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Rob Ford Crack Scandal
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QUOTED: American satirist P.J. O’Rourke describes one way Rob Ford has actually been good for the city
— P.J. O’Rourke, American political satirist and writer, talking about Toronto’s new edgy reputation, gained in the wake of...
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Those ex-wrestlers storming city hall? They’re a PR stunt for a sandwich shop
Rob Ford’ s extraordinary week of woes became extra-surreal yesterday when Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake became the second...
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NewsTalk 1010 has cancelled Doug and Rob Ford’s radio talk show
The CBC's Jamie Strashin is reporting that The City has been cancelled by NewsTalk 1010. The Sunday afternoon show—which...
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Five things we learned from CP24’s rare interview with Rob Ford’s mother and sister
When asked about the ever-widening scandal surrounding Rob Ford, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty— a close family friend—choked...
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QUOTED: Mayor Rob Ford is now considering treatment, says his lawyer
— Dennis Morris , Rob Ford’ s lawyer and close advisor, after revealing that the mayor “is seriously considering undergoing...
City News
Who Would Play Whom? Dream-casting the inevitable movie version of the Rob Ford Crack Scandal
Who would play mayor Rob Ford in the movie version of the ongoing crack scandal? Many observers have noted this week that Chris...
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Throwback Thursday: Don Cherry’s unwittingly ironic speech at Rob Ford’s inaugural council meeting
—Hockey commentator and sartorial risk-taker Don Cherry at Rob Ford’ s inaugural council meeting back in 2010. As Ford’s...
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The shocking new Rob Ford video, in which he says “I need f---ing 10 minutes to make sure he’s dead” [UPDATED]
Just after noon, the Toronto Star released this Rob Ford video, in which an enraged, erratic mayor screams threatening and violent...
City News
PHOTO: The cover of reporter Robyn Doolittle’s upcoming book about Rob Ford
Robyn Doolittle, one of just three journalists to have seen the Rob Ford crack video, has stayed tight-lipped about the nature of...
City News
VIDEOS: Last night’s best Rob Ford jokes from Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brian and more
A crack-smoking mayor is just too good to pass up. For the second night running, America’s late-night wisecrackers turned their...
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The 62 questions we still have for mayor Rob Ford
Mayor Rob Ford's second press conference on Tuesday saw him read a detailed and repetitive apology for smoking crack, in which he...
City News
Should Rob Ford resign? His council colleagues weigh in
Rob Ford— a man who generally hates talking to reporters—held not one but two explosive pressers today. The mayor followed up...
City News
Mayor Rob Ford’s second bombshell of the day: I am staying on as mayor, despite “embarrassing everyone in the city”
Just a few hours after a surprise media scrum in which he admitted to smoking crack, mayor Rob Ford make a second announcement to...
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Rob Ford’s office may have hired a hacker to destroy the crack video
The revelations into Rob Ford’ s secret life have been coming fast and furious, culminating in the mayor’s shocking admission...
City News
Mayor Rob Ford admits to smoking crack: “Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine”
It's official . Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to smoking crack "maybe a year ago"—that is, while he was serving Toronto as...
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QUOTED: Karen Stintz on what Toronto council should do about Rob Ford
—Councillor and 2014 mayoral hopeful Karen Stintz, advising her council colleagues to give up trying to pressure Rob Ford into...
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The top seven Rob Ford jokes on American talk shows, from Jon Stewart to Howard Stern to Jay Leno
Toronto’s been getting frequent updates on the Rob Ford Crackgate circus since May , but for many joke-makers south of the...
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Six spot-on Rob Ford parody Twitter accounts (plus one masterful fake Craigslist ad)
Mayor Rob Ford has a distinctively folksy way of speaking, a hot temper, a knack for saying dumb things and now an (alleged) crack...
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POLL: What do you think of Rob Ford’s apology?
The most embattled mayor in Toronto’s history has finally said he’s sorry—well, sort of. Yesterday, a sombre-sounding Rob...
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QUOTED: Jeremy Irons, Oscar-winning actor, says he can identify with Rob Ford
— Jeremy Irons , while being interviewed on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight . The Oscar-winning actor was in town to discuss...
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SLIDESHOW: The Rob Ford Crack Scandal in pictures, from the early iconic photos to the just-released shockers
Thursday’s blow-out revelations about Rob Ford ’s troubled private life were months—even years—in the making. In that...
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Rob Ford Crack Scandal: 16 amusing, baffling and touching reactions from notables that you need to read
Opinions about Rob Ford are like rage-fuelled TTC stories: every Torontonian has one. With the massive volume of mayor-related...
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Rob Ford Crack Scandal: 16 tweets by diehard Rob Ford supporters
Who cares if the city’s police chief has seen a video of Rob Ford smoking what might be crack? Certainly not Ford...
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Did Rob Ford use a fake name to call a talk radio show last night?
A few hours after Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair confirmed the existence of the Rob Ford crack video, an irate fellow going by...
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Wines of the World
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
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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
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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
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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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