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Roger Ebert decidedly underwhelmed by Toronto’s election of Rob Ford
The city of Toronto holds a special place in Roger Ebert ’s heart. We saw that during this year’s TIFF, when the critic’s...
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Real Estate News
City unveils new pedestrian scramble intersection
Score one for the latte sippers: the city sent out a press release this morning announcing that a new four-way pedestrian scramble...
City News
Unsurprising headlines of the future, “Rob Ford battles the TTC” edition
What will be Rob Ford ’s first battle after he drops the “-elect” in mayor-elect? Will it be over multi-storey skating...
City News
Stopping a gravy train of a different kind: local fitness club offers Rob Ford a discount trainer
Just what Toronto needs: more discussion of Rob Ford ’s weight. Some marketing geniuses at Nielsen Fitness have offered the...
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City News
A fake Twitter account leads into the dark recesses of the Ford campaign
This past weekend, @QueensQuayKaren’s followers on Twitter learned that they were not chasing a cat-loving bookworm, but rather...
City News
On the chopping block: we put odds on which city-funded projects will survive Ford’s first term
One thing we know about Rob Ford is that he hates it when the city—pardon us, his city—spends money on things that the private...
City News
We’re number three! We’re number three! Toronto’s roads no longer the worst in Ontario
Toronto might not have the most progressive mayor-elect in Canada—curse you, Calgary!—but we can still hold our heads high now...
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City News
Amalgamation: Mike Harris’s gift that keeps on giving to Toronto conservatives
One of the things really hit home by those maps that came out yesterday is that, as far as Toronto goes, the battle over...
City News
Suburbs versus downtown: who-voted-for-whom election maps confirm what everyone already knew
The City of Toronto released its official vote counts today, and this being 2010, the first thing smart folks did was put together...
City News
The Globe tells us how it all went wrong for George Smitherman (or, five lessons for Adam Vaughan on how not to run for mayor)
The Globe and Mail has an in-depth investigation of where everything went wrong for the mayoral campaign of George...
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City News
Rob Ford doesn’t kick children in the face, but the mayor of Winnipeg does
Last night, Winnipeggers went to the polls, with the choice of electing Judy Wasylycia-Leis , who left her seat as an NDP MP to...
City News
Six highlights from the now-infamous “Coach Rob Ford” interview with CBC’s As It Happens
By now, every Torontonian with four spare minutes and an Internet connection has heard Rob Ford’s hilariously rude and weird...
City News
The Sun fluffs Ford’s numbers
There’s been quite a bit made of the fact that, with his easy victory in a high-turnout election, Rob Ford has received more...
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City News
The streetcars live! Day two of Rob Ford’s Toronto and he’s already changing his campaign promises
A lot of odd things get said in the heat of a campaign, like “ let’s dig a tunnel to the Gardiner ” or “ this is how to...
City News
How Ford-friendly will the new council be? A councillor-by-councillor analysis
“[ Rob Ford ] won’t be able to pass gas without the permission of council.” That was city council bomb-thrower Howard Moscoe...
City News
Six Toronto Halloween costume ideas
Still not sure what to be for Halloween this year? Based on last night’s election results, we know that Torontonians are big on...
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City News
Swing to the right: it’s a whole new Toronto as Rob Ford and many right-wingers win offices at city hall
The election spanned 11 months, but counting the ballots took only a few minutes. At 8:08 p.m.—480 seconds after polls...
City News
End-game: in last hours of election, things get even uglier
Like February 29th for the perpetually cynical, election day is that one moment every four years when municipal politics junkies...
City News
Social media in Toronto’s election: a sampling of blunders
One of the much talked-about aspects of Calgary’s recent election has been how Naheed Nenshi successfully transformed social...
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City News
Mo Problems, Mo Money: Ford’s scandals brought in a ton of cash, but less than Pantalone
Politicians spend a lot of time and money trying to avoid scandals, except, of course, for when they don’t . The latest...
City News
“Rob [Ford] could commit murder on the steps of city hall and they would still vote for him”: Doug Ford, campaign manager
Doug Ford , describing the support his brother Rob Ford has in Etobicoke North, was quoted thusly this morning by the Toronto Sun...
City News
Head versus heart: Toronto’s lefties grapple with their choice—Pantalone or not-Ford?
As the campaign enters its final five days, the basic divide doesn’t seem to be changing much: Rob Ford and George Smitherman...
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City News
Final TV debate of the mayor’s race features even more shouting than normal
Last night, the three front-running candidates for the mayor’s office— Rob Ford , George Smitherman and Joe Pantalone —sat...
City News
One week out, Toronto’s election gets crazier by the day
The polls will close in just over a week, but the election race in Toronto keeps getting odder and odder. Here’s a roundup of...
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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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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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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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