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Chris Selley
City News
On Toronto’s whiny, cynical attitude toward efforts to improve public transit:
This sober, completely accurate thought is brought to you by the Post ’s Chris Selley , whose column in today's paper is well...
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Reaction Roundup: the 18 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s L.A. trip and Jimmy Kimmel appearance
"I don’t think I’ve had this many questions since the series finale of Lost. ” — Jimmy Kimmel , host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!...
City News
Reaction Roundup: council’s petty and ultimately useless transit debate
As soon as Karen Stintz opened the Pandora’s Box of taxes to fund transit—a discussion Ford had fought to put off—last...
City News
Reaction Roundup: The OneCity proposal sparked lots of chatter and crowned an alternate mayor
With cloak-and-dagger plans, alliance building and power shifts, Toronto politics has veered into epic poem territory of...
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Reaction Roundup: what the revival of Transit City could mean for Toronto (and Rob Ford)
The whole "war on cars" talking point feels so 2009 (and 2010… and 2011), but now that Metrolinx and city council have pushed...
City News
Are Rob Ford’s proposed 2012 budget cuts essentially equivalent to health care cuts?
A group of health care professionals visited city hall early this week with a petition in hand containing nearly 300 signatures...
City News
National Post: stop comparing Rob Ford to Hitler, start charging for stuff
The Post’ s Chris Selley would really appreciate it if everyone lay off the comparisons between Mayor Rob Ford and Adolf...
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Rob Ford won’t get an advance on surplus transit funds, but clings to his Sheppard subway fantasy anyway
Mayor Rob Ford ’s dreams of a privately financed Sheppard subway extension have been on life support for some time now, and news...
City News
Reaction Roundup: An outpouring of love, respect and grief in the wake of Jack Layton’s death
The last time this blogger had the pleasure of speaking with Jack Layton was for an Informer post during the federal election. The...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Is this the beginning of the end for Rob Ford?
This week wasn’t a good one for Mayor Rob Ford . Between his brother Doug insulting Margaret Atwood (and then having Chapters...
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City News
Reaction Roundup: Canada elects a Harper majority, the NDP surges and two parties are left in shambles
The fun thing about predictions is how often they’re wrong, and the scenario we outlined yesterday ( Michael Ignatieff playing...
City News
Who leaked on Layton? We look at why each party may have tipped off Sun News
On Friday night, Sun Media broke the news that it had acquired the notes of a retired police officer who once found NDP leader...
City News
Reaction Roundup: what the country’s saying about last night’s leaders’ debate
For two hours yesterday, Steve Paikin did his community service of herding the four party leaders onto a stage and forcing them to...
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Ford Nation? Tea Party North? Whatever it’s called, it’s probably not worth much
On Saturday morning the Toronto Star broke the story that Nick Kouvalis , the man who ran Rob Ford ’s winning election campaign...
City News
Gravy found! Some of the juiciest bits of fat in the TCHC audit will get in the way of the real scandal
By now the whole city knows the story of the city’s auditor general’s report [PDF] on the Toronto Community Housing...
City News
Stopping a gravy train of a different kind: local fitness club offers Rob Ford a discount trainer
Just what Toronto needs: more discussion of Rob Ford ’s weight. Some marketing geniuses at Nielsen Fitness have offered the...
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Reaction roundup: what the world is saying about Rob Ford’s win
Toronto’s mayoral election has made the news not just in Toronto and Canada, but around the world (we made the big time, or at...
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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...
City News
Seven Long Years: How will David Miller be remembered?
As a kvetchy, largely ineffective do-gooder ultimately undone by the unionists who helped elect him Unless Joe Pantalone, the...
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Could Fox News North be awesome? Opinions differ
One thing is certain, based on the press conference that Quebecor head honcho Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Kory Teneycke held downtown...
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Food & Drink
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss
I was just a baby scientist when I discovered the hormone that made Ozempic possible. I had no idea how life-changing—and world-changing—that breakthrough would be
Deep Dives
A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
Is Ontario’s pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn’t
not
considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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
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
The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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
Just Listed
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For Sale: 25 North Drive
Leave the city in the city
Just Listed
For Sale: 25 Strathgowan Crescent
This Grande Dame of Lawrence Park is an absolute treasure
Just Listed
For Sale: 9 Audubon Court
Welcome to 9 Audubon Court, a Mid-Century Modern retreat among the treetops
Just Listed
For Sale: 500 Wellington St W PH1001
Experience unparalleled luxury in this breathtaking 6,200 sq. ft. penthouse, designed to perfection including a private 2,000 sq. ft. rooftop terrace, complete with a raised glass pool, hot tub, outdoor kitchen, and unobstructed panoramic city views.