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Will some councillors vote for Rob Ford’s transit plan at their own ward’s expense?
Rob Ford will likely endure another public defeat at a special council meeting tomorrow, this time over his beloved Sheppard...
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Marcus Gee wants Metrolinx to endorse a transit plan (for crying out loud!)
After enduring a crummy PowerPoint presentation from Metrolinx, apparently, city columnist Marcus Gee is a little cranky. In the...
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Karen Stintz calls for a special council meeting to kibosh Rob Ford’s transit plan
With the support of 23 fellow councillors , Karen Stintz boldly called for a special council meeting to confirm the city’s...
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Local experts blast Rob Ford’s transit plan, turning his government-as-business rhetoric against him
Just in case the mayor is feeling a little too confident after city hall’s victory over CUPE 416 in the recent labour...
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Apparently, the Sheppard subway could see a giant chunk of funding come from the private sector
Gordon Chong , the man Rob Ford tapped to create a plan for financing the Sheppard subway, now says the private sector could foot...
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Why hasn’t Metrolinx conducted a benefit case analysis for the most expensive transit project in the country?
Here’s a bit of underreported news, courtesy of the folks over at Spacing: while Metrolinx usually conducts benefit case...
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Rob Ford didn’t have the authority to cancel Transit City (lawyers say so)
Apparently, it takes more than a mayoral “because I said so” for the city to kill an extensive public transit plan. Rob Ford...
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Rob Ford tells Facebook why his transit plan is the one Toronto transit users want
Presented with a transit plan from TTC chair Karen Stintz that would save $1.5 billion on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, contribute...
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Rob Ford and co. fall back on the same old transit talking points (subways, subways, subways)
In the face of mounting dissent around his transit plan, Rob Ford and his inner circle are dusting off their trusty set of talking...
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Rob Ford is building subways because that’s what Rob Ford does
While Karen Stintz’ s new TTC proposal is gaining support from council’s left, right and centre, Rob Ford’ s transit plan is...
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Karen Stintz’s new transit proposal: buses for Finch, a single subway stop for the mayor
Having attracted heaps of attention for saying what everyone is already thinking, Karen Stintz has moved onto phase two of her...
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Karen Stintz picks a fight with council over $5 million in TTC money (and then promptly loses it)
When she’s not busy undermining Rob Ford’ s grand transit plan, Karen Stintz has been busy feuding with her fellow councillors...
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Karen Stintz breaks rank with Rob Ford over the Eglinton Crosstown plan
We all know Rob Ford loves him some rapid transit—he just doesn’t love it when it’s above ground, affordable or tied in any...
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Karen Stintz kills council’s buzz with her plans for the saved transit cash
By our count, the dizzying thrill of victory for council’s lefties and centrists lasted less than 24 hours. TTC chair—and...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: do people have the right to eat a meal on the streetcar?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I get queasy easily, and I can’t stand it when people eat food on the streetcar. I’ve seen passengers...
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In the wake of the budget defeat, Rob Ford compares his opponents to dogs
After a large portion of his proposed budget was dismantled, Rob Ford, ever gracious, did what any classy politician would do: he...
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TTC boss Karen Stintz masquerades as one of her own employees for reality TV
Rocking a wig and a killer nose ring as a disguise, Karen Stintz recently posed as an everyday transit worker, pulling shifts...
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Rob Ford inspires local citizens—to try to bring Transit City back
The push to resurrect Transit City is picking up a modest amount of steam, courtesy of activist Joe Drew and the website...
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Can gondolas bridge the gap (heh) in Rob Ford’s transit plan?
Back in October, urban planner Steven Dale argued that gondolas—sort of like the ones you find at ski resorts—could serve as a...
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The latest in wholly unsurprising news: the Eglinton Crosstown is going to be insanely expensive
The Eglinton Crosstown light rail line—the public transit project that’s proving Rob Ford can’t just bury things he...
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Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
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Rob Ford embarks upon the most predictable year-end media blitz ever
Rob Ford is wrapping up his year-end interview circuit, having spoken to (most of) the city’s major dailies, along with a few...
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Public transit users will officially pay a premium to be stuffed into TTC vehicles like sardines
The TTC has approved a fare hike for 2012, meaning commuters will have to shell out an extra dime for the privilege of being...
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Mississauga is set to embark on a municipal experiment: introducing a vehicle registration tax
Recognizing the financial realities of a city that needs improved public transit and smooth roads, Mississauga is hoping to...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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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
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