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Evidence of Tony Clement’s involvement in alleged G8 pork fest mounts
The Toronto Star , bless its heart, can’t let the G20 go, and we're more than a little glad, because the story keeps getting...
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Repealed laws, unreleased reports and plea bargains? Thursday is apparently G8/G20 news dump day
We’re only a few months away from the one-year anniversary of the G8/G20 summits that were ever so much fun for this city. In...
City News
Five things Torontonians should look for in the federal election debates
This week, Canadians get to watch two debates among the leaders of the four official parties in the House of Commons—the English...
City News
Auditor general: Stephen Harper and Tony Clement lied to Parliament and may have broken laws before G8/G20
This morning the Canadian Press is pushing a hot story that may influence the outcome of the federal election: a report from...
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Culture
30 Rock comes to Toronto: what they got right, what they got wrong
Last night’s jaunt to Toronto by 30 Rock ’s Jack Donaghy ( Alec Baldwin ) and Avery Jessop ( Elizabeth Banks ) continued the...
City News
Canadian Taxpayers Federation hands out awards for most wasteful politicians, but misses the most obvious ones
Yesterday, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation had a fun little event where the organization handed out Teddies—that...
City News
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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Conservatives’ love-hate relationship with immigrants continues with cuts to settlement funding
Over the past several years (and elections), the Conservative Party has been trying hard to wrest the votes of new Canadians from...
City News
The job report: explaining Canada’s post-recession bounce
We keep hearing about the amazing Canadian economic rebound—some 300,000 new jobs in the past year. Is Bay Street paving the way...
City News
Officer Bubbles takes Toronto
This G20 thing just isn’t going away. A video by Real News that went viral on YouTube last week shows a young woman blowing...
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Food & Drink
Shafted by the G20, 40 Toronto street food vendors are seeking compensation for lost revenue
Street food vendors in Toronto are not a happy bunch. First, there was the whole A La Cart debacle that saw enterprising...
Food & Drink
Downtown restaurants look to recoup G8/G20 losses with special menus
In a response to losing more than half of her restaurant's revenue due to the G20 last weekend, Church Street’s Wine Bar...
City News
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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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...
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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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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Wait times massive at Pearson Airport’s Toast! Café
Passengers travelling to Lester B. Pearson International Airport were told to expect "significant delays" today due to the arrival...
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Crazy new rules give G20 cops superpowers, but only until Sunday
The Ontario government quietly but dramatically expanded the powers available to police during the G20 summit in Toronto. New...
City News
U.K. PM Cameron sucks up to Canada and Harper in Globe opinion pages
One of the newest national leaders to be visiting Toronto as part of the G20 is David Cameron, recently elected to head up the...
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World Vision’s creepily poignant maternal health demonstration
"Pregnant with promises"—that's how World Vision demonstrators depicted G8 leaders at a rally in front of St. James Cathedral...
City News
G20 Toronto photo gallery: protestors get an early start
As Toronto braces for the G20 kickoff on Friday, local and imported protestors took to the streets in the west end to give the...
City News
Canadian rappers issue danceable call to arms, fuel G20 protestors’ unspecific rage
The music video for “Crash the Meeting” by local artists Test Their Logik is making the rounds on protestor sites. We see it...
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G20 protesters get a free buffet too
Everyone knows the best part of a conference is the free food, and thanks to community organizers the People's Kitchen , even...
City News
G2OMG: Toronto momentarily not hated by rest of Canada, fabric of reality at risk
If there's one thing Canadians outside of the GTA know, it’s that Toronto sucks. Critics say that this city is...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
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