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“I can’t serve coffee without violating zoning laws”: This Little Italy corner store is caught between NIMBY complaints and archaic bylaws
For months, Yana Miriev has been pushing back against a retail ban that’s stifling her small-scale grocery on a residential street. It’s part of a headache-inducing debate around where small businesses get to set up shop—one that’s far from settled
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“It’s a national embarrassment”: City councillor Brad Bradford on Toronto’s new tobogganing ban
In January, city staff prohibited sledding on 45 of Toronto’s hills, saying that obstacles like trees and ditches make it too risky
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“There’s a pack mentality at city hall”: Councillor Stephen Holyday on why Etobicoke should keep its coat of arms
Chief Stacey LaForme of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation has called the crest’s depiction of a shirtless Indigenous man offensive, and city staff have called for its removal
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“We need to take a sober second look”: Councillor James Pasternak on his opposition to the Alcohol in Parks Pilot Program
The councillor for York Centre discusses his qualms with drinking in public parks, Toronto’s many nonsensical bylaws and his dream of tax-free booze for all
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“I haven’t held my baby in a month”: Councillor Joe Cressy is living apart from his family while he fights on the front lines
“I’ve seen a lot of his firsts on FaceTime: first solid food, first giggle, first laugh. It's not how I imagined the first months of parenthood”
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Here’s what you need to know the next time you take a taxi or Uber
Toronto's new Uber rules are here. Here's what they mean
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How Norm Kelly became the city’s weirdest hip-hop hero
The 74-year-old city councillor has morphed into a street-savvy superstar who spouts rap lyrics on Twitter, pals around with Drake and inspires worship from teens around the world
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Will Toronto actually adopt ranked-ballot voting?
THE IDEA Last week, mayor John Tory announced his support for ranked balloting, an alternative to the city’s first-past-the-post...
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Electronic ads are coming to some Toronto transit shelters
Advertisements on some transit shelters are about to get a little more conspicuous. Earlier this morning, city council cleared the...
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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!...
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Toronto’s stringent food truck policies could become the freest in North America
After lagging behind other cities for almost a decade, Toronto’s sad food-truck scene may finally be about to flourish. Next...
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QUOTED: Bill Blair sidesteps the question of whether Rob Ford will be charged after more shady details surface
—Police Chief Bill Blair, not really answering the question on many Torontonians’ lips : why hasn’t Rob Ford been charged...
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The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
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QUOTED: Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick explains why all Canadians secretly adore Rob Ford
— Slate senior editor and Canadian expat Dahlia Lithwick, arguing that Rob Ford embodies our oh-so-polite country’s...
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Rob Ford, Figurehead: Rounding up the weirdest events at Monday’s very weird city council meeting
When Rob Ford became mayor in 2010, it was an unlikely ascent for an avowed council contrarian. In a series of humiliating votes...
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Rob Ford’s approval rating drops a whopping 10 per cent in one month—and that was before today’s crack video bombshell
On a Halloween marked by media frenzy, crack video revelations (it exists, in case you missed it) and a Twitterlanche of witty...
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The five weirdest metaphors Toronto city councillors used to describe the Scarborough subway
After four years, countless political squabbles and at least six competing proposals, Rob Ford’ s Scarborough subway dream is...
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Philip Preville: Why Kathleen Wynne needs Rob Ford
If Kathleen Wynne is to achieve anything for Toronto—and transit is top of the list—she needs Rob Ford to knock around Back in...
Real Estate News
Humber Valley Village residents enlist an architect—and Rob Ford— to fight a condo development
A proposal from First Capital Realty to build a 65,000-square-foot mixed-used development on the site of the Humbertown strip mall...
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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...
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The threat of a big-box development is still alive in Kensington Market—but so is Casa Acoreana
The developer hoping to build a big-box development on the western edge of Kensington Market isn’t giving up. After both the...
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Olivia Chow is writing a memoir, fueling speculation about a mayoral run
Olivia Chow, who has been toying with reporters about a possible mayoral run for months, is penning a memoir that’s supposed to...
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Hero Burger is going to run the new snack bar at Nathan Phillips Square
After a surprisingly contentious three-hour debate, city council has decided to give Hero Certified Burgers the contract for the...
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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“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
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business