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Tim Hudak pretends that silly Sheppard council meeting never happened
Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak took some time this week to catch up on his correspondence, sending out 100,000...
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QUOTED: Apparently, there are secret bordellos in pretty much all of the city’s condo buildings
— Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada, a 53-year-old former prostitute, explaining to the Toronto Star...
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Some notables earning six-figures (or more!) from Ontario’s annual “sunshine list”
Once again, Ontario’s sunshine list has spotlighted the public servants who made $100,000 or more last year. A list of rich...
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Jan Wong: Why aren’t schools teaching kids about the pleasures and perils of sex?
The answer is simple: our curriculum is shamefully outdated, and the Liberals are too scared to fix it Adam and Eve nibble an...
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Linda Lundström and other Toronto entrepreneurs will bring art supplies (and a yurt!) to Attawapiskat
Toronto fashion designer Linda Lundström (famous for her LaParka coats in the late ’80s) has been gathering sewing...
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Could a penny-pinching Queen’s Park force the Eglinton Crosstown above ground?
Last week, economist and former federal financial official Don Drummond delivered some unwelcome news for Ontario residents: a...
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Jesse Brown: Why smart phones in the classroom equals smarter kids
Fears of cyber-cheating and sexting in school are so last year When Dalton McGuinty suggested in September 2010 that cellphones...
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How bullying became the crisis of a generation
Kids are committing suicide, parents are in a panic, and schools that neglect to protect students are lawsuit targets Mitchell...
Food & Drink
Booze Economics 111: restaurateurs don’t have it any easier than the rest of us
Seems no one likes overpaying for booze. Following last week’s auditor general report, which brought the LCBO’s unusual...
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Drake appropriates Toronto’s logo, while Twitter borrows Ontario’s slogan
Some savvy marketers at San Francisco–based Twitter have accompanied its new redesign (nicknamed “Fly”) with the slogan...
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Apparently, Ontario is safe from Nazi saboteurs, so the province looks to scrap decades-old law
The provincial government is looking to replace the Public Works Protection Act, better known as the “secret G20 law,” which...
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Current Obsession: With Neil Young as his guide, photographer Joseph Hartman went looking for the town he could barely remember
Neil Young Gothic , if such a thing exists, eschews flash and cleverness in favour of lumber-jacketed authenticity and a...
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Raw milkman Michael Schmidt ends month-long hunger strike
Raw milk advocate Michael Schmidt is back on solid food today after finally getting his wish: a talk with Dalton McGuinty to...
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Rob Ford gets over a bad case of the nerves to make his international debut at the Pan Am Games in Mexico
Rob Ford’ s first international excursion acting in his capacity as Toronto mayor went pretty smoothly. Ford was in...
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Porter Airlines to service Timmins, Ontario (and all of its 200 residents)
Beloved airline and free alcohol dispensary Porter Airlines celebrated its fifth birthday this month by expanding service to...
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Two U.S. senators propose calling in the feds over fake maple syrup
Champagne must come from its eponymous region in France, Parmigiano-Reggiano from specific areas in Emilia-Romagna (ok, and...
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Toronto Sun vents election disappointment with fire and brimstone cover
The province of Ontario was consumed by hellfire late last night, according to the Toronto Sun . While the paper’s website is...
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Hudak delivers an electoral gift to McGuinty in the form of controversial flyer
Tim Hudak gave the Liberal and NDP campaigns some free advertising yesterday, when he defended a campaign flyer that deploys scare...
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Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?
Tim Hudak is riding in the back of an RV, a big, bouncy RV wrapped in an enormous picture of his smiling face, and he’s coming...
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Dalton McGuinty warns voters about what a Rob Ford (er, Tim Hudak) win in the provincial election victory could mean for Ontario
With polls showing a dead heat in the provincial election race and no clear winner in Tuesday night’s debate, Dalton McGuinty is...
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Five notes on tonight’s (likely boring) provincial election debate
This snooze of a provincial election will soon be over, but there remains one major piece of business: tonight’s debate (oh, and...
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The provincial election campaign is so boring we’re actually pining for an all-leaders debate
Earlier today, we linked to a Toronto Sun column by Mike Strobel that argued the provincial election has been a dull affair...
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Tim Hudak barely utters the name of his former barbecue buddy, Toronto mayor Rob Ford
Yesterday, reporters had to lob six questions at Tim Hudak about Rob Ford before the Progressive Conservative leader would even...
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Ancestry.ca reveals Dalton McGuinty and Tim Hudak are distantly related, generates publicity for itself
The duel for premier seems to have reached an impasse , and an announcement by Ancestry.ca today could offer an...
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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
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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
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?
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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
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?
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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
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“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
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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
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative