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Reaction Roundup: sailing metaphors, locker room talk and ignoring Toronto. The skinny on what happened at last night’s provincial election debate
Given the amount of chatter generated by Dalton McGuinty’ s erratic hand gestures last night, it would seem that the provincial...
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Editor’s Letter, October 2011: The Summer of Our Discontent
Most of the people I know who voted for Rob Ford did so reluctantly. “He isn’t perfect,” they told me last year in the weeks...
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Five notes on tonight’s (likely boring) provincial election debate
This snooze of a provincial election will soon be over, but there remains one major piece of business: tonight’s debate (oh, and...
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Markham voting study suggests more people vote when voting is easy (as in, voting from your living room easy)
Markham has made voting in municipal elections as easy as indicating your preference for hockey over politics, an experiment that...
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Mike Harris is running for office—no, really, he is
According to this article in the Toronto Star, Mike Harris is running in the provincial election—as an independent in...
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The provincial election campaign is so boring we’re actually pining for an all-leaders debate
Earlier today, we linked to a Toronto Sun column by Mike Strobel that argued the provincial election has been a dull affair...
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Carolyn Parrish loses council by-election, reminding Mississauga politicians never to screw with Hurricane Hazel
Hazel McCallion ’s detractors have even more evidence that messing with the long-serving mayor of Mississauga is a political...
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The provincial election is now officially less important than hockey
That’s right—the CBC will be airing the Toronto Maple Leafs opening night match-up with the Montreal Canadiens on October 6 on...
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Tim Hudak barely utters the name of his former barbecue buddy, Toronto mayor Rob Ford
Yesterday, reporters had to lob six questions at Tim Hudak about Rob Ford before the Progressive Conservative leader would even...
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Rob Ford dips into the provincial politics water—but we were hoping he’d make a bigger splash
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Mayor Rob Ford has “waded into the provincial election campaign”—although we think...
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Apparently, 13,000 Torontonians are the victims of union bullying
After this week’s news regarding the mayor’s plummeting support, Rob Ford told reporters the only poll that matters is the one...
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Is Rob Ford’s dismal approval rating bad news for Tim Hudak (and good news for Dalton McGuinty)?
Dalton McGuinty says Ontario voters can expect cuts in the style of those proposed by the Rob Ford and co. at city hall if Tim...
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City politicians ask: how were we supposed to know how a city works?
Budget chief Mike Del Grande stopped by the CBC’s Metro Morning yesterday and had to answer for the bevy of proposed cuts to...
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Dalton McGuinty tries to sweet talk supreme ruler and lord of the suburbs, Hazel McCallion
Dalton McGuinty is reaching out to Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion for a bit of suburban support. McCallion hasn’t officially...
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Conservative spies are infiltrating the Liberal ranks (or at least the Liberals say they are)
Earlier today, we called for a little muckraking from Queen’s Park reporters to shake up what’s turning out to be a remarkably...
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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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Dalton McGuinty proposes a tax credit for businesses that hire new immigrants (because apparently they don’t speak English)
Dalton McGuinty wants to offer a $10,000 tax credit to businesses that hire new immigrants, a move the Progressive Conservative...
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Is Josh Matlow the overlord of the provincial Liberals? Probably not—but the Grits did announce an environmental assessment for his controversial quarry
One of the issues that Josh Matlow has been following is decidedly outside of his ward: the proposed quarry in Melancthon (about...
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Toronto Star continues its, er, dogged reporting on the Special Investigation Unit
The Special Investigations Unit took another beating in the pages of the city’s paper of record today, this time over its...
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Sarah Thomson puts herself on the cover of her own magazine—again
A year and a half ago, Sarah Thomson received her fair share of flack for splashing her own image on the cover of Women’s Post...
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Tim Hudak keeps giving Liberals more ways to paint him as a Harris-era Tory
The provincial election in October has an oddly retro feel to it: Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak seems inclined to bash...
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Will Rob Ford be forced to break his promise to cut the city’s land transfer tax?
One of the mayor’s most ballyhooed campaign promises on the election trail last year was his proposal to cut the vehicle...
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Rob Ford asks Dalton McGuinty to pitch in for the “privately funded” Sheppard subway
Rob Ford met with Dalton McGuinty this morning at Queen’s Park , and the mayor followed the usual script regarding the city’s...
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After promising no layoffs for city staff, Rob Ford admits layoffs are likely for city staff
The big news coming from city hall this morning really shouldn’t come as a surprise. Although the mayor repeatedly declared...
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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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Save Me From My Screen: How smartphone addiction is ruining our lives
Despite the do-not-disturb settings, time-spent reminders and ritual purging of apps, we’re still hopelessly obsessed with our devices. Dispatches from the digital minimalist movement
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A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
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considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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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
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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
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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
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