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Q&A: Joe Pennachetti, the bureaucrat who kept the city running under Rob Ford
City

Q&A: Joe Pennachetti, the bureaucrat who kept the city running under Rob Ford

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City manager Joe Pennachetti: “It was a long four years”
Gridlocked: how incompetence, pandering and baffling inertia have kept Toronto stuck in traffic
City

Gridlocked: how incompetence, pandering and baffling inertia have kept Toronto stuck in traffic

Rob Ford says he brought Toronto back from a “fiscal cliff,” city manager says “nope”
City

Rob Ford says he brought Toronto back from a “fiscal cliff,” city manager says “nope”

Even Toronto city staff thought Kathleen Wynne’s post-ice-storm food handouts were a bad idea
City

Even Toronto city staff thought Kathleen Wynne’s post-ice-storm food handouts were a bad idea

Rob Ford’s “billion dollars” in savings is actually probably more like $350 million
City

Rob Ford’s “billion dollars” in savings is actually probably more like $350 million

QUOTED: mild-mannered city manager Joe Pennachetti on Toronto’s financial situation
City

QUOTED: mild-mannered city manager Joe Pennachetti on Toronto’s financial situation

City hall budget warfare, round two: blanket freeze edition
City

City hall budget warfare, round two: blanket freeze edition

A lot of casino questions (and few answers) at Rob Ford’s executive meeting
City

A lot of casino questions (and few answers) at Rob Ford’s executive meeting

A leaked letter from Rob Ford proves he has a plan after all: don’t raise taxes
City

A leaked letter from Rob Ford proves he has a plan after all: don’t raise taxes

Reason to Love Toronto: because the city ombudsman fights city hall—and wins
City

Reason to Love Toronto: because the city ombudsman fights city hall—and wins

Rob Ford’s finance figures continue to look rather arbitrary—still, he won’t give up his apocalyptic budget rhetoric
City

Rob Ford’s finance figures continue to look rather arbitrary—still, he won’t give up his apocalyptic budget rhetoric

With the gravy train essentially out of steam (and gravy), the new budget marks Rob Ford’s toughest political test to date
City

With the gravy train essentially out of steam (and gravy), the new budget marks Rob Ford’s toughest political test to date

The Q&A: Nick Kouvalis is cashing in on his newfound cachet right, left and centre
City

The Q&A: Nick Kouvalis is cashing in on his newfound cachet right, left and centre

Occupy Toronto gets crushed by the man, then fights the power and actually wins (at least, momentarily)
City

Occupy Toronto gets crushed by the man, then fights the power and actually wins (at least, momentarily)

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Big Stories

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
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Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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