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When Liberals attack—or “clarify”—they still somehow mess it up
Between the Conservative ads out earlier this week , the “leaked” NDP memo about how awesomely ready they are , and the news...
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Michael Ignatieff drowned out as media clamours to mark Harper’s five years in power
The country is coming up to a significant milestone: in under a week ( next Monday, to be precise ), Stephen Harper will have been...
Real Estate News
Conservatives bring in new mortgage restrictions, suggest some Canadians can’t manage their money
Ottawa was abuzz with speculation this morning, when the feds announced an early press conference with Jim Flaherty . Was it to be...
City News
Conservatives release video attack ads that are more like skipping records
Inevitably, when a band has had a few good years of success, it’s tempting to re-package some of its greatest hits, throw in a...
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Who’s afraid of the big, bad provinces? Stephen Harper, that’s who
Timidity isn’t something Stephen Harper and his government stand accused of very often. But some of the news this week did bring...
City News
Sarah Thomson lands on her feet, may be gearing up to run for Parkdale seat as a McGuinty Liberal
Hey, remember Sarah Thomson ? The come-from-nowhere candidate for mayor who made us all fall in love with subways , but failed to...
City News
GTA slowly becoming election battleground: Julian Fantino makes it to cabinet, Peter Kent gets a promotion
With the news breaking last night that there was going to be a cabinet shuffle this afternoon, all eyes turned to Ottawa, where...
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Province and TTC might save face, Eglinton LRT
Stories of the death of Transit City have been greatly exaggerated, according to today’s papers. The Star tells us that it looks...
City News
Conservatives’ love-hate relationship with immigrants continues with cuts to settlement funding
Over the past several years (and elections), the Conservative Party has been trying hard to wrest the votes of new Canadians from...
City News
Harper finally finds a use for the Senate: appoint the candidates he wants for the next election
Stephen Harper’s love affair with the unelected Senate—you know, the one he ran against in previous elections—gets more...
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Shocker of the week: council votes to demand apology for Maclean’s “Too Asian” article
The one genuine surprise from last night’s marathon session was the results of the motion, put forward by Mike Layton , to...
City News
Ignatieff hints at spring election, going after Rob Ford voters. Wait, what?
Canada last had an election in the fall of 2008, after which coalition hilarity ensued. Of course, about the only person to come...
City News
Stephen Harper gives his annual display of warm-bloodedness, sings rock music
Last October, Stephen Harper caused a bit of a fuss by demonstrating that he had artistic skills and a beating heart—he sang...
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Psych! Toronto and other big cities lose again
Earlier this year, the federal government announced Bill C-12, a proposal to add new seats to the House of Commons in the areas...
City News
Media treating Julian Fantino’s election as if the fate of the world were at stake
Apparently, all it takes to be the talk of the nation is for a GTA by-election to go your way. Vaughan, best known to Torontonians...
City News
Toronto’s former top cop takes forever to win Vaughan by-election
The Liberals managed to make the Vaughan by-election a tight race—so tight that it wasn’t called until after...
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Don Cherry shocker! Elderly white man endorses Conservative Party candidate
There are relatively few opportunities for a TV sports commentator to weigh in on national politics, but Don Cherry certainly has...
City News
A valuable lesson: if the G20 is coming to town, make sure you live in Muskoka
If this keeps up, we're going to continue to take it personally. An analysis of the spending in Muskoka in the run-up to the G8...
City News
Reaction Roundup: what the world is saying about the Senate killing the Climate Change Accountability Act
One traditional definition of “chutzpah” is for a person to kill their parents and then beg for mercy as an orphan. Stephen...
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Unelected senate not looking so bad to Tories, now that it’s killing pro-environment bills
Some days, the Canadian Senate is a place where unelected, largely unaccountable public servants try to get through their days...
Food & Drink
Not even Starbucks could have saved George Smitherman’s campaign
According to the Globe, which actually studied this , the availability of Starbucks in any given riding offers no indication of...
City News
Tough-on-crime Tories face tough-on-crime opposition to tough-on-crime candidate
When Stephen Harper picked former OPP commissioner Julian Fantino to run in the upcoming by-election in Vaughan, he must have...
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Harper’s Conservatives plan national budget tour to listen to Canadians—but will Toronto get a date?
Most national tours make some room in their calendars for Toronto, whether it’s Justin Bieber or Conan O’Brien . In fact, we...
City News
“Unity” dinner for mayoral candidates will help relieve campaign debts—especially Rob Ford’s
After long election campaigns, there’s almost always the ugly aftermath of debt—specifically, the debts that campaigns rack up...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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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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