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John Tory
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because City Hall is finally getting its act together
When Torontonians look for leadership, they’re in the habit of turning to just about anywhere other than city hall to find...
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John Tory will celebrate his 61st birthday by doing what he loves: working
At a speech this morning for the Conference Board of Canada, Toronto mayor and serious person John Tory weighed in on a number of...
Food & Drink
Celebrate #FoodTruckFreedom Day at Nathan Phillips
Want to have lunch with the mayor? Then head to Nathan Phillips Square on May 13 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a John...
City News
John Tory thinks Toronto is, if not world class, at least “really really good”
The National Post got mayor and level-headed individual John Tory to weigh in on a continual source of civic anxiety: whether or...
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City News
John Tory has an opinion about police carding, which is that he has no discernible opinion
At a Wednesday summit on black issues where new police chief Mark Saunders (who is black) came out firmly in favour of continuing...
City News
John Tory re-announces a transit line that was supposed to have been built by now
At a joint press conference this morning with Ontario transportation minister Steven Del Duca , competent person and Toronto mayor...
City News
John Tory celebrates the fact that Queen’s Park has noticed SmartTrack
Normal guy and Toronto mayor John Tory spent some of Thursday celebrating what he said was a milestone for his mayoralty: a...
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City News
Six Degrees of John H. Tory: a peek at the high-powered Rolodex of our new Mayor McSchmooze
(images: John H. Tory by Markian Lozowchuk; Liz Tory, Slaight, Phillips, Peterson, Horn, Lind, Crombie, Mulroney, Campbell by...
City News
John Tory announces a plan to make life slightly more frustrating for raccoons
This morning, our mercifully boring mayor John Tory came as close as he will probably ever come to picking a fight with a specific...
City News
“Getting cussed out comes with the job”: Ten parking enforcement officers share their on-the-job horror stories
John Tory's “zero tolerance” policy on illegal parking during rush hour has a lot of Torontonians seeing...
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City News
Will Toronto actually adopt ranked-ballot voting?
THE IDEA Last week, mayor John Tory announced his support for ranked balloting, an alternative to the city’s first-past-the-post...
City News
Doug Ford is peeved that John Tory won’t help pay off his campaign debt
Doug Ford told the Sun that he's very, very disappointed by John Tory' s decision not to attend a $300-a-ticket fundraiser, the...
City News
Rob Ford tries 31 times to derail John Tory’s budget
City council approved mayor John Tory' s first budget on Wednesday evening, but not before reckoning with a classic Rob Ford...
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Could Toronto really ever get a second NHL team?
THE IDEA Stop him if you’ve heard this one before. Last Thursday, mayor John Tory threw his support behind the prospect of a...
City News
Try as we might, we can’t ignore Rob Ford—and neither should John Tory
Promises, promises. John Tory assured us he would make city hall boring again. He even held up boredom as an ideal, the grand...
City News
Rob Ford, who lied about everything all the time, accuses John Tory of lying
Before being elected mayor, Rob Ford enjoyed a weird sort of moral high ground. His outsider status on city council meant he had...
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Smoother traffic is only the beginning: John Tory’s parking crackdown will change the way Toronto works
Attention Toronto drivers: your heaping helping of schadenfreude is ready. For all the times you’ve ever been stuck behind an...
City News
John Tory isn’t as good at mayoring as Rob Ford, says Rob Ford
For some, a demotion to city councillor after four years as mayor would be a humbling experience, but for Rob...
City News
Some things that will definitely happen in Toronto in 2015
January 2 At 4:35 pm, Mr. Earl Mitchell, of Pape and Gerrard, becomes the last person to successfully hold to his New Year’s...
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Q&A: Nick Kouvalis, the kingmaker behind both Rob Ford and John Tory’s mayoral wins
If you’re planning on becoming mayor of Toronto at some point, you might want to call up Nick Kouvalis. As an architect of Rob...
Real Estate News
Tower of Power: who lives where at One Bedford, the new downtown address of choice for uptown potentates
In the three years since it was completed, One Bedford, the 32-storey monolith above, has become de facto HQ for tastemakers in...
City News
Uber Toronto general manager Ian Black on why the city hates his company, and why John Tory doesn’t
Everyone has heard of Uber, but not everyone’s sure what it is. Help us out. It’s a smartphone app: click a button and a car...
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John Tory’s first actions as mayor aren’t divisive, they’re just smart
The Rob Ford era is over. Even if you didn’t catch a glimpse of John Tory’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, you can feel the...
City News
A day into his mayoralty, John Tory riles up council’s left
—Newly elected Ward 20 councillor Joe Cressy in an interview with the National Post , after new mayor John Tory made it known...
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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
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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