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The “Lucky Moose Bill” has passed, shepherding in a golden era for vigilante grocers
David Chen, better known as Chinatown’s badass “vigilante grocer,” has a new reason to celebrate: an amendment to the...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 13, because there’s a national park in the middle of Scarborough
Stories of vanishing ecosystems and endangered species are such a grimly familiar refrain, it’s a spirit-lifting relief when...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 18, because we’re stem cell pioneers
Toronto is home to some of the top stem cell research institutes in the world, including the McEwen Centre, the Centre for...
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QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti pushes for the death penalty after Eaton Centre shooting
—Giorgio Mammoliti, on why Canada should start handing out death penalties in response to two terrible, highly publicized and...
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A federal government appeal jeopardizes Toronto’s bawdy house plans
All the talk about where to put brothels in the city (and how to make money off them) may have been a tad premature—the federal...
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Mississauga council puts the brakes on its shark fin ban
Back in October, Mississauga beat Toronto to the punch in banning the sale of shark fins, and on Wednesday, it beat Toronto to the...
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Sign of the apocalypse: several prominent Liberals are talking about merging with the NDP
With the federal Liberals a mere shadow of their former selves in Parliament, the obvious question of what the Grits should do...
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Looks like Rob Ford was wrong: Ottawa says it doesn’t need a pile of provincial cash to help with Sheppard after all
Okay, this is just weird. Today the Toronto Star is reporting It turns out that since the Sheppard LRT no longer exists, Ottawa is...
City News
Council clears a (straighter) path for the Island airport’s pedestrian tunnel
One of the last pieces of business that city council dealt with on its third day of meetings yesterday was approving a deal with...
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Ottawa wants to build a major new airport in Pickering, despite local MP’s pre-election reservations
As Toronto gets used to the Island airport being a busy hub, we idly wondered when the GTA would get to have another big fight...
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Endorsements: nobody’s sure if they matter, but the press keeps making them anyway
Over there on the left? That’s constitutional éminence grise Peter Russell , and judging from the video, it’s pretty clear he...
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Want to know how much salt and fat there is in your food? Tough luck, thanks to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
While Canadians decide who they want leading the country, the bureaucracy in Ottawa is largely spinning its wheels until the next...
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Rob Ford will shock exactly five people by endorsing Stephen Harper in Brampton tonight—but why?
While the Toronto Sun is all but calling this a scoop, it’s not a surprise to anyone that Rob Ford , having been endorsed by...
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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
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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
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,
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand