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Toronto MP Joe Volpe proposes new rights for shopkeepers, including bondage
One of the larger controversies in Chinatown and Kensington Market over the past year has been the case of David Chen, who is...
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Furious George on Adam Giambrone: “We should be glad he will soon be out of our hair”
Furious George has managed to keep his cool in public of late—perhaps his epic stroll across the city is part of his new Zen...
City News
The Star turns to soothsaying in pondering Michael Ignatieff’s future
Times are tough for the University of Toronto. The hallowed faculty of arts and sciences is looking at a $60-million deficit. When...
City News
Hogweed hits Hogtown: plant oozing blindness-causing goo spreads through Toronto
The G20 summit may be over, but now Toronto faces a new calamity in the form of hogweed, a gigantic poisonous plant that’s...
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Take that, Bay Street: no securities regulator headquarters for you
Chalk one up for passive-aggressive politics. One of Stephen Harper’s signature projects since taking office has been the...
City News
New service allows riders to text the TTC to learn how late streetcars will be
The service's stickers went up in May, but those texting for TTC schedules via the new streetcar notification system have been...
City News
Canada’s new governor general: thinker, educator, rapper
Move over, Drake. There's a new guy about to steal the gangsta spotlight in Canada, and he just happens to be our new governor...
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Ottawa resto-bar bans babies, begins brawl
It all started simply enough: a new restaurant in the south end of Ottawa, Taylor's Wine and Food Bar, was welcoming a patron who...
Culture
Lloyd Robertson to retire. We name five improbable replacements
Veteran news anchor Lloyd Robertson has announced his retirement as anchor of CTV's nightly news, effective late next year. There...
City News
Did the GG’s hubby, Jean-Daniel Lafond, suggest the Queen shouldn’t stay at Rideau Hall?
The Queen has left Canada without naming a replacement for Governor-General Michaëlle Jean, as some had speculated she might. But...
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G20 reviews just keep on coming
Speaking on CBC's Metro Morning earlier today, Councillor Adam Vaughan announced that the Toronto Police Services Board would...
City News
Toronto ranked 78th priciest city in the world for expats
Torontonians love to complain about every costly entity from real estate to Ticketmaster, but according to the most recent Mercer...
City News
Toronto MPs demand that Ottawa pay up for G20
Somehow, we can't imagine this is destined for success: Toronto-area Liberal MPs are demanding that Ottawa foot the bill for...
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Tweetquake 2010: minor geological event causes social media avalanche
Everybody, check for injuries or property damage—that was an earthquake you felt 24 hours ago. OK? Good, let's move on to the...
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Google can basically show the street address of the earthquake
Amid hilarious speculation that Quebec is literally separating from the rest of Canada, there is some actual news coming out about...
City News
EARTHQUAKE! Toronto media takes collective sigh of relief as they briefly get to stop reporting on the G20
Many people are reporting via Twitter that yes, indeed, there was an earthquake in Toronto about five minutes ago. CityNews had...
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Doth protest too much? Rating the threat levels of anarchists, anti-capitalists and other G20 haters
The big dailies are issuing their warnings about the onslaught of G20 protesters, many of whom are already converging on our...
Culture
New Canadian Monopoly unveiled, Toronto relegated to light blue
Toronto real estate may be red hot, but in the fictitious marketplace of the classic board game Monopoly, Toronto is about as...
City News
Harper lamer than Mulroney suggests Harper minister Peter Van Loan
Peter Van Loan is now a minister in Stephen Harper 's cabinet, but back in 1988, he was a young volunteer helping out with what...
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Bedbugs be gone: G20 preparations now extend to insect world
Since the feds certainly haven’t skimped on security spending for the G8 and G20 summits, we’re hoping that officials have the...
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Tories spend $10M on North Bay airport for G8; no G8 planes actually landing there
We’ve got to hand it to the Star , which is being utterly relentless in following the G8/G20 spending debacle. Today's front...
City News
Rahim Jaffer’s letter of apology: six lessons from an unwise politician
Yesterday, the Toronto Star released a letter from Rahim Jaffer to Mark-Olivier Girard, clerk of the Commons government operations...
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Liberals set up fake lake of their own—on Iggy’s lawn
Federal Liberals are finally having some fun. The Freep reports that the Grits have responded to Harper’s controversial...
City News
Price of Toronto marked up from $60 to $145,000,000, but it’s still a deal
Harperites have been having some trouble drumming up good press for the G20 summit, but today they got a little something to smile...
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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
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
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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