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Real Estate News
Mississauga to create a Waterfront Toronto–like body (but without meddlesome Doug Ford and his Ferris wheel)
While Toronto is still busy making Ferris wheel jokes, the city’s neighbour to the west is looking to create a single agency...
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City News
Port Lands development may be on the fast track (but no word if that track is a monorail)
One product of Doug Ford ’s failed attempt to turn the Port Lands into a waterfront amusement park is a commitment to expediting...
City News
Is Rob Ford finally learning to play nice and compromise with the rest of council?
No doubt, the mayor is having a tough month. Today, city council begins debating the core services review that has had citizens up...
City News
Did the Waterfront Toronto controversy diminish Rob Ford and his brother Doug’s indefatigable political allegiance?
While the conventional wisdom around city hall is that Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug are unfailing political allies, an...
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City News
City council may have voted against the new proposal for the Port Lands—but we still have a few unanswered questions
City council voted unanimously last night to leave control of the Port Lands in the hands of Waterfront Toronto, essentially...
City News
Doug Ford acquires a new mantle: most recent Toronto city councillor to embarrass himself on the radio
A political rookie, Doug Ford can be forgiven for not knowing that heated calls to talk radio don’t always work out well for...
City News
“We now have a plan,” says Rob Ford of the glorious waterfront vision (for which he doesn’t have a plan)
The conversation about Toronto’s Port Lands keeps going around and around, kind of like some mythic, not-yet-built Ferris...
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City News
Doug Ford’s waterfront fantasy meets numbers and facts
The buzz-kills over at the Globe and Mail have thrown cold water all over Doug Ford’ s plans for the Port Lands. Chief among the...
City News
Reaction roundup: wherein reporters ask a number of questions regarding Doug Ford’s glorious vision of the waterfront’s future
Late last week, our friends at Torontoist reported that the city appeared to be making a move to seize control of development in...
City News
Of monorails and malls: Doug Ford’s waterfront plans get cool reception from Queen’s Park
The sudden news that Councillor Doug Ford wants the city to take over redevelopment of the Port Lands from Waterfront Toronto is...
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City News
Is the city about to junk the Waterfront Toronto process in exchange for a huge Ferris wheel?
The Iron Rule of Toronto politics seems to be that no grand plan survives the city’s incredible ability to choke somewhere down...
City News
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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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