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Municipal Election 2014
City News
Doug Ford accuses Karen Stintz of stealing the mayor’s email contact list
Today marks the first bizarre criminal accusation of the 2014 mayoral election, as Doug Ford says he has informed police about an...
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David Soknacki makes enemies of downtown store owners by threatening to take their parking away
Anyone who wants to see see a small-business owner panic should try this fun experiment: walk into a shop on any major downtown...
City News
Olivia Chow’s latest campaign promise? Shorter campaigns
Another sure sign that this year's mayoral election is an unusual one: the campaign itself has just become a campaign...
City News
Rob Ford’s approval rating hits an all-time low
— Rob Ford ’s current approval rating, according to a poll conducted on Friday by Forum Research . This is a new low for the...
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18-year-old mayoral candidate Morgan Baskin fends off “one to five” creepy advances per day
Today in sad-but-not-surprising news: Morgan Baskin , the 18-year-old high-school student who is running in the 2014 mayoral...
City News
John Tory promises “surface subways” for Toronto
In a bit of rhetorical wizardry that will puzzle city hall scholars for months, John Tory just told reporters that, if elected...
City News
Rob Ford’s approval rating appears to be cratering
Three weeks in rehab seem to have done what a year of crack-scandal fallout couldn't: Rob Ford ’s approval rating has finally...
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Karen Stintz thinks changing transit plans is a terrible idea, except when it’s her idea
Karen Stintz has spent the past three years upending Toronto's long-term public-transit planning, for good or ill. As TTC...
City News
Olivia Chow promises “up to a billion dollars” for transit in Toronto
At the Toronto Region Board of Trade this afternoon, Olivia Chow unveiled her transit-investment strategy in front of a packed...
City News
Olivia Chow gets the Iron Sheik’s endorsement, then apologizes
Something about the circus-like atmosphere fostered by Rob Ford has blurred the line between Toronto politics and professional...
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City News
Sarah Thomson releases another subway-themed music video, and it is glorious and awkward
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson , perhaps worried about voters confusing her with the bad guys from The Matrix Reloaded , has hit...
Real Estate News
QUOTED: Olivia Chow, on Rob Ford’s decision to hand out awards for community safety
– Olivia Chow (or, at any rate, the writer of her campaign's press releases ) pointing out the irony in Rob Ford’ s...
City News
Weird Mayoral-Campaign Idea Evaluator: artificially intelligent traffic lights
As the 2014 mayoral campaign continues, the candidates are going to advance plenty of policy ideas. Some of those ideas are bound...
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City News
Six things we learned at Rob Ford’s campaign launch
Rob Ford held his official campaign launch at the Toronto Congress Centre on Thursday night, and it was quite a party. Here, six...
City News
Semi-important question: what do 2014’s mayoral candidates like to drink?
We might not typically judge a candidate for public office based on his or her drink of choice, but considering how much we know...
City News
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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Olivia Chow calls on the province and the feds to fund Toronto’s Downtown Relief Line
Olivia Chow has a problem. Fellow mayoral candidates are criticizing her relentlessly for not committing to building the downtown...
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
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...
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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...
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...
City News
Rob Ford to
Metro Morning
’s Matt Galloway: “I’m not a criminal”
Rob Ford usually interacts with the Toronto press in massive, unruly scrums at city hall, where it's easy for him walk away when...
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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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Food & Drink
Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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