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Tim Hortons debuts weird Buffalo-sauce doughnut; Gawker calls Canadians “food-confused”
The orange beauty above is a Tim Hortons Buffalo Crunch doughnut (a yeast doughnut dunked in Buffalo sauce and crusted with corn...
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Rob Ford’s world imploded last night: a chronological recap
Prior to Wednesday night, there were people who would have said it was impossible to force Rob Ford into substance-abuse...
City News
The
Star
’s Robyn Doolittle has had a crazy week
The Toronto Star ’s Robyn Doolittle won the race to publish a comprehensive treatment of Rob Ford ’s crack scandal with the...
Culture
Toronto Centre MP Chrystia Freeland explains Canada to Americans
In an essay for Politico , a U.S. publication whose attentions don't normally stray this far north, former journalist and current...
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City News
What ever happened to Gawker’s Crackstarter money?
Six weeks after Gawker began soliciting donations to procure the infamous Rob Ford crack video, the gossip site was left with more...
City News
Police watched Gawker editor John Cook watch the Rob Ford crack video
Here’s a comforting bit of news for Gawker editor John Cook: as he sat in a car outside a Dixon Road housing development last...
City News
The Toronto Star names the man who tried to hock the Rob Ford crack video
The Rob Ford crack scandal is all but dead. Gawker has given up on buying the video; Ford has replaced all his departed...
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Gawker gives up on buying the Rob Ford crack video
Gawker has officially called off its quest for the infamous Rob Ford crack video—which doesn’t come as a big surprise since...
City News
Crack Facts: a look at everything we know about the Rob Ford drug scandal
Six weeks into the Rob Ford crack scandal, the surge of new details has slowed to a trickle, the video is likely gone and the...
City News
Here’s what the massive pre-dawn drug raid had to do with Rob Ford
After a (mostly) quiet week on the ongoing Rob Ford crack scandal, the rumour-mill revved up again this morning when police...
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City News
Five things we learned from Gawker’s update about the Rob Ford crack video
In a lengthy post last night, Gawker editor John Cook revealed some bad news about the campaign to buy the Rob Ford crack video:...
City News
Rob Ford’s Official Tweets Vs. Reality: a day-by-day comparison of the last two weeks
In the two weeks since news broke that Rob Ford (allegedly) smokes crack, the mayor has lost his temper, nearly a third of his...
City News
It’s Rob Ford’s birthday: 10 gifts for the man who has everything (and by everything, we mean a crack scandal)
Rob Ford probably didn’t want to spend his 44th birthday dodging the media, walking past vacant desks where trusted advisors...
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Culture
QUOTED: An OCAD U father complaining about his daughter’s $180 pictureless art history textbook
— Brent Ashley, the father of a new OCAD University student, blogging about the mandatory $180 textbook required for his...
City News
Did Ryan Gosling really save Laurie Penny’s life? We’re not so sure
Dear Laurie Penny, Given that Ryan Gosling has not actually come out to confirm your life-changing event (he has merely confirmed...
City News
Jonathan Kay responds to Gawker’s taunts over his Toronto Life feature “Almost Rich”
When you argue that a household income of $196,000 is “positively middle class,” as Jonathan Kay did in an essay from Toronto...
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The Toronto Star’s Richard Ouzounian pens “the worst remembrance of Whitney Houston on the Internet”
Snarky site Gawker has called a column by Toronto Star critic Richard Ouzounian “the worst remembrance of Whitney Houston on the...
Food & Drink
LINK: the disgruntled Whole Foods buyer speaks to Gawker (from South Korea)
Yesterday we told you about an unhappy former bulk foods buyer at the Yorkville Whole Foods whose verbose screed of a resignation...
Food & Drink
A kiss-off letter from a disgruntled former Yorkville Whole Foods buyer makes it to Gawker; Internet explodes
A disgruntled former employee of the Whole Foods Market in Yorkville has become an Internet sensation after an incredibly long and...
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Mayor’s office allegedly pulls Now Magazine from city hall, increasing Now’s exposure by 10,000 per cent
The city’s media has a touchy relationship with Rob Ford ’s weight. The mayor is rarely as disarming to reporters as when...
City News
Toronto named possible escape destination for Americans unhappy with today’s election
The U.S. midterm elections are going down today, and lefties are paranoid as the Democrats brace for huge losses . Case in point:...
City News
Burlington woman develops fictional cancer to get attention, Internet grants her wish
The Internet is like a 21st-century monkey's paw: sure, it will grant you a wish, just not in the way you think—you never know...
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Style
American Apparel just can’t catch a break, heinous hiring policy exposed
Beleaguered clothing retailer American Apparel is in hot water yet again, this time after part of its hiring policy, which states...
City News
Oprah names Justin Bieber one of the world’s most talented kids
Yesterday, teen dream Justin Bieber appeared on Oprah as part of her World's Most Talented Kids episode, taped in front of a...
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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
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
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
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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand