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Start canning: world to run out of food around 2050
Here we were thinking that the coming century would herald nothing but flying cars, weird haircuts and sweet video games, but the...
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Rob Ford meets with the anti-Ford, aka Dalton McGuinty
Rob Ford and Dalton McGuinty are about as different politicians are one could find working within a single kilometre of each...
Food & Drink
Starbucks’ Toronto recycling pilot program a success
Starbucks has finally proven that its paper cups are recyclable. Turns out that most paper drinking receptacles from Starbucks end...
City News
Toronto Hydro looking for people to drive electric Smart Cars
They’re not exactly in the spirit of Rob Ford ’s city, but nobody can deny that Smart Cars are popular in downtown...
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HOV lanes finally open on the QEW
With the Greater Toronto Area having one of the world’s longest commutes ( an average of 80 minutes ), weary travellers may...
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Cowbell is the first restaurant in Toronto to get LEAF certification for its green ways
When it comes to providing environmentally sustainable cuisine, locavore haven Cowbell walks the walk, according to Leaders in...
City News
Reaction Roundup: what the world is saying about the Senate killing the Climate Change Accountability Act
One traditional definition of “chutzpah” is for a person to kill their parents and then beg for mercy as an orphan. Stephen...
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Unelected senate not looking so bad to Tories, now that it’s killing pro-environment bills
Some days, the Canadian Senate is a place where unelected, largely unaccountable public servants try to get through their days...
City News
$45-million tunnel to the Island Airport one step closer to reality
The Island Airport is something this city hates to love—and boy, does Porter know it. Between the free cappuccinos and the...
City News
Despite what Rob Ford says, light rail is best for Toronto: report
Turns out that David Miller ’s baby may not be as ugly as some were beginning to think . A new report says that Transit City is...
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Kory Teneycke, the now-departed Sun News TV chief, wanted to attack David Suzuki
The odd stories from Kory Teneycke ’s brief tenure as head of the Sun News TV project (a.k.a. Fox News North) just keep on...
Today in Toronto: The Dears, Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, Fresh Blood
The Dears: After much band drama, this Montreal indie rock group has emerged with a fresh lineup. They premiered their...
Food & Drink
Frito-Lay gives up insanely loud SunChips bag, environmental bona fides
How important is silence when eating chips? Apparently very. Frito-Lay is ditching its innovative biodegradable Sun Chips bags...
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Mr. Popular: why Rob Ford’s winning over Toronto
By any measure he’s a terrible candidate for mayor. But his obsession with cost-cutting and his contempt for City Hall have...
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Last night’s mayoral debate was one that voters should actually have watched
After approximately as many debates as there are grains of sand at Sugar Beach, Toronto voters could be forgiven for running as...
Food & Drink
Turns out cockroach brains might just save us all
We wanted to follow up on our earlier story about how the UN is seriously considering the potential of farming insects to save the...
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Is the Toronto air show even worth it anymore? Many people say no
What's loud, brings people to the city from all over the country, annoys the locals, has military overtones, rattles windows and...
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From the “hilarity ensues” files: suburban councillor insults her suburban voters in election year
Here's a lesson a councillor shouldn't need after their 22nd year in office: don't insult constituents when heading into the most...
City News
Wild Thing: the story behind the Brick Works
The bucolic eco-paradise between Rosedale and the DVP almost never was. How big money and one ambitious entrepreneur remade the...
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Turns out that disposable chopsticks are an environmental nightmare
Toronto loves Asian food. Witness the city's endless supply of sushi restaurants and packed Chinese eateries— declared some of...
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Will the latest cabinet shuffle at Queen’s Park be good news for Toronto? Probably not
The chairs at Dalton McGuinty 's big cabinet table were rearranged slightly yesterday, as he brought in two new men and moved some...
City News
Five unconventional ways to get rid of bedbugs
Bedbugs are officially causing paranoia in Toronto. A quick Google news search reveals an increase in bedbug-related news stories...
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Seven Long Years: How will David Miller be remembered?
As a kvetchy, largely ineffective do-gooder ultimately undone by the unionists who helped elect him Unless Joe Pantalone, the...
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A&W tries to go hip with new concept store
The North Vancouver–based A&W Canada chain—long synonymous with root beer, a dancing bear and burgers named after family...
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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
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
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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
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
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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“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
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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
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“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative