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George Smitherman
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Potential Ford win inspires emergency contingency plans, witty tweets
The news that Rob Ford —statesman, mayoral wannabe, Palinesque councillor—is now polling as well as lackadaisical front runner...
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“Undecided” polling way ahead of all mayoral candidates; race gripped by meh fever
A pair of polls have come out that show the mayoral race tightening up—but only if one includes actual candidates. Rob Ford and...
City News
Only Smitherman can go to China (on China’s dime)
The Chinese government is holding a Mayor's Forum on Tourism and has invited (according to its Web site ) 222 representatives from...
City News
Rossi hits Smitherman where it hurts: the National Post
Readers of Monday's National Post were greeted with what's become a regular feature of this city's newspapers: the increasingly...
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Joe Pantalone seeks to automate city hall
Joe Pantalone seems to believe that he is plugged into the frustrations of busy Torontonians. Chief among them? Getting out and...
City News
Mayoral race to Toronto: would you be more interested if we threw in John Tory?
We’re not sure whether it’s a sign of inevitable Ford fatigue or just a slow news day, but the Toronto Star is running two...
City News
Yet another subway hero: Smitherman unleashes his transit plan
George Smitherman took a break from picking fights with Rob Ford (too bad, that was fun) in order to release an actual policy...
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Non-existent poll gives Rob Ford fictional lead over Smitherman
Last week, city hall was positively atwitter about a yet-to-be-released poll that would declare not George Smitherman but Rob Ford...
City News
The best of Rebel Mayor: the funniest quips from city hall’s mystery tweeter, who was unmasked (sort of) this week
The Rebel Mayor situation, the municipal election's only fun gossip story so far, may have ended before it was spoken of outside...
City News
Does Toronto even care that Smitherman is a new dad? Should it?
One interesting note from last night's debate is that George Smitherman almost didn't make it, thanks to the demands of...
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Mayoral debate quickly turns to garbage
Last night, there was what felt like the 2,036,025,698th debate between the six major candidates to replace David Miller . This...
City News
Smitherman wants to de-ugly waterfront rink complex
Oh so slowly, the mayoral campaign of George Smitherman is growing out of its timid, quiet childhood into a prickly...
City News
What city politics need: more God
If the mayoral race has proven anything so far, it’s that when the candidates stop talking about the TTC or bike lanes, things...
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TTC refuses to let mayoral campaign be about anything other than the TTC
We’ve got to hand it to the Toronto Transit Commission. Everyone complains about it, and its expansion is doubtful due to...
City News
A brief history of the most explosive f-bombs in Canadian politics
This week’s f-bomb, dropped by Senator Nancy Ruth, might have raised a few eyebrows, but public representatives using the f-word...
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Actually, we do like him when he’s angry: Furious George shows up for mayoral debate
Months into the snooze-inducing mayoral campaigning, we’re thrilled to announce that the candidates' gloves finally came off...
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Toronto’s dailies: save the mayoral race from Rob Ford and/or Rocco Rossi
Monday's Toronto Star and Friday's Globe and Mail make oddly similar pleas: can one of these mayoral candidates please steal some...
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Mayoral debate more confusing than funny
We're sure there was some real comedy and some real debate on Saturday, but none of it was at the mayoral debate, held at the...
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The Amazing Race
Rob Ford’s bid for mayor takes the competition to new levels of crazy It’s great to live in a city where anyone with $200 to...
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Three reasons why road tolls are no longer politically toxic
Back in March, mayoral hopeful Sarah Thomson suggested the city charge for highway use—a proposal that earned its proponents an...
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55 people plan to vote for Rob Ford: poll
A new Toronto Star –Angus Reid poll that puts Rob Ford just behind George Smitherman in the mayoral race has instigated rampant...
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Smitherman’s new campaign boss wants to “unleash George”
Last Friday, after months of low-profile campaigning, George Smitherman' s manager, Jeff Bangs, left Smitherman's office for the...
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Mayoral candidates trip over each other to gripe about new bike lanes
Reaction to the city’s announcement of a bunch of new bike lanes yesterday—including a separated one along a chunk of...
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Smitherman loses his campaign manager
George Smitherman' s campaign manager has walked away from his job. On Friday evening—that dead zone of media coverage—the...
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Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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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Food & Drink
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