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Crazy new rules give G20 cops superpowers, but only until Sunday
The Ontario government quietly but dramatically expanded the powers available to police during the G20 summit in Toronto. New...
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Today in Toronto: G20, Pride, Toronto Jazz Festival
G20: The summit we've all been waiting for (and dreading) has begun. Follow our coverage >> Pride: Expanding to take over ever...
City News
Workers at French-owned hotel strike just before French G20 delegates arrive
If anyone knows a Toronto hotel with any rooms left, the French G20 posse could use your help. Workers at the downtown...
City News
Embarrassment of glitches: undercover RCMP officer planted at student paper can’t fool Ryerson students
Fresh off their coup of exposing explosive stores in Forest Hill and finding drugs in proximity to hippies , the G20 security...
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Today in Toronto: Downtown Jazz Festival
The Rex: A few blocks from Nathan Phillips Square, the Rex is a key part of the Downtown Jazz Festival. This year, New York’s...
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Smitherman calls for more amalgamation: merger of fire department, paramedics
If merging Scarborough and Etobicoke was the kind of thing that only a hard-headed provincial politician could do, maybe this is...
City News
Canada struts its stuff in million-dollar purchase of every ad in the New Yorker
As the G8 and G20 summits loom, now is apparently the time to remind Americans that we’re not backward hicks who while away the...
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Doth protest too much? Rating the threat levels of anarchists, anti-capitalists and other G20 haters
The big dailies are issuing their warnings about the onslaught of G20 protesters, many of whom are already converging on our...
City News
Torontonians looking to make a quick buck from the G20 are SOL
Downtown apartment dwellers trying to make a quick buck by renting out their space to G20 reporters are, apparently, wasting their...
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How the Eaton Centre is spending its $120 million in make-over money
Last week, when we heard that the Eaton Centre was about to undergo a $120-million reno (its first since the late '70s), we...
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Just Opened: Oliver and Bonacini Café Grill. We take a peek inside the empire’s new downtown outpost
Calling dibs on a bit of real estate at Yonge and Front is a savvy move. The restaurants of Michael Bonacini and Peter Oliver keep...
City News
New ROM director hired, Thorsell will leave in September
In September, Janet Carding, who has been the assistant director of the Australian Museum in Sydney since 2004, will take over...
City News
Rob Ford gets roughed up at the AGO, of all places
Don't mess with artsy folks: the Globe is reporting that at the latest of the city's never-ending series of mayoral debates, Rob...
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Could Fox News North be awesome? Opinions differ
One thing is certain, based on the press conference that Quebecor head honcho Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Kory Teneycke held downtown...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto
While the Great Recession battered other cities, Toronto has emerged triumphant—Bay Street is bullish, our real estate market is...
City News
Snarl city: G8/G20 “traffic management” announced
Ontario police have just announced some of the traffic restrictions for the G20; as predicted, they add up to grim waits for those...
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Do the city’s street vendors pay rent for prime sidewalk spots? How are the sidewalks divvied up between them?
Street meat stalls, jewellery merchants and flower guys do indeed rent slabs of sidewalk from the city for between $1,1556 and...
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Get outside: Toronto’s 10 best patios
The patio season started early this year, which simply means there's more time to hit the city's best al fresco dining and...
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Official G20 security zone announced
Now that Toronto officials have unveiled downtown’s restricted areas for the impending G20 summit, there's a clearer picture of...
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G20’s Toronto takeover: a roundup of snarls, snags, closures and general headaches
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the perimeter fences that will cordon off vast swaths of downtown for the G20 (June 25 to...
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Anarchists heading to Toronto’s G20 summit to “cause shit,” “party”
Anarchists are coming to Toronto during the G20. The Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance (SOAR) sent out its rallying call last...
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I’ve seen a few rats in the subway lately. Is the rodent population on the rise? What does the TTC do for pest control?
It’s difficult to precisely measure the growth of rat populations—the loathed rodents are more likely to be caught and killed...
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G20 organizers: the only childish games during the summit will be at the convention centre
As the G20 summit looms, it’s looking more and more like Toronto FC will be the only thing in the city not brought to a complete...
City News
Public bikes to hit Toronto streets next May
City council has given the thumbs up to a bike-sharing program that should see about 1,000 bikes set up for public use throughout...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“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