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Word is a great, big budget shortfall is looming in 2013
The 2012 budget hasn’t even gone before council, and already the Toronto Sun has moved on to 2013. Apparently, a city source...
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There’s a new character in the sordid tale of Rob Ford versus Marg Delahunty: the almighty CBC ombudsperson
Although Bill Blair swooped in to save Rob Ford from reports that he’d called 911 dispatchers “bitches”—and called himself...
City News
Rob Ford inspires local citizens—to try to bring Transit City back
The push to resurrect Transit City is picking up a modest amount of steam, courtesy of activist Joe Drew and the website...
City News
Toronto’s budget surplus (no, not shortfall) grows by another $8.8 million
The city’s projected budget surplus has grown to $154 million—a nice chunk of change for a metropolis that’s allegedly...
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Does Rob Ford have a real plan for the police (aside from offering his unconditional love and support)?
By now, you’ve likely heard— over and over and over —about Toronto’s particularly low homicide rate in 2011, which dropped...
City News
Can gondolas bridge the gap (heh) in Rob Ford’s transit plan?
Back in October, urban planner Steven Dale argued that gondolas—sort of like the ones you find at ski resorts—could serve as a...
City News
Councillor Peter Milczyn offers something that sounds (shockingly) like a vision
A report commissioned by Rob Ford supporter Peter Milczyn has some recommendations for making Toronto a better place to live that...
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Apparently, Markham and other Toronto suburbs are stealing downtown’s “mojo”
The Grid has some upsetting news for all the latte-sipping, bicycle-riding, downtown pinkos who are pining for more “urbanist”...
City News
Rob Ford and his allies continue to control the PR game over contract negotiations with city unions
The Rob Ford administration has already fired the first volleys of the New Year in the ongoing public relations battle with CUPE...
City News
The latest in wholly unsurprising news: the Eglinton Crosstown is going to be insanely expensive
The Eglinton Crosstown light rail line—the public transit project that’s proving Rob Ford can’t just bury things he...
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Rob Ford rings in the New Year by kissing babies (good) and ducking reporters’ questions (bad)
Pesky journalists crashed Rob Ford ’ s annual levee yesterday, nearly putting a damper on the jolly good time the mayor was...
City News
Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
City News
Rob Ford embarks upon the most predictable year-end media blitz ever
Rob Ford is wrapping up his year-end interview circuit, having spoken to (most of) the city’s major dailies, along with a few...
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Rob Ford’s left-wing opponents are taking him to the cleaners in the office football pool
We suspect this news cut right to the core of Rob Ford’ s heart (in a way that nutrition programs for needy children never...
City News
Maria Augimeri avoids a by-election; Rob Ford avoids the referendum he probably doesn’t want anymore
Thanks to the Superior Court of Ontario, Maria Augimeri avoided the crushing indignity of a by-election. The court ruled last...
City News
Once again, Rob Ford bends the truth; this time, Marcus Gee politely points out his fibs
Rob Ford has been busy bending the truth in a series of year-end interviews, and Marcus Gee has been busy following along...
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Rob Ford isn’t asked tough questions, but doesn’t really tell the truth anyway
The Toronto Sun recently sat down for an interview with Rob Ford, which presented a good opportunity for the paper to ask some...
City News
Rob Ford sticks to his anti-labour strategy, quoting, well, himself (twice)
Union president Mark Ferguson is tossing the political hot potato back to Mayor Rob Ford, promising he won’t call for a strike...
City News
Rob Granatstein: why the city should sell off its assets—slowly but surely
To close the budget gap, Rob Ford wants to sell city assets. Good idea, bad timing. Even a novice real estate investor knows to...
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Gordon Chong can’t deliver his Sheppard subway report on time (he’s also unsure about his future with the project)
Poor Gordon Chong. The man who Rob Ford shouldered with the impossible task of making his Sheppard dream a reality is behind on...
City News
Library board embarrasses Rob Ford, rejecting his call for a 10 per cent cut
After much speculation and stalling, the library board voted to reject reductions aimed at meeting Rob Ford’ s city-wide demand...
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Brothers Ford make a hasty retreat on school nutrition programs after realizing they look like jerks
Mayor Rob Ford and brother Doug appear to have learned that literally (well, almost literally) taking food out of needy...
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Rob Ford’s decision to cancel Transit City now comes with a $65-million price tag
TTC riders forced to pay increased fares for decreased service might be just a little bit perturbed to know what their money is...
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Rob Ford could lose another crucial council battle over, um, plastic bags
Apparently bored with actual news, the Toronto Sun conducted a poll of city councillors to see if Rob Ford has the votes necessary...
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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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