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Q&A: Toronto Police Sergeant Brett Moore, on Ontario’s new, harsher distracted driving penalties
There has never been a worse time to drive with a cellphone in your hand
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Distracted driving fines are about to go up
—The new maximum fine for distracted driving, under a proposed law expected to be introduced at Queen's Park sometime after...
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A mesmerizing GIF that sums up one all-important way that the TTC trumps cars
Everyone knows that taking public transit helps reduce congestion, but knowing and seeing are two different things. This...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our otherwise perfect babysitter that drinking on the job isn’t cool?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I discovered the parenting Holy Grail: a babysitter who’s punctual, affordable and amazing with...
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Philip Preville: The case for making bike helmets mandatory
Driving without a seat belt is considered absurdly reckless. Why isn’t cycling without a helmet? Any cyclist who’s ever been...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford reveals which Ford brother is really in charge
—Councillor Doug Ford, on his younger brother Rob’ s staunch refusal to hire a driver (despite the fact that Doug, the Toronto...
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QUOTED: Toronto Police beg Rob Ford to hire a chauffeur
—Sergeant Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police, asking Rob Ford to relinquish the driver’s seat after the mayor was snapped...
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QUOTED: Rob Ford’s response to being caught reading while driving on the Gardiner
—Mayor Rob Ford, on whether he was reading during his commute, after the above photo taken on the Gardiner Expressway surfaced...
City News
Jan Wong: the simmering class war over basement apartments in Brampton
I once moved into an illegal basement apartment in Toronto for a newspaper series about working undercover as a maid. At $750 a...
City News
The city decides to start maintenance after a third chunk falls from the Gardiner
Now that another concrete nugget has dropped from the Gardiner Expressway—the third in the last month—the city has made fixing...
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Tension between taxi drivers and other road users grows after longboarder Ralph Bissonette’s death
The battle for space and safety on city streets is making headlines again in light of the death of Ralph Bissonette, the...
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Concrete keeps falling off the Gardiner Expressway
Driving downtown in rush hour is already nerve-racking, and now drivers have the added bonus of worrying about concrete falling...
Shopping
The List: 10 things former CIBC insider and doomsday author Jeff Rubin can’t live without
1| My ride It’s a 12-year-old Audi A6 Turbo. I like driving, and I’ve always had a thing for European sport sedans. When they...
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Andy Byford writes an icy memo to TTC employees
The TTC has had a few customer service embarrassments over the last few years (workers texting on the road, leaving their routes...
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Turns out installing, and then promptly removing, the Jarvis bike lane is wasteful and expensive
Last week the Toronto Cyclists Union revealed the cost of removing the Jarvis bike lane to be $272,000, significantly more than...
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Rob Ford distracts masses from real issues by making more bad life choices
Yesterday, news broke that police chief Bill Blair could be risking his career—oh, never mind. Rob Ford ’ s been caught using...
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Dull political sabre-rattling follows Ontario Liberals’ dull political attack ad
Busted, Horwath! Actually, not really, but that’s the message the Liberals are apparently trying to convey with what might be...
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Cops found TTC bus driver in possession of pot—right after lethal crash
By now, we’ve lost track of the number of TTC drivers alleged to have driven while under the influence—and the whole issue...
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Latest StatsCan report confirms all our stereotypes about commuting in the GTA
Statistics Canada’s latest report about commuting across Canada came out yesterday, and there are lot of interesting goodies in...
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Urban guru Richard Florida joins the chorus of voices warning that the London riots could happen in Toronto
We were somewhat skeptical when the Toronto Star’ s Christopher Hume made the argument two weeks ago that Toronto could see...
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Gravy found? Why Toronto’s daycare for cars (i.e. the Toronto Parking Authority) should get the axe
In between some of the more outlandish proposals by KPMG that will never be seriously considered ( selling the Toronto Zoo...
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A look at some of the city’s hottest rides—and some of the most enthused enthusiasts
When the warm weather hits, the car-obsessed and their vintage toys come out to play, top down, engines gurgling, exhaust pipes...
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Welcome to Toronto the Rude
We swear at each other from cars, bark at each other on the TTC and yell into our cellphones. How a supposedly livable city...
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City mayors call for gridlock to be on the federal agenda. Good luck with that
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has a problem: it's all about cities, but cities are off the electoral...
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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
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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
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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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
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon