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TTC supports Metrolinx’s Eglinton plans—but wants you to know who’s responsible if things go wrong
Despite ongoing reports of a TTC versus Metrolinx power struggle, TTC brass have grudgingly come out in support of Metrolinx’s...
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TTC versus Metrolinx: can the Eglinton Crosstown be finished by 2020?
The ongoing power struggle between the TTC and Metrolinx is ramping up over the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Backed...
City News
The TTC hopes to increase service by summertime (fingers crossed)
Despite cutting service last fall, the TTC is now looking to expand a few lines thanks to the likelihood that lots more people...
City News
Toronto drivers take note: Google Maps monitors current traffic conditions
Google Maps finally rolled out its upgraded traffic features to Toronto earlier this spring, which means those cruising across the...
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The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
City News
Prince Charles will tour Toronto in the most regal of vehicles: a TTC bus
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are coming to Toronto later this month, and the prince will get to sample firsthand the...
City News
Budget committee newbie James Pasternak promises a “floor fight” over cuts
Since learning the city’s 2011 surplus (or “savings”) was $138 more than forecast, city councillors...
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TTC staff eat an impressive amount of doughnuts—but aren’t so good with submitting receipts
Severe reprimands seem to be the trend this week at the Toronto Transit Commission; first came one from TTC chief exec Andy...
City News
Andy Byford writes an icy memo to TTC employees
The TTC has had a few customer service embarrassments over the last few years (workers texting on the road, leaving their routes...
City News
QUOTED: Josh Matlow on Doug Ford’s fairy-tale approach to transit funding
— Councillor Josh Matlow, comparing the likelihood of building a subway without a transit expansion fund to that of gifting kids...
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Major service delays (and angry commuters) on west GO Train lines
Thanks to a computer malfunction, passengers on the Lakeshore West, Kitchener and Milton GO Train lines are experiencing “major...
City News
Even gridlock-plagued Los Angeles is kicking Toronto’s butt in transit development
If Rob Ford is right about light rail transit, then Los Angeles must be teetering on the brink of certain doom. Since 2008, the...
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Joe Mihevc thinks a magic report would get everyone to shut up about the St. Clair right-of-way
Joe Mihevc is tired of people talking smack about his neighbourhood, and he wants the TTC to commission a study of the avenue’s...
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Smart phone app hails luxury cars for rich people frustrated by Toronto’s transit options
With Torontonians annoyed by a troubled taxi industry and public transit mayhem, San Francisco start-up Uber Technologies thought...
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TTC boss (and clean freak) Andy Byford shows off some shiny new washrooms
With all the recent drama at the TTC, the commission may have found a new PR tactic to (briefly) redirect public attention:...
City News
Karen Stintz finds a new way to bug Rob Ford: shut down a subway-focused TTC subsidiary
Now that she's done booting the mayor’s allies off the TTC board, Karen Stintz wants to close a flailing shell corporation...
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Meet Andy Byford, the TTC’s new French-speaking, trash-collecting, mediocrity-busting CEO
The TTC has decided to skip the headhunt and just hire interim leader Andy Byford to remain on as CEO (at least until he starts...
City News
Karen Stintz gives Rob Ford re-election advice, offsetting rumours that she wants his job
TTC chair and reality TV star Karen Stintz may have handed Rob Ford a pair of decisive political defeats, but she continues to...
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QUOTED: Denzil Minnan-Wong offers Rob Ford a few words of political wisdom
— Rob Ford ally Denzil Minnan-Wong , reflecting on the implications of yesterday’s transit vote, yet another big defeat for...
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QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti on Karen Stintz’s (politically!) salacious behaviour
—The one and only councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, speaking after yesterday’s transit vote, about TTC chair Karen Stintz, the...
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Karen Stintz triumphs over Rob Ford (again)—though it may not be the coup it seems
Yesterday, council voted 29-15 —a solid majority—in favour of Karen Stintz’ s plan to blow up the nine-councillor transit...
City News
Karen Stintz moves to dissolve the TTC board, while Rob and Doug Ford back a citizens-only proposal
When making political decisions worthy of careful consideration and consultation, it’s apparently best to do so off the cuff and...
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Rob and Doug Ford take to the airwaves to talk about transit and say other things that aren’t really true
Rob Ford and brother Doug made their second appearance as the hosts of Newstalk 1010’s “The City” yesterday, squashing any...
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Will Rob Ford’s Sheppard subway fantasy die on March 15?
The long-running saga of Rob Ford’ s Sheppard subway dream looks like it will finally reach a not-so-surprising...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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