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City News
Rob Ford’s belly hits the big time (the New York Times Magazine, that is)
Forget transit turmoil and labour talks—the Toronto battle that’s gaining traction outside city limits is Rob Ford’ s fight...
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City News
Rob Ford and co. fall back on the same old transit talking points (subways, subways, subways)
In the face of mounting dissent around his transit plan, Rob Ford and his inner circle are dusting off their trusty set of talking...
City News
Toronto supports Rob Ford’s weight-loss efforts with fake bids to phony charities
Rob Ford has yet to drop a single pound, but his extremely public weight-loss campaign has already taken a turn for the...
City News
Can Rob Ford court council’s mushy middle in the looming budget debate?
Now that Rob Ford and brother Doug have appeared for the first weigh-in of their public weight-loss campaign, the city hall press...
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City News
Rob Ford starts his weight loss challenge with a public weigh-in (also, puns)
Rob Ford and brother Doug start their public weight loss campaign today, as part of their plan to raise money for charity (and, we...
City News
Rob Ford’s sister’s long-time boyfriend allegedly utters death threats against the mayor
At the beginning of the week, Rob Ford–related news reports were dominated by ice cream, gravy jokes and his and brother Doug...
City News
The Brothers Ford make the same New Year’s resolution as pretty much everybody else: lose weight
Rob Ford and brother Doug are bringing the gravy hunt really, really close to home. Word is the Fords are committed to losing...
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Real Estate News
City-owned real estate agency is looking to pay its executives big ol’ bonuses
Doug Ford is a known lover of the private sector, so it’s no surprise that Build Toronto, the city’s real estate agency—of...
City News
Doug Ford’s parking pass stunt could save taxpayers dozens of dollars
The chairman of the Toronto Parking Authority says the organization will review its policy of giving councillors free parking...
City News
In an act as dramatic as it is inconsequential, Doug Ford cuts up his parking pass
Doug Ford cut up the free parking pass he receives as a member of city council—then mailed it back to the Toronto Parking...
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City News
Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
City News
Market realities continue to ruin all of Doug Ford’s waterfront fun
Carnival-loving Torontonians probably won't be riding a Ferris wheel anytime soon—at least not until long after we get tired of...
City News
Rob Granatstein: why the city should sell off its assets—slowly but surely
To close the budget gap, Rob Ford wants to sell city assets. Good idea, bad timing. Even a novice real estate investor knows to...
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City News
Doug Ford thinks city hall plays favourites with the downtown core (it has more wading pools than the suburbs, after all)
Apparently, there’s a “suburbs/downtown rift” affecting Toronto—or at least Doug Ford says there is. What’s more, Dougie...
City News
Brothers Ford make a hasty retreat on school nutrition programs after realizing they look like jerks
Mayor Rob Ford and brother Doug appear to have learned that literally (well, almost literally) taking food out of needy...
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Freewheeling anti–Ferris wheeler Glen Murray (smartly) wants to slow down the Port Lands development
Apparently, the responsible and efficient development of the Port Lands is more complicated than simply taking the reins away from...
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City News
Nifty map reveals low-income neighbourhoods will be hit hardest by looming budget cuts
Marathon committee meetings are pretty much a hallmark of the Rob Ford era now, with not one but two sleepovers and the ongoing...
City News
Generous (and apparently oblivious) Doug Ford offers his own money to save a school nutrition program
After a particularly touching deputation on a public school nutrition program at city hall yesterday, Doug Ford surprised the...
City News
Sole-sourced contracts uncovered behind that Ford Ferris wheel
A report by Patrick White of the Globe and Mail has revealed that the city-owned Toronto Port Lands Company spent over $50,000 on...
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City News
Ryerson journalism professor to the Star: Fight the power (quietly)
The long-running spat between Mayor Rob Ford and the Toronto Star ramped up last week: first the Star filed a complaint with the...
Real Estate News
Mississauga to create a Waterfront Toronto–like body (but without meddlesome Doug Ford and his Ferris wheel)
While Toronto is still busy making Ferris wheel jokes, the city’s neighbour to the west is looking to create a single agency...
City News
Councillor Doug Ford suggests UFC athletes teach Toronto children about bullying
Apparently, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has its own community outreach program, and Doug Ford is a big fan. According to...
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City News
Port Lands development may be on the fast track (but no word if that track is a monorail)
One product of Doug Ford ’s failed attempt to turn the Port Lands into a waterfront amusement park is a commitment to expediting...
Real Estate News
City plays Donald Trump—Doug Ford gets excited, Adam Vaughan is not enthused
The City of Toronto is looking to get in on some of that sweet condo boom action, launching a Donald Trump –esque foray into the...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
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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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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