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The 10 biggest moments in Toronto politics in the last 50 years
The councillors, cops, mayors and protestors who mattered most over the last half-century
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Retired police commander Norn Miles: “I’d do it again”
—Retired York Region police commander Norn Miles , on his decision to fake-arrest some G20 detainees as an excuse to release...
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The fallout from Toronto’s G20 isn’t over yet
—The number of police constables found guilty of discreditable conduct for their actions during the Toronto G20 summit to...
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Toronto G20 cop sentenced to 45 days in jail
More than three years after the fact, the courts are still busy settling scores from that one weekend in June 2010 when Barack...
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Women accuse G20 police of equating unruly leg hair with unruly behaviour
During the G20 Summit in Toronto, being a lady with hairy legs was enough to attract police attention—that’s what a group of...
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Officer Bubbles is back—and he’s identifying rough cops from the G20
Adam Josephs, the internet-famous “Officer Bubbles,” is in the news again, but for keeping the police force accountable rather...
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Bill Blair finally admits that “things were not done well” at the G20 summit
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair was initially defensive about Gerry McNeilly’s scathing Independent Police Review report on G20...
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Senior commanders and front-line constables facing disciplinary charges over G20 tactics
Now that the Independent Police Review Director’s report on G20 policing has been released, both top brass and front-line...
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A report slams the G20 police response—but says most officers acted properly
Another long-awaited report on G20 policing—the second this week— is out, and it details some egregious behaviour, including...
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A new report says the RCMP weren’t the bad guys in G20 kettling incidents
The OPP, the Toronto police and the RCMP may all have been blamed for the “kettling” tactics at the G20 protest that launched...
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G20 security geek Byron Sonne found not guilty on all charges
Nearly two years after Toronto police arrested Byron Sonne during a pre-G20 security sweep, the so-called “Anarchist of Forest...
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The bomb squad shows up in Forest Hill and finds Byron Sonne’s buried treasure
The former Forest Hill home of alleged G20 plotter Byron Sonne looked like the scene of a cop show yesterday as Toronto’s bomb...
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Byron Sonne may be the world’s worst wannabe terrorist, according to his defence lawyer
The crux of the defence’s closing remarks in the trial of computer nerd and provocateur Byron Sonne: if Sonne was planning to...
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The cop kicking the crowd in that infamous G20 photo finally has a name—thanks to another protester lawsuit
Here’s a familiar tale: a Toronto cop with his face covered and no badge displayed (allegedly!) beats up some G20 protesters, a...
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Long, drawn-out story of Adam Nobody lumbers towards disappointing conclusion
The Special Investigations Unit has announced it won’t be reopening its probe into the Adam Nobody case because that...
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Still wondering what happened during the G20? Turns out “confusion” is to blame
A new report on the G8 and G20 places the blame for mayhem during the summit squarely on “some confusion.” Apparently, OPP...
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Does Rob Ford have a real plan for the police (aside from offering his unconditional love and support)?
By now, you’ve likely heard— over and over and over —about Toronto’s particularly low homicide rate in 2011, which dropped...
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OpenFile provides the details of Byron Sonne’s chemistry set
As we pointed out earlier today, the Toronto Sun reported the recent news from the Byron Sonne trial in breathless terms. Over at...
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Toronto police play the part of The Avengers (and improve their image in the process)
The Globe and Mail reports that this week’s coordinated police raids—which took place both here and in far-flung locales like...
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Apparently, Byron Sonne had the right stuff to make a number of high-powered explosives
Alleged aspiring terrorist and amateur baker Byron Sonne had enough explosive material to make five one-kilogram bombs, according...
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Alleged terrorist Byron Sonne appears nerdier by the day
The trial of Byron Sonne —computer geek, provocateur and supposed aspiring terrorist—begins this week. In many regards he’s...
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Masked G20 man takes on police; police settle
A Toronto man who was arrested along Yonge Street during the G20 summit for walking while bandana-clad has settled his claim...
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Police and G20 activists both look bad as more details from OPP undercover operation are revealed
Apparently, the cop shop knew G20 protesters planned to commit acts of vandalism—the Toronto Star reports in no uncertain terms...
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Another call for a public inquiry into the G20 after pricy police infiltration op produces few results
Once again, there are calls for an inquiry into police conduct during the G20. This time, the calls come in response to details...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
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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
Big Stories
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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