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Gardiner Expressway
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The 10 biggest moments in Toronto transportation in the last 50 years
The trains, roads, strikes and spats that mattered most
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Why the Gardiner East decision, whatever it is, won’t be “evidence based”
Pity the 5,200 souls who drive the eastern stretch of the Gardiner during morning rush hour. They are getting a good whipping in...
City News
I’d pay tolls to drive on the Gardiner—but only if everyone else does, too
I’ve already argued in favour of the hybrid option for the Gardiner Expressway, which would keep the eastern section of the...
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We should admire the Gardiner Expressway, not tear it down
First, a confession: I love the Gardiner Expressway, not for its utility but for its aesthetic beauty. I kid you not. I am...
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Gridlocked: How incompetence, pandering and baffling inertia have kept Toronto stuck in traffic
The most egregious transit scandals in recent memory—and who’s to blame
City News
Election Issue Watch: let’s all argue about the Gardiner Expressway for another year
At the beginning of the week, it seemed possible that the Gardiner Expressway ’s future could be settled without first dragging...
City News
The city is officially pushing the “remove” option for the Gardiner Expressway
We knew this was coming, but it's a big deal all the same: city staff are officially recommending that councillors vote to get rid...
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The city is leaning towards tearing down part of the Gardiner Expressway
The city has been trying to figure out what to do with the Gardiner Expressway for 30 years , but now, with the prospect of "...
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Philip Preville: A sober assessment of Rob Ford’s shining achievements
Ignore, for a moment, all the sideshow antics that have hijacked his mayoralty. Rob Ford has made some big changes at city hall...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford gets smug that he and Adam Vaughan actually agree on something
—Private-sector investment buff Doug Ford, on why Adam Vaughan, one of the Ford camp’s most vociferous adversaries, has raised...
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Philip Preville: How the crumbling Gardiner became a symbol for all that ails Toronto
While city hall spent a decade debating what to do with the Gardiner—Demolish it? Bury it? Raise it?—the expressway fell into...
City News
QUOTED: Toronto Police beg Rob Ford to hire a chauffeur
—Sergeant Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police, asking Rob Ford to relinquish the driver’s seat after the mayor was snapped...
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QUOTED: Rob Ford’s response to being caught reading while driving on the Gardiner
—Mayor Rob Ford, on whether he was reading during his commute, after the above photo taken on the Gardiner Expressway surfaced...
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The Scotiabank marathon ditches the Gardiner in favour of hitting more downtown neighbourhoods
Toronto’s omnipresent anxiety about being a “world class city” has trickled all the way down to the route of the Scotiabank...
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The extreme heat is making the Gardiner crumble again
This morning a “significant” chunk of concrete fell from the Gardiner Expressway—the fifth time in three months—forcing...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: One of my fellow condo-dwellers is putting on a peep show
Dear Urban Diplomat, I live on the 10th floor of a condo tower that overlooks the Gardiner. I drive out past the building on my...
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Falling concrete and glass seem to have a grudge against luxury vehicles
Though city officials insist it’s safe to drive under the Gardiner Expressway in a convertible, the concrete-raining highway...
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And the 10 most traffic-addled streets in Toronto are...
Sheppard Avenue commuters now have the dubious honour of spending hours on one of the most congested streets in one of the most...
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The city decides to start maintenance after a third chunk falls from the Gardiner
Now that another concrete nugget has dropped from the Gardiner Expressway—the third in the last month—the city has made fixing...
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Major traffic disruptions on the Gardiner this summer (and the nine summers after that)
While construction on Toronto’s highways and roads is as much a sign of summer as a smog alert or a crowded patio, the next 10...
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Concrete keeps falling off the Gardiner Expressway
Driving downtown in rush hour is already nerve-racking, and now drivers have the added bonus of worrying about concrete falling...
Real Estate News
Bubble trouble: buying an expensive house could make you a sucker or a donkey
Columnist Rob Carrick warns homebuyers against throwing wads of cash into Toronto’s competitive real estate in an oddly abusive...
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People are actually buying condos snuggled up to the Gardiner Expressway
Further proof (as though we needed it) that Toronto is condo crazy: buyers are snapping up units in towers pressed right up...
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Where to Buy Now: Mimico, because it’s one lakefront revitalization that’s on schedule
Many west-end neighbourhoods close to the core have their waterfront views blocked by the Gardiner. Mimico, on the other hand, is...
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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
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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
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
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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
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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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
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