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Jack Layton
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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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NDP convention endorses Layton, shelves “socialist” decision for now
With Canada’s first majority government since 2004, Ottawa’s political parties now have the chance to focus on all sorts of...
City News
Mike Layton promises to start his own cycling committee—sadly, tree house not included
Rob Ford may be trying to kill off most of the advisory committees and task forces at city hall , but some more committee-friendly...
City News
Election night at the NDP “victory” party: Toronto’s left pretends it won
Judging by the cheering at the NDP’s unofficial Toronto headquarters last night, you’d never know that the New Democrats are...
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Election day: Could Michael Ignatieff play kingmaker?
Covering election day—as opposed to the far more thrilling election night—presents a bit of a problem for reporters, the...
City News
Who leaked on Layton? We look at why each party may have tipped off Sun News
On Friday night, Sun Media broke the news that it had acquired the notes of a retired police officer who once found NDP leader...
City News
Two Bloc members, Maxime Bellerose and Benoît Demuy, endorse the NDP in an open letter
It seems that an orange tinge is taking over all Canadian politics lately: after this past weekend saw a surge of support for Jack...
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Orange crush: Canada’s sudden NDP love-in leaves Toronto cold
Remember when the writ dropped and the national press spent 48 hours wondering if NDP leader Jack Layton could stand up to the...
City News
See dorky and hot pictures of Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton in the blush of youth
Kim Campbell once said that “elections are no time to discuss serious issues.” We disagree with the statement, but applaud its...
City News
Remember that high-speed train from Windsor to Montreal? Here’s where the federal leaders stand on it
Finally, transit infrastructure has made it into the federal election news cycle. NDP leader Jack Layton was in Quebec...
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City mayors call for gridlock to be on the federal agenda. Good luck with that
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has a problem: it's all about cities, but cities are off the electoral...
City News
Reaction Roundup: what the country’s saying about last night’s leaders’ debate
For two hours yesterday, Steve Paikin did his community service of herding the four party leaders onto a stage and forcing them to...
City News
Federal Election 2011 Leaders’ Debate: the Drinking Game
As the media keeps reminding us, today is the day everyone in Canada starts paying attention to the federal election. Tonight at 7...
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Five things Torontonians should look for in the federal election debates
This week, Canadians get to watch two debates among the leaders of the four official parties in the House of Commons—the English...
City News
What do Harper, Ignatieff and Layton’s favourite baseball moments say about their characters?
During election campaigns, it’s a time-honoured tradition for the media to analyze every scrap of data that it gets from party...
City News
Michael Ignatieff visits Trinity-Spadina to fight the NDP for second place
Liberal leader and PM aspirant Michael Ignatieff visited downtown Toronto on the first Monday of the election campaign...
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Coalition talk more than just fear-mongering—it’s a GTA wedge issue
Only minutes into the election campaign—shortly after voting to topple the government on Friday— Michael Ignatieff emerged...
City News
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...
City News
The four vital issues that won’t be discussed in the upcoming election
For all intents and purposes, tomorrow is the expiration date for the 40th Canadian Parliament. This means that, for the next six-...
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Reaction Roundup: before the writs drop, what’s the country thinking about an election?
Canada is all but certainly on the way to an election— the opposition parties have rejected the Conservative budget, and the...
City News
Jack Layton fires the starting pistol early: a spring election now 99.99999 per cent likely
Well, the budget is out, and the reaction from the federal parties came out earlier than expected: the Liberals and Bloc won’t...
City News
An outbreak of coyness grips Ottawa as Conservatives woo NDP over budget
All poli-nerds will be watching Ottawa today at 4 p.m. as the federal government unveils its 2011 budget—and stakes its...
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Sick of waiting, media basically calls federal election on its own
We’re hardly innocent of the charge of election speculating—at this point, we’re going with “probably, but meh”—but...
City News
George Smitherman to join John Tory on Newstalk 1010 radio show
Breaking news this afternoon that George Smitherman , the former mayoral candidate and Deputy Premier, has moved on from...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’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
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!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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