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Six things we learned from Olivia Chow’s new autobiography,
My Journey
The best way to declare your mayoral candidacy without actually declaring it? Write a political memoir. My Journey , the new...
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Olivia Chow is writing a memoir, fueling speculation about a mayoral run
Olivia Chow, who has been toying with reporters about a possible mayoral run for months, is penning a memoir that’s supposed to...
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Mayor In Waiting: an inside look at Olivia Chow’s political ambitions
Olivia Chow’s public mourning after Jack Layton’s death cast her in a new light: dignified, likeable and, well, mayoral. Toronto wants her to run, but does she want Toronto?
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QUOTED: Doug Ford sizes up Olivia Chow as a mayoral candidate
—Councillor and confirmed loudmouth Doug Ford, unleashing his best right-wing campaign rhetoric in response to the growing calls...
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A city landmark is being renamed in honour of Jack Layton
The Toronto Island Ferry Terminal is set to be renamed the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, which we think is a fitting tribute to the...
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Memoir: two young protesters find love among the tents at Occupy Toronto
I’m a 28-year-old film editor, and I don’t want for much. I live in a spacious apartment on a quiet street off Queen West. I...
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Stephen Marche: an unflinching assessment of Jack Layton’s dubious legacy
The next NDP leader will be obligated to adopt Jack Layton’s Toronto-born brand of socialism—childlike, sentimental, and...
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The Real Jerk, Riverside’s cult favourite Jamaican restaurant, gets an eviction notice
The iconic smiling sun that’s shone down on the corner of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue for the last 22 years is about...
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Nicholas Hune-Brown: How to die on Facebook
When you’re dead, your Facebook page becomes a permanent digital gravestone, and your family and friends (and quite possibly...
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Details emerge on upcoming Jack Layton biopic
We saw it coming, but perhaps not quite this soon: the story of the late Jack Layton will be the subject of a biopic broadcast on...
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The Moment: the astounding emotional outpouring following Jack Layton’s death
Saturday, August 27, 2 p.m. When Jack Layton announced in July that he intended to return from cancer treatment in time for the...
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Provincial Election Leaders’ Debate: The Drinking Game
Sure, this hasn’t been the most exciting election in recent memory (that honour has to go to last year’s bizarre municipal...
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Toronto mourns Cardinal Ambrozic today at St. Michael’s Cathedral
Lost in the public memorial for Jack Layton this weekend was the news that retired Toronto archbishop Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic...
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Sign of the apocalypse: several prominent Liberals are talking about merging with the NDP
With the federal Liberals a mere shadow of their former selves in Parliament, the obvious question of what the Grits should do...
Culture
Steven Page’s recent tour has him living out of planes
Steven Page is working very hard to promote his new solo album, Page One, and his flight itinerary confirms it. On Friday, he flew...
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David Miller’s name is being floated for the NDP’s top spot, but can anyone from Toronto win (again)?
With Jack Layton’ s moving funeral now behind us, the new week has NDP candidates quietly leaking their intentions to run to the...
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Jack Layton, fall fashion and more: the top stories from the St. Joseph Media digital network
We bring you highlights from around the St. Joseph Media network in our new weekend feature. • Thanks Jack, We've Got It From...
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That was quick: NDP leadership speculation begins as Brian Topp said to be giving it “serious consideration”
As Jack Layton’s casket made its way yesterday to Ottawa—where the former leader will lie in state before coming home to...
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Christie Blatchford is unimpressed with the media’s reaction to Layton’s death; frankly, we’re rather unimpressed with her reaction
Apparently, National Post columnist Christie Blatchford is ticked that Jack Layton’ s death has become a “thoroughly public...
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Reaction Roundup: An outpouring of love, respect and grief in the wake of Jack Layton’s death
The last time this blogger had the pleasure of speaking with Jack Layton was for an Informer post during the federal election. The...
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NDP leader Jack Layton passes away at 61
We’re deeply saddened to learn that federal NDP leader Jack Layton lost his second battle with cancer this morning, according to...
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Convicted felon offers political advice to conviction-less NDP separatists and praise for blonde conservative commentators
Conrad Black may have spent the last few years of his life watching events in Canada from afar—and from behind bars—but that...
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Jack Layton takes temporary leave as NDP leader. What’s next?
Yesterday Jack Layton announced that he was temporarily leaving his position as leader of the NDP to battle a new form of...
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Jack Layton accomplished the impossible (with a little help from the anti-Iggy movement)—now what?
I should start by telling you that you’re my MP. That makes you my boss. Great—so you have to answer all of my...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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?
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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
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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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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“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
Food & Drink
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