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Likely suffering from a case of the Mondays, Rob Ford chooses the path of least resistance
Library lovers can rest a little easier, at least for now. The Globe and Mail reported this morning that library closures and...
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Libraries win out over lower taxes—at least, according to the relative popularity of Toronto’s duelling essay contests
If the city’s competing essay competitions are any indication, there may just be a new kind of barometer for public opinion on...
City News
Twitter doesn’t like Rob Ford (and we’re guessing he doesn’t love Twitter either)
The Toronto Star is reporting that jabs at Rob Ford on Twitter and other social media sites rose significantly in the wake of his...
City News
Police chief versus mayor: Bill Blair takes on Rob Ford over budget cuts
Every city department is being forced to reckon with major budget cuts—just as Rob Ford instructed earlier this year. Most...
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Duelling Toronto essay contests pit lunch with Doug Ford against a date with Margaret Atwood
Not to be outdone by the library-loving elite and the Toronto Public Library Workers Union’s “My Library Matters to Me”...
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Sun columnist to Margaret Atwood: stay out of the debate on Toronto’s finances (or be labelled a dog)
In most recent column, Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy says that unless Margaret Atwood has a solution to balance the city’s...
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Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood go at it again—but nobody gets called stupid this time
Yesterday, at a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library union, the ongoing hostilities between Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood...
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Dates with Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje up for grabs in Toronto library contest (we’re looking at you, Doug Ford)
Doug Ford better start brushing up on his writing chops (because this might be a surefire way for him to finally figure out who...
City News
Will Rob Ford reject another offer of free nurses from the province?
The ongoing spending cuts saga at city hall has had its fair share of strangeness— Margaret Atwood’ s brief spat with the...
Culture
Oh, Canada: TIFF reveals the Canadian contingent at this year’s festival
At first, the Canadian offerings at TIFF 2011 seemed meagre, what with Sarah Polley ’ s Take This Waltz and David Cronenberg ’...
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Two more Rob Ford allies pledge their allegiance to Toronto’s new Mayor of the Moment, Margaret Atwood
If the week that was is any indication, the one thing that scares Toronto’s right-leaning councillors more than being caught...
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Toronto designer Photoshops Margaret Atwood book covers to gravylicious effect
A couple of days ago, we told you about Margaret Atwood’ s criticism of the Ford Brothers and their habit of, as she put...
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Things Margaret Atwood likes: libraries, book clubs, strong language; things Margaret Atwood does not like: Doug and Rob Ford
We’re guessing by now the Brothers Ford know exactly who Margaret Atwood is. After Doug Ford caused a bit of a brouhaha amongst...
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Reaction Roundup: Is this the beginning of the end for Rob Ford?
This week wasn’t a good one for Mayor Rob Ford . Between his brother Doug insulting Margaret Atwood (and then having Chapters...
City News
Doug Ford trolls Toronto’s left, press takes the bait
By now it’s pretty clear that Doug Ford is, as Ivor Tossell noted on Twitter , “trolling us and having a great time doing...
City News
Q&A with Ezra Levant, professional loudmouth and TV host on the spanking new Sun News Network
Do you find it ironic that you had to move from Calgary to Toronto to host a conservative-friendly TV news show? No, for the...
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Culture
Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje and other Toronto artists are banding together for Japan fundraiser
In today’s hype-obsessed mediascape, it’s easy for public attention to bounce from one issue to another. Toronto to Japan, a...
Culture
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad to get Toronto staging in 2012
After successful productions in Ottawa and Calgary, Margaret Atwood ’s The Penelopiad will finally be mounted in the first lady...
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House of the Week: $2.5 million to get into one of the Annex’s classic Victorians
ADDRESS: 78 Madison Avenue NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Annex AGENT: Margaret Bertrand, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage PRICE:...
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Culture
Canadian novels to be given away for free in Britain
Three revered Canadian novels will be getting both a publicity and sales boost, thanks to a new reading campaign across the...
City News
Is Canada’s high-low culture war a figment of John Doyle’s imagination?
For the second day in a row, the Globe and Mail 's television columnist, John Doyle, is boldly claiming there is a culture war...
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Climate skeptic wants Margaret Atwood off PEN board
The last time we checked in with Donna Laframboise , she was dishing about how Kory Teneycke had approached her for a job at Sun...
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Margaret Atwood designs Halloween costumes for Detroit doctor
If you haven't been paying attention to our literary matriarch lately, you may be unaware that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter , and...
Culture
Toronto’s book of the year is Mark Sinnett’s The Carnivore
Sometimes it takes a city's own literary community to embrace an extraordinary novel national award juries have overlooked. Such...
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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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The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience: The thief, the cam girl and their whirlwind fraudulent romance
Stephanie Sahler was a cam girl. Ralph Puglisi was a man willing to pay anything for her doting attention. It was the perfect arrangement—until she realized that every penny he sent her was stolen
Deep Dives
Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss
I was just a baby scientist when I discovered the hormone that made Ozempic possible. I had no idea how life-changing—and world-changing—that breakthrough would be
Deep Dives
A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
Is Ontario’s pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn’t
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considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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Sex worker and
Anora
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
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
The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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
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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