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“Rich people like Ford and Lecce don’t understand what we’re going through”: Scenes from Toronto’s education workers strike
We asked protesters why they hit the picket line on Friday
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“My son has never had a normal year of school”: For parents, the stress of a potential education strike is a kick in a tender spot
After years of pandemic disruptions, can our kids really afford to miss another day, week or month of class?
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“It’s frustrating to do such important work and barely be able to make rent”: Education workers like me are being stretched thin
I love being an EA, but I can’t make a difference when I’m running from class to class like a chicken with its head cut off
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“I’m probably going to be playing video games”: how York University students are making the best of the strike
For the fourth time since 1997, York University is on strike. With all classes cancelled and 3,700 contract faculty and teaching...
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Pickup Artists: outsourcing half the garbage collection was brilliant—privatizing the rest would be disastrous
The map of Toronto’s curbside waste collection operations, which is split into four districts, two east and two west, looks like...
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The definitive guide to the supporters and opponents of a Toronto casino
After more than a year of debate, Toronto’s still-hypothetical casino will soon face a crucial test. A long-awaited city staff...
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Giorgio Mammoliti and Mark Ferguson trade insults—over a community environment day
Giorgio Mammoliti has canceled his ward’s environment day tomorrow, and he says it’s CUPE Local 416’ s fault. The councillor...
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Strike watch is officially over: part-time recreation workers take Rob Ford’s deal
Just as mayor and labour oracle Rob Ford predicted, the 8,600 part-time city workers who run Toronto’s recreation programs have...
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A “tanned and relaxed” Mark Ferguson may run for city council in 2014
The hypothetical slate of candidates recruited by Rob Ford better watch out, because CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson may...
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Does Rob Ford have some secret ability to charm unions?
Rob Ford’s administration has avoided any drawn-out work stoppages, which is kind of a shocker for a mayor obsessed with...
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Dig out that library card because the strike could be over by tonight
Although we won’t have any details until it’s ratified, striking library workers have reached a tentative deal with the city...
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Some of Toronto’s inside workers accepted the city’s offer, making Doug Holyday sort of right
Doug Holyday was half-right (or half-wrong, we guess)—the deputy mayor had predicted that Toronto’s inside workers would...
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Inside workers will hold a deal-or-no-deal vote on Wednesday (without Howie Mandel, sadly)
Doug Holyday, the mayor’s point man in the negotiations with CUPE Local 79, is proclaiming victory, telling reporters that the...
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How a strike by Toronto’s inside workers would make your life suck
Going on strike seems to be the thing to do these days, and we’re wondering if the city’s inside workers will be next to get...
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Inside workers union says it won’t strike—but if it does, it’s the city’s fault
Showing some PR smarts, CUPE Local 79 is proclaiming that its 23,000 members won’t strike this weekend —unless the city makes...
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Fittingly, the first strike of Rob Ford’s administration affects libraries
Citing threats to job security (and perhaps still stinging from that whole Tim Hortons thing), 2,300 library workers have walked...
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CUPE plays down Mark Ferguson’s “I quit” declaration
Rumours of Mark Ferguson ’ s resignation have been greatly exaggerated. Sure, the CUPE Local 416 president did, reportedly, say...
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Did Mark Ferguson quit his post at CUPE last night? No one’s sure
If recent reports are accurate, those “motherfuckers” have really worn down CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson. Things...
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QUOTED: CUPE boss Mark Ferguson showing some of that old-time union fire in the belly
—CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson in a private email exchange with a paramedic who’d criticized his tactics in recent...
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In a dull and anti-climactic finish to labour negotiations, CUPE ratifies a new collective agreement
CUPE Local 416 has approved a new collective agreement with the Rob Ford administration, and the resolution is surprisingly...
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City issues preemptive explanation for a lockout: CUPE made us do it
Despite the February 5 deadline for an agreement in the labour negotiations between the city and CUPE Local 416, Doug Holyday...
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Doug Holyday attacks CUPE’s letter to hockey groups, calling it “fear mongering”
CUPE Local 416 recently became pen pals with local hockey organizations, writing a letter warning of threats to their ice time in...
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Apparently, mere conversations are now evidence of progress in the city labour dispute
Negotiations between city hall and CUPE Local 416 are continuing this week, as the city creeps slowly toward an ever more likely...
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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?
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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
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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“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