
City News
Turns out installing, and then promptly removing, the Jarvis bike lane is wasteful and expensive
Last week the Toronto Cyclists Union revealed the cost of removing the Jarvis bike lane to be $272,000, significantly more than...
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Style
Apparently, Markham and other Toronto suburbs are stealing downtown’s “mojo”
The Grid has some upsetting news for all the latte-sipping, bicycle-riding, downtown pinkos who are pining for more “urbanist”...
City News
Wong vs. Wong: Denzil Minnan-Wong calls Kristyn Wong-Tam’s Bank of Toronto stupid, insane and illegal
Earlier this week, Kristyn Wong-Tam suggested that the city establish its own bank. Critics responded with choice quotes...
City News
Urban guru Richard Florida joins the chorus of voices warning that the London riots could happen in Toronto
We were somewhat skeptical when the Toronto Star’ s Christopher Hume made the argument two weeks ago that Toronto could see...
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Josh Matlow wants a $500 fine for drivers who park in the curb lane—but will that ever get past city council?
Look out, road hogs— Josh Matlow is coming after you. The rookie councillor is set to put a motion before city council next...
City News
Is Rob Ford’s commitment to customer service actually doing more harm than good?
The Globe and Mail put Mayor Rob Ford’ s much-vaunted commitment to customer service—and his pledge to return all the city’s...
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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
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