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Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #43, Matt Galloway
Galloway's voice is the first thing 392,000 Torontonians hear every morning
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Watch Desmond Cole talk racism in Toronto on CBC’s
Metro Morning
This month's Toronto Life cover story is a searing memoir by Desmond Cole about his experiences with racial profiling in Toronto...
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Pest control manager Steve Graff: “What we’re seeing is just a lot of spillover”
— Steve Graff , quality assurance manager at Abell Pest Control, telling Metro Morning ’s Matt Galloway about a hidden side...
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Doug Ford basically doesn’t say a single true thing during his
Metro Morning
interview
This morning's interview with Doug Ford on CBC's Metro Morning was an amazing demonstration of the mayoral candidate's ability to...
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CBC’s
Metro Morning
confirms the obvious: nobody pays attention to Queen’s Park
Anyone who cares about provincial politics may want to sit down before listening to the first two minutes of this segment from...
City News
Kathleen Wynne promises a magical mystery money source for public transit in Toronto
After announcing last week that her Liberal government is ruling out the possibility of using HST and gas-tax hikes to fund...
City News
Power Moves: six city councillors making early political plays following Rob Ford’s ouster from office
Since a judge took the unexpected, unprecedented step of kicking Rob Ford out of the mayor’s office on Monday, city hall...
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Roberta Bondar, Jamie Kennedy and seven others discuss The Art of the City at the latest Walrus Talk
Last week at the AGO, the Walrus Foundation convened nine prominent Torontonians— Midnight’s Children director Deepha...
City News
How a small group of farmers and wealthy weekenders made the Melancthon mega-quarry protest a cause célèbre
An unexpected casualty of Toronto’s building boom is the sleepy southern Ontario township of Melancthon, where an American hedge...
City News
Stephen Marche: the case for a downtown gambling palace at Ontario Place
A Toronto casino is inevitable. Will it be an ugly box built where nobody can see it, or a glorious five-star island of fun?...
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Karen Stintz’s ambitious transit plan is now one subway and one LRT
When announced, the far-reaching OneCity plan seemed full of moxie and momentum, but political realities have forced Karen Stintz...
City News
RIM’s grim financial problems may save it from its grim legal problems
After Research in Motion announced BlackBerry 10 would be delayed until 2013, some analysts cried death spiral, and CEO Thorsten...
City News
QUOTED: Thorsten Heins thinks RIM is just fine, thank you very much
— Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins, on his company’s current predicament. Heins waved off all the talk of death...
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Gallery: Conrad Black and Peter Mansbridge reunite at the National Business Book Award luncheon
Trust business types to figure out how to cram an entire awards gala into the length of a standard business lunch. Yesterday at...
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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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Reaction Roundup: the fallout over Rob Ford’s decision not to march in the Pride Parade—again
It feels like déjà vu: despite getting tons of flak for not attending any Pride Toronto events last year, Rob Ford has once...
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TTC boss Karen Stintz masquerades as one of her own employees for reality TV
Rocking a wig and a killer nose ring as a disguise, Karen Stintz recently posed as an everyday transit worker, pulling shifts...
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Rob Ford inspires local citizens—to try to bring Transit City back
The push to resurrect Transit City is picking up a modest amount of steam, courtesy of activist Joe Drew and the website...
City News
Rob Ford and his allies continue to control the PR game over contract negotiations with city unions
The Rob Ford administration has already fired the first volleys of the New Year in the ongoing public relations battle with CUPE...
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Editor’s Letter (January 2012): how immigration and repatriation are making Toronto a more interesting city
Cities are often affected by political events outside their borders. In the mid-20th century, North American cities profited...
City News
MLSE is off the market, planning sports network instead
Last Friday the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan board tersely stated that it’s no longer interested in selling its 80 per cent...
City News
Rob Ford chosen to cameo in The Nutcracker ballet (cue last-minute cottage vacation)
Every year the National Ballet of Canada works a celebrity cameo into its performance of The Nutcracker, and this Christmas, Rob...
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Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway once rocked dreadlocks (seriously)
A rift appeared in the space-time continuum earlier today when Matt Galloway , the clean-cut host of the CBC’s Metro...
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Rob Ford tries to explain what he loves about Toronto, only to fail miserably
Rob Ford made his triumphant return to CBC Radio this morning (of course, nothing tops his previous appearance ). In an interview...
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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
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
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“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
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand