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A timeline of Rob Ford and Kathleen Wynne’s deteriorating relations
Rob Ford and Dalton McGuinty had trouble playing nice sometimes, and Kathleen Wynne’ s arrival seemed like an opportunity to...
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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...
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...
City News
High Rollers: we break down five different billion-dollar plans for a casino in downtown Toronto
City councillors could vote on whether to allow a downtown casino as soon as next month, and they, along with the rest of...
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Three Toronto property giants write a letter opposing a downtown casino (and embarrassing Paul Godfrey)
Only a week after three former Toronto mayors penned a letter opposing the development of a casino in Toronto, three of the...
Food & Drink
Captain John’s may soon set sail for Hamilton
The long and sad story of the demise of Captain John’s Seafood Restaurant may soon reach an unexpected end: a Hamilton...
City News
Dumb and Dumber: the most idiotic things Giorgio Mammoliti and Rob Ford did during the budget debates
City council approved the 2013 operating budget just after noon today, and, despite $12-million in last-minute spending...
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Adam Vaughan Vs: Paul Godfrey’s hypocritical stance on casino locations
Councillor Adam Vaughan is a staunch downtowner, a vocal casino opponent and a master of the well-timed zinger, all reasons why...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Oxford’s $3-billion development proposal for Front Street (which includes a casino)
The city’s councillors and columnists are now debating the benefits and drawbacks of the second downtown mega-plan to be...
City News
Toronto is the “biggest opportunity in the world right now” for casino companies
The Toronto Star recently took a close look at the competition for the GTA casino, squeezing details out of insiders at MGM...
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City News
Las Vegas Sands joins the competition for Toronto’s (still hypothetical) casino
Despite the fact that city council is a very long way from approving a casino in the city (the first staff report on the idea...
Real Estate News
John Tory thinks there should be condos at Ontario Place (but not too many)
Though the creep of condo towers across Toronto can feel inexorable, John Tory is insisting that Ontario Place could accomodate...
City News
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is the latest object of casino rumours
Ontario Place is off the list of probable sites for a GTA casino, but an even more central downtown waterfront location could now...
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Stephen Marche: the case for a downtown gambling palace at Ontario Place
A Toronto casino is inevitable. Will it be an ugly box built where nobody can see it, or a glorious five-star island of fun?...
City News
Mississauga isn’t as keen on a casino as everyone thought
In case Toronto takes a pass on the Ontario government’s offer to build a gambling hot spot in the city, Mississauga has been...
City News
Is Woodbine Racetrack doomed without provincial funding?
Get your summer afternoons at Woodbine in while you still can—breeders and horse folk are panicking over the Ontario...
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Ontario Place will remain a casino-free zone, thanks in part to John Tory
So far, much of the Toronto casino chatter has focused on which locations are preferred by the Las Vegas heavies, but it’s worth...
City News
Q&A: Paul Godfrey, chair of the OLG, is on a mission to bring a Las Vegas–style casino to Toronto
You were a popular politician, brought the Blue Jays to town, resuscitated the National Post and cleaned up the OLG. Does the...
City News
Editor’s Letter (June 2012): Sarah Fulford on the reasons to love Toronto
Last winter, on a week-long escape to Florida, I noticed something surprising: TD and Royal Bank signs along the highway near...
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Port Lands planning is delayed another three months (surprise, surprise)
Amid all the Ferris wheel and monorail talk last fall, one thing council could agree on was that the Port Lands revamp should be...
City News
Should Toronto try for the 2025 World Expo? Kristyn Wong-Tam says yes
Kristyn Wong-Tam has a vision for Toronto’s waterfront that doesn’t involve mega-casinos : develop it for the 2025 World...
City News
Could his support for a GTA casino hurt Rob Ford in the 2014 election?
Most of the casino coverage has focused on the economic and social aspects of the debate, but today Spacing’ s John Lorinc turns...
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MLSE’s Larry Tanenbaum joins the ranks of wannabe casino owners
The latest big-wig to dream about owning a colossal casino on Toronto’s waterfront is Larry Tanenbaum , billionaire and chair of...
City News
A lot of casino questions (and few answers) at Rob Ford’s executive meeting
MGM and Caesars Entertainment may already be scoping out Toronto as a potential site for a massive resort casino (and have...
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General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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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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