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UPDATED: George Smitherman’s husband found alive near Landsdowne and Dupont
Well, this is troubling: Christopher Peloso, the husband of former health minister and mayoral candidate George Smitherman , has...
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Philip Preville: Does Toronto really need a $1-billion police force?
Zulfiqar Khimani holds the distinction of being Toronto’s most prolific parking enforcement officer. In the last five years he...
City News
A lot of immigration lawyers think the government helped Conrad Black with his residence permit
In June, it seemed the rumours that Conrad Black had high-ranking government help with his application for Canadian residency had...
City News
The Cult of Pastor Song: a religious sex scandal in Toronto’s Korean community
The sex scandal consuming Toronto’s Korean community began when six international students said they were repeatedly gang-raped...
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The city is going after rogue garage sale vendors
Although gang activity has dominated the news of late, the city is cracking down on another type of criminal this...
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Giorgio Mammoliti thinks he should be Toronto’s anti-gang czar
Seeing as Giorgio Mammoliti’ s curfew suggestion hasn’t gained much traction, the offbeat councillor has offered up a...
City News
Rob Ford’s meeting with Dalton McGuinty is a triumph, according to Rob Ford
Rob Ford is claiming victory after Dalton McGuinty pledged $12.5 million to help prevent gun violence across the...
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Rob Ford wants to change federal immigration laws so he can kick thugs out of Toronto
A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection to the brazen Scarborough shooting—but that story has been largely overshadowed...
City News
The Scarborough shooting prompts Giorgio Mammoliti to suggest a curfew—for the third time
While Toronto reels after another public shooting, Giorgio Mammoliti is recycling his much-loved curfew idea. During the “Summer...
City News
Reaction Roundup: who’s to blame for the Scarborough shooting and what should be done
Already unnerved by two brazen public shootings this summer, the city is now grappling with the Scarborough shooting that ended...
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One Redditor combed Twitter to build a surprisingly vivid account of the Scarborough shooting
This morning, Police Chief Bill Blair briefed the media about last night’s gun fight in Scarborough that killed two and left 21...
City News
The “Lucky Moose Bill” has passed, shepherding in a golden era for vigilante grocers
David Chen, better known as Chinatown’s badass “vigilante grocer,” has a new reason to celebrate: an amendment to the...
City News
Jesse Brown: Shouldn’t we be more concerned about our privacy?
Every trip to the mall, every phone call, every email can be stored and potentially used against us in the future What’s your...
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Bill Blair sounds pretty skeptical about banning guns in Toronto
Bill Blair is the latest city personality to voice doubts about Adam Vaughan’ s suggestion to ban guns and bullets. On...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 10, because the city is safer than ever
There were 45 homicides in Toronto last year. It’s a grim group: a 28-year-old man was gunned down at a family barbecue; a...
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QUOTED: Adam Vaughan explains what raccoons have to do with his proposed bullet ban
—Councillor Adam Vaughan, on why a bylaw restricting the storage, sale and use of ammunition in Toronto makes perfect sense...
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QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti pushes for the death penalty after Eaton Centre shooting
—Giorgio Mammoliti, on why Canada should start handing out death penalties in response to two terrible, highly publicized and...
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Police make an arrest in the Eaton Centre shooting, while the city (and its media) reels
Almost two days after the Eaton Centre shooting that killed 24-year-old Ahmed Hassan and injured six others, Toronto police...
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G20 security geek Byron Sonne found not guilty on all charges
Nearly two years after Toronto police arrested Byron Sonne during a pre-G20 security sweep, the so-called “Anarchist of Forest...
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Harold the Jewellery Buyer was pistol-whipped by a repeat customer
Harold Gerstel, better known as Harold the Jewellery Buyer, has had a stressful few years, what with the cash-for-gold turf...
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Igor Kenk’s stolen bicycles will ride again (high schoolers are making sure of it)
Ever wonder what happened to the collection of stolen bicycles belonging (well, sort of) to bike-hoarder extraordinaire Igor Kenk?...
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Burglary rule number one: don’t target the home of AlarmForce’s president
Many a heist movie has taught us that, aside from a well-chosen team and a cool mask, a successful robbery requires research:...
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Man stabbed at RIM party after drunken guests charge the coat check
Things just never seem to work out for Research in Motion. Last night, the company was hosting a swanky party in a London...
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Byron Sonne may be the world’s worst wannabe terrorist, according to his defence lawyer
The crux of the defence’s closing remarks in the trial of computer nerd and provocateur Byron Sonne: if Sonne was planning to...
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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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