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Immigration conflagration: we talk to the five front-runners about Rob Ford’s “enough’s enough” stand on newcomers
In case you missed it, at Tuesday night's CP24 mayoral debate, Rob Ford said: There's some argument about the numbers that Ford...
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Seven Long Years: How will David Miller be remembered?
As a kvetchy, largely ineffective do-gooder ultimately undone by the unionists who helped elect him Unless Joe Pantalone, the...
City News
Latest mayoral debate: Ford opposes immigration and giving credit to Suzan Hall, proposes scrapping the land transfer tax
With the mayoral election just over two months away, the front-running candidates are upping their game when it comes to the...
City News
Newspapers jump on sketchy mayoral race poll showing Rob Ford in the lead
It's been a while since a major voter intention poll was put out for Toronto's mayoral race—the last one, confirming that George...
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Breaking news: Rob Ford has said some offensive things in the past
The George Smitherman campaign unveiled its latest attack on Rob Ford yesterday, fordonford.com. If anyone wasn't aware, Ford has...
City News
Latest chapter in mayoral debate wars: seniors attack!
The latest in the never-ending series of mayoral debates got surprisingly feisty: in a packed, sweltering auditorium at Ryerson...
City News
Question: does the mayor deserve a $16,000 raise? Answer: it’s an election year
Received wisdom dictates that it's never a good time for a politician to get a raise. For this reason, the city has tried to take...
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Post-Tory stress disorder: Toronto’s media finds post-Tory mayoral race confusing
He never announced his mayoral bid, never campaigned and never did any fundraising, but Toronto sure spent a magical summer...
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Rob Ford endorses, is endorsed by pride-dissing, anti-gay-marriage pastor. Hilarity ensues
The story of the day, as far as city politics goes, is Rob Ford 's endorsement of Wendell Brereton —the pastor of Glorious...
City News
Marginal charges, maximal outrage: the Sun takes on bag fees
We noted yesterday that the Toronto Sun , in high dudgeon over city councillors' spending habits, was busy making a mountain out...
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All five leading mayoral candidates finally agree on one thing: no party politics in city council
Last week we noted that city council is going to have a decidedly less morgue-like Wall Street Journal since there are 11 open...
City News
Why did the chicken cross the road? Maybe because he was paid to make fun of Rob Ford
The race for the mayor’s chair is still a five-person (or six-person, if you count ghost candidate John Tory ) affair. Rob Ford...
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CFRB indulges our fantasies by pretending there are only two candidates for mayor
In the gruelling, seemingly endless slog for mayor, Toronto’s voters have roughly 30 different candidates to consider (no...
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Furious George on Adam Giambrone: “We should be glad he will soon be out of our hair”
Furious George has managed to keep his cool in public of late—perhaps his epic stroll across the city is part of his new Zen...
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CP24’s third mayoral debate actually has some fireworks
The five front-running mayoral candidates all gathered around CP24’s table last night to discuss Toronto’s most important...
City News
Outrage of the week: Niagara takes out ads slamming Toronto, Toronto takes offence
Any Torontonian wondering what he or she should be angry about next, wonder no longer: the Niagara Parks Commission has released a...
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Sarah Thomson solidifies position as leading daydreamer of the mayoral race
Sarah Thomson may not be leading in the polls, but when it comes to Toronto’s mayoral race, she’s clearly leading the pack in...
City News
Smitherman chases the limelight on foot through Etobicoke
The summer doldrums have put a bit of a damper on Toronto’s mayoral election. There have been no high-profile debates for a...
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Nightmare on Queen Street: casting the Toronto mayoral race
With new polls putting Rob Ford in a dead heat with George Smitherman, the mayoral race is finally getting a much-needed infusion...
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Premature ejection: Giorgio Mammoliti is out of the mayoral race. Who’s next?
It’s official : Giorgio Mammoliti is out of the race for mayor of Toronto. After struggling for months to get outside of the...
City News
Rossi ahead in virtual reality; actual reality still eludes him
Ever since Rob Ford entered the race, Rocco Rossi has been having a hard time of it. Being dethroned as the right-wing opposition...
City News
Smitherman calls for more amalgamation: merger of fire department, paramedics
If merging Scarborough and Etobicoke was the kind of thing that only a hard-headed provincial politician could do, maybe this is...
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Yet another mayoral debate: Mammoliti is sensible, Pantalone is lonely and Tory’s Hamlet act gets old
The latest debate featured Rob Ford and George Smitherman sniping at each other—what else is new? We're turning our gaze to some...
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Latest debate sees Ford, Smitherman compete for irrelevance to black community
Given that they're signed up for literally dozens of debates, it's easy to believe that the mayoral candidates run out of things...
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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
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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