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Rob Ford’s vague plans keep him from the raising of the rainbow flag. Again.
Though his likeness made an appearance, Rob Ford himself was “unavailable” for the raising of the Pride flag at city hall...
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Karen Stintz offered the TTC chair job to Rob Ford—twice
At an event for the Women’s Executive Network yesterday, Karen Stintz admitted to offering to quit her job as TTC...
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The Toronto Star’s Royson James wants councillors to just show up and vote already
It’s been a bad week for councillor attendance: meetings for both the parks and environment committee and the economic...
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There’s a stripper poll on the City of Toronto website
City staff have posted an online “Adult Entertainment Parlour Regulation Survey” (yes, actually) that asks the public to weigh...
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Olivia Chow joins the list of fantasy picks to take down Rob Ford in 2014
Olivia Chow is the latest addition to the growing “please run for mayor in 2014” wish list. Joe Cressy, a family friend and...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford’s daughter Krista on whether she’ll be the third Ford at city hall
— Krista Ford, a personal trainer and former Lingerie Football League player, on whether she’d ever join her dad, Doug...
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A city panel will answer a question that has eluded art critics for a century
Toronto’s so-called “war on graffiti” has taken a turn for the philosophical, with more talk of what constitutes art and...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 4, because principle finally trumped ideology at City Hall
Remember way back in 2008 when Karen Stintz took public speaking lessons in order to, in her words, not sound so “shrill”? It...
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Spotted: Toronto City Hall makes an appearance in Max Payne 3
A sharp-eyed Redditer spotted a model of a very familiar-looking building in Max Payne 3, the third title in the game franchise...
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Reaction Roundup: the plastic bag ban and why it’s bad for Rob Ford
The abrupt decision to ban plastic bags in Toronto was a surprise to everyone ( even David Shiner, who introduced the motion at...
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Rob Ford casts the sole vote to reject free (!) federal money for gang prevention
Rob Ford can’t seem to shake his roots as a contrarian councillor. At last week’s council meeting, he was the sole person to...
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Toronto will get a six-month plastic bags free-for-all, and then no bags at all
A strange series of events at city hall yesterday saw council vote with Rob Ford to nix the five-cent plastic bag fee—and then...
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Rob Ford finally reveals a plan (or five) for Toronto
Rob Ford has ended the months-long “what is the mayor’s agenda?” guessing game (FYI, Transit City bingo was way more fun) by...
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Which city councillors are most like which Game of Thrones characters?
Yesterday, the Toronto Standard posted a roundup comparing Rob Ford, Karen Stintz, Giorgio Mammoliti and other city hall figures...
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Rob Ford and Karen Stintz finally find something to agree on: free plastic bags
After a very public rift over transit, Rob Ford and Karen Stintz are back on the same side, and it’s all because of the plastic...
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Rob Ford returns to his old nemesis: the land transfer tax
Sounding like he was re-using his 2010 election campaign notes, Rob Ford told the Toronto Real Estate Board on Friday that he’d...
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Rob Ford needs more time for contemplation, according to Psychology Today
A lot of people had a lot to say about Rob Ford’s apathetic attitude toward his weight-loss challenge, but none offered much...
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Gus Cusimano still wants Ward 9, nearly two years after the election
Though the 2010 civic election feels like a distant memory, Gus Cusimano is still fighting Maria Augimeri for the York Centre...
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Shelley Carroll and Giorgio Mammoliti fight over who at city hall should just suck it up
Nothing (except maybe this ) is more off-putting than remarks about sucking from city councillors. After Shelley Carroll made...
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Street hockey could soon be legal (if your neighbours are cool with it)
Toronto may soon allow street hockey in some areas, as long as residents have the stamina for what sounds like a painstaking...
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QUOTED: Rob Ford opponent Shelley Carroll says she wants to see more of the mayor
—Councillor Shelley Carroll, targeting Rob Ford for spending too much time gadding about instead of staying at his desk and...
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Pride déjà vu: the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid debate imperils funding (again)
Like another Pride controversy of yesteryear, the question of whether Queers Against Israeli Apartheid should be allowed to march...
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Could his support for a GTA casino hurt Rob Ford in the 2014 election?
Most of the casino coverage has focused on the economic and social aspects of the debate, but today Spacing’ s John Lorinc turns...
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The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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
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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!”
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