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Casinos are exactly like state-subsidized “smoking palaces,” according to Marcus Gee
We thought Richard Florida’ s disdain for casinos was intense, but the Globe and Mail’ s Marcus Gee may have him...
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Miffed Ontario finance minister tells Toronto plenty of cities would love a casino
Sounding like a spurned suitor, Ontario finance minister Dwight Duncan says if downtown councillors like Adam Vaughan and Mike...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford explains how a new study on the Port Lands proves how smart he is
– Doug Ford, on how the results of a new study on kick-starting the Port Lands development are pretty much exactly what he and...
City News
The prospect of a new casino divides councillors along urban/suburban lines (what else is new?)
Meeting in their various community councils on Tuesday, Toronto city councillors discussed the possibility of opening a casino in...
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Where to Buy Now: Mimico, because it’s one lakefront revitalization that’s on schedule
Many west-end neighbourhoods close to the core have their waterfront views blocked by the Gardiner. Mimico, on the other hand, is...
City News
Year in Review: our 10 favourite Rob Ford storylines of 2011
Naturally, with someone the likes of Rob Ford at the city helm, it was no easy task to pick only our 10 favourite mayoral...
City News
Maria Augimeri avoids a by-election; Rob Ford avoids the referendum he probably doesn’t want anymore
Thanks to the Superior Court of Ontario, Maria Augimeri avoided the crushing indignity of a by-election. The court ruled last...
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Market realities continue to ruin all of Doug Ford’s waterfront fun
Carnival-loving Torontonians probably won't be riding a Ferris wheel anytime soon—at least not until long after we get tired of...
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Muammar Gaddafi’s son owns a downtown Toronto condo
While condo market stories are about as ubiquitous in the Toronto media as the inefficient glass buildings are in the city...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $3 million for an arty, three-level condo with a sense of drama
ADDRESS: 468 Wellington Street, unit 201 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Brandon Ware and Eric...
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Freewheeling anti–Ferris wheeler Glen Murray (smartly) wants to slow down the Port Lands development
Apparently, the responsible and efficient development of the Port Lands is more complicated than simply taking the reins away from...
City News
Sole-sourced contracts uncovered behind that Ford Ferris wheel
A report by Patrick White of the Globe and Mail has revealed that the city-owned Toronto Port Lands Company spent over $50,000 on...
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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The Atlantic Cities names Sherbourne Common one of the best new parks on the planet
When it opened this summer, Sherbourne Common proved that storm water filtration can be beautiful too. A few weeks back, The...
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
Christopher Hume spreads rumours about a waterfront casino at Ontario Place
The Toronto Star’ s Christopher Hume says the rumour mill is churning out reports of a potential waterfront casino, most likely...
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Reaction roundup: guess which city columnist called Rob Ford a “rotund, rich, balding guy from the suburbs”?
Because newspaper columnists love tying their columns to milestones — for instance, say, the first anniversary of Rob Ford’ s...
City News
Citizen with easy subway access seeks to raise Transit City from the dead
An online petition calling for the revival of Transit City has attracted around 1,800 signatures so far, thanks to a Torontonian...
City News
Kristyn Wong-Tam suggests Toronto start its own bank; comparisons to Bible Bill Aberhart ensue
Mayor Rob Ford is fond of saying that when it comes to balancing the budget, his opponents believe massive tax increases are the...
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How Israeli developer Gil Blutrich built his empire of vacation destinations for the yachting class in southern Ontario
Gil Blutrich believes in destiny. When he was a boy growing up in Ra’anana, a town north of Tel Aviv, he spent a lot of time...
City News
Rob Ford declares victory on budget cuts—but his support base looks wobbly
While provincial leaders wowed us last night with dazzling hand gestures and their ability to stick to talking points, Toronto...
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...
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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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Doug Ford allegedly threatens fellow councillor with automated wrath
Now and then we hear griping about Doug Ford’ s outsized influence at city hall given the brief time he’s actually spent as a...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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Deep Dives
Charm Offensive: The cottage country mortgage broker who lost $101 million of his clients’ money
Sandy Sussman spent decades wooing the upper echelons of Toronto society, becoming their go-to investment guy. He took their money and made a huge bet on cottage country. When the market tanked, he lost it all. Then he did everything in his power to cover it up
Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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
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