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Reaction Roundup: who’s to blame for the Scarborough shooting and what should be done
Already unnerved by two brazen public shootings this summer, the city is now grappling with the Scarborough shooting that ended...
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Karen Stintz and Rob Ford get passive-aggressive while celebrating the Spadina subway extension
Yesterday, transit adversaries Rob Ford and Karen Stintz met up (awkward!) to celebrate the tunnelling of the first section of the...
City News
Does Rob Ford have a real plan for the police (aside from offering his unconditional love and support)?
By now, you’ve likely heard— over and over and over —about Toronto’s particularly low homicide rate in 2011, which dropped...
City News
How the G20—with its burning cars, broken storefronts, violent beatings and mass arrests—ruined Bill Blair’s popularity
On June 26, 2010, Bill Blair was in the middle of the most complicated week of his career. The G20 summit had transformed the...
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SIU closes investigation into the Adam Nobody assault—again
The total number of police officers who will be charged in the beating of Adam Nobody at last summer’s G20 summit...
City News
Cabinet shuffle: Toronto gets a seat in Harper’s new government—and it’s not even a token
Good news, Toronto: Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his new cabinet this morning and, for the first time since 2006, the...
City News
Apparently, Queen’s Park doesn’t hold a grudge—Joe Pantalone lands a spot at Waterfront Toronto
Turns out it isn’t necessary to run for a seat under Dalton McGuinty ’ s banner to wash away the bad taste left over from the...
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Conservatives loudly trumpet stimulus spending—just not in Toronto
Yesterday, Conservative MPs streamed out of Ottawa and across the country to tout the spending they’d done under the Canadian...
City News
Could Stephen Harper win Toronto seats with TTC cash?
Judging by the amount of ink that has already been spilled over a potential federal election , it’s not too early to start...
City News
GTA slowly becoming election battleground: Julian Fantino makes it to cabinet, Peter Kent gets a promotion
With the news breaking last night that there was going to be a cabinet shuffle this afternoon, all eyes turned to Ottawa, where...
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Coach’s Clamshell: Don Cherry to introduce Rob Ford at first council meeting
The last time we heard from Don Cherry outside of the airwaves of the CBC, he was endorsing Julian Fantino in a by-election in...
City News
Media treating Julian Fantino’s election as if the fate of the world were at stake
Apparently, all it takes to be the talk of the nation is for a GTA by-election to go your way. Vaughan, best known to Torontonians...
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Toronto’s former top cop takes forever to win Vaughan by-election
The Liberals managed to make the Vaughan by-election a tight race—so tight that it wasn’t called until after...
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Don Cherry shocker! Elderly white man endorses Conservative Party candidate
There are relatively few opportunities for a TV sports commentator to weigh in on national politics, but Don Cherry certainly has...
City News
Tough-on-crime Tories face tough-on-crime opposition to tough-on-crime candidate
When Stephen Harper picked former OPP commissioner Julian Fantino to run in the upcoming by-election in Vaughan, he must have...
City News
Sick of the violence and chaos of policing, Fantino wants to relax in Parliament
After weeks of teasing, Julian Fantino finally made it official this morning and announced that he will run in the next federal...
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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
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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
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative