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Q&A: Paul Godfrey, the CEO who’s presiding over the Postmedia newspaper chain’s rapid decline
He says he’s trying to save journalism. It’s not working
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Life
Q&A: Sue-Ann Levy, the
Toronto Sun
’s most notorious columnist, whose new book comes out today
A conversation with with the veteran columnist and self-professed shit disturber
City News
Q&A: Mary Ann Turcke, president of Bell Media
On combatting rogue viewers of U.S. Netflix, navigating the new unbundling landscape and reluctantly rubbing elbows with celebs
City News
The best quotes from Conrad Black’s ode to his friend Donald Trump
Lord Black compares the presidential candidate to Archie Bunker, but in a good way
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City News
The most influential new-media figures of 2015
Four faces at the forefront of a changing industry
City News
An injunction against
Toronto Life
’s May issue has failed
Yesterday in Ontario Superior Court, Michael Elder lost his motion for an emergency injunction to prevent Toronto Life ’s May...
City News
People with their arms crossed in front of things they’re against: a taxonomy of the
Star
’s favourite visual cliché
Two things are inevitable in a big city: constant change, and constant opposition to change. Local media outlets have a tough time...
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City News
CBC News Network managing editor Jennifer Harwood: “It’s time to stand up for Peter”
— Jennifer Harwood , CBC News Network's managing editor, in an internal memo that was leaked to the Globe . Harwood was...
City News
The
Toronto Star
’s paywall is probably coming down soon
The Toronto Star was late to the paywall party. The Globe , the Sun and the Post had all started hitting up online readers for...
City News
Q&A: Jesse Brown, the crowdfunded journalist who helped get Jian Ghomeshi fired
In other countries, media analysis is the norm; in Canada, for some reason, it’s not. Jesse Brown —a veteran journalist who...
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From the archives
The Man Who Would Be King: Inside the ruthless battle for control of the $34-billion Rogers empire
Edward Rogers expected to run the family empire after the death of his father, Ted. But the board squeezed him out
City News
The
Sun
newspaper chain gets a new owner
—The amount of money Postmedia , parent company of the National Post and many other newspapers, is paying to buy Quebecor ’s...
City News
Peter Mansbridge probably makes at least this much money
—The average total compensation paid to the four top-earning on-air personalities at the CBC as of April, according to a...
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City News
Q&A: Anne Marie Owens, the first woman to helm a Canadian national daily newspaper
Anne Marie Owens was on staff as a reporter at the National Post when it launched in 1998; in June, she came back to run it. After...
City News
The city has been forced to shut down its clever anti-littering ad campaign
Everyone has probably noticed these city-produced ads on transit shelters and buses. The mash-ups of different types of familiar...
City News
Made-in-Canada Netflix may be the only thing worse than Canadian Netflix
In a move already being hailed by media commentators as " intended to bolster...business ," cable giants Rogers and Shaw have...
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City News
Q&A: Joe Warmington, the journalist Rob Ford still likes talking to
When it comes to getting information from mayor Rob Ford , there’s the Sun ’s Joe Warmington , and then there’s everybody...
City News
How John Tory unmade his promise to “start digging” the Scarborough subway next year
On May 27, the John Tory campaign summoned the media to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. After weeks of promising to build a...
City News
The Grid
’s Edward Keenan lands a full-time columnist gig at the
Star
The Grid may have suffered an untimely collapse, but that hasn't stopped the Toronto Star , which is owned by the late...
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City News
Everyone hates the CBC’s new strategic plan
The future had never looked bleaker for the CBC than it did last month, after CEO Hubert Lacroix announced that he would be...
City News
The Grid
’s gone
The Grid announced on Twitter this morning that it's closing down for good, an abrupt move that nevertheless hasn't taken Toronto...
City News
CBC plans to cut 1,500 jobs, push digital services rather than TV and radio
The CBC's bad decade continues this morning, with news that the broadcaster's grand solution to its existential funding...
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City News
Q&A: Hugo Miller, the Toronto reporter on Bloomberg’s billionaires beat
Toronto-based journalist Hugo Miller spent a decade covering food, transportation and telecoms (not all at the same time) for...
City News
Two free dailies sell their covers to two different political parties on the same day
Take a look at those two covers. (The one on the left is 24 Hours , in case it wasn't obvious.) At first glance—and these...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
Deep Dives
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
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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Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand