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Occupy Toronto Wish List: seven Toronto celebrities we hope to see at some point at St. James Park
Occupy Wall Street marked its one-month anniversary on Monday, and over the course of the last 30-odd days it’s attracted some...
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City News
Will freshly proposed library cuts spark the triumphant return of Margaret Atwood?
At the end of last week, Toronto Public Library staff proposed a host of cuts as part of an effort to meet Rob Ford’ s demands...
City News
Sue-Ann Levy finds new and creative ways to bash unions, Margaret Atwood
Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy believes that Tim Hudak only has himself—and not Rob Ford —to blame for his monumental...
City News
Margaret Atwood meets Doug Ford in person; universe refuses to explode
If you’re tired of reading stories about big idea man Doug Ford and literary nobody Margaret Atwood , you can thank Councillor...
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Culture
New Toronto Review of Books reviews Twitter, among other things
The London Review of Books touts itself as having “stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in...
City News
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...
City News
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...
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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...
City News
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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City News
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...
City News
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...
City News
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...
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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 ’...
City News
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...
City News
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...
City News
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
Real Estate News
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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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
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
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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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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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
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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