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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
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“I wonder if I’m asking for enough”: Toronto Police Association president Clayton Campbell on the service’s $46-million budget hike
Police Association boss is one of the most contentious jobs in the city, and new president Campbell is ready for a fight. Step one: arguing for more money
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
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
City News
“Testifying that I’d been sexually assaulted took all my strength. When the case was thrown out due to courtroom delays, it broke me”
Emily Ager is one of several complainants in criminal trials whose cases have been dismissed because of staffing shortages and delays at Toronto’s new $956-million courthouse
City News
This doctor was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking. Now he’s an international fugitive
When George Otto disappeared while out on bail, his wife reported him missing. It turned out he'd fled to his home country of Uganda
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Do I have to tell my friend I’m stealing his cable?
"It doesn’t cost him extra and I’d probably never get caught"
Life
My life in street gangs
Gang life gave me a sense of power and belonging that I couldn’t find anywhere else. Then a knife fight turned fatal
City News
The Double Life of Ben Levin: His depraved online world, and the sting that brought him down
Benjamin Levin dazzled everyone around him. He was the second of four brothers, born in 1952 to a warm, loving, staunch NDP family...
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Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead
Read this article in Mandarin Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan were classic examples of the Canadian immigrant success story. Hann was...
City News
The Cult of Jian: His life as an outcast, who’s standing by him, and why he’s sure he’ll walk
Jian Ghomeshi and I first met in February of 1999. I was in my early 20s, and I’d just been hired as an arts reporter at the...
City News
“Getting cussed out comes with the job”: Ten parking enforcement officers share their on-the-job horror stories
John Tory's “zero tolerance” policy on illegal parking during rush hour has a lot of Torontonians seeing...
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The Break-In Artist: The hunt for the cat burglar who terrorized Toronto’s wealthiest neighbourhoods
The Fort Knox of Thornhill is a stucco mansion with a mansard roof, front-yard fountain and U-shaped driveway on the area’s most...
City News
#TorontoIsFailingMe: My brother was killed outside a bar, and everyone assumed he was in a gang
My father, Tsehaie Berhane, fled Asmara, Eritrea, in the ’80s during the war with Ethiopia. He was a professor, and the...
City News
Q&A: Mike McCormack, Toronto cops’ biggest defender
Mike McCormack is the head of the Toronto Police Association , the labour union that represents over 8,000 civilian and uniformed...
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The Toronto area’s homicide rate hits a new low (in a good way)
—The Toronto area's 2013 homicide rate, according to Statistics Canada . (That's per 100,000 residents. Canada's most murderous...
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A Toronto police officer gets a light fine for assaulting a drunk guy
—The court-ordered fine levied on Gary Gould , a Toronto police officer who pleaded guilty to assault after punching a drunk man...
City News
The Jihadists of Suburbia
Raed Jaser, a school bus driver with a long record of petty crime, and Chiheb Esseghaier, a doctoral student in...
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Memoir: growing a few pot plants in the basement seemed like a great idea—until I got busted
On the evening of July 25, 2007, I was trimming the drooping branches of the weeping mulberry tree in the garden of my house in a...
City News
One of Rob Ford’s campaign volunteers has been charged with assaulting a weird protester
The details aren't totally clear, but the Sun reports that William Byers , a 60-year-old Rob Ford campaign volunteer, has been...
City News
Rob Ford will be subpoenaed to testify in Sandro Lisi’s extortion case
For the third time since becoming mayor, Rob Ford may be forced to give testimony in court. He wouldn't be talking about anything...
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Almost a year after Sammy Yatim, Toronto Police get a report on how to deal with people in crisis
Almost a year to the day after the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim , a long-awaited report on police encounters with...
City News
Murder in Muskoka: How a mysterious crate in a cottage crawl space cracked Samantha Collins’s murder
met Ian Borbely at a mutual friend’s party in 2003. They came from different worlds. She was 25 and striking, with long black...
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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
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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