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Six people are hit by a car each day in Toronto. We know how to fix it, so why don’t we?
In New York and London, pedestrian fatalities have plummeted. In Toronto, they're on the rise
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QUOTED: a police traffic spokesperson on the “carmageddon” at Queen and Spadina
—a Toronto Police Traffic Services spokesperson, on how closing the intersection of Spadina and Queen will make for an...
City News
Tension between taxi drivers and other road users grows after longboarder Ralph Bissonette’s death
The battle for space and safety on city streets is making headlines again in light of the death of Ralph Bissonette, the...
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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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City council considers toll roads (very, very briefly)
Two city councillors have an idea to increase city revenues and—oh, wait, forget it. Councillors Josh Matlow and Doug Holyday...
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Eglinton residents worried that Transit City’s crosstown LRT won’t make the streets any prettier
The NDP announced yesterday morning that its election platform would include funds for the TTC (and other transit systems across...
City News
A chunk of the Gardiner Expressway drops off—but it’s no big deal, right?
Apparently, the Gardiner is falling. The 55-year-old expressway seems to have a...
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Doug Ford wants charity events off city streets and, well, put somewhere else
In the final months leading up to the election, Rob Ford said he’d prefer to move marathons off city streets —apparently, the...
City News
What the heck is happening on Finch?
Finch Avenue West is one of the lingering casualties of Rob Ford’s war on Transit City. One of the busiest bus routes in...
City News
Former Queen’s Park insider has a billion-dollar 407 secret that he’ll share for only millions of dollars
Here’s a nutty story we don’t quite know what to make of: former provincial insider Jodie Parmar (mainly known as the dude...
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Karen Stintz wants to crack down on bikes on sidewalks
We can’t imagine why Karen Stintz , who’s got work up to her eyeballs with the restructuring of the TTC under Rob Ford ’s...
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Oshawa mayor wanted Toronto’s Transit City money to fund expansion of the 407
The city of Oshawa, fresh from electing a man to city council without knowing he couldn’t take the job, is now in an uproar over...
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Bike lanes may not be coming to Toronto streets, but they are coming to Google Maps
Torontonians will soon find a new bike feature added to the popular Google Maps site, which will allow users to plan out...
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We’re number three! We’re number three! Toronto’s roads no longer the worst in Ontario
Toronto might not have the most progressive mayor-elect in Canada—curse you, Calgary!—but we can still hold our heads high now...
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Smitherman tries to get by with a little help from his friends
Over the past six months, we've catalogued a few examples of how Toronto has been ignored by the McGuinty government. The short...
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All hail our cyclist overlords! Jarvis bike lanes going in; bike racks colonize Spadina
Most days, talk of Toronto's “war on the car” seems like so much overheated rhetoric. The vast majority of roads have no bike...
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Ford adviser: stop funding the TTC
Like most Torontonians, we hadn't heard of Mark Twohey until today, but that all changed when the Toronto Star 's bloggers dug up...
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Wait—street hockey is illegal in Toronto? No wonder our kids are fat
Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett was at Yonge and Dundas when Sidney Crosby scored the gold-medal goal for Canada back in...
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Rossi hits Smitherman where it hurts: the National Post
Readers of Monday's National Post were greeted with what's become a regular feature of this city's newspapers: the increasingly...
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David Miller: for whom the bell (and road) tolls
With the news that Metrolinx is going ahead with a scaled-down version of Transit City, Mayor David Miller says that what Toronto...
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Mayoral candidates trip over each other to gripe about new bike lanes
Reaction to the city’s announcement of a bunch of new bike lanes yesterday—including a separated one along a chunk of...
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McGuinty to Toronto: no deal on TTC money this year
One of David Miller' s objectives in his last year in office is to hammer out a deal with Queen’s Park for the province to take...
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Real Estate News
Tobermory gets a gift, Toronto gets a loan
Pardon us while we look a borrowed horse in the mouth. Days after announcing almost $140 million in spending on roads, bridges and...
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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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
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions