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Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster
Toronto used to have one of the best transit systems in North America. Now it’s overcrowded, underfunded, unreliable and dangerous—and it costs us $2.38 billion a year
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Six Toronto mayors (including the current one) talk about the city
Only a handful of people know what it’s like to run Toronto. We invited them to lunch
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The 10 biggest moments in Toronto politics in the last 50 years
The councillors, cops, mayors and protestors who mattered most over the last half-century
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Mel Lastman gets some furniture-sales help from the mayor who made him look good
The goofball-mayor singularity has arrived. The National Post reports that Wednesday's Toronto Star contained a full-page...
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Gridlocked: How incompetence, pandering and baffling inertia have kept Toronto stuck in traffic
The most egregious transit scandals in recent memory—and who’s to blame
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Bad Boy is setting up shop in Honest Ed’s this fall
Bathurst and Bloor is about to become even more of a hub for local bargain hunters—at least for the next couple of years. The...
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Toronto’s cold-weather cred on the line as Norm Kelly considers calling in the army
Almost 15 years ago, then-mayor Mel Lastman decided to call in the army for help coping with some unusually heavy snowfall, and...
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Mayor In Waiting: an inside look at Olivia Chow’s political ambitions
Olivia Chow’s public mourning after Jack Layton’s death cast her in a new light: dignified, likeable and, well, mayoral. Toronto wants her to run, but does she want Toronto?
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Philip Preville: A sober assessment of Rob Ford’s shining achievements
Ignore, for a moment, all the sideshow antics that have hijacked his mayoralty. Rob Ford has made some big changes at city hall...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for October 22 to 28
Monday October 22 Tuesday October 23 Wednesday October 24 Thursday October 25 Friday October 26 Saturday October 27 Sunday October...
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QUOTED: Mel Lastman rates Rob Ford’s intelligence
—former mayor Mel Lastman, with a jab at Rob Ford (and a simultaneous mini-dig at himself as well). Unlike Ford’s direct...
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Five reactions to Rob Ford’s football scandal: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
The explosive allegations that Rob Ford has been using city resources and staff for the youth football team he coaches have kept...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 5, because these 21 new businesses opened on Roncesvalles
Every weekend, the sidewalks of Roncesvalles Avenue are jammed with strollers, tethered dogs and couples in heated debate over...
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The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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Get a sneak peek at our May cover story: Rob Ford and the weirdest mayoralty in Toronto history
Below is an excerpt from our May cover story, “The Incredible Shrinking Mayor” by Marci McDonald. The full text is now...
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Rob Ford’s sister’s long-time boyfriend allegedly utters death threats against the mayor
At the beginning of the week, Rob Ford–related news reports were dominated by ice cream, gravy jokes and his and brother Doug...
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Giorgio Mammoliti says it’s about time Toronto became its own province
City councillor and perpetual distraction from real issues Giorgio Mammoliti thinks the City of Toronto should consider separating...
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Editor’s Letter, October 2011: The Summer of Our Discontent
Most of the people I know who voted for Rob Ford did so reluctantly. “He isn’t perfect,” they told me last year in the weeks...
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Mayor Rob Ford receives another death threat, but apparently that’s just part of the job—or so says Mel Lastman
Criticizing the mayor is one thing, and we recognize that sometimes even a little violent rhetoric and some obvious hyperbole help...
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Nobody missed Rob Ford at Pride—but his absence is still significant for the city
Despite a somewhat dramatic game of last-minute will-he-or-won’t-he speculation , just as he promised, Rob Ford no-showed at...
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Rob Ford says he won’t be marching in this year’s Pride Parade—somehow, we’re not shocked
We’re curious to see how this one plays out in the polls: today, the mayor’s office announced that Rob Ford won’t be...
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Doug Holyday wants to fight panhandling—also, party—like it’s 1999
Reviving measures from the Mel Lastman era probably isn’t a good idea on principle. But apparently at least one member of the...
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Reaction roundup: Ford’s private subway financing faces its first critics
Mayor Rob Ford ’s plan to finance an extension of the Sheppard subway line with private money and higher taxes along the...
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The unaffordable city: how did Toronto get so !@#$%&* expensive—and is it worth it?
Middle-class life isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to a heated real estate market, a strong dollar, new taxes and stagnating...
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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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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
Food & Drink
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
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
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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
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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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling