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Can Rob Ford tell the difference between wasteful and regular-government-has-to-run-a-city spending?
The budget committee continued the city’s march toward reducing spending last week, approving a motion that will eliminate...
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Following a poorly planned attempt at buyouts, city decides to just lay off workers instead
City manager Joe Pennachetti confirmed the city will be laying workers off. The layoffs, of course, are part of mayor Rob Ford ’...
City News
Mike Del Grande loves cavities (and possibly conspiracy theories)
Mike Del Grande presented a motion—he called it a “grenade”—in favour of eliminating fluoride from the city’s drinking...
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The Toronto Sun joins Rob Ford in creating a new slow-roasted redefinition of the word gravy
There was a time when the word “gravy” referred to swollen expense budgets and perks handed out to politicians that were...
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City document outlines stringent demands to unions, work stoppage pretty much inevitable
The Globe and Mail is reporting that the city’s list of demands to unionized workers “amounts to a fundamental overhaul of the...
City News
Daycare: another reason that Rob Ford’s adversarial relationship with the premier is bad news
More bad news for anyone relying on daycare, courtesy of the Toronto Star: provincial cash might be the only thing that could...
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Goodfella Rocco Rossi poster receives a human rights complaint at city hall
The ghosts of Rocco Rossi’ s ill-fated, poorly run, bewildering run for the mayor’s office continue to haunt city hall. The...
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Rob Ford still struggles with math, honesty
Since being swept into office on a wave of David Miller bashing, Rob Ford hasn’t stopped hammering on his predecessor’s...
City News
David Miller talks Transit City (again); we listen longingly
The tale of David Miller ’ s life after Toronto politics remind us in a weird way of a relationship where someone breaks up with...
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John Filion wants to curb Rob Ford’s mayoral powers fearing he’s going to do something impulsive
A municipal politics lesson courtesy of the Toronto Star: the employee and labour relations committee, made up mainly of Rob...
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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...
City News
Does the city really need to start a letter-writing campaign in support of a second Toronto hockey team?
Last week, Josh Colle presented a motion to Toronto council urging the city to pursue bringing a second National Hockey League...
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Ford is breaking all the rules—but is it political swagger or a worrisome pattern?
Like any newly elected politician, Rob Ford is trying to make the most of his honeymoon period. In the early months of the...
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Real Estate News
City unveils new pedestrian scramble intersection
Score one for the latte sippers: the city sent out a press release this morning announcing that a new four-way pedestrian scramble...
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The Sun fluffs Ford’s numbers
There’s been quite a bit made of the fact that, with his easy victory in a high-turnout election, Rob Ford has received more...
City News
End-game: in last hours of election, things get even uglier
Like February 29th for the perpetually cynical, election day is that one moment every four years when municipal politics junkies...
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Editor’s Letter, October 2010: Rob Ford’s powers of persuasion
In 2008, I bought a house in a neighbourhood not far from downtown. The land transfer tax cost me thousands of dollars, and I...
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38 Tories endorse Smitherman—but not John Tory, who says, “I’m not endorsing for mayor”
We’ve said before that former premier Mike Harris is politically toxic in this city, but we’ll eat our words if this latest...
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City hall now with fewer erection jokes: Howard Moscoe is retiring
Long-time city councillor Howard Moscoe is best known for his mouth: whether slagging Mel Lastman (something Moscoe started doing...
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Sum 41 members tell Ajax residents to vote, voter turnout looks even less promising
We suspect the whole categorical imperative logic is lost on the makers of a new video imploring Ajax residents to vote in the...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative