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Toronto had way more potholes than usual this year
—The number of potholes that city workers had filled in 2014 as of Monday, according to figures reported by CP24 . That's about...
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Foreign investment may not be as big a factor in Toronto’s condo market as we all thought it was
—The percentage of Toronto condos that are owned by foreign investors, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and...
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Ontario’s auditor general says public-private partnerships may not actually be a magic source of money, after all
—The approximate amount of money the provincial government could have saved over the past decade if it had successfully...
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Now Magazine
’s adult classifieds may now be illegal
—The number of pages of advertisements for various kinds of sexual services in last week's 95-page issue of Now Magazine . The...
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Ontario cities are still waiting for relief money from 2013’s ice storm
—The amount of money that the provincial government has yet to hand over to Ontario's city governments as reimbursement for...
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TDSB Education Director Donna Quan’s pay package is now slightly less mysterious
— Donna Quan’ s current salary as director of education for the Toronto District School Board, according to a TDSB...
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The Toronto area’s homicide rate hits a new low (in a good way)
—The Toronto area's 2013 homicide rate, according to Statistics Canada . (That's per 100,000 residents. Canada's most murderous...
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A Toronto police officer gets a light fine for assaulting a drunk guy
—The court-ordered fine levied on Gary Gould , a Toronto police officer who pleaded guilty to assault after punching a drunk man...
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The Rogers family makes a huge donation
—The amount of money donated by the Rogers family to support the founding of a new heart research centre in Toronto. (The family...
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Placating Ontario’s teachers cost Queen’s Park almost half a billion dollars
—The cost, to Ontario taxpayers, of placating the province's teachers' unions after 2012’s massive unrest , according to a new...
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The fallout from Toronto’s G20 isn’t over yet
—The number of police constables found guilty of discreditable conduct for their actions during the Toronto G20 summit to...
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Suicide continues to be a problem on Toronto’s subway lines
—The number of suicide attempts, including nine deaths, that have occurred on TTC subway lines so far in 2014. At a meeting on...
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Nearly a third of Toronto children live in poverty, according to a new report
—The number of Toronto children (that is, people aged 0 to 17) who, as of two years ago, lived in what the federal government...
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Conrad Black is selling off part of his lawn
— Conrad Black ’s asking price for a 2.8-acre parcel of property severed from his Bridle Path estate. (His actual house isn't...
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Toronto child care is the most expensive in the country
—The median monthly cost of keeping a single toddler in full-day child care, according to a report by the Canadian Centre for...
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Bill Blair wants to shrink Toronto’s police force slightly
—The number of officers soon-to-be-former police chief Bill Blair is asking the police board to eliminate from Toronto's force...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are still the most expensive ticket in the league
—The average cost, in U.S. dollars, of taking a family of four to a Toronto Maple Leafs game, including...
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Not every TDSB school is rolling in bake-sale money
—The amount of donation money raised per student during the 2012-2013 session at Quest Alternative Senior School , a 68-student...
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Jian Ghomeshi is losing Facebook fans
—The number of "likes" on Jian Ghomeshi ’s Facebook fan page as of about 12:20 this afternoon. At 3:50 p.m., though, the...
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Voter turnout for this year’s municipal election was really good
—The unofficial number of votes cast for mayor in Monday's election. That accounts for about 60 per cent of eligible...
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Toronto’s no longer number one in North America in high-rise construction
—The number of high-rise buildings under construction in Toronto as of September, according to Emporis data cited in the city's...
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Olivia Chow’s campaign says John Tory’s transit-funding proposal falls short
—The maximum amount of revenue that could be generated through tax increment financing (also known as TIF) for John Tory ’s...
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A huge number of Torontonians have already voted
—The number of people who voted on Tuesday, the first of six days of advance polling for the 2014 municipal election. The city...
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A lot of city council candidates don’t live in the wards they’re running in
—The percentage of city council candidates running in the 2014 election who don't live in the wards they hope to...
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions