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Rob Ford Crack Scandal
City News
Full text: Doug Ford’s statement to the media about his brother’s leave of absence
A few minutes ago at city hall, Doug Ford addressed the media about his brother's leave of absence following Wednesday night's...
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City News
Reaction Roundup: the 12 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s meltdown and leave of absence
Wednesday night was an utter disaster for Rob Ford , with three different stories about different substance-fuelled embarrassments...
City News
Rob Ford’s world imploded last night: a chronological recap
Prior to Wednesday night, there were people who would have said it was impossible to force Rob Ford into substance-abuse...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford, on whether he still does drugs
— Rob Ford at city hall earlier today, in response to a reporter's question about whether he still does drugs. At the same press...
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Rob Ford may not be charged, but he could still be forced to testify
The CBC points out an interesting footnote to yesterday's news that the police investigation into Rob Ford has stalled: even...
City News
QUOTED: Elena Basso, on the unwanted attention that came with Rob Ford’s crack video
- Elena Basso, whose house at 15 Windsor Road in Etobicoke is believed to be the location where the infamous Rob Ford crack video...
City News
The Toronto Police investigation into Rob Ford hits a snag, as the OPP steps back
Last week, rumours began circulating that Rob Ford ’s arrest was imminent. The front page of today's Star describes one reason...
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City News
Rob Ford isn’t invited to this year’s Garrison Ball
The 2013 Garrison Ball was, in a sense, the start of Rob Ford ’s real troubles, because it was the source of the first detailed...
City News
Surprising nobody, prison officials deny plotting a jailhouse beatdown with Rob Ford
Rob Ford ’s mayoralty has given the world plenty of unforgettable headlines, and this one ranks with the best of them: "Prison...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford’s lawyer, yesterday; Rob Ford, three weeks ago
-An excerpt from Rob Ford ’s statement of defence , filed yesterday in the lawsuit brought against him by Scott MacIntyre , his...
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City News
UPDATED: Newly released Project Brazen 2 documents say Ford declined a chance to watch the crack video
Media lawyers were in court this morning arguing for the release of yet another batch of search warrant documents related to...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford, today; Rob Ford, four months ago
- Doug Ford earlier today, at a St. Patrick's Day charity luncheon, explaining to reporters how it's possible that Rob Ford, who...
City News
Better than an autograph: “star-struck” 13-year-old witnesses Rob Ford stumbling and swearing
For those who spent the weekend avoiding the internet: good job. All you missed were some incremental developments in Crimea...
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Rob Ford’s friend Sandro Lisi may be an even bigger jerk than previously assumed
What little we already knew about Rob Ford ’s friend Sandro Lisi wasn't particularly flattering: late last year he was charged...
City News
An open letter to Jimmy Kimmel regarding his time with Rob Ford
Toronto is still deciding what to think about Rob Ford's Monday-night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Here, Jon Sufrin writes an...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the 18 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s L.A. trip and Jimmy Kimmel appearance
"I don’t think I’ve had this many questions since the series finale of Lost. ” — Jimmy Kimmel , host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!...
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A recap of Rob Ford’s weekend in Hollywood, from the airport, to the Sunset Strip, to the studio
If Hollywood were to get its hands on Rob Ford 's story, would the resulting movie be an inspirational one? Would it be the tale...
City News
Robyn Doolittle talks about Rob Ford on
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolitte ’s ceaseless quest to explain our mayor to Americans continued on Wednesday night with an...
City News
Rob Ford admits to drinking, dodges drug questions on the
Today Show
Rob Ford was on the Today Show this morning for a second interview with Matt Lauer , whose previous grilling of the mayor made...
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The latest participant in Rob Ford’s unfolding crack scandal? Apple
Torontonians have grown used to seeing Rob Ford on late-night TV and on foreign newscasts, but the latest measure of the mayor's...
City News
Rob Ford is handing out Ford Nation passports to the youth of Toronto
Rob Ford won the 2010 election in much the same way Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency in 2008: he inspired a bunch a people who...
Culture
Robyn Doolittle’s book
Crazy Town
takes a step closer to becoming a movie or TV show
For months, observers of the Rob Ford crack scandal have been divided on many issues, including the mayor's record as a...
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QUOTED: Rob Ford, on reports that Toronto police are after his cellphone records
— Rob Ford to Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington on Tuesday night. The mayor had just been tipped off that Toronto police...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the nine top responses to Rob Ford’s refusal to attend Toronto’s World Pride event
“I’m not going to go to the Pride parade. I’ve never gone to a Pride parade. So I’m not going to change the way I am.”...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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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