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“Better safe than sorry is the motto of a police state”: Cara Zwibel, a civil liberties lawyer, says Canada’s new quarantine hotel rules may violate the Charter
Is it legal to force Canadians to pay for a three-night hotel stay just for leaving the country?
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Q&A: Pearson CEO Deborah Flint on keeping travellers safe during a pandemic
The future of flying includes robot cleaners, temperature scanners and an Instagrammable disinfecting mist corridor
City News
VIDEO: check out the flashy new Dreamliners that Air Canada will be flying in spring 2014
Pearson Airport is newly swank-ified and Air Canada will soon have some fancy jets to match. This spring, the airline is getting...
City News
Two signs that the Island Airport is only getting bigger and better
Billy Bishop Airport’s proximity to the city—plus the free cookies in the departure lounge—have already won over many...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I be embarrassed that my husband stockpiles free food from the airport lounge?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently bought a chalet at Mont-Tremblant and have been flying Porter back and forth. He is...
City News
Air Canada clears a major hurdle to its plans for an international low-cost airline
Over a year ago, Air Canada made noises about getting into the low-cost holiday-package market, but the proposal was stalled due...
City News
Air Canada pilots call in sick, Air Canada passengers just sickened
Since this morning, Air Canada has been dealing with a pilot “sick-in,” which stands to be about as unpleasant as it...
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Drunk, unruly RIM executives were tied up on an Air Canada flight—and then chewed through their restraints
The basic story reported two weeks ago was amusing enough—two Research in Motion executives get in a drunken row on a plane to...
City News
Reason to Love Toronto: Because it’s never been easier to get out of town
It’s a distant, foggy memory now, but let’s briefly recap: back in 2003, when David Miller ran for mayor, promising to...
City News
For the second time, a Virgin airline cuts Toronto out of its list of destinations
Back in April, we were so hopeful about Virgin America’s new flights to San Francisco and L.A. That hope proved wasted last...
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Coffee spill on United flight just one of many terrifying/hilarious incidents in Toronto airspace. Here are five more
The Toronto Star is reporting that a Chicago-Frankfurt flight made an emergency landing at Pearson after the plane’s...
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The $65,000 summer home: inside four Florida houses that these Toronto couples got for a steal
When the North American housing market collapsed in 2008, Florida turned into foreclosure alley. With the loonie riding high...
Culture
Celebrities will now fly coach to Toronto with the plebs
Stars: they’re just like us—thanks to budget cuts. That’s right. You could find yourself rubbing elbows with Brangelina and...
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Air Canada announces its first flights from the Island; Porter CEO “pleased”
The battle for the hearts and minds (and wallets) of Toronto’s travellers continues. The latest chapter in the throwdown between...
City News
Island airport to get tunnel, money, passengers and Air Canada
The shortest ferry ride in the world is about to be sidestepped by a $45 million investment from the Toronto Port Authority: an...
City News
Island Airport update: Porter-Air Canada throwdown heats up
Air Canada has taken to the courts to whine about the Toronto Port Authority's allotment of takeoff and landing spots at Toronto's...
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Tories spend $10M on North Bay airport for G8; no G8 planes actually landing there
We’ve got to hand it to the Star , which is being utterly relentless in following the G8/G20 spending debacle. Today's front...
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Porter keeps expanding, but still no Florida. Any chance they’ll fly there in this lifetime?
The Sunshine State seems like an obvious choice for Toronto’s boutique airline. Last year, 6,378 flights departed from Pearson...
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Virgin to start flying out of Pearson, hopes it goes better than last time
Virgin America announced yesterday via Twitter it would soon be offering daily flights from Toronto to California’s west...
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Volcanic disruptions: the best of the worst YYZ horror stories
Understandably, not everyone is taking his or her extended trip in Toronto as well as Ian McEwan . Flights to Europe are now...
City News
Tory cabinet minister apologizes for bawling out airport officials who refused to reveal the fate of his tequila
Apparently the PMO’s grip on cabinet ministers’ media appearances is not as tight as it used to be , particularly when it...
Style
Coco Rocha gets engaged, lands a byline in New York Times
At this rate, the model’s next accomplishment will be walking on water. Coco Rocha announced on her blog earlier this week that...
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New details emerge about why Susur Lee only tied Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America
As Canadians try to heal the national wounds suffered after Bobby Flay trounced Michael Smith on Iron Chef America , Susur Lee...
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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,
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
Almost
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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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
Food & Drink
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