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Denzil Minnan-Wong
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“The nasty meter has gone way up”: Five departing councillors on what it’s really like inside city hall
We invited them to lunch and extracted surprising truths about the housing market, the billion-dollar budget shortfall and what headaches await the next class of councillors
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Which city councillor are you? A post-budget-season personality quiz
Which local politician is your soulmate?
City News
Ten things Denzil Minnan-Wong can’t live without
The outspoken city councillor—and Toronto’s backup mayor—shares the 10 things he can’t live without
City News
Try as we might, we can’t ignore Rob Ford—and neither should John Tory
Promises, promises. John Tory assured us he would make city hall boring again. He even held up boredom as an ideal, the grand...
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John Tory’s first actions as mayor aren’t divisive, they’re just smart
The Rob Ford era is over. Even if you didn’t catch a glimpse of John Tory’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, you can feel the...
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Waterfront Toronto asks for more money, is forced to talk about pink umbrellas instead
This is how Toronto's news cycle works sometimes: Waterfront Toronto makes the case for continued investment in the city's...
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Denzil Minnan-Wong has complicated feelings about Canada Day at Mandarin
Mandarin hasn't even held its latest Canadian-citizens-only Canada Day extravaganza yet, and city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong is...
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Reaction Roundup: the 18 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s L.A. trip and Jimmy Kimmel appearance
"I don’t think I’ve had this many questions since the series finale of Lost. ” — Jimmy Kimmel , host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!...
City News
Toronto united in disapproval of Union Station name change
Though Toronto residents don't agree on much these days, the city is united in the belief that Union Station definitely should not...
City News
Rob Ford demands city hall’s Pride flag be removed, then discovers he doesn’t have the authority to remove it
Things were quiet on the Rob Ford front for a little while after his crack confession, but now it seems as though the mayor is...
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Union Station could be renamed “John A. Macdonald Station”
When Torontonians think of the city’s main railway hub, they think Union Station —a landmark that has retained its name since...
City News
Reaction Round-up: 16 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s rant in Jamaican patois
Tuesday's video of Rob Ford , inebriated at Steak Queen and rambling incoherently in Jamaican patois, has caused renewed outrage...
City News
QUOTED: Olivia Chow on whether she’ll run for mayor
— Olivia Chow on Thursday, updating reporters on the status of her mayoral ambitions. Her eventual entry into the fray is...
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The 14 top reactions to the latest round of Rob Ford revelations
After new details emerged yesterday about pseudo-mayor Rob Ford' s alleged involvement in gang activity, blackmail and maybe even...
City News
Bixi Toronto isn’t shutting down after all because toilets
Bixi Toronto , the bike-share service whose demise once seemed virtually assured (largely due to the financial missteps of its...
City News
Mayor May Not: here are the odds of the seven top contenders in the next race for the Toronto mayor’s office
The staggering revelations of the past two weeks have completely altered the dynamics for the 2014 election. Although Rob Ford’...
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The 10 most unbelievable quotes from the past 36 hours of Rob Ford insanity, from Charlie Sheen to Kathleen Wynne
Somehow, in the past two days, the situation at city hall managed to get even more surreal. Council voted en masse to urge Rob...
City News
POLL: Who is your dream candidate for mayor?
Rob Ford says the 2014 mayoral election is going to be a “bloodbath” (which he, apparently, sees as a good thing ). The...
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The five weirdest metaphors Toronto city councillors used to describe the Scarborough subway
After four years, countless political squabbles and at least six competing proposals, Rob Ford’ s Scarborough subway dream is...
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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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Rob Ford’s friend count is dropping fast
Although Rob Ford is calling it the “best budget in Toronto’s history,” the 2013 budget process has certainly diminished the...
City News
Philip Preville: How the crumbling Gardiner became a symbol for all that ails Toronto
While city hall spent a decade debating what to do with the Gardiner—Demolish it? Bury it? Raise it?—the expressway fell into...
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Power Moves: six city councillors making early political plays following Rob Ford’s ouster from office
Since a judge took the unexpected, unprecedented step of kicking Rob Ford out of the mayor’s office on Monday, city hall...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford unleashes his best playground insults on reporters
—Councillor Doug Ford, bringing a schoolyard flavour yesterday to the ongoing war between the Fords and the media during the...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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Best Restaurants
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Deep Dives
Charm Offensive: The cottage country mortgage broker who lost $101 million of his clients’ money
Sandy Sussman spent decades wooing the upper echelons of Toronto society, becoming their go-to investment guy. He took their money and made a huge bet on cottage country. When the market tanked, he lost it all. Then he did everything in his power to cover it up
Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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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
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