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The latest Forum Research poll has Olivia Chow trailing Rob Ford
The poll , conducted on August 6, shows results markedly different from those of the last one by the same firm, which put the...
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A new poll puts Rob Ford decisively in third place
Here's the thing about polling before an election: if you ask two pollsters to predict the outcome, you're going to get two...
City News
How John Tory unmade his promise to “start digging” the Scarborough subway next year
On May 27, the John Tory campaign summoned the media to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. After weeks of promising to build a...
City News
New poll puts Chow, Tory and Ford in a virtual tie
With about three months to go until election day, a new poll by Forum Research suggests that the mayoral race no longer has a...
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Olivia Chow’s radio ad imagines the Ford administration as a monster-truck rally
At the risk of mixing her metaphors (she has previously referred to Rob Ford ’s city hall as "the circus tent"), Olivia Chow has...
City News
John Tory promises “surface subways” for Toronto
In a bit of rhetorical wizardry that will puzzle city hall scholars for months, John Tory just told reporters that, if elected...
City News
The List: John Tory tells us the 10 things he can’t live without
1 | My go-to breakfast I’ve been a peanut butter addict my whole life. I spread it on rice cakes when I’m adhering to my diet...
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Rob Ford’s approval rating appears to be cratering
Three weeks in rehab seem to have done what a year of crack-scandal fallout couldn't: Rob Ford ’s approval rating has finally...
City News
Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week rehab was amazing
Rob Ford is down and out (well, not entirely out), and the other candidates are taking the opportunity to make their own...
City News
Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week Rob Ford self-destructed
This week came to a screeching, crack-smoking, ethnic-slur-spewing halt on Wednesday, when the public learned that Rob Ford has...
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Toronto is about to be plunged into yet another election
After months of talk and partisan hostility, it's finally happening: Ontario will go to the polls in June. At a press conference...
City News
Olivia Chow promises “up to a billion dollars” for transit in Toronto
At the Toronto Region Board of Trade this afternoon, Olivia Chow unveiled her transit-investment strategy in front of a packed...
City News
Toronto Election 2014 Power Rankings: the week we planted a million trees
This was a relatively quiet week in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, though turmoil at the Toronto Community Housing Corporation...
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Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week everyone solved gridlock
Gridlock has been the major theme of the campaign for the past few days, with three candidates releasing separate—and not always...
City News
Semi-important question: what do 2014’s mayoral candidates like to drink?
We might not typically judge a candidate for public office based on his or her drink of choice, but considering how much we know...
City News
Will third-party attack ads shape the 2014 mayoral election?
It seems like there’s a hot new trend in Toronto mayoral politicking: attack ads done by people and organizations that claim no...
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Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week everybody got a little meaner
This was a relatively quiet week on the election front, with no major debates and only a few policy announcements, none of them...
City News
John Tory issues a mayoral “code of conduct” that’s really an elaborate burn on Rob Ford
In one of the weirder moments of the 2014 mayoral campaign so far, John Tory gathered reporters this morning to announce the...
City News
So, what happened during the 2014 mayoral election’s first televised debate?
Last night's CityNews mayoral debate was the first opportunity for 2014’s mayoral candidates to interact with one another on...
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Five things we learned at John Tory’s campaign launch
John Tory held his official campaign launch on Wednesday evening, signalling the start of formal hostilities between him and the...
City News
Toronto still doesn’t know what to think about Porter’s jet proposal
With city council's executive committee gearing up for next week's debate on Porter Airlines ’ bid to bring jets to the island...
City News
Who’s getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?
Sometimes, on Twitter, it's hard to tell whose opinion to take at face value, and whose opinion is dictated by the terms of a...
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Let’s review the websites of Toronto’s mayoral candidates
They say you can tell a lot about someone by what kind of shoes they wear. Right? They say that? Still? Anyway, if that’s even...
City News
Olivia Chow has finally “decided” to run for mayor
Olivia Chow ’s long "decision-making" process is almost at an end: after months of steadfastly refusing to confirm the...
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
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consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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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