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Doug Ford says he’ll take Stephen Harper’s job, but only if he has to
Months after deciding not to run for leadership of the Ontario Tories, Doug Ford is once again openly musing about assuming...
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David Price really, really wants you to forget he ever worked for Rob Ford
David Price' s $130,000-a-year job on Rob Ford’ s mayoral staff was once a total mystery. (When asked why Price was hired, Doug...
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Rob Ford is just “sick” about kids being taught sex ed by teachers, rather than mayors
In a YouTube interview with former Sun News personality Ezra Levant , Rob Ford offered some thoughts on Ontario's controversial...
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Toronto’s ombudsman says Rob Ford used city hall security officers like hired goons
A report by city ombudsman Fiona Crean, set to be released on Thursday, will detail several ways Rob Ford abused his power over...
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Doug Ford can’t legally be Rob Ford’s replacement, but he’s going to try it anyway
Doug Ford has now apparently made peace with the fact that he can't legally take over Ward 2 councillor duties while his brother...
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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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Doug Ford wants to fill his brother’s council seat, whether he’s allowed to or not
Rob Ford’ s cancer surgery in May will keep him in the hospital for a week or two, and "out of commission" for four months—and...
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Rob Ford has to apologize for being racist a couple times
Next week's city council meeting will be the setting of another classic Rob Ford forced apology, as he owns up to a few racist...
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Doug Ford is peeved that John Tory won’t help pay off his campaign debt
Doug Ford told the Sun that he's very, very disappointed by John Tory' s decision not to attend a $300-a-ticket fundraiser, the...
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The brother of Sandro Lisi’s alleged crack-video extortion victim got shot on Tuesday
On Tuesday afternoon, a 21-year-old man named Ahmed Siyad was shot in the parking garage of a Toronto Community Housing high-rise...
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Rob Ford tries 31 times to derail John Tory’s budget
City council approved mayor John Tory' s first budget on Wednesday evening, but not before reckoning with a classic Rob Ford...
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Rob Ford is selling his crack hoodie on eBay, too
Rob Ford' s latest eBay auction is proof that the ex-mayor still knows how to push everyone's buttons. The new item, currently...
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Someone’s going to pay thousands of dollars for Rob Ford’s crack-confession tie
Rob Ford started putting all sorts of crap (sorry, "memorabilia" ) from his office on eBay last week, but it doesn't get any...
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Rob Ford gets kicked out of council chambers for (what else?) not apologizing for doing something wrong
It started as most things do with Rob Ford : with a dispute over a vanishingly small amount of money. At today's city council...
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Rob Ford has a sibling we’ve never heard of who’s “a Muslim,” he says
On Wednesday, the media learned that Rob Ford may, at one point in time, have briefly been contemplated as an assassination target...
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Rob Ford, who lied about everything all the time, accuses John Tory of lying
Before being elected mayor, Rob Ford enjoyed a weird sort of moral high ground. His outsider status on city council meant he had...
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John Tory isn’t as good at mayoring as Rob Ford, says Rob Ford
For some, a demotion to city councillor after four years as mayor would be a humbling experience, but for Rob...
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Rob Ford is already planning a 2018 mayoral run
Rob Ford probably wouldn't have won the 2014 mayoral election even if he hadn't been sidelined by an unexpected health crisis, but...
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Doug Ford says Ontario’s Conservative party is too conservative
In a move reminiscent of the time he complained that the mayoral election was just way too political (are elections ever not...
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Rob Ford has no regrets about his time as mayor, because of course he doesn’t
With just over a week left in his term as mayor, Rob Ford spent the day selling off his remaining stock of bobbleheads and talking...
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Doug Ford is still really serious about winning the Ontario PC leadership
For a while, it seemed like Doug Ford ’s suggestion that he might run for and win leadership of the Ontario Progressive...
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Nobody believes Doug Ford’s “grassroots” supporters actually exist
Toronto faces an acute shortage of scare quotes this afternoon as news outlets around the city report on a new "grassroots"...
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Defeated in the mayoral race, now Doug Ford wants Tim Hudak’s job
In the lead-up to the mayoral election, Doug Ford suggested that he'd leave politics if he couldn't convince voters to to hand him...
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Doug Ford has had more illegal campaign signs removed than any other candidate
Doug Ford , true to family tradition, appears to be having trouble following Toronto's strict election laws. The Star reports that...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
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alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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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