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Will a scandal-packed year at city hall lure young voters at election time?
Toronto’s millennials could be the determining factor in who becomes the city’s next mayor—that is, if they bother to go to...
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City News
The Beaches Easter Parade bans politicians
The Beaches Easter Parade has occasionally, weirdly, been a magnet for political trouble. Former councillor Sandra Bussin was...
City News
VIDEO: Jimmy Kimmel’s latest Rob Ford bit imagines the mayor’s life as a nature documentary
Is Jimmy Kimmel under some kind of secret, CRTC-style obligation to include a certain amount of Canadian content in his show every...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford, on whether he still does drugs
— Rob Ford at city hall earlier today, in response to a reporter's question about whether he still does drugs. At the same press...
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City News
Rob Ford’s cartoon villainy immortalized in new comic
Toronto has a new superhero. Sort of. The Globe reports that local artist Jason Loo is currently finalizing a new comic , set in...
City News
Rob Ford’s wild night at the ACC: a four-point recap
Anyone fortunate enough to have ignored the news over the weekend missed a sad—albeit unsurprising—story on Sunday. No, not...
City News
Rob Ford was approached about starring in a reality TV show
Isn't Rob Ford already essentially already a one-man reality show? Regardless, the Globe reports that Pilgrim Studios , the...
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City News
Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week everybody got a little meaner
This was a relatively quiet week on the election front, with no major debates and only a few policy announcements, none of them...
City News
VIDEO: Doug Ford explains to the mayor why some people move away from home
Rob and Doug Ford released their fifth batch of Ford Nation YouTube videos today. This time, rather than tackle topical issues...
City News
Rob Ford may not be charged, but he could still be forced to testify
The CBC points out an interesting footnote to yesterday's news that the police investigation into Rob Ford has stalled: even...
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City News
John Tory issues a mayoral “code of conduct” that’s really an elaborate burn on Rob Ford
In one of the weirder moments of the 2014 mayoral campaign so far, John Tory gathered reporters this morning to announce the...
City News
QUOTED: Elena Basso, on the unwanted attention that came with Rob Ford’s crack video
- Elena Basso, whose house at 15 Windsor Road in Etobicoke is believed to be the location where the infamous Rob Ford crack video...
City News
VIDEO: here’s what Bill Clinton thinks of Rob Ford
Even Bill Clinton , no stranger to personal problems blowing up into political scandals, is floored by Rob Ford . We know this...
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City News
The Toronto Police investigation into Rob Ford hits a snag, as the OPP steps back
Last week, rumours began circulating that Rob Ford ’s arrest was imminent. The front page of today's Star describes one reason...
City News
VIDEO: watch a small child do Rob Ford’s crack denial
The video above, in which a nine-year-old uses the now-classic "I cannot comment on a video I have never seen or does not exist"...
City News
Rob Ford gets back to basics, harangues councillors about office expenses
After a rough year in the press, and with the 2014 mayoral election well underway, we can't blame Rob Ford for reaching for his...
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City News
New ad campaign pushes anyone-but-Ford approach
There are some new mayoral candidates in town, and they're entering an already-crowded field with some major promises. One, Jeff...
City News
Free campaign slogan for any mayoral candidates in need: “Toronto is lagging”
Rob Ford ’s pitch to voters in the 2014 mayoral election is essentially this: "You can just ignore all the crack stuff, because...
City News
Someone has made Rob Ford’s Toronto into a
Civilization V
mod
There's a significant segment of the population for whom this post's headline makes zero sense, so allow us to explain:...
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QUOTED: Adam Vaughan, on how Rob Ford is similar to JFK
-Ward 20 councillor Adam Vaughan , telling reporters what he thinks of Rob Ford ’s re-election chances. He's referring to this...
Food & Drink
QUOTED: Brit restaurant critic Giles Coren on why people should give Rob Ford a break
— Giles Coren, the notoriously prickly British restaurant critic, not-totally-surprisingly came out as a Ford defender at a...
City News
Olivia Chow leads the race...in deletions of hateful Facebook comments
Olivia Chow has taken an early lead in at least one aspect of the 2014 mayoral election: according to the Star , she has deleted...
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VIDEO: here’s Jimmy Kimmel’s take on last night’s mayoral debate
Jimmy Kimmel seems to be working his way towards honorary membership in the city hall press gallery. Once again on Wednesday, the...
City News
So, what happened during the 2014 mayoral election’s first televised debate?
Last night's CityNews mayoral debate was the first opportunity for 2014’s mayoral candidates to interact with one another on...
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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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