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Non-existent poll gives Rob Ford fictional lead over Smitherman
Last week, city hall was positively atwitter about a yet-to-be-released poll that would declare not George Smitherman but Rob Ford...
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The best of Rebel Mayor: the funniest quips from city hall’s mystery tweeter, who was unmasked (sort of) this week
The Rebel Mayor situation, the municipal election's only fun gossip story so far, may have ended before it was spoken of outside...
City News
Giorgio Mammoliti may bill city for legal fees totalling $92,276
City hall pays for a large number of very skilled professionals to keep it from doing stupid things: planners to keep it from...
City News
Smitherman wants to de-ugly waterfront rink complex
Oh so slowly, the mayoral campaign of George Smitherman is growing out of its timid, quiet childhood into a prickly...
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Is Rob Ford Toronto’s Sarah Palin? A five-point comparison
Rob Ford is in trouble again for blabbing sensitive information to the public. This time, his critics on city council are accusing...
Style
Toronto retail staff breathe easy, not working on Christmas
In a city already filled with workaholics, retail workers just got a little reprieve: they (probably) won't have to work on...
City News
Yorkville renovation is aptly overpriced
One of downtown Toronto's biggest revitalization projects is behind schedule and over budget. The Bloor Street Transformation...
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Howard Moscoe: a retrospective of antics
Last week, we saw some strange antics from city councillor Howard Moscoe . First, he invited drivers to support transit with those...
City News
What city politics need: more God
If the mayoral race has proven anything so far, it’s that when the candidates stop talking about the TTC or bike lanes, things...
Food & Drink
City may allow soccer fans to drink at 10 a.m. during World Cup
City hall is considering letting bars serve alcohol an hour earlier this June, all thanks to time zones and soccer. World Cup...
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A brief history of the most explosive f-bombs in Canadian politics
This week’s f-bomb, dropped by Senator Nancy Ruth, might have raised a few eyebrows, but public representatives using the f-word...
City News
Howard Moscoe literally draws swords in Transit City throwdown with McGuinty
Apparently, it’s been a while since 70-year-old city councillor Howard Moscoe has had to remember the childhood adage “two...
City News
Queen’s Park whines to David Miller: stop being a jerk
Somebody call the wahmbulance . The government of Ontario, having felt the bitter lash of Toronto’s mayoral disappointment, has...
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Here be monsters: five reasons the alien invasion won’t affect Toronto too much
Stephen Hawking was all doom and gloom this week when he spoke to the Times of London about extra-terrestrial life, suggesting the...
City News
The Lost Station
After stalling for years amid corruption charges, lawsuits and bureaucratic bungling, the overhaul of Union Station is finally...
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Five reasons why Nuit Blanche may not suck this year
Click here for our guide to the 10 must-see exhibits at this year's Nuit Blanche >> Although our reaction to last year’s Nuit...
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City councillors hire consultant-scapegoat to give them permission for a raise
The Toronto city council has decided that it’s time to boost its salaries. Councillors haven’t had a raise in four years, and...
City News
TTC eyes electronic fare cards but wants the province to pay for it
The latest chapter in the constant battle between Toronto and Queen's Park is playing out on everyone’s favourite battlefield:...
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55 people plan to vote for Rob Ford: poll
A new Toronto Star –Angus Reid poll that puts Rob Ford just behind George Smitherman in the mayoral race has instigated rampant...
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Smitherman’s new campaign boss wants to “unleash George”
Last Friday, after months of low-profile campaigning, George Smitherman' s manager, Jeff Bangs, left Smitherman's office for the...
Real Estate News
Tobermory gets a gift, Toronto gets a loan
Pardon us while we look a borrowed horse in the mouth. Days after announcing almost $140 million in spending on roads, bridges and...
City News
Minnan-Wong declares that he’s running away from Toronto mayoral contest
We doubt there were many waiting for this announcement, but here it is anyway. The National Post is reporting that Denzil...
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Toronto’s water main nightmare: how we got into this mess and what it will cost to get us out
This winter in Toronto, as many as 70 water mains ruptured every week, causing blackouts, flooding basements to the rafters and...
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The Ryerson revolution: how the once dumpy polytechnic is redrawing downtown
Sheldon Levy, Ryerson’s fiercely ambitious president, persuaded students, politicians and Bay Street to bankroll his big...
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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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Deep Dives
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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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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