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Reaction Roundup: the plastic bag ban and why it’s bad for Rob Ford
The abrupt decision to ban plastic bags in Toronto was a surprise to everyone ( even David Shiner, who introduced the motion at...
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Rob Ford casts the sole vote to reject free (!) federal money for gang prevention
Rob Ford can’t seem to shake his roots as a contrarian councillor. At last week’s council meeting, he was the sole person to...
City News
Will the 2024 Olympics take place in Toronto? Maybe
It seems as though there’s a case of Olympic fever at city council, since Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong introduced a motion...
City News
Q&A: Paul Godfrey, chair of the OLG, is on a mission to bring a Las Vegas–style casino to Toronto
You were a popular politician, brought the Blue Jays to town, resuscitated the National Post and cleaned up the OLG. Does the...
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Culture
Chicago wants something Toronto has: a Luminato-like arts festival (and tons of international tourists)
While Chicago has Toronto beat on virtually every other count when it comes to arts and culture, the Big Smoke trounces the Windy...
Today in Toronto: An Evening With Stuart McLean
An Evening With Stuart McLean Years ago, McLean participated in a political fundraiser that featured a live dramatic reading of...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford opponent Shelley Carroll says she wants to see more of the mayor
—Councillor Shelley Carroll, targeting Rob Ford for spending too much time gadding about instead of staying at his desk and...
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SPOTTED: Rob Ford attends—and reads a proclamation at—a gay outreach event (!)
Something awfully surprising happened just moments ago: Mayor Rob Ford not only attended the flag-raising ceremony for the...
City News
Could his support for a GTA casino hurt Rob Ford in the 2014 election?
Most of the casino coverage has focused on the economic and social aspects of the debate, but today Spacing’ s John Lorinc turns...
City News
The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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Jan Wong: Why the LCBO—the antiquated, paternalistic monopoly that’s deliberately gouging us—has got to go
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I stopped by the LCBO’s flagship Summerhill store. A glorious 35,000 square feet of creamy Italian...
City News
Rob Ford and journalists get passive-aggressive during World Press Freedom Week
Here’s a scenario that feels more like satire than real life: Rob Ford marked World Press Freedom Week with a speech about the...
City News
Budget committee newbie James Pasternak promises a “floor fight” over cuts
Since learning the city’s 2011 surplus (or “savings”) was $138 more than forecast, city councillors...
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Reaction Roundup: a few sane arguments (in a whole sea of crazy) about Rob Ford’s backyard showdown
The strange tale of Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale’s altercation with Rob Ford keeps escalating (as does our vicarious...
Style
Kristyn Wong-Tam brings the battle over the long-gun registry to Toronto
The recently cancelled long-gun registry has been a contentious issue in federal politics for years, but the next part of the...
City News
Editor’s Letter (May 2012): the city is in the midst of a cultural renaissance—except at city hall
The spectacle at city hall has become a common obsession, even among people who never before cared much about municipal...
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A federal government appeal jeopardizes Toronto’s bawdy house plans
All the talk about where to put brothels in the city (and how to make money off them) may have been a tad premature—the federal...
City News
Get a sneak peek at our May cover story: Rob Ford and the weirdest mayoralty in Toronto history
Below is an excerpt from our May cover story, “The Incredible Shrinking Mayor” by Marci McDonald. The full text is now...
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Quoted: A melodramatic George Smitherman on what he’ll rue for now and forever
—Former Ontario health minister George Smitherman during hearings held earlier this week at Queen’s Park, admitting he wishes...
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The Moment: when Karen Stintz went rogue and defeated Rob Ford on the transit vote
February 8, 12:33 p.m. When Karen Stintz called for a special meeting of council to resuscitate the transit plan that Rob Ford had...
City News
Rob Ford guilty of “illegal” campaigning, says councillor (and thwarted radio host) Josh Matlow
Rob Ford’s plan to run a slate of pro-subway candidates in the 2014 city hall election has already hit its first obstacle—and...
City News
NDP holds on to Jack Layton’s former seat (despite all of Justin Trudeau’s efforts)
Not even Justin Trudeau’ s impassioned video plea for the Liberals could stop the NDP from cruising to an easy win in...
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Stephen Marche: an unflinching assessment of Jack Layton’s dubious legacy
The next NDP leader will be obligated to adopt Jack Layton’s Toronto-born brand of socialism—childlike, sentimental, and...
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Urbanist Richard Florida thinks a Toronto casino would be an “unmitigated disaster”
With the politicking already underway on the prospect of a swanky Toronto-area casino, we were craving some straight talk on urban...
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General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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