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Reaction Roundup: responses to Thursday’s Liberal victory, from most to least pessimistic
Last night's election was a surprising victory for premier Kathleen Wynne ’s Liberals. With a majority government...
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Last night’s Liberal win will at least be pretty good for Toronto’s public transit (probably)
Judging by all the newly reddened ridings on the Ontario electoral map , a whole lot of you voted Liberal in yesterday's...
City News
Do you know who you’re voting for in tomorrow’s provincial election?
The 2014 provincial election is on Thursday, and it's bound to be a tough one. Ontario voters have a choice between a Liberal...
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Gas plants and folksy anecdotes: a few running themes from last night’s Ontario leaders’ debate
In Tuesday's Ontario leaders' debate, the single most high-profile event in this month's provincial election, PC leader Tim Hudak...
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Tim Hudak would cancel the Finch and Sheppard light-rail lines
It has been almost 20 years since the last time a newly elected conservative provincial government cancelled a major Toronto...
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Wait—maybe Tim Hudak won’t win a majority, after all
This is why pre-election polls are tricky. Earlier this week, we found out that a survey conducted by Reid had given a slight edge...
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CBC’s
Metro Morning
confirms the obvious: nobody pays attention to Queen’s Park
Anyone who cares about provincial politics may want to sit down before listening to the first two minutes of this segment from...
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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
Queen’s Park wants to make it a little more expensive to be rich in Ontario
Thanks to yet another leak leading up to Thursday's tabling of the 2014 provincial budget, the Star has figured out that Kathleen...
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Kathleen Wynne explains how she’ll pay for new transit in the GTA, except not really
During a speech earlier today for the Toronto Region Board of Trade, premier Kathleen Wynne slammed the opposition NDP and...
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Olivia Chow calls on the province and the feds to fund Toronto’s Downtown Relief Line
Olivia Chow has a problem. Fellow mayoral candidates are criticizing her relentlessly for not committing to building the downtown...
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Queen’s Park document leak sets a date on Kathleen Wynne’s transit-funding announcement
The Ontario Liberals suffered another major embarrassment today when the Star published the details of a confidential...
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Ex-McGuinty chief of staff is the focus of a criminal probe
This right here isn't the type of news the Ontario Liberals want on the front page of the Star in what's likely to be an election...
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Kathleen Wynne promises a magical mystery money source for public transit in Toronto
After announcing last week that her Liberal government is ruling out the possibility of using HST and gas-tax hikes to fund...
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Queen’s Park backs slowly away from transit-dedicated tax hikes
The provincial Liberal government has produced two reports (one from a blue-ribbon panel, and one from Metrolinx ) that recommend...
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Pembina Institute’s message to public-transit voters: pick anyone but the Tories
The Pembina Institute , an environmental think tank, has just released one of its periodic reports on public transit in...
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Ontario Liberals are thinking about letting cities ditch first-past-the-post voting
In what seems like a perfect—albeit belated—Valentine's Day gift to Toronto election-reform activists, premier Kathleen Wynne...
Food & Drink
Ontario’s fast-food chains will soon have to reveal calorie counts on menus
It’s about to become a bit more difficult to avoid the shame associated with consuming an entire day’s calories in a single...
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Ontario’s election watch approaches red alert
Queen's Park has been bracing for a possible springtime election for months, and now we know what might cause it: new fees for...
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Reaction Roundup: the eight essential quotes about Rob Ford’s jailhouse beatdown accusations
The latest bombshell in the Rob Ford crack scandal dropped on Wednesday afternoon, when Scott MacIntyre , the mayor's former...
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Justin Bieber officially has an even worse reputation than the Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs may be chronic underperformers, but we'll say this for them: they're no longer anywhere close to being...
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Rob Ford asks Queen’s Park for money just days after claiming Toronto has $50 million to spare
It's never easy for a mayor to wrangle funding from Queen's Park, but the process is especially tricky when that same mayor spends...
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Grocery gift cards for storm victims have gone from feel-good story to political liability
The provincial government’s grocery gift cards for ice-storm victims should have been a feel-good story. Government and private...
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Kathleen Wynne says yes to selling wine at farmers’ markets
The will-they - w on’t-t hey storyline between the LCBO and Ontario corner stores has been alternately intriguing and...
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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
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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
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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?
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Almost
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
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand