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Reaction roundup: city hall reporters journeyed to Etobicoke to take in Ford Fest—then, they tweeted about it
Last Friday, Jonathan Goldsbie tweeted, “When we reach the ‘1500 Royal York’ bus stop, the bus driver announces ‘Stop for...
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Doug Ford’s waterfront fantasy meets numbers and facts
The buzz-kills over at the Globe and Mail have thrown cold water all over Doug Ford’ s plans for the Port Lands. Chief among the...
City News
Doug Ford’s waterfront vision is (slowly) being revealed—now with 100 per cent more Australians
Apparently there is something resembling a plan behind Doug Ford’ s glorious vision for Toronto’s waterfront. The rumour...
City News
Kristyn Wong-Tam blasts Rob and Doug Ford for shooting down the Toronto Olympics bid—but do the brothers deserve it?
Downtown councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam released an open letter yesterday calling out Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug for, among...
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Reaction roundup: wherein reporters ask a number of questions regarding Doug Ford’s glorious vision of the waterfront’s future
Late last week, our friends at Torontoist reported that the city appeared to be making a move to seize control of development in...
City News
Duelling Toronto essay contests pit lunch with Doug Ford against a date with Margaret Atwood
Not to be outdone by the library-loving elite and the Toronto Public Library Workers Union’s “My Library Matters to Me”...
City News
Of monorails and malls: Doug Ford’s waterfront plans get cool reception from Queen’s Park
The sudden news that Councillor Doug Ford wants the city to take over redevelopment of the Port Lands from Waterfront Toronto is...
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Is the city about to junk the Waterfront Toronto process in exchange for a huge Ferris wheel?
The Iron Rule of Toronto politics seems to be that no grand plan survives the city’s incredible ability to choke somewhere down...
City News
Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood go at it again—but nobody gets called stupid this time
Yesterday, at a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library union, the ongoing hostilities between Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood...
City News
Rob Ford learns to say yes to gravy by saying no to bedbugs (and yes, for now, to nurses)
Toronto’s on-again, off-again relationship with public health nurses is now back on again, as the city’s budget committee...
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Dates with Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje up for grabs in Toronto library contest (we’re looking at you, Doug Ford)
Doug Ford better start brushing up on his writing chops (because this might be a surefire way for him to finally figure out who...
City News
Are Giorgio Mammoliti’s incendiary outbursts helping or hurting the Rob Ford regime?
Last week was a busy one for Giorgio Mammoliti. The right-wing councillor and prominent member of Rob Ford’ s inner circle spent...
City News
Rob Ford shoots down 2020 Summer Olympics bid put forward by a group of influential Torontonians
Apparently the sport-loving Brothers Ford aren’t entirely indiscriminate in their love of big-time sporting spectacles. While...
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Is Rob Ford’s commitment to customer service actually doing more harm than good?
The Globe and Mail put Mayor Rob Ford’ s much-vaunted commitment to customer service—and his pledge to return all the city’s...
City News
Toronto designer Photoshops Margaret Atwood book covers to gravylicious effect
A couple of days ago, we told you about Margaret Atwood’ s criticism of the Ford Brothers and their habit of, as she put...
City News
Things Margaret Atwood likes: libraries, book clubs, strong language; things Margaret Atwood does not like: Doug and Rob Ford
We’re guessing by now the Brothers Ford know exactly who Margaret Atwood is. After Doug Ford caused a bit of a brouhaha amongst...
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As the executive committee digs in for a marathon meeting, is the mayor even listening?
Today, and possibly for several days to come, Toronto’s executive committee—the one that will be recommending cuts to city...
City News
Doug Ford trolls Toronto’s left, press takes the bait
By now it’s pretty clear that Doug Ford is, as Ivor Tossell noted on Twitter , “trolling us and having a great time doing...
City News
Sheppard subway poised to eat the TTC chief’s job—and maybe Karen Stintz and streetcars, too
The big story this morning from the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail is that the mayor’s office—either Rob Ford himself or...
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Recent fact-checking spree reveals that no, Etobicoke doesn’t have more libraries than Timmies, contra Doug Ford
We suspect that “fact-checking the Fords” will be a growth industry for city hall watchers, especially after Ed Keenan ’s...
City News
Board of Trade calls for road tolls; Doug Ford calls for a two-tier model for traffic congestion (uh, literally)
Another year, another group calling for provincial and municipal leaders to consider road tolls to cut down on congestion in the...
City News
A collection of Toronto’s top cricket talent announced: cue corpo-political schmoozefest
Amid all the Bollywood hoopla leading up to Saturday’s International Indian Film Academy Awards , another celebration of another...
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Sheppard Subway extension gets a half-billion dollars more expensive; meanwhile, brothers Ford get upset
If Gordon Chong suddenly decided to organize, say, a parade this summer , we’re pretty sure Rob Ford wouldn’t want to...
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Five things we learned about Doug Ford from Saturday’s Globe and Mail
Doug Ford is a toughie for Toronto press corps to write about. Officially, he’s just another councillor, and a really green one...
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Summer Camp Guide
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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
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
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
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