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Rob Ford
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Is Rob Ford’s dismal approval rating bad news for Tim Hudak (and good news for Dalton McGuinty)?
Dalton McGuinty says Ontario voters can expect cuts in the style of those proposed by the Rob Ford and co. at city hall if Tim...
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City News
City politicians ask: how were we supposed to know how a city works?
Budget chief Mike Del Grande stopped by the CBC’s Metro Morning yesterday and had to answer for the bevy of proposed cuts to...
City News
Apparently, Rob Ford’s proposed budget cuts are about as popular as a civic workers’ strike
A poll released today reveals that Rob Ford’ s approval ratings are dropping—fast—which, really, shouldn’t be much of a...
City News
Reduced police force could be final chapter in the slow death of Rob Ford’s half-baked campaign promise
Last week, news broke that the Toronto police plan to offer severance packages to hundreds of police officers (which police chief...
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Culture
TIFF Weekend Roundup: the best fashion, spottings and gossip
As usual, the opening weekend of TIFF meant an overdose of red carpets and parties, but we’ve still got our eyes and ears glued...
Culture
QUOTED: Jimmy Kimmel shares his thoughts on Rob Ford
— Jimmy Kimmel, displaying his trademark subtle wit [ Toronto Star ]
City News
“We now have a plan,” says Rob Ford of the glorious waterfront vision (for which he doesn’t have a plan)
The conversation about Toronto’s Port Lands keeps going around and around, kind of like some mythic, not-yet-built Ferris...
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City News
Dalton McGuinty tries to sweet talk supreme ruler and lord of the suburbs, Hazel McCallion
Dalton McGuinty is reaching out to Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion for a bit of suburban support. McCallion hasn’t officially...
City News
Twitter doesn’t like Rob Ford (and we’re guessing he doesn’t love Twitter either)
The Toronto Star is reporting that jabs at Rob Ford on Twitter and other social media sites rose significantly in the wake of his...
City News
Reaction roundup: city hall reporters journeyed to Etobicoke to take in Ford Fest—then, they tweeted about it
Last Friday, Jonathan Goldsbie tweeted, “When we reach the ‘1500 Royal York’ bus stop, the bus driver announces ‘Stop for...
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City News
New streetcars will put you face to face with those pesky public nail clippers—and generally be bigger and more comfortable
Transit etiquette, it seems, is at an all-time low considering that news of the TTC’s new fleet of streetcars comes with advice...
City News
Reformed commie—and now avowed red hunter—Giorgio Mammoliti breaks rank and returns to his union roots
Giorgio Mammoliti , apparently a political chameleon of the highest degree, has once again found a labour cause that he can get...
City News
Reason to love Toronto: because the TDSB isn’t afraid to let its rainbow flag fly
Gays and lesbians have been able to marry legally in Ontario since 2003, which makes our province an international leader in the...
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City News
Toronto is shaping up to be a battleground for the provincial election (but where’s Ford Nation?)
A raft of new polls on the provincial election race is showing the same thing over and over: where once it looked like Tim Hudak...
City News
Police chief versus mayor: Bill Blair takes on Rob Ford over budget cuts
Every city department is being forced to reckon with major budget cuts—just as Rob Ford instructed earlier this year. Most...
City News
Horwath and Hudak both making vague, happy noises about paying for the “privately funded” Sheppard subway
It looks as though Mayor Rob Ford ’ s Sheppard subway extension plan might be getting some more love from the people who want to...
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City News
Kristyn Wong-Tam blasts Rob and Doug Ford for shooting down the Toronto Olympics bid—but do the brothers deserve it?
Downtown councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam released an open letter yesterday calling out Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug for, among...
City News
Reaction roundup: wherein reporters ask a number of questions regarding Doug Ford’s glorious vision of the waterfront’s future
Late last week, our friends at Torontoist reported that the city appeared to be making a move to seize control of development in...
City News
CONFIRMED: Tim Hudak will be attending Ford Fest
This weekend, all of Toronto (well, most of Etobicoke, at least) will be checking out the cul-de-sac at the Ford family compound...
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City News
Ward 9 challenger Gus Cusimano may have voted illegally in the municipal election
Having won her Ward 9 city council seat by the narrowest of margins (89 votes!), Maria Augimeri is facing a by-election after the...
City News
Is the city about to junk the Waterfront Toronto process in exchange for a huge Ferris wheel?
The Iron Rule of Toronto politics seems to be that no grand plan survives the city’s incredible ability to choke somewhere down...
City News
Five things we learned—or relearned—about Giorgio “Hot Wheels” Mammoliti from Ed Keenan’s profile in The Grid
In the months since Rob Ford took office, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti has become the mayor’s de facto party whip, wielding his...
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City News
What smart, innovative cities are doing to combat gridlock (Toronto not included)
Believe it or not, Toronto isn’t the only city dealing with traffic congestion (paging Los Angeles ). Big or small, old or...
City News
Rob Ford learns to say yes to gravy by saying no to bedbugs (and yes, for now, to nurses)
Toronto’s on-again, off-again relationship with public health nurses is now back on again, as the city’s budget committee...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
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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