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QUOTED: Rob Ford succumbs to his cravings and quits his weight loss challenge early
— Rob Ford officially quit the “Cut the Waist” challenge on his Newstalk 1010 radio show yesterday, three weeks early and...
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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
Party Pages: local philanthropists don their dandiest cowboy duds for the Wellspring Henderson Hoedown
Should all Toronto’s ritzy charity galas require guests to wear goofy outfits? Probably not, but last Thursday’s Wellspring...
City News
Professors hate Jim Balsillie’s think tank enough to boycott two Ontario universities
Canadian professors triumphed over former Research in Motion exec Jim Balsillie earlier in the month when they got York University...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: how do I explain to my children that we’re not poor?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Every year, my kids’ private school launches a campaign for donations, and parents are expected to give...
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A wily Rob Ford finds the upside of being sued
Asked yesterday about Clayton Ruby’ s push to have him thrown out of office, Rob Ford demonstrated some shrewd...
Today in Toronto: New Orford String Quartet and The Book Lover’s Ball
New Orford String Quartet New Orford, made up of current and former principal players of the Montreal and Toronto symphony...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: how can I repair my reputation after eating from the food bank box at work?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I was working late recently and skipped dinner, so I thought it would be okay to take a box of Cheerios from...
City News
Justin Bieber: patron saint of Stratford and skater boys
If Stratford is looking for a patron saint, they could do worse than Justin Bieber. The city is already working the Bieber angle...
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Rob Ford starts his weight loss challenge with a public weigh-in (also, puns)
Rob Ford and brother Doug start their public weight loss campaign today, as part of their plan to raise money for charity (and, we...
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Max Adler, Josh Sussman, Catherine O’Hara and more donate their footwear for Ron White’s 16th annual shoe drive
Ron White kicks off his 16th annual shoe drive in the Manulife Centre this Friday at 1 p.m. with an event that showcases...
Style
The Toronto Sun runs a topless photo of one of its columnists (for charity, of course)
In today’s Sun, columnist Mike Strobel is standing proud without a shirt. We’re not exactly sure why, but it appears to be for...
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VIDEO: Coco Rocha raises $35,000 in 60 seconds ($583 per second)
Coco Rocha is at it again. Irish dancing her way into the hearts—and pockets—of many, she danced a 60-second jig at a...
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Gallery: We picked eight notables who could make a difference this Movember
November has unofficially become Movember, which means that brothers, sons, fathers, husbands and lovers have taken to growing...
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Justin Bieber’s Johnson could belong to rocketmanxxx
What is estimated to be a $1,000 snake that Justin Bieber carried at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards is now up for auction at...
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How Toronto’s lavishly rich Latner family is tearing itself apart
Albert Latner made his fortune in real estate, health care and casinos, and lavished his four children with riches. After his wife...
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Do-gooders cavort to conga beats—with K’Naan—at the Hope Rising after-party
May 3, Rosewater Supper Club. After-hours at the Rosewater usually means loose-tied Bay Street types swirling grand cru and...
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It’s coming! Cute puppies taking baths in a park (for charity)
Dogs get dirty, especially since the good ones aren’t forced to wear shoes and full track suits to protect their fur from the...
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What does a dress made of toilet paper look like? See 15 preliminary sketches from Philip Sparks and more
Slotted for fall 2011, the Cashmere runway show asks 15 Canadian designers to construct a dress and accessories out of toilet...
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50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 20, A Star story prompted 30 grand for Haiti relief
When the Haitian earthquake hit late on a Tuesday afternoon in January 2010, two-year-old Lovely Avelus was watching cartoons. Six...
Food & Drink
Roger Mooking sells stake in Nyood to focus on family, new album and cookbook
Toronto chef and R&B singer Roger Mooking is streamlining his life—again. In 2010 he sold his first-born restaurant, Kultura...
Culture
Everyone’s, er, favourite duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, announce their support for the SickKids Foundation
Who could forget Donny Osmond ’s stint on TV’s The Love Boat or Marie Osmond ’s late-night infomercial appearances selling...
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See Justin Bieber’s new, “kind of a more mature” haircut
Stop the presses: Justin Bieber has cut his hair. The Biebs first teased fans yesterday with a tweet that read, “thinking about...
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Dog’s best friend: the story behind the Toronto Humane Society’s mutiny, raid and shutdown
Tim Trow had one sacred rule for the Toronto Humane Society: save every pet. But the shelter grew overcrowded and chaotic, the...
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’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
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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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