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And they’re off! After a prolonged snuggle, Harper government falls 156-145
Welcome to the 2011 Canadian general election, which officially started shortly after 2 p.m. as the opposition united behind the...
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Helena Guergis and Rahim Jaffer cleared by RCMP, but still not allowed to hang with the cool kids
Helena Guergis—remember her? The one-time rising Tory star and wife of then-hot-bod-in-caucus Rahim Jaffer ? Despite allegations...
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Rahim Jaffer’s letter of apology: six lessons from an unwise politician
Yesterday, the Toronto Star released a letter from Rahim Jaffer to Mark-Olivier Girard, clerk of the Commons government operations...
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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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Nazim Gillani rumour rundown: what’s true, what’s not
Local businessman Nazim Gillani testified in front of the standing committee on government operations and estimates in Ottawa on...
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Jaffer’s session with MPs rapidly descends into Grade 5–style blame game
Despite what is hinted at on the Edmonton Sun ’s Web site, Rahim Jaffer wasn’t on the couch or in his pyjamas yesterday. The...
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Dog photographer representing Nazim Gillani
Businessman Nazim Gillani, the key character in the Jaffer-Guergis scandal, who is accused of bilking his clients out of hundreds...
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Adam and leave: Giambrone ditches politics
And Giambrone makes three. Yesterday, we jokingly said that with two high-profile resignations— Helena Guergis and Jeff Bangs...
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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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Five things Adam Giambrone can learn from Eliot Spitzer
Last week, the New York Times ran a profile of Eliot Spitzer —former New York governor and connoisseur of high-class...
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Helena of Tory is no more: Guergis is out of the Conservative caucus as “serious allegations” emerge
Did Helena Guergis decide to jump ship amid the scandals enveloping her and her former MP hubby Rahim Jaffer ? Or was she pushed...
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Casting the Rahim Jaffer made-for-TV movie
Remember watching that CTV flick about SARS ? Or that Toronto-filmed biopic about Celine Dion? Neither do we, so we figured this...
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And now she’s resigning: Helena Guergis steps down from cabinet
Fridays are the best when it comes to the media. It's the one day of the week that officials unload stories that they'd prefer the...
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The Rahim Jaffer affair: a six-point primer
When Rahim Jaffer had his cocaine possession and drunk-driving charges dropped and received a $500 slap on the wrist, even the...
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Yet another Guergis staffer caught writing glowing letters to media outlets
It’s amateur hour in Alliston. Maclean’s is reporting that a letter it received defending the honour of Conservative junior...
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Letters praising Helena Guergis written by Guergis’s assistant
It must be tough to be Helena Guergis, junior Tory cabinet minister for Simcoe-Grey. Between her airport tantrum in Charlottetown...
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Tory cabinet minister apologizes for bawling out airport officials who refused to reveal the fate of his tequila
Apparently the PMO’s grip on cabinet ministers’ media appearances is not as tight as it used to be , particularly when it...
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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