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Municipal Election 2014
City News
Could Doug Ford really sell city real estate to fund his subway plan?
THE IDEA Doug Ford , like his brother Rob before him, is busy promoting a $9-billion, 32-kilometre subway plan that, according to...
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John Tory’s SmartTrack will probably cost a lot more to build than he’s willing to admit
—The amount John Tory would need to spend on tunnelling alone in order to deliver his promised SmartTrack transit...
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Doug Ford closes in on John Tory in a new Forum poll
Yesterday's Mainstreet Technologies poll showed John Tory maintaining his commanding lead over both Doug Ford and Olivia Chow...
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A new poll shows John Tory solidifying his lead
The latest poll from political consultancy Mainstreet Technologies tells much the same story as every poll since Labour Day. The...
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Doug Ford tries to appease Jewish people, offends them anyway
At a mayoral debate hosted by two Jewish organizations on Sunday, lesser-known candidate Ari Goldkind , who is Jewish, raised a...
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Olivia Chow: “The ‘bottom line’ is where good government starts, not where it ends”
— Olivia Chow , speechifying during the official release of her full mayoral platform earlier today. The increasingly...
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Doug Ford makes yet another subway promise he can’t possibly keep
At a press conference this afternoon, according to the Star , Doug Ford made a major adjustment to the transit plan he inherited...
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Olivia Chow absorbs a ridiculous amount of Facebook hate
—The number of "racist, sexist and other offensive posts" removed from the Olivia Chow campaign's Facebook page since March...
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The founder of Jimmy’s Coffee is using his house brew to win votes
—The approximate amount of money Phil Morrison , founder of Jimmy's Coffee , has spent honouring the "free coffee" offer on...
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A new poll shows Olivia Chow falling way behind
This latest mayoral poll from Forum Research , conducted on September 29 and released earlier this morning, contains no...
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Jan Wong: the appeal of racist Rob
It’s hard to find an ethnic group Mayor Rob Ford hasn’t denigrated. Let’s recap. So far, the slurs have included, but are...
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Doug Ford gains on John Tory in the latest mayoral poll
A poll released earlier today by political consultancy Mainstreet Technologies doesn't give John Tory quite as much breathing room...
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Another poll shows John Tory way ahead of Chow and Ford
A new poll, conducted this week by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Global News , shows John Tory maintaining and perhaps even widening his...
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Could Olivia Chow really use the land transfer tax to make city taxes more progressive?
THE IDEA Back in 2010, Rob Ford promised to scrap Toronto’s land transfer tax (LTT) and won the mayoralty. Four years later, the...
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Doug Ford pulls out of a debate, supposedly because “average, hardworking people” can’t get in
According to the Globe , Doug Ford pulled out of a debate organized by the Empire Club today just 20 minutes before it was...
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Doug Ford’s downtown approval rating is ridiculously low
—The percentage of people living within the borders of the pre-amalgamation city of Toronto who described their attitudes toward...
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PSA: Sarah Thomson is not running for city council as a Liberal
The piece of campaign literature pictured to the right was handed to a downtown resident on Saturday by a canvassing crew working...
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Yet another poll puts John Tory way out in front
A new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid for Global News tells a much different story than the ones done late last week, in the...
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Doug Ford enters the mayoral race in second place, maybe
There are a few things about this latest Forum Research poll , released on Friday, that are a little suspect. For one, another...
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What the hell just happened?! A blow-by-blow of the Rob Ford mayoralty’s craziest morning yet
At the start of the day, there were two Fords running for two different municipal offices. Now, after a frantic few hours of some...
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David Soknacki drops out of the mayoral race as his poll numbers continue to flatline
Tuesday night was a sad one for a certain kind of voter as policy-nerd-favourite David Soknacki , citing weak (but growing)...
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One of Rob Ford’s campaign volunteers has been charged with assaulting a weird protester
The details aren't totally clear, but the Sun reports that William Byers , a 60-year-old Rob Ford campaign volunteer, has been...
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Rob Ford’s “subway expansion plan” adds to Toronto’s growing pile of fantasy TTC maps
At a press conference this morning, hours after his subway-expansion annoucment had already leaked online , Rob Ford told...
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John Tory takes the lead in the mayoral race, according to a new poll
With Olivia Chow ’s numbers softening, Toronto's mayoral race has been in need of a new frontrunner. Now, courtesy of a new...
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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
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The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience: The thief, the cam girl and their whirlwind fraudulent romance
Stephanie Sahler was a cam girl. Ralph Puglisi was a man willing to pay anything for her doting attention. It was the perfect arrangement—until she realized that every penny he sent her was stolen
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Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss
I was just a baby scientist when I discovered the hormone that made Ozempic possible. I had no idea how life-changing—and world-changing—that breakthrough would be
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A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
Is Ontario’s pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn’t
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considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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Sex worker and
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consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
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Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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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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The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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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
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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