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The
Sun
newspaper chain gets a new owner
—The amount of money Postmedia , parent company of the National Post and many other newspapers, is paying to buy Quebecor ’s...
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Sun News Network doesn’t have an audience and is losing a lot of money (but, hey, it’s happy!)
City News
To celebrate the Toronto Sun’s 40th birthday, we offer a selection of the paper’s more, er, memorable front pages
The Toronto Sun , that “little paper that grew” (apparently), celebrated its 40 anniversary yesterday, looking back on its...
City News
Stuck in the ’90s?: Sun papers leave the Ontario Press Council, citing “political correctness”
This is all a bit insider-y, but we can’t help but detect Kory Teneycke ’s hand at work here: the Sun chain of papers has...
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City News
If Sun Media can do it anybody can—Rogers ready to launch its own all-news channel
Toronto’s 24-hour cable news market is going to get even more crowded this fall, as Rogers Media announced this morning that...
City News
Is Sun News worthless? Bell Canada thinks so
Earlier this month, we noted that Bell and Quebecor are in the midst of a small squabble over how much Bell should have to pay for...
City News
Bell TV and Sun News Network caught in a cat fight. Now, if only there was a way they could both lose
In this conflict, we’re not sure which side to root for. Apparently Bell has pulled the Sun News Network, Canada’s newest...
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City News
National Sun News Network premieres today, except only in half of nation
Today is launch day for the much-ballyhooed Sun News Network. The road to this point has been long one. From bringing on Kory...
City News
Is the CBC’s Vote Compass skewing left-wing? (Or, Internet survey produces dodgy results? The Sun is there)
A reasonable reader might just assume that in 2011, everyone knows self-selected Internet polls are not to be taken seriously. Not...
City News
What are the chances that Toronto’s newspapers will go all digital?
News came out on Friday that the Montreal daily La Presse has a plan to embrace the Internet era with gusto: according to reports...
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City News
The Sun also rises: Kory Teneycke is back at Fox News North
Last summer, former aide to the prime minister Kory Teneycke left politics and joined up with Quebecor to head the launch of its...
City News
Kory Teneycke, the now-departed Sun News TV chief, wanted to attack David Suzuki
The odd stories from Kory Teneycke ’s brief tenure as head of the Sun News TV project (a.k.a. Fox News North) just keep on...
City News
Fox News North accepts defeat (or, as they’d put it, stops begging for welfare)
Looks like any legal arguments against Fox News North may soon be over, as Pierre Karl Péladeau announced yesterday that Quebecor...
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City News
Kory Teneycke leaves Sun TV News before it even starts
Well, that was the strangest summer job ever: Kory Teneycke is leaving his position at Quebecor, which means that someone else...
City News
Sun News changes tactics, pleads with CRTC for charity
When last we looked, Sun News was trying to convince the CRTC that it deserved a Class 1 broadcasting licence—the kind that...
City News
Revealed! Stephen Harper’s secret plan to take over the CRTC and launch Sun TV
Lawrence Martin wrote a juicy column for the Globe today about Stephen Harper' s push for Sun TV, a conservative news station that...
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Sun TV licence rejected by CRTC: how will the right-wing news organization respond?
As far as prognostication goes, the Globe and Mail is doing better than, say, the Toronto Star . Jeffrey Simpson used his column...
City News
Could Fox News North be awesome? Opinions differ
One thing is certain, based on the press conference that Quebecor head honcho Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Kory Teneycke held downtown...
City News
Crazy like a Fox: is a former Harper communications director building a conservative cable news channel?
The media is all over Kory Teneycke this week, reporting that he is ditching his role as right-wing pundit at the CBC to become...
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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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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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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