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QUOTED: Jian Ghomeshi identifies the main obstacle standing between him and a mayoral run
—CBC Radio host and writer Jian Ghomeshi on a major impediment to any hypothetical mayoral aspirations. After Richard Florida...
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QUOTED: Richard Florida on where Rob Ford ranks in the history of city mayors
— Richard Florida, author, head of U of T’s Martin Prosperity Institute and noted academic rock star, sharing some choice...
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Olivia Chow is not running for mayor (so stop asking)
Anyone still holding out hope that Olivia Chow will challenge Rob Ford in the 2014 mayoral race (i.e. many, many people ) will be...
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Could his support for a GTA casino hurt Rob Ford in the 2014 election?
Most of the casino coverage has focused on the economic and social aspects of the debate, but today Spacing’ s John Lorinc turns...
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Karen Stintz gives Rob Ford re-election advice, offsetting rumours that she wants his job
TTC chair and reality TV star Karen Stintz may have handed Rob Ford a pair of decisive political defeats, but she continues to...
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Horwath and Hudak both making vague, happy noises about paying for the “privately funded” Sheppard subway
It looks as though Mayor Rob Ford ’ s Sheppard subway extension plan might be getting some more love from the people who want to...
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With Hazel McCallion’s last mayoral run behind us, Mississauga politics is starting to get interesting
Now that Mississauga is set to host an actual contested political election, all eyes will be on the city’s council for the...
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Rob Ford’s ex–campaign chief receives a little gravy from B.C.’s HST fight
Here’s an interesting story, reported by the Globe and Mail and flagged by the CBC’s Kady O’Malley . The government of...
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Rob Ford’s financial woes march one step closer to serious trouble
For once it’s not the City of Toronto that’s in bookkeeping trouble. When news about Rob Ford’s campaign finance shenanigans...
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Unity dinner raises about $1 million for mayoral cadidates Ford, Thomson and Rossi
Last night was the big night for all but one of the former mayoral candidates from last year’s election. Rob Ford, George...
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Calgary humiliates Toronto with its election results
With all the hubbub around Toronto’s municipal election—and it has received attention far beyond our little hamlet—we'd...
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And then there were four*: Sarah Thomson drops campaign bid, endorses Smitherman
It’s official: Sarah Thomson has announced that her cash-strapped, anemically polling campaign is calling it a race and...
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Sum 41 members tell Ajax residents to vote, voter turnout looks even less promising
We suspect the whole categorical imperative logic is lost on the makers of a new video imploring Ajax residents to vote in the...
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As Rob Ford is punished again, councillors contemplate the Mayor Ford era, plan coup
Another day, another report from the integrity commissioner that Rob Ford did something he shouldn't have. In this case, Ford...
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Shocker! Jack Layton endorses Joe Pantalone
We don't imagine there were that many NDP voters in the city who were wondering which candidate, exactly, was the left-most choice...
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After initial forgetfulness, Rob Ford comes clean on the time he was caught with pot and refused to take a breathalyzer
Rob Ford has had what anyone would call a pretty bad week. After his performance at the debate on Tuesday night, Wednesday was...
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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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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
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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