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Rob Ford–versus–22 Minutes fracas is now officially a tempest in a gravy boat
With all the conflicting and disputed accounts swirling around regarding what actually happened on that fateful Monday morning...
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Rob Ford releases a statement: he admits to dropping an F-bomb, but claims things are not be as bad as they once seemed
The story of Rob Ford’ s encounter with the CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes took a potty-mouthed turn this morning with news...
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Rob Ford attempts to tell truth, fumbles, and ultimately appears less sympathetic after 22 Minutes ambush
Okay, the tale of Rob Ford and This Hour Has 22 Minutes has become decidedly unfunny. The news this week that Ford called 911...
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Philip Preville: Why the city should start killing raccoons (kindly, of course)
Raccoons are everywhere, and at all times of the day. They’re a menace to private property and public health. It’s time we...
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Honouring a bet, Rob Ford rocked a Hamilton Tiger-Cats jersey at city council yesterday
When we arrived at council yesterday to see Mayor Rob Ford wearing a football jersey, our first thought was that he’d rushed to...
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Both sides declare victory on police budget (even though Bill Blair received pretty much everything he wanted)
Rob Ford’ s allies folded like a cheap shirt in the ongoing dispute regarding the police budget. Recall that Chief Bill Blair...
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Donors are closing their wallets with news that the Toronto Zoo is for sale (and investors aren’t opening theirs)
Apparently, donors aren’t keen to throw money into a black hole (surprise, surprise). The latest buzz around the city’s...
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Gravy now appears to include luxe items like heating
A bit of news from earlier this week seems almost too ridiculous to believe—and provides ample material for some pretty awful...
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The Globe continues to scrutinize Rob Ford’s campaign finances; Rob Ford continues to come off poorly
The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday that two family-owned businesses—Deco Labels and Tags and Doug Ford Holdings Inc.—cut...
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Reaction roundup: local media have a difficult time saying anything interesting about Occupy Toronto
The Occupy Everywhere movement spread to Canada on Saturday, with protesters setting up camp in St. James Park in Toronto, among...
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Doug Ford comes out pro-Pepsi and anti–healthy drinks in another acrimonious city hall battle pitting left versus right
Depending on whom you ask, Doug Ford is upset because either the city is force-feeding kids healthy drinks or it’s not...
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City hall councillor wants to bring back free food so that he can sit still
James Pasternak has an idea for making things a little more civil during city council meetings: bring back the snacks. Council...
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The chief vs. the mayor: Bill Blair gets a two-year option for budget cuts (but he isn’t happy about it)
Bill Blair is either incredibly gutsy or a little bit crazy. At a special police board meeting yesterday, the chief maintained his...
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Rob Ford’s ideological commitments to pinching pennies and supporting police meet head-on
Toronto media was buzzing this weekend after Michael Thompson, one of Rob Ford ’ s closest allies on council, suggested Bill...
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Has conservative councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby become a Ford Nation exile?
The “it’s complicated”–style relationship between conservative councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby and Mayor Rob Ford appears...
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Denzil Minnan-Wong now serving as bean counter–in–chief and lead gravy hunter for the Rob Ford administration
Thanks to a freedom of information query put forward by Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, who requested “the 25 highest mileage...
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Rob Ford declares victory on budget cuts—but his support base looks wobbly
While provincial leaders wowed us last night with dazzling hand gestures and their ability to stick to talking points, Toronto...
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Apparently, the mayor makes a lot of proclamations—but we still want to know more about “Foot Health Month”
City hall blogger—and Informer contributor— Matt Elliott has spotted something that we missed: Rob Ford never signed an...
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Doug Holyday on de-amalgamation and the prospect of no longer being just a deputy
“Well, if they give me my job back.” That was Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday (apparently no fan of his deputy status) when asked...
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Editor’s Letter, October 2011: The Summer of Our Discontent
Most of the people I know who voted for Rob Ford did so reluctantly. “He isn’t perfect,” they told me last year in the weeks...
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City council meeting is a day of reckoning for some, a manicure for others
Depending who you ask, yesterday was either a “day of reckoning” for the city of Toronto, or a day to debate “barely a...
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Is Rob Ford finally learning to play nice and compromise with the rest of council?
No doubt, the mayor is having a tough month. Today, city council begins debating the core services review that has had citizens up...
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Did the Waterfront Toronto controversy diminish Rob Ford and his brother Doug’s indefatigable political allegiance?
While the conventional wisdom around city hall is that Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug are unfailing political allies, an...
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Doug Ford will not bow to political pressure or children brandishing snacks
Remember when Rob Ford threatened to unleash “Ford Nation” on Premier Dalton McGuinty only to clam up about the provincial...
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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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