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Toronto’s five best and worst political moments of 2010
As 2010 winds down, we can’t help but think of what a crazy year it’s been in Toronto politics. The city has had the kind of...
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2010 Lexicon: 11 new words that entered our vocabulary this past year
1. true belieber \troo bih-leeb-er\ n. (2010): Self-designative term adopted by mega-fans of Canadian entertainer Justin...
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Best and worst moments of 2010
As we look back at 2010, we can't help bit see a year of tackiness and beauty, of tragedy and banality. Here, we examine two sides...
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SIU charges Toronto officer in Adam Nobody beating, as poll shows confidence in police slipping
Breaking news today as the SIU—the body looking into police behaviour during the G20—announces it has finally, after the...
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International soft power survey: Monocle ranks Canada a lousy 12th
Blame Air Canada, the CBC and Stephen Harper : the rest of the world just isn’t that in to us. The latest Monocle magazine has a...
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Ontario Ombudsman calls G20 fence “illegal,” “likely unconstitutional”
Not all the blame for G20 abuses needs to be heaped on Bill Blair —it looks like the Ontario government may come in for some...
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Things keep getting better for Toronto police—now they’ve lost Rosie DiManno
When he issued an apology last Friday, Bill Blair probably hoped that he’d put the matter of “ Adam Nobody vs. Many Police...
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Bill Blair deeply regrets the plain meaning of his words
Earlier this week, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair put his foot in his mouth and bit down, hard, during an interview on CBC’s...
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G20 update: police chief Bill Blair opens mouth, inserts foot
Earlier this week, Toronto’s chief of police Bill Blair was on CBC’s Metro Morning with Matt Galloway when he made an odd...
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SIU unable to find a single guilty police officer from the G20 debacle
The news broke yesterday that Ontario’s answer to “who watches the watchmen,” the civilian watchdog known as the Special...
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A valuable lesson: if the G20 is coming to town, make sure you live in Muskoka
If this keeps up, we're going to continue to take it personally. An analysis of the spending in Muskoka in the run-up to the G8...
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Timing is everything: G20 security bill was so massive because cops were given “short notice”
In the seemingly endless merry-go-round that is the G20 blame game, we've been presented with numerous scapegoats. Was the huge...
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Officer Bubbles takes on the Internet; Internet laughs ruefully
These days, almost everyone knows Adam Josephs , a.k.a. Officer Bubbles. The Toronto cop famously threatened a bubble-blowing G20...
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Even more G20 charges dropped, Quebec begins waiting for an apology
One of the stories during Toronto’s ill-fated hosting of the G20 summit was how many of the protesters were from...
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Sick of the violence and chaos of policing, Fantino wants to relax in Parliament
After weeks of teasing, Julian Fantino finally made it official this morning and announced that he will run in the next federal...
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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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Ontario announces inquiry into G20 fence law that is totally not related to the G20
When is an inquiry into the G20 not really an inquiry into the G20? When the province announces it’s going to appoint a...
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John Baird’s “Toronto elites” comment leads to widespread monocle falling
The House of Commons is set to vote on the fate of the long-gun registry next Wednesday, and thanks to some arm-twisting on the...
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Get off the Road: Toronto street festivals take the whole city hostage. Jan Wong says that it’s time we learn to say no
One of Toronto’s biggest, most aggravating problems is traffic. In a recent poll about the upcoming mayoral...
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G20 manages to look even sketchier: one third of charges dropped yesterday
So, first the G20 fence charges disappeared with a lame explanation . And now it seems that of the hundreds of people arrested...
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Ottawa throws Toronto a bone by upping businesses’ compensation for the G20
Downtown businesses ravaged during the G20 have been griping for a while now about how much money they lost on that fateful...
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Toronto Police give lamest excuse ever: G20 charges lost in mail
The grand saga of the G20 cluster bomb that hit the city last month is interesting enough, but we’ve found that the most telling...
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$45 million is what it will take to make up for police behaviour during G20, claims class-action suit
Despite the fact that the G20 is more than a month in the past, it's becoming clear that it will simply never die: the latest news...
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Toronto police say wiring cops with body cameras may be inevitable
The latest accessories for police forces are not sound cannons or Tasers, but small digital video cameras that clip to officers'...
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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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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
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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?
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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