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Ottawa moves to make a tunnel to the Island Airport legal
Now that they’re not asking for government money, the Toronto Port Authority should have an easy time building the planned...
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Why isn’t everyone celebrating Michael Ignatieff’s five-year anniversary the way they celebrated Harper’s? Oh, right
As any Canadian with access to newspapers, TV or the Internet knows, Stephen Harper celebrated his fifth anniversary as prime...
City News
Report: Tony Clement beats Stephen Harper on Twitter; most MPs are still pre-2002
How do modern politics and social media mix? Not well, it seems. A new report by digital public affairs strategist and...
City News
G20 Aftermath: Toronto police get to play keepsies with their toys from the G20
It’s always hard to give something up once it’s been held and played with a little bit—just ask any kindergarten teacher...
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Real Estate News
New details about CN Tower “behemoth” aquarium emerge
As we reported last March, Toronto has been in talks with Ripley Entertainment to bring an aquarium of epic proportions to the CN...
City News
Measured against other countries, are Canadians getting hosed by their ISPs? Let’s compare
One of the biggest questions raised by this week’s usage-based billing fracas is whether Canadians are getting ripped off by...
City News
Ottawa reviewing CRTC decision on download caps; observers stunned that Canadians actually care about telecom regulations
When the CRTC announced the final part of its decision on usage-based billing for Canadian Internet service providers, they...
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Pride Toronto’s severe case of TGIF: how the gay and lesbian festival ended up having one of its worst weeks ever
This has been a nasty week for Pride Toronto. The bad news started on Wednesday, when it came out that Pride had overspent its...
City News
Reaction roundup: what the country is saying about Stephen Harper’s fifth anniversary as prime minister
Sunday was big in Ottawa. January 23 marked five years ago to the day that Stephen Harper won his first election victory. His talk...
City News
Sick of waiting, media basically calls federal election on its own
We’re hardly innocent of the charge of election speculating—at this point, we’re going with “probably, but meh”—but...
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National Post discusses the monarchy’s role in Canada. What’s more useless—the debate over the Crown, or the Crown itself?
We’re sort of hoping the Post is doing its part to distract the nation from the incredibly silly debate over kirpans, and we’d...
Real Estate News
Vista-marring condos to go up behind Queen’s Park
The pink palace that houses the Ontario Legislature is about to lose a bit of its charm. Yesterday, Dalton McGuinty said the...
City News
New interactive map shows which baby names are popular in all of Toronto’s neighbourhoods
What’s in a name? Apparently, quite a bit. A new interactive map by Toronto’s master of geo-data, Patrick Cain —he’s the...
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Michael Ignatieff drowned out as media clamours to mark Harper’s five years in power
The country is coming up to a significant milestone: in under a week ( next Monday, to be precise ), Stephen Harper will have been...
Real Estate News
Conservatives bring in new mortgage restrictions, suggest some Canadians can’t manage their money
Ottawa was abuzz with speculation this morning, when the feds announced an early press conference with Jim Flaherty . Was it to be...
City News
Conservatives release video attack ads that are more like skipping records
Inevitably, when a band has had a few good years of success, it’s tempting to re-package some of its greatest hits, throw in a...
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Oshawa mayor wanted Toronto’s Transit City money to fund expansion of the 407
The city of Oshawa, fresh from electing a man to city council without knowing he couldn’t take the job, is now in an uproar over...
City News
This week in whining: holdout provinces say Ottawa’s securities regulator can’t have a logo
In the ongoing family feud between Ottawa and some recalcitrant provinces over whether to have a national securities regulator or...
City News
GTA slowly becoming election battleground: Julian Fantino makes it to cabinet, Peter Kent gets a promotion
With the news breaking last night that there was going to be a cabinet shuffle this afternoon, all eyes turned to Ottawa, where...
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Culture
Chapters-Indigo versus Canadian publishers: a battle looms over the fate of CanLit
The publishing industry in this country has long maintained a precarious equilibrium thanks to a bewildering but effective set of...
City News
SIU charges Toronto officer in Adam Nobody beating, as poll shows confidence in police slipping
Breaking news today as the SIU—the body looking into police behaviour during the G20—announces it has finally, after the...
City News
Canada ♥ regulation: banks will be asked to test their debt loads
After the news came out last week that Canadian debt levels were at an all-time high , it was probably inevitable that the feds...
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Stephen Harper gives his annual display of warm-bloodedness, sings rock music
Last October, Stephen Harper caused a bit of a fuss by demonstrating that he had artistic skills and a beating heart—he sang...
City News
Psych! Toronto and other big cities lose again
Earlier this year, the federal government announced Bill C-12, a proposal to add new seats to the House of Commons in the areas...
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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
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