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Rob Ford’s former press secretary explains the real reason he won’t attend Pride
After getting into a bit of a verbal spat with the mayor last week, Rob Ford’ s former press secretary, Adrienne Batra , is...
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City hall intrigue: centrist councillors to talk agenda (and, hopefully, eat) at a downtown restaurant
The increasingly powerful “mighty middle” has stepped up the civic intrigue at city hall, according to the Toronto...
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VIDEO: Rob Ford goes to KFC. That is all.
We actually feel sorry for Rob Ford on this one. After a mirth-filled citizen caught the dieting mayor heading into a west-end...
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Reaction Roundup: the fallout over Rob Ford’s decision not to march in the Pride Parade—again
It feels like déjà vu: despite getting tons of flak for not attending any Pride Toronto events last year, Rob Ford has once...
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Rob Ford reminisces about the time when he was totally awesome
In the face of a flurry of questioning about his leadership, Rob Ford reminded his executive committee of the good ol’ days at...
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Giorgio Mammoliti wants to cut down on, well, cuts
Giorgio Mammoliti may be one of Rob Ford ’s most avid supporters (some even say he’s Ford’s fall guy), but it looks like...
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Las Vegas heavyweight MGM sends agents into Toronto’s casino debate
Reports of Toronto’s ongoing should-we-or-shouldn’t-we casino debate have made their way to Nevada. Gaming giant MGM Resorts...
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Where is Rob Ford? (Even his former press secretary wants to know)
The Ford brothers and former mayoral press secretary Adrienne Batra had a bit of a verbal spat over the weekend—ostensibly over...
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How Rob Ford could nail down his council allies: establish a party system
Rob Ford is finding it hard to drum up many allies on council these days, but former Stephen Harper speechwriter Michael Taube has...
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Reaction Roundup: councillors on the surprisingly dramatic vote on cleaning contracts
The formerly “mushy middle” and the left-leaners on city council teamed up against another of Rob Ford’ s campaign promises...
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Rob Ford’s campaign audit: everything you need to know
Now, that Rob Ford is finally ready for his campaign expense audit, there are many questions to answer. Who’s overseeing the...
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VIDEO: Toronto Life contributor Marci McDonald talks about Rob Ford’s shadowy “co-mayor”
For our May cover story, “The Incredible Shrinking Mayor,” contributor Marci McDonald profiled the ever-controversial Rob...
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Downtown relief line could make everything better for everyone (except Rob Ford)
One of the byproducts of the recent transit debates at city hall (aside from the planned light rail lines) is a discussion of a...
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After stalling for 11 months, Rob Ford is finally ready for his election audit
After stalling and stalling and stalling some more, Rob Ford has a radical new tactic for dealing with his campaign audit: just do...
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Kids could get out of paying Rob Ford’s field fees—this year, at least
Councillor Janet Davis and like-minded colleagues are poised to block yet another of Rob Ford’ s belt-tightening measures by...
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QUOTED: Doug Holyday on what Toronto can expect from Rob Ford for the next two years
—Deputy mayor Doug Holyday’ s preview of Rob Ford’ s agenda for the next two and a half years can be summarized thusly: who...
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Strike watch is officially over: part-time recreation workers take Rob Ford’s deal
Just as mayor and labour oracle Rob Ford predicted, the 8,600 part-time city workers who run Toronto’s recreation programs have...
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A “tanned and relaxed” Mark Ferguson may run for city council in 2014
The hypothetical slate of candidates recruited by Rob Ford better watch out, because CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson may...
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Even gridlock-plagued Los Angeles is kicking Toronto’s butt in transit development
If Rob Ford is right about light rail transit, then Los Angeles must be teetering on the brink of certain doom. Since 2008, the...
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Rob Ford learns that charming female colleagues takes more than roses
With conservative councillor Jaye Robinson planning to quit the mayor’s executive committee at the end of this year, the Globe...
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Tim Hudak pretends that silly Sheppard council meeting never happened
Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak took some time this week to catch up on his correspondence, sending out 100,000...
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Does Rob Ford have some secret ability to charm unions?
Rob Ford’s administration has avoided any drawn-out work stoppages, which is kind of a shocker for a mayor obsessed with...
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The trick to getting your way at city hall: always bring strippers
What a week of debauchery at city hall. First, Giorgio Mammoliti revived his idea for a red-light district on Toronto Island, and...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford explains how a new study on the Port Lands proves how smart he is
– Doug Ford, on how the results of a new study on kick-starting the Port Lands development are pretty much exactly what he and...
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General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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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
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!”
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