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Q&A: Joe Pennachetti, the bureaucrat who kept the city running under Rob Ford
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Occupy Toronto gets crushed by the man, then fights the power and actually wins (at least, momentarily)

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Private School Directory

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022
Private Schools

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022

Big Stories

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000
Real Estate

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world
City

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine
City

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine

Toronto’s best new restaurants 2022
Food & Drink

Toronto’s best new restaurants 2022

This man would like your attention
City

This man would like your attention

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17
Memoir

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17

Toronto’s first family of cheese
City

Toronto’s first family of cheese

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now
City

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country
Life

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer
City

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?
City

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland
Culture

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father
Memoir

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father

Inside a $4-billion family feud
City

Inside a $4-billion family feud

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s
City

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war
City

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever
Life

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top longreads of 2021
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2021

Fired for being female
City

Fired for being female

The winter hater&#8217;s guide to loving winter
City

The winter hater’s guide to loving winter

Great Spaces

Inside Muskoka Beer Spa, a hop lovers’ utopia in cottage country
Style

Inside Muskoka Beer Spa, a hop lovers’ utopia in cottage country

Best Dressed

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac &#038; Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey &#038; Lucia Remedios

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

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