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Yet another mayoral debate: Mammoliti is sensible, Pantalone is lonely and Tory’s Hamlet act gets old
The latest debate featured Rob Ford and George Smitherman sniping at each other—what else is new? We're turning our gaze to some...
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Snarl city: G8/G20 “traffic management” announced
Ontario police have just announced some of the traffic restrictions for the G20; as predicted, they add up to grim waits for those...
City News
Reaction roundup: leaders respond to the ballooning G8/G20 security budget
Just days after the Harper government announced that it’s preparing to spend up to $930 million on security for the G8 and G20...
City News
At big-city mayors’ conference, McCallion comes out swinging (and Miller comes out zinging)
The mayors of Canada's 22 largest cities, just ahead of an annual meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, gathered...
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Canadians would rather drive than have sex, credit cards, junk food or TV
Canada is not as eco-friendly—or as sexy, fun or fit—as previously thought. A new study conducted by the WWF (the World...
City News
Compromised Transit City plan doesn’t shoot for the moon, won’t hit stars, either
Metrolinx CEO Rob Pritchard laid out his revised transit plan yesterday, pleading with Torontonians to content themselves with...
City News
TTC wants public’s input on new streetcars, we oblige
The TTC is asking the public to help design the city’s new streetcars. The commission’s Web site presents a few downloadable...
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Road tested: the best way to get to Vaughan Mills
Some Torontonians might scoff at the shopping options north of the city, but Vaughan Mills is one of the few places with outlets...
City News
Strange bedfellows: with a plan similar to Thomson’s and Ford’s, Rossi turns the subway love-in into a threesome
It feels like it was just yesterday that Howard Moscoe was whining that none of the mayoral candidates was running as the champion...
City News
Mayoral debate more confusing than funny
We're sure there was some real comedy and some real debate on Saturday, but none of it was at the mayoral debate, held at the...
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Three reasons why road tolls are no longer politically toxic
Back in March, mayoral hopeful Sarah Thomson suggested the city charge for highway use—a proposal that earned its proponents an...
City News
TTC riders allege that drivers can be rude, creepy, kinda sad
Stop the presses: TTC staffers are occasionally rude, cranky and offensive. The Toronto Star has the scoop today, based on...
City News
Harper and McGuinty pledge millions for Ontario roads—everywhere but Toronto
Less than two weeks after announcing that $4 billion in funding for GTA public transit is being held back, Dalton McGuinty and...
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Adding a $4-billion insult to injury: Dalton McGuinty kicks the TTC while it’s down
Dalton McGuinty and Dwight “The Blight” Duncan dealt a huge blow to GTA public transit in their budget yesterday. Provincial...
City News
Off the Rails
Cantankerous drivers, moribund managers and spineless politicians are all to blame for the crapification of the TTC. The case for...
City News
The Vancouver-Toronto “transit war” turns out to be anything but
It’s probably all the recent hype over TTC operators sleeping , skipping out for coffee and drinking mid-shift that had us...
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New fat attack ad ensures that we never drink pop again
Some governments are attacking obesity head-on, but none more than New York's. As we reported a few months ago, the Big Apple's...
Food & Drink
My streetcar stopped at a Tim Hortons mid-route, and the driver got out and grabbed a coffee.
Dear Urban Decoder: My streetcar stopped at a Tim Hortons mid-route, and the driver got out and grabbed a coffee. Is that...
Food & Drink
Who provides the female voices that announce TTC stops?
Who provides the female voices that announce TTC stops, and how do they know they’re at the right stop?—Matt English, North...
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The Kendal entrance to Spadina Station is built into an old house. Is it inhabited?
The Kendal entrance to Spadina Station is built into an old house. Is it inhabited? Could I rent it?—Andrew Moore, THE ANNEX...
Food & Drink
Why are the old black-and-red digital subway signs always running ads for the same boarding kennel?
Why are the old black-and-red digital subway signs always running ads for the same boarding kennel? Does the TTC really like...
Food & Drink
An ad promises that I can call the TTC and ask questions in “over 70 languages”
An ad promises that I can call the TTC and ask questions in “over 70 languages.” How does that work?—Diane...
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I often travel by Via Rail, and it seems like the trains are always running late
I often travel by Via Rail, and it seems like the trains are always running late. Why?—Henry Cullen, Downtown For the...
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After years of riding the TTC’s infamous “Vomit Comet” without incident, I finally witnessed someone puking
After years of riding the TTC’s infamous “Vomit Comet” without incident, I finally witnessed someone puking. Then the driver...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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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
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
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