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Former business associate of Kiss’s Gene Simmons is now collecting Toronto’s garbage
Kiss bass player Gene Simmons has made it into the coverage of Rob Ford ’ s push for garbage privatization (it’s about...
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Rob Ford hits the mayoral campaign trail several years early
Sure, Rob Ford may currently be riding out one of the rockier periods in his administration’s term thus far; but that hasn’t...
City News
Philip Preville: Why the city should start killing raccoons (kindly, of course)
Raccoons are everywhere, and at all times of the day. They’re a menace to private property and public health. It’s time we...
City News
When the mayor is Rob Ford and the issue is garbage collection, high approval ratings apparently aren’t necessary for victory
Mayor Rob Ford made good on a campaign promise yesterday with council’s vote to contract out city garbage collection between...
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David Miller talks Transit City (again); we listen longingly
The tale of David Miller ’ s life after Toronto politics remind us in a weird way of a relationship where someone breaks up with...
City News
Honouring a bet, Rob Ford rocked a Hamilton Tiger-Cats jersey at city council yesterday
When we arrived at council yesterday to see Mayor Rob Ford wearing a football jersey, our first thought was that he’d rushed to...
City News
Rob Ford ducks CBC muckrakers, call the cops—and we feel surprisingly sympathetic (until we see the video)
Did you hear the news about Rob Ford and the CBC interview? No, not that one. Not that one, either. Apparently, the mayor was...
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Real Estate News
Joel Richardson’s city-authorized mural in the Junction is restored after city-authorized destruction
The story has come full circle: commissioned, decommissioned, re-commissioned, restored. After Joel Richardson’ s mural was...
City News
Christopher Hume spreads rumours about a waterfront casino at Ontario Place
The Toronto Star’ s Christopher Hume says the rumour mill is churning out reports of a potential waterfront casino, most likely...
City News
Reaction roundup: guess which city columnist called Rob Ford a “rotund, rich, balding guy from the suburbs”?
Because newspaper columnists love tying their columns to milestones — for instance, say, the first anniversary of Rob Ford’ s...
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City News
Rob Ford gives into the police budget, shoots himself in the foot
Rob Ford’s decision last week to approve a pricey police budget suggests there may be some wiggle room for other city...
City News
More than half of Toronto’s Lingerie Football League team resigns over equipment issues
Sure, it might seem predictable that there would be equipment issues in the Lingerie Football League, but this is still pretty...
City News
Rob Ford receives a little political ammo, courtesy of York Region bus drivers
Here’s a political gift for the mayor and council’s right wingers: York Region bus drivers are set to strike on Monday if...
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Rob Ford spurns his own art party to attend a football game
The Don Bosco Eagles steamrolled their way to a stunning 34-0 victory over the Richview Saints, news that would be utterly...
City News
Both sides declare victory on police budget (even though Bill Blair received pretty much everything he wanted)
Rob Ford’ s allies folded like a cheap shirt in the ongoing dispute regarding the police budget. Recall that Chief Bill Blair...
City News
Donors are closing their wallets with news that the Toronto Zoo is for sale (and investors aren’t opening theirs)
Apparently, donors aren’t keen to throw money into a black hole (surprise, surprise). The latest buzz around the city’s...
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John Filion wants to curb Rob Ford’s mayoral powers fearing he’s going to do something impulsive
A municipal politics lesson courtesy of the Toronto Star: the employee and labour relations committee, made up mainly of Rob...
City News
Rob Ford is a model mayor for municipalities across Canada (no, really)
Apparently, cities across Canada still look to Toronto as a role model on certain municipal issues, particularly when it comes to...
City News
Citizen with easy subway access seeks to raise Transit City from the dead
An online petition calling for the revival of Transit City has attracted around 1,800 signatures so far, thanks to a Torontonian...
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Gravy now appears to include luxe items like heating
A bit of news from earlier this week seems almost too ridiculous to believe—and provides ample material for some pretty awful...
City News
Kristyn Wong-Tam suggests Toronto start its own bank; comparisons to Bible Bill Aberhart ensue
Mayor Rob Ford is fond of saying that when it comes to balancing the budget, his opponents believe massive tax increases are the...
City News
The Globe continues to scrutinize Rob Ford’s campaign finances; Rob Ford continues to come off poorly
The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday that two family-owned businesses—Deco Labels and Tags and Doug Ford Holdings Inc.—cut...
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Will freshly proposed library cuts spark the triumphant return of Margaret Atwood?
At the end of last week, Toronto Public Library staff proposed a host of cuts as part of an effort to meet Rob Ford’ s demands...
City News
A list of things that Rob Ford is not: (1) a mathematician
Municipal affairs reporter John Lorinc gives Rob Ford a math lesson today over at Spacing Toronto. In a recent speech, the mayor...
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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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