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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...
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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...
City News
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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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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