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Hogtown versus the world: how does Toronto’s G20 compare with previous summits?
The G20 summit has mostly wound down, and the result is pretty mediocre: for billions in spending and a few torched police...
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Toronto G20 photo gallery: the eerie aftermath
Before hundreds of bystanders were corralled into a human blockade at Queen and Spadina under torrential rain, the downtown core...
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HOT COPS! Fifteen of the G20’s sexiest law enforcers
We couldn't help but notice some fine police officers and security guards in the city this weekend. Turns out, when they aren't...
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Bleeding ink: a roundup of G20 reactions from home and around the world
It's been a pretty wild 74 hours for Toronto. We've had world leaders, riots and some questionable police tactics, all...
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“I Survived G20 Toronto” shirts now on sale
Commemorate the weekend in which police cordoned off hundreds of people in the rain and cruisers were set ablaze with souvenir G20...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: user-submitted images from the Toronto Life Flickr pool
Burning police cruisers, smashed store windows, protesters— our Flickr pool members captured the G20 weekend's most intense...
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Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
Yesterday, protests throughout the city remained peaceful. Security officials, however, were taking no chances, breaking up groups...
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The postmodern protest: for all the cops and protesters, cameras are the most ubiquitous things in Toronto this G20 weekend
As the police surged into Queen's Park last night to confront violent protesters, the front line wasn't made up of the black bloc...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: after the riots
In the wake of yesterday's violent anti-G20 protests in downtown Toronto, police attempted to regain control of the streets while...
City News
Welcome, G20 leaders! Now, spend some money here
The long-anticipated G20 summit has arrived in Toronto and has not been an unblemished joy for the people who live here. Between...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: the black bloc in the core
For hours yesterday, downtown Toronto became a riot zone after peaceful demonstrations turned violent. This morning, as repair and...
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Slide show: Toronto’s anti-G20 riot
What started as a peaceful protest at Queen's Park, with about 10,000 participants, became a riot as a small group of violent...
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“Furious” Miller to Torontonians: “Take a deep breath”
"Take a deep breath," an angry Mayor David Miller told Torontonians on Newstalk 1010 a few minutes ago when asked about the...
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It’s official: rioting underway in downtown Toronto
The relative peacefulness of Toronto's G20 demonstrations has been smashed like so many Starbucks windows. A group of people using...
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All hell breaks loose during G20 protest at Queen and Spadina; TTC finally has reason for late streetcars
News is trickling in via Twitter and TV that a flare set off at Spadina and Queen West has shut down traffic, including all TTC...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: images from the streets
Protesters, photographers and police have taken to the streets as Toronto prepares to host the G20 summit tonight. While most...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: Justice for Our Communities rally and march
Yesterday, the eerie calm of downtown Toronto was broken by a loud, but largely peaceful, march by various groups. We followed the...
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Can the G20 jam credit card transactions? The Rovers Pub thinks so
Despite the rain, the Rovers Pub on the edge of Koreatown was packed this morning. South Korean and Uruguayan fans raucously...
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We speculate about other crazy G20 laws the government may have passed
G20 law enforcement officials were handed all kinds of completely understandable new powers to deal with individuals unwilling to...
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More press than protesters: media waiting for action at G20 demonstration settle for bag inspections instead of tear gas
Friday’s big photo op—er, protest—kicked off in the early afternoon at Allan Gardens, where all the requirements of an...
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Free lap dances for G20 leaders: “It’s a respect thing”
Dundas East burlesquerie Filmores is offering free lap dances to heads of state this weekend—an attraction advertised on a...
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Journo swag: “alternative media” at G20 robbed of maple syrup and swim time in Lake Harper
We can speculate about what journalists in the Allstream Media Centre are doing: complaining about being ripped off for free...
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Wave of boredom hits downtown Toronto as it waits for G20 chaos
Compared to the ruckus caused by World Cup revellers on College Street this morning, the area around the G20 security zone was...
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G20 Toronto photo gallery: native rights activists take to downtown streets
First Nations rights activists took to Toronto's streets yesterday, marching from Queen's Park to Allan Gardens chanting “No G20...
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
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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