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Toronto’s first core service review is out; on the menu: cuts, cuts and more cuts
When he was running for office in 2010, Mayor Rob Ford repeatedly assured voters that he could deliver his budget promises to the...
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Denzil Minnan-Wong, darling of the taxi industry, wants to force all cab companies to use the same car
Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong may be one of Rob Ford ’s staunchest allies on council, but let it never be said that he isn’t...
City News
Public works committee votes to scrap Jarvis Street bike lanes
Jarvis bike lanes, we hardly knew ye. Yesterday, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted in favour of removing eight...
City News
Rob Ford says no to (free!) nurses, once again turning down (free!) provincial dollars for health
A pattern appears to be forming when it comes to Rob Ford and public health resources: first, the province offers the city...
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Taxi fight at city hall now featuring irate constituents chasing councillors on foot
The debate over how to fix Toronto’s controversial two-tier system for taxi licensing got a little weirder yesterday. The day...
City News
Toronto leads the country in bike-on-car collisions—wait, really?
The city recently released a report about last year’s data on cyclist collisions with cars and pedestrians, and the statistics...
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The Jarvis bike lane brouhaha was such fractious fun last summer that city hall is bringing it back
Last year’s mayoral election was chock full of wacky issues—the 48-hour scandal over whether Rob Ford likes immigrants or not...
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Five things we learned from last night’s garbage debate
Newbie councillor Josh Matlow has spent the last six months very carefully straddling council’s middle, taking a calculated...
City News
Rob Ford asks council to vote itself out of the plan for garbage privatization
Rob Ford’s plan to privatize garbage collection everywhere west of Yonge Street contains one little detail that is driving his...
City News
City recommends serial lawbreaking when it comes to street hockey
Whether or not Toronto should legalize street hockey has probably been our favourite debate in city politics this past year. Over...
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Ford set to kill citizen committees, because he’s all about respect for taxpayers
The City of Toronto has a lot of committees, so it may be tempting to cheer when a small-government mayor like Rob Ford announces...
Real Estate News
Rob Ford’s next war on David Miller’s legacy: Waterfront Toronto
After putting an end to Transit City and declaring the “war on the car” over, Rob Ford is apparently looking for new leftist...
City News
Fare evaders cost TTC $22 million in 2010
Whether they want subways or streetcars, nearly all Torontonians seems to agree that the city needs more public transit. Just one...
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2011 budget debate, day one: toilets, puppies and earnest appeals to Toronto’s better nature. No, really
After weeks of debate in the columns of Toronto’s dailies, and an occasional public consultation or four, city council got down...
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Karen Stintz wants to crack down on bikes on sidewalks
We can’t imagine why Karen Stintz , who’s got work up to her eyeballs with the restructuring of the TTC under Rob Ford ’s...
City News
Car-loving councillor Minnan-Wong wants to bring better bike lanes to Toronto—wait, what?
Back in the day, Denzil Minnan-Wong was about as anti-bike as any municipal politician could be; this guy (with a little help from...
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London mayor doesn’t like Toronto’s garbage (but then again, who does?)
The newish mayor of London, Ontario, Joe Fontana , has a bone to pick with Rob Ford . He is upset that trucks pass through his...
City News
How Ford-friendly will the new council be? A councillor-by-councillor analysis
“[ Rob Ford ] won’t be able to pass gas without the permission of council.” That was city council bomb-thrower Howard Moscoe...
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Toronto’s weekend of entirely unsurprising mayoral endorsements
While the Globe was getting into some trouble Saturday morning with its Ford-is-fat story, the Toronto Sun and Toronto Star both...
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Fun with budget numbers: most city councillors have been prudent with cash, but the Sun slams them anyway
True to form, the Toronto Sun leads today with ( yet another ) story on the spending habits of Toronto’s city councillors. The...
City News
The city releases secret to cancelling parking tickets: pretty much any excuse works
After what sounds like years of conspiracies and cover-ups, drivers finally have a shot against the sneaky tactics of parking...
Food & Drink
The Boardwalk Pub could dominate refreshment sales along Toronto’s eastern beaches
As any visitor to Woodbine Beach knows, there is only one spot nearby to grab a bite: the Boardwalk Pub . If city council approves...
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Minnan-Wong declares that he’s running away from Toronto mayoral contest
We doubt there were many waiting for this announcement, but here it is anyway. The National Post is reporting that Denzil...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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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
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
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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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