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How NoJetsTO activists are feeling now that Porter’s plans have been dashed by the feds
"I still don't 100 per cent believe it"
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City News
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #49, Robert Deluce
Deluce closes out the year with no shortage of headaches
City News
The Relentless Robert Deluce: Porter’s founder wants jets on the waterfront. Who’s going to stop him?
His plans to bring jets to the Island airport have made him Public Enemy Number One. But Robert Deluce isn't used to failure—and...
City News
Jets at the island airport are starting to look inevitable-ish
While the rest of us were busy focusing on dead-serious, election-related matters like raccoons and drug tests , the Toronto Port...
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QUOTED: both sides declare victory after Tuesday’s council vote on Porter’s jets
-NoJetsTO chair Anshul Kapoor , telling reporters why he's satisfied with yesterday's vote. After hours of debate, city council...
City News
Porter’s jets are still grounded, for the time being
Porter Airlines ’ bid to expand the island airport into a hub for jet-based travel passed its latest political test on...
City News
Toronto still doesn’t know what to think about Porter’s jet proposal
With city council's executive committee gearing up for next week's debate on Porter Airlines ’ bid to bring jets to the island...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Can Porter Airlines really demand that I pay for food with my credit card instead of cash?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I was flying to Montreal on Porter Airlines recently, and when I went to the terminal snack bar to grab a...
City News
WestJet makes a passive-agressive non-bid bid for access to the island airport
The island airport makes some people very, very angry , but for WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky , the feeling is probably more like...
City News
Editor’s Letter (January 2014): Porter’s expansion is an enthusiastic embrace of urban life
My new favourite spot in the city is the rooftop patio of the Corus Quay building, the headquarters for Corus Entertainment, at...
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City News
Jet Lag: Why Toronto should embrace an expanded Island Airport
If Toronto wants to be a big league city, downtowners should embrace an expanded island airport Let’s just call it Black...
City News
David Miller and David Crombie hate the Island Airport, and so does the Board of Health
Monday was quite a day for Porter Airlines . The company's bid to start flying jets out of the Island Airport not only earned...
City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
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Q&A: Porter CEO Robert Deluce on his plans to vanquish the anti–Island airport faction
There’s been relative peace on the island due in part to the ban on jets. Recently you announced you’d made a conditional...
City News
Five things to know about Porter Airlines’ high-stakes plans for expansion
Porter Airlines revealed some big plans yesterday: the airline wants to add 15 new routes to its repertoire, eight Bombardier jets...
City News
Two signs that the Island Airport is only getting bigger and better
Billy Bishop Airport’s proximity to the city—plus the free cookies in the departure lounge—have already won over many...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I be embarrassed that my husband stockpiles free food from the airport lounge?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently bought a chalet at Mont-Tremblant and have been flying Porter back and forth. He is...
City News
Air Canada’s new low-cost airline has cheaper fares, more crowded seating and lower-paid staff
Air Canada has finally made good on its promise to open a discount airline, commencing ticket sales for its new low-cost...
City News
50 Most Influential 2012: nine formidable Toronto power couples
Individually, they’re among Toronto’s biggest bigwigs. Together, they’re unstoppable. Here, a look at the Toronto power...
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Style
The entire list of Fashion’s Night Out parties and shopping events
Tonight is Toronto’s first Fashion’s Night Out, and we’re expecting plenty of open-door parties, sales and designer...
Style
More details about the free Fashion’s Night Out parties on September 6
Fashion’s Night Out, a night-time shopping party that takes over New York every year, is coming to Toronto on September 6, and...
City News
Rob Ford is going to Chicago to meet Rahm Emanuel and watch a Cubs game
Rob Ford isn’t fond of business trips—he thinks they cost too much —but he will be heading south next month to meet former...
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Gone in 60 Minutes: how to get from the office desk to the cottage dock in about an hour
Top down and open road used to be the best way to get to the cottage, but that was before highways became parking lots, crammed...
City News
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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Food & Drink
Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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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Food & Drink
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