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How a construction crew demolished Regent Park’s last original apartment tower
Regent Park is in the process of being transformed from a social housing project into a mixed-income neighbourhood where...
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Reaction Roundup: who’s to blame for the Scarborough shooting and what should be done
Already unnerved by two brazen public shootings this summer, the city is now grappling with the Scarborough shooting that ended...
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The TCHC still has high executive turnover (but at least it’s voluntary this time)
Though TTC theatrics are hogging the spotlight today, there’s also some drama to report at the Toronto Community Housing...
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Rob Ford invites Dalton McGuinty to hang out—at a community housing building
When the province decided to delay the city’s decision to sell 65 Toronto Community Housing homes, Rob Ford first took a formal...
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Rob Ford sends a polite but angry letter to Dalton McGuinty
The provincial Liberals annoyed Rob Ford earlier this spring by refusing to override council on the LRT-versus-subway...
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Gene Jones, the new TCHC boss, used to go on nighttime drug raids
The Toronto Community Housing Corporation has been muddling along without a permanent CEO since Keiko Nakamura was fired last...
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Former TCHC exec Gordon Chu got the city to pay for his car—twice
While Rob Ford wants to sell off Toronto Community Housing homes to raise money for repairs, the TCHC could probably find cash...
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Is Rob Ford willing to, gulp, compromise on the TCHC fire sale proposal?
Rob Ford usually regards compromise with the same sense of scorn he reserves for cyclists, public sector unions and above-grade...
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Rob Ford’s executive committee is no longer all-powerful as city council enters a new era
Either the magical powers of Giorgio Mammoliti ’s thumb are waning or the mayor’s executive committee is quickly realizing it...
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Rob Ford is learning to compromise (or at least it looks like he might be)
Rob Ford has backed down from a plan to sell off hundreds of Toronto Community Housing properties—for now. The mayor released a...
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Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
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TCHC entangled in another lawsuit, only this time it’s not the one getting sued
Toronto Community Housing is involved in a new class action lawsuit and, just to keep things interesting, they’re actually the...
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Is council’s vote to sell off 22 TCHC assets the beginning of a Toronto social housing fire sale?
A day after Mayor Rob Ford mused about selling Casa Loma , he and a large majority of councillors voted to divest city hall of a...
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Why selling off Toronto’s public housing is a bad idea
The Toronto Community Housing scandal has given rise to fears that Rob Ford will impose a U.S.-style rent voucher system uditors...
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Plan to move seniors out of TCHC homes to test Teflon Ford’s political indestructibility
Since the mayoral race, one of the iron laws of Toronto city hall has been that no matter what he does, nothing seems to stick to...
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Toronto Community Housing CEO booted from her job, but oh-so-many questions remain
In news that was about as inevitable as this morning’s “subways hosed down after St. Patrick’s Day festivities,” Toronto...
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Council votes to fire TCHC board, but not before hours of hilarity, weirdness, jazz hands and unwitting racism
The headline news out of city council last night was that, as expected, Mayor Rob Ford and his allies voted 25–18 to dismiss the...
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Amateur hour at city council yesterday shows nobody’s gettin’ ’er done
We’re going to start this with a correction of sorts: The Informer wrote yesterday that, after the first major reversal of Rob...
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Ford’s plan to install TCHC czar fails in council. What now?
In probably the first major reversal of his term as mayor, council failed to support Rob Ford ’s attempt to dismantle the...
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More gravy found! This time, it’s $2 million per year in the Toronto Police payroll
Somehow, we suspect this won’t set quite as many heads rolling as the ongoing Toronto Community Housing fiasco : the Toronto...
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Delicate flowers at TCHC board resign, blame the mayor
And now, the latest in the “ Rob Ford gets what he wants” series. After the mayor demanded the resignation of the civilian...
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Rob Ford promises “hardball” tactics if premier doesn’t pony up $150 million
In an interview this morning with Jerry Agar on Newstalk 1010, Mayor Rob Ford finished off a long interview about the trouble at...
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Gravy found! Some of the juiciest bits of fat in the TCHC audit will get in the way of the real scandal
By now the whole city knows the story of the city’s auditor general’s report [PDF] on the Toronto Community Housing...
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Rob Ford’s talking points for the next six to nine months: audit finds ample gravy flowing through Toronto Community Housing
This morning’s headlines were full of anticipation for today’s release of an audit of the Toronto Community Housing...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative