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How councillors from the centre and the left teamed up to take down Rob Ford’s budget
In a fittingly dramatic end to the city’s long-running budget drama, Josh Colle emerged from relative hiding in order to block...
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Ragtag band of councillors mounts opposition to the big, bad budget cuts of 2012
As the 2012 budget trudges its way through council, we’re hearing more and more reports of councillors conspiring to save...
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Could Rob Ford end up presiding over a “socialist” budget?
By now, even casual observers of city hall will have noticed that the 2012 budget is not gliding through council the way Rob Ford...
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Gord Perks on why he thinks Rob Ford and co. have a “radical conservative agenda”
So said city councillor Gord Perks earlier this week, joining the group of left-leaning councillors who have ramped up their...
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Is Rob Ford a “radical conservative”? The truth: probably not
This week, left-leaning city councillors have been throwing the term “radical conservative agenda” around like a football at a...
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Giorgio Mammoliti smells another commie in the city’s midst
Giorgio Mammoliti is defending himself against calls for an audit of his campaign finances by painting his accuser as a radical...
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TTC boss Karen Stintz masquerades as one of her own employees for reality TV
Rocking a wig and a killer nose ring as a disguise, Karen Stintz recently posed as an everyday transit worker, pulling shifts...
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Toronto’s budget surplus (no, not shortfall) grows by another $8.8 million
The city’s projected budget surplus has grown to $154 million—a nice chunk of change for a metropolis that’s allegedly...
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Doug Ford’s parking pass stunt could save taxpayers dozens of dollars
The chairman of the Toronto Parking Authority says the organization will review its policy of giving councillors free parking...
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City councillors are (once again) considering licensing cyclists—that terrible idea that refuses to die
The city is looking to crack down on reckless cyclists—specifically those who ride on the sidewalk—and apparently they’re...
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In an act as dramatic as it is inconsequential, Doug Ford cuts up his parking pass
Doug Ford cut up the free parking pass he receives as a member of city council—then mailed it back to the Toronto Parking...
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Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
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Rob Ford’s left-wing opponents are taking him to the cleaners in the office football pool
We suspect this news cut right to the core of Rob Ford’ s heart (in a way that nutrition programs for needy children never...
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Rob Granatstein: why the city should sell off its assets—slowly but surely
To close the budget gap, Rob Ford wants to sell city assets. Good idea, bad timing. Even a novice real estate investor knows to...
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Mike Del Grande says libraries will suffer a 10 per cent budget cut whether they like it or not
Though the Toronto library board may have rebuffed the mayor’s demand for a 10 per cent spending cut, budget chief Mike Del...
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Rob Ford could lose another crucial council battle over, um, plastic bags
Apparently bored with actual news, the Toronto Sun conducted a poll of city councillors to see if Rob Ford has the votes necessary...
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School board joins the fight against Rob Ford’s so-called “war on children”
A new front has opened in the resistance against Rob Ford’ s new budget—the TDSB is planning to publicize the impact of the...
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Mississauga to create a Waterfront Toronto–like body (but without meddlesome Doug Ford and his Ferris wheel)
While Toronto is still busy making Ferris wheel jokes, the city’s neighbour to the west is looking to create a single agency...
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We’re guessing closing a shelter (or three) for abused and homeless women (probably) won’t help Rob Ford pass his budget
For Mayor Rob Ford , a necessary part of passing the 2012 budget will be maintaining at least some level of public support and, by...
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Food & Drink
Truck-off: why Calgary’s food truck program works and Toronto’s doesn’t
Somehow, inventive, high-quality food served out of a truck has become one of the hottest food trends across North America over...
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Rob Ford’s city budget includes a 2.5 per cent tax increase—but that’s really not a big surprise
Yesterday, the city began the lengthy and rather unpleasant process of pushing next year’s budget through the budget committee...
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Port Lands development may be on the fast track (but no word if that track is a monorail)
One product of Doug Ford ’s failed attempt to turn the Port Lands into a waterfront amusement park is a commitment to expediting...
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QUOTED: Mary-Margaret McMahon on the relative noisiness and smelliness of backyard chickens
—Rookie city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon in a Globe and Mail article, in which Joe Mihevc also points out that hens can go...
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Next year could see the return of chickens to Toronto’s backyards after a 29-year hiatus
An end to Toronto’s backyard chicken prohibition could be in sight, depending on the contents of a city staff report expected...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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