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The 10 biggest moments in Toronto transportation in the last 50 years
The trains, roads, strikes and spats that mattered most
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Jets at the island airport are starting to look inevitable-ish
While the rest of us were busy focusing on dead-serious, election-related matters like raccoons and drug tests , the Toronto Port...
City News
Porter’s jets are still grounded, for the time being
Porter Airlines ’ bid to expand the island airport into a hub for jet-based travel passed its latest political test on...
City News
WestJet makes a passive-agressive non-bid bid for access to the island airport
The island airport makes some people very, very angry , but for WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky , the feeling is probably more like...
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David Miller and David Crombie hate the Island Airport, and so does the Board of Health
Monday was quite a day for Porter Airlines . The company's bid to start flying jets out of the Island Airport not only earned...
City News
Q&A: Porter CEO Robert Deluce on his plans to vanquish the anti–Island airport faction
There’s been relative peace on the island due in part to the ban on jets. Recently you announced you’d made a conditional...
City News
Five things to know about Porter Airlines’ high-stakes plans for expansion
Porter Airlines revealed some big plans yesterday: the airline wants to add 15 new routes to its repertoire, eight Bombardier jets...
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Two signs that the Island Airport is only getting bigger and better
Billy Bishop Airport’s proximity to the city—plus the free cookies in the departure lounge—have already won over many...
Real Estate News
The link to Billy Bishop will—officially—be a tunnel (not a network of gondolas)
The federal government has given the go-ahead for a pedestrian tunnel connecting the Island airport with mainland Toronto. The...
Culture
SPOTTED: Adrian Grenier hanging around Billy Bishop Airport
The stars are starting to roll in for TIFF. The Toronto Star is reporting that Entourage playboy and noted pretty youth thing...
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City News
Council clears a (straighter) path for the Island airport’s pedestrian tunnel
One of the last pieces of business that city council dealt with on its third day of meetings yesterday was approving a deal with...
Real Estate News
Union Station makeover hailed as unprecedented, amazing and complex—or, simply, a “big dig”
One of the main reasons we like Porter Air and the Toronto Island Airport —aside from, of course, its proximity to downtown—is...
City News
Bruce Power won’t be shipping radioactive waste through the Great Lakes—for now
Bruce Power’ s proposal to dispose of old steam boilers from the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station by shipping them to a...
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Mixed news for activists in report that says passengers will save four minutes with Island airport tunnel
We admit it; we can’t get enough news about the possible pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Airport on the Island. We love the...
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Porter adds two new destinations, but they’re probably not what you were hoping for
No DC or Philly flights for Porter just yet. The Toronto Island-based airline announced new destinations today and it looks like...
City News
Ottawa moves to make a tunnel to the Island Airport legal
Now that they’re not asking for government money, the Toronto Port Authority should have an easy time building the planned...
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Reason to Love Toronto: Because it’s never been easier to get out of town
It’s a distant, foggy memory now, but let’s briefly recap: back in 2003, when David Miller ran for mayor, promising to...
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Coffee spill on United flight just one of many terrifying/hilarious incidents in Toronto airspace. Here are five more
The Toronto Star is reporting that a Chicago-Frankfurt flight made an emergency landing at Pearson after the plane’s...
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Six things we learned from David Miller’s mass of exit interviews
Outgoing mayor David Miller seems to have been a busy bee yesterday, as all four of Toronto’s major dailies have exit interviews...
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Porter Airlines now being wooed by possible destinations
Porter Airlines has a couple of feathers to add to its cap this week. Its hub, the Toronto Island Airport, is one step closer to...
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$45-million tunnel to the Island Airport one step closer to reality
The Island Airport is something this city hates to love—and boy, does Porter know it. Between the free cappuccinos and the...
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Air Canada announces its first flights from the Island; Porter CEO “pleased”
The battle for the hearts and minds (and wallets) of Toronto’s travellers continues. The latest chapter in the throwdown between...
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Porter CEO sues Air Canada for taking away his free first-class passes
Porter and Air Canada just can't seem to play nice. The former's CEO, Robert Deluce, is suing Air Canada for not letting him and...
City News
Island airport to get tunnel, money, passengers and Air Canada
The shortest ferry ride in the world is about to be sidestepped by a $45 million investment from the Toronto Port Authority: an...
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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
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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
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?
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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
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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
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