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Rob Ford
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St. Clair streetcar (rather conveniently) impedes Rob Ford on his way to talk about the evils of streetcars
Apparently, the St. Clair right-of-way snarled traffic so badly that Rob Ford was almost late for his first spot as the co-host of...
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Rob Ford bores everybody with his campaign ad disguised as a radio show
At the outset of Rob Ford and brother Doug’ s maiden voyage as hosts of CFRB 1010’s The City, Councillor Doug issued a warning...
City News
Rob Ford and brother Doug now have their own talk radio show (seriously)
We already knew that Rob Ford prefers to do even the smallest of jobs himself, like, say, moving a pile of sand. Now, it appears...
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With Gary Webster’s sacking, Ford’s allies somehow made a hero out of a civil servant
As expected, five transit commissioners voted yesterday to oust TTC chief general manager Gary Webster, whose penchant for...
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Rosie DiManno writes a really weird column begrudging Rob Ford’s weight loss
With the wall-to-wall coverage of TTC boss Gary Webster ’ s firing, you might have missed another story coming out of city hall...
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Here’s what the Sun, the Star, the suburbs and downtown think about Rob Ford
It’s probably safe to say those “What people think I do” memes are nearing their expiration date ( so say the folks on...
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TTC honcho Gary Webster will probably be fired today, in yet another special meeting
Some time after 2 p.m. today, TTC chief general manager Gary Webster, who’s been in the transit business for about three...
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Got $5,555.55 burning a hole in your pocket? This portrait of Rob Ford could be yours
As Rob Ford continues to scrounge for funding to build his Sheppard subway, he might consider selling self-portraits: an oil and...
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Rob Ford and Ana Bailão set to work together to save nearly 600 TCHC homes
Following nasty council debates on the budget and transit, it looks like Rob Ford has been wrestled into submission on another big...
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Rob Ford’s latest media strategy: dodge questions about the Sheppard subway
In addition to promising to scrap the land transfer tax, hire 100 additional police officers (but who’s counting?) and generally...
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Two of Rob Ford’s most loyal, most fiscally conservative friends quarrel over money
Doug Ford and Denzil Minnan-Wong are having a bit of a tiff over whether or not Build Toronto executives should make lots of money...
City News
A report says something everybody already knew: there’s no rationale for building the Sheppard subway
Toronto Star columnist Royson James got his hands on an unreleased report that pretty much dismantles any rationale for building a...
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Scarborough MPPs politely decline trip on the Ford brothers train
While Rob and Doug Ford ramp up their campaign to save subways that don’t yet exist, some Scarborough Liberals aren’t having...
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In a dull and anti-climactic finish to labour negotiations, CUPE ratifies a new collective agreement
CUPE Local 416 has approved a new collective agreement with the Rob Ford administration, and the resolution is surprisingly...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford, getting all potty-mouthed about transit (once again)
That’s councillor Doug Ford , claiming that suburban councillors who opposed Rob Ford ’s transit plan are now being inundated...
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“Save Our Subways:” Doug Ford’s grassroots campaign that sounds more like a desperate call for help
Ever committed to building underground transit and using phone calls from constituents as a reliable measure of public...
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Rob Ford continues to ignore city hall rules; still, his allies steadfastly support him
In the midst of a heated debate at city hall, important things are sometimes forgotten—like good manners, logic or...
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Ontario Conservatives name Richard Ciano party president, hoping for that sweet Rob Ford campaign magic
Apparently hoping to learn a thing or two about, you know, actually winning elections, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives chose...
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Rob Ford’s beloved Sheppard subway wastes more of experts’ time
For all the debate around public transportation of late, the city has little more to show for it than a pile of feasibility...
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Is Rob Ford willing to, gulp, compromise on the TCHC fire sale proposal?
Rob Ford usually regards compromise with the same sense of scorn he reserves for cyclists, public sector unions and above-grade...
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Karen Stintz praises and supports Rob Ford, who responds by calling her a backstabber
Even if he wanted to, it looks like Rob Ford won’t be able to can Karen Stintz as chair of the TTC, and—perhaps...
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Dalton McGuinty says council is supreme; Tim Hudak says it should be ignored
Apparently, no amount of midnight subway riding will help Rob Ford convince Dalton McGuinty to contravene city council and build...
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Things get weird: Rob Ford takes comfort in a midnight ride on the TTC
After his transit plan was defeated at yesterday’s special council meeting, Rob Ford hopped on the TTC and rode straight into...
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Rob Ford doesn’t get his way at council—so he deems the whole proceedings “irrelevant”
After a lengthy special council meeting to debate the city’s overarching transit plan, where Rob Ford and his allies repeatedly...
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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
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
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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