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“Maybe it’s too fun for Toronto”: Why this former Liberal MP is defending Doug Ford’s Ontario Place megaspa
One-time downtown MP Adam Vaughan turned heads when he joined Therme, the European company tasked with redeveloping Ontario Place. Here, he explains his controversial choice to work on the project he once opposed
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Who’s going to replace Kathleen Wynne as leader of the Ontario Liberals?
An insider's look at the likely contenders
Life
Prominent Torontonians share their predictions, hopes and dreams for 2017
The mayor, the head of Uber Canada and others share some 2017 optimism
City News
How NoJetsTO activists are feeling now that Porter’s plans have been dashed by the feds
"I still don't 100 per cent believe it"
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City News
Justin Trudeau will be the prime minister of hugs
Our new PM knows how to press the flesh
City News
The No-Politics-Allowed Candidate Questionnaire: Spadina-Fort York
Adam Vaughan and Olivia Chow answer questions on just about every topic except for politics
City News
Team Trudeau: the Toronto rainmakers orchestrating Justin’s rise
A guide to the Torontonians who have helped turn the younger Trudeau into a genuine prime ministerial contender He and Trudeau met...
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Joe Cressy, who lost to Adam Vaughan in a federal by-election, is now going after Vaughan’s former city council seat
The 30-year-old, an NDP operative and activist, failed in his bid to take over for Olivia Chow as Trinity-Spadina's MP when...
City News
QUOTED: Adam Vaughan, on Rob Ford’s legacy
—Ward 20 councillor Adam Vaughan , who resigned his seat on Tuesday to run as the Liberal candidate in the Trinity-Spadina...
City News
Adam Vaughan wants to help the Liberals craft a national urban agenda
If Adam Vaughan gets himself elected to parliament, which he's trying to do, it will be a loss for city hall’s left, but not...
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Adam Vaughan is running for Olivia Chow’s federal seat
The by-election race to decide who succeeds Olivia Chow as MP for Trinity-Spadina just got a whole lot more interesting. The Star...
City News
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
Kensington blaze destroyed suspected illegal rooming house
According to the Star , Thursday’s three-alarm fire in Kensington Market ravaged a suspected illegal rooming house located above...
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Union Station could be renamed “John A. Macdonald Station”
When Torontonians think of the city’s main railway hub, they think Union Station —a landmark that has retained its name since...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the eight essential quotes about Rob Ford’s jailhouse beatdown accusations
The latest bombshell in the Rob Ford crack scandal dropped on Wednesday afternoon, when Scott MacIntyre , the mayor's former...
City News
QUOTED: Bill Blair sidesteps the question of whether Rob Ford will be charged after more shady details surface
—Police Chief Bill Blair, not really answering the question on many Torontonians’ lips : why hasn’t Rob Ford been charged...
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Mayor May Not: here are the odds of the seven top contenders in the next race for the Toronto mayor’s office
The staggering revelations of the past two weeks have completely altered the dynamics for the 2014 election. Although Rob Ford’...
City News
POLL: Who is your dream candidate for mayor?
Rob Ford says the 2014 mayoral election is going to be a “bloodbath” (which he, apparently, sees as a good thing ). The...
City News
The five weirdest metaphors Toronto city councillors used to describe the Scarborough subway
After four years, countless political squabbles and at least six competing proposals, Rob Ford’ s Scarborough subway dream is...
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Food & Drink
Adam Vaughan proposes a Parkdale-style bar ban on Kensington Market
Once quaint and charmingly grungy Kensington is rapidly gentrifying. New gourmet food shops, including Thomas Lavers, Hooked and...
City News
Five things to know about Porter Airlines’ high-stakes plans for expansion
Porter Airlines revealed some big plans yesterday: the airline wants to add 15 new routes to its repertoire, eight Bombardier jets...
City News
The definitive guide to the supporters and opponents of a Toronto casino
After more than a year of debate, Toronto’s still-hypothetical casino will soon face a crucial test. A long-awaited city staff...
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Food & Drink
Hero Burger is going to run the new snack bar at Nathan Phillips Square
After a surprisingly contentious three-hour debate, city council has decided to give Hero Certified Burgers the contract for the...
City News
Is the Toronto casino dead? Politicos weigh in
The chances of a splashy Toronto casino slimmed significantly yesterday when premier Kathleen Wynne nixed a plan to give the city...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
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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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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