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New poll shows Torontonians’ hate of LRTs has been greatly exaggerated
Since election day, the debate over transit in Toronto has been reduced to a logical fallacy: people voted for Rob Ford . Ford...
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Last night’s budget consultations reveal Rob Ford’s biggest foe: roller derby squads
Last night saw two rounds of budget consultation—that’s half of all the public meetings Toronto’s going to get this...
City News
Oshawa mayor wanted Toronto’s Transit City money to fund expansion of the 407
The city of Oshawa, fresh from electing a man to city council without knowing he couldn’t take the job, is now in an uproar over...
City News
Province and TTC might save face, Eglinton LRT
Stories of the death of Transit City have been greatly exaggerated, according to today’s papers. The Star tells us that it looks...
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Toronto’s five best and worst political moments of 2010
As 2010 winds down, we can’t help but think of what a crazy year it’s been in Toronto politics. The city has had the kind of...
City News
Five things we learned from Rob Ford’s year-end interview with the Globe
The mayor’s first big meeting with city council was a marathon affair in which he got everything he wanted . Rob Ford ’s plan...
City News
Toronto’s war on the streetcar claims another victim: the sky
With Rob Ford ’s mayoral victory, it’s become clear that Toronto can have mass transit only so long as it meets two important...
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Rob Ford’s to-do list for today: slash budgets, cut taxes, declare TTC an essential service
Toronto’s city council tackles three of Rob Ford ’s biggest priorities today: cutting councillors’ office...
City News
Two and a half cities: Hulchanksi sees a bleak, bleak future for Toronto
Three years ago the University of Toronto’s David Hulchanski produced a report titled “The Three Cities Within Toronto,”...
City News
Five things we learned from the Globe’s interview with Karen Stintz
Some gigs at city hall may be cushy, but explaining to angry urbanites why Transit City had to be killed isn’t one of...
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Death of Transit City leads to surprisingly widespread grieving
We already knew that the allies of former mayor David Miller were angry over the announced death of Transit City and getting ready...
City News
As expected, Don Cherry is the turd in the punch bowl at council’s first meeting
The opening of Toronto City Council’s first meeting was surprisingly amicable and friendly as Rob Ford took the oath of office...
City News
Rob Ford meets with the anti-Ford, aka Dalton McGuinty
Rob Ford and Dalton McGuinty are about as different politicians are one could find working within a single kilometre of each...
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Another Tower Renewal report is out, but will Ford embrace a Miller initiative?
All over Toronto are towers built between the end of World War II and the 1980s—and far too many are eyesores. One of David...
City News
Have the Ford Wars just begun? Council’s left is ready to fight for Transit City
With Rob Ford ’s announcement today that “Transit City is over, ladies and gentlemen,” it looks like the first big battle of...
City News
Mayor Rob Ford: “Transit City is over”
Rob Ford’s first few hours as mayor sure have been busy. As the dailies are reporting, Ford met with TTC chief general manager...
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Transit showdown brewing as rumours fly that Rob Ford will try to kill Transit City tomorrow
Despite some speculation that Rob Ford was going to make peace with Transit City after his election win, the National Post is...
City News
Six things we learned from David Miller’s mass of exit interviews
Outgoing mayor David Miller seems to have been a busy bee yesterday, as all four of Toronto’s major dailies have exit interviews...
City News
Key to getting a top gig in the Ford mayoralty? Endorse Ford, or be Karen Stintz
We’re just over a week away from the first days of the Rob Ford mayoralty, and the buzz over whom he’ll be relying on to herd...
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TTC complaints up by 15 per cent, but smiles will outnumber frowns by 2030
In a year in which the TTC had to endure any number of scandals (including, but not limited to, napping fare collectors, drunk...
City News
Despite what Rob Ford says, light rail is best for Toronto: report
Turns out that David Miller ’s baby may not be as ugly as some were beginning to think . A new report says that Transit City is...
City News
The streetcars live! Day two of Rob Ford’s Toronto and he’s already changing his campaign promises
A lot of odd things get said in the heat of a campaign, like “ let’s dig a tunnel to the Gardiner ” or “ this is how to...
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TTC rolls out sexy new subway trains
With all the acrimony over Transit City, it’s easy to forget that the city, province and feds have all managed to play nice on...
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Mayor shocks no one by endorsing his deputy mayor, Joe Pantalone
Rumours circled yesterday evening, and this morning at 11 they were all confirmed. Mayor David Miller has endorsed his...
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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
Big Stories
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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Food & Drink
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