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Who’s winning the YouTube election? Four hilarious videos lend some insight
Elections are crazy times for many reasons, but one of our favourite parts of any big election is the onslaught of thousands of...
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Rob Ford asks council to vote itself out of the plan for garbage privatization
Rob Ford’s plan to privatize garbage collection everywhere west of Yonge Street contains one little detail that is driving his...
City News
Remember that high-speed train from Windsor to Montreal? Here’s where the federal leaders stand on it
Finally, transit infrastructure has made it into the federal election news cycle. NDP leader Jack Layton was in Quebec...
Real Estate News
Rob and Doug Ford’s dream of having an NFL stadium in Toronto could turn into a nightmare
Just what do Rob Ford and his brother Doug want to do with the city’s shoreline? There's been a lot of speculation about this...
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National Sun News Network premieres today, except only in half of nation
Today is launch day for the much-ballyhooed Sun News Network. The road to this point has been long one. From bringing on Kory...
City News
City mayors call for gridlock to be on the federal agenda. Good luck with that
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has a problem: it's all about cities, but cities are off the electoral...
City News
Gerard Kennedy versus Peggy Nash in Parkdale-High Park: the huggiest grudge match ever
Like so many ridings in the 416, Parkdale-High Park is hosting a showdown between the Liberals and the NDP while the Tories and...
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Bob Barker comes to town to remind us that Toronto is “too cold” for the elephants at its zoo
Former Price is Right host and noted animal rights activist Bob Barker has a new bevy of beauties on his mind: the elephants at...
City News
“Toronto is the centre of the universe. Let’s just admit it and move on”—the Star’s not afraid to go there
An opinion piece with an opening like that is destined to raise a few eyebrows—and some blood pressure outside of the 416—but...
City News
Ford set to kill citizen committees, because he’s all about respect for taxpayers
The City of Toronto has a lot of committees, so it may be tempting to cheer when a small-government mayor like Rob Ford announces...
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Two Canadians still have a shot at #winning Charlie Sheen internship
Finding intern postings on-line is nothing new, but this particular opportunity certainly is: Charlie Sheen’s personal social...
City News
First prostitution, now pot: Ontario courts keep targeting taboos
The Ontario Superior Court has been busy lately, striking blows against contradictory laws. First there was last fall’s ruling...
City News
Reaction Roundup: what the country’s saying about last night’s leaders’ debate
For two hours yesterday, Steve Paikin did his community service of herding the four party leaders onto a stage and forcing them to...
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Rob Ford’s next war on David Miller’s legacy: Waterfront Toronto
After putting an end to Transit City and declaring the “war on the car” over, Rob Ford is apparently looking for new leftist...
City News
Cancer rates lower in Toronto than in the rest of Ontario: CCO
Cancer Care Ontario has released data suggesting that people in the GTA are dying of cancer at a rate less frequent than the...
City News
Five things Torontonians should look for in the federal election debates
This week, Canadians get to watch two debates among the leaders of the four official parties in the House of Commons—the English...
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Ontario teachers told not to friend students on Facebook
We assumed it went without saying, but apparently it doesn't. The Ontario College of Teachers has put out an advisory on the...
City News
Auditor general: Stephen Harper and Tony Clement lied to Parliament and may have broken laws before G8/G20
This morning the Canadian Press is pushing a hot story that may influence the outcome of the federal election: a report from...
City News
“Cancer faker” story comes to an appropriately weird close
Last year, Toronto’s press was all over the bizarre story of Ashley Anne Kirilow , the young woman from Burlington who shaved...
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Is the CBC’s Vote Compass skewing left-wing? (Or, Internet survey produces dodgy results? The Sun is there)
A reasonable reader might just assume that in 2011, everyone knows self-selected Internet polls are not to be taken seriously. Not...
City News
Watch a comparison between strikingly similar ads: one for Stephen Harper, one for a U.S. Republican candidate
The Liberal Party of Canada is sending around a video implying that Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has borrowed American...
City News
More than just wins and losses on the line as Leafs-Bruins rivalry builds
The Toronto Maple Leafs kept their playoff hopes alive with another thrilling victory Thursday—a 4-3 shootout triumph over the...
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Toronto cops flood “sunshine list” of public servants pulling in over $100,000 (Officer Bubbles included!)
Ontario’s sunshine list has once again let everyone know which public servants made at least six figures in the previous...
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Shania Twain’s alleged stalker arrested at the Juno Awards
Shania Twain was in for a surprise at last Sunday’s Juno Awards. It wasn’t her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of...
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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
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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
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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
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