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City News
The Influentials 2017: The top 50
The power wielders whose smarts, connections and clout are changing the world as we know it
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City hall insiders tell their favourite Rob Ford anecdotes
"He was a different guy than this taciturn meanie that some people made him out to be"
City News
QUOTED:
Toronto Star
editor Michael Cooke, on losing two key reporters to the
Globe and Mail
– Michael Cooke , boss of bosses at the Toronto Star , in a dour staff memo on the departures of sports columnist Cathal Kelly...
City News
The
Star
’s Robyn Doolittle is moving to the
Globe
Robyn Doolittle ’s reporting on Rob Ford —especially Crazy Town , her book-length treatment of Ford's political and personal...
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Robyn Doolittle talks about Rob Ford on
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolitte ’s ceaseless quest to explain our mayor to Americans continued on Wednesday night with an...
Culture
Robyn Doolittle’s book
Crazy Town
takes a step closer to becoming a movie or TV show
For months, observers of the Rob Ford crack scandal have been divided on many issues, including the mayor's record as a...
City News
The
Star
’s Robyn Doolittle has had a crazy week
The Toronto Star ’s Robyn Doolittle won the race to publish a comprehensive treatment of Rob Ford ’s crack scandal with the...
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Food & Drink
Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 7–9
In this edition of The Weekender, a Valentine's-themed high tea, an exhibition of conceptual toys and three other things to do in...
Culture
See, Hear, Read: the seven releases you absolutely should not miss in February
When Atom Egoyan rolls camera, even the most lurid stories feel like high art. His new movie, Devil’s Knot, tackles the...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford on
Crazy Town
, Robyn Doolittle’s book about his family
—The mayor's brother, councillor Doug Ford , sharing his reaction to Star reporter Robyn Dolittle ’s Crazy Town . The...
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City News
Seven crazy things we learned from
Crazy Town
, Robyn Doolittle’s new book about Rob Ford
Today is the day the public can finally buy Crazy Town , the much-anticipated book-length treatment of Rob Ford ’s mayoralty, as...
City News
Toronto Star
reporter Robyn Doolittle will appear on
The Daily Show
It's been a little while since The Daily Show has seen fit to mock our mayor, but next week Jon Stewart will be delving into the...
City News
Rob Ford invites the media to a Christmas party at his mom’s house, and the predictable happens
Don't ask us how we got this impression, but it seems that Rob Ford sometimes says things without first thinking the consequences...
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QUOTED: Rob Ford on oral sex [UPDATED]
— Rob Ford during a media scrum this morning, in response to an allegation that he told a woman who is not his wife that he was...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon