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Toronto bans shark fin products; sharks everywhere rejoice
Yesterday city council voted in favour of banning the sale of shark fin products within the limits of Toronto. The proposal passed...
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Five highlights—and learnings—from last night’s executive committee marathon meeting (round deux)
Sure, it’s often difficult to pinpoint precisely when a meeting falls apart—but we’re going to venture a guess that last...
City News
City politicians ask: how were we supposed to know how a city works?
Budget chief Mike Del Grande stopped by the CBC’s Metro Morning yesterday and had to answer for the bevy of proposed cuts to...
City News
Rob Ford learns to say yes to gravy by saying no to bedbugs (and yes, for now, to nurses)
Toronto’s on-again, off-again relationship with public health nurses is now back on again, as the city’s budget committee...
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Will Rob Ford be forced to break his promise to cut the city’s land transfer tax?
One of the mayor’s most ballyhooed campaign promises on the election trail last year was his proposal to cut the vehicle...
City News
Councillor loses his piggy, prompting city council to make jokes that were actually kind of funny
In an attempt to remind people of the seriousness of the city’s dire fiscal straits, Toronto budget chief Mike Del Grande has...
City News
Apparently the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence is a financial sinkhole
Hockey seems to be the topic of the day. First, the Vancouver Canucks get thumped by the Boston Bruins in game six of the Stanley...
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City News
With big-time budget problems, Toronto can’t afford another big-time tax giveaway (imagine that)
In his mayoral campaign, Rob Ford promised that he would scrap both the vehicle registration tax and the land transfer tax , those...
City News
Ford is breaking all the rules—but is it political swagger or a worrisome pattern?
Like any newly elected politician, Rob Ford is trying to make the most of his honeymoon period. In the early months of the...
City News
For future reference: what Miller’s critics thought of a strong-mayor system
With Doug Ford ’s recent musings about strengthening Toronto’s already strong-mayor system , we thought it might be worth...
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TTC says some bus lines saved; Toronto Roller Derby still left in the dark
Is it too early to start calling it the Ford Two-Step? Between the quickly rethought fare hikes and the announcement that the TTC...
City News
Gord Perks says Ford budget “screwed” tenants, sadly does not prompt “yo momma” responses
In truth, we think too much ink is spilled pining for civility in politics. Some great parliamentary moments have been...
City News
Proposed TTC fare hike works out to pretty much the same amount as cutting the vehicle registration tax
Rob Ford ’s first budget as mayor says a lot about where the city is heading over the next four years. The list of cuts...
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Will Toronto’s rushed 2011 budget have major cuts? Depends on what your definition of “major” is
City staff are busy trying to put a budget together now that the mayor has directed them to find a way to freeze property...
City News
Key to getting a top gig in the Ford mayoralty? Endorse Ford, or be Karen Stintz
We’re just over a week away from the first days of the Rob Ford mayoralty, and the buzz over whom he’ll be relying on to herd...
Real Estate News
City unveils new pedestrian scramble intersection
Score one for the latte sippers: the city sent out a press release this morning announcing that a new four-way pedestrian scramble...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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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
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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
Food & Drink
“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