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Gord Perks
City News
“I will not come back as a lobbyist for rich people”: An exit interview with Councillor Gord Perks
The veteran of Parkdale–High Park talks about his successes, why taxes are the price of civilization and how Toronto can be a refuge for the world
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Real Estate News
A wave of affordable housing and shiny venues is taking over Parkdale
More than 400 new units will soon line Queen West
City News
The province wants to pause affordable housing requirements near transit hubs
Planning and Housing Committee chair Gord Perks said the proposed change would be “cruel”
City News
Self-driving cars are taking over Toronto’s streets. Are you ready?
City council is more than a little concerned
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Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
City News
Which city councillor are you? A post-budget-season personality quiz
Which local politician is your soulmate?
City News
Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti calls Parkdale “a pedophile district”
Ward 7 city councillor Giorgio Mammoliti is known for making extremely strange statements to the media (a habit he has at times...
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City News
A year after Ford’s near-disaster, city councillors still fear conflicts of interest
It's a sure bet that Rob Ford would like his first term to be remembered for its fiscal achievements. Instead, it will almost...
Food & Drink
The city clamps down on the Parkdale party scene with a new Queen West restaurant cap
Over the last five years, the stretch of Queen West between Dufferin and Roncesvalles, once known for drugs and prostitution, has...
City News
Editor’s Letter (August 2013): the party pooping Parkdale restaurant moratorium
Parkdale on a hot summer night is an exceedingly fun place to be. If you’re lucky enough to snag a seat at Grand Electric, the...
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Food & Drink
Critic: How tequila-fuelled taquerias like Playa Cabana became the city’s buzziest places to eat—and party
Playa Cabana is on the ground floor of a slim Dupont semi just off Davenport, a convenient pit stop after a wardrobe binge in...
City News
Rob Ford is facing another integrity complaint over his letters to lobbyists
Even after nearly being booted from office for it, Rob Ford continues to send out fundraising letters to registered lobbyists...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Rob Ford is still asking lobbyists for donations
The Toronto Star has officially ruined any chance of Rob Ford returning from his vacation in Disney World with his ethical...
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Food & Drink
Grand Electric’s second floor falls victim to the Parkdale restaurant moratorium (UPDATED)
Grand Electric’ s second-storey expansion, which would’ve added 40 seats to perennially packed taco bar, is on hold due to the...
City News
Giorgio Mammoliti’s most memorable gaffes, including the one that could end his political career
Although Giorgio Mammoliti leapt from Rob Ford’ s lurching bandwagon in November, the two city hall fixtures still have a lot in...
Food & Drink
The Pinball Café falls victim to Parkdale’s restaurant ban (UPDATED)
Earlier today, Jason and Rachel Hazzard, owners of Parkdale’s Pinball Café, posted a note on Facebook announcing they’re...
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Food & Drink
Parkdale strip hit with Ossington-style restaurant ban (but Grand Electric’s expansion is safe)
Last week, city councillor Gord Perks quietly pushed through a moratorium (like the one on Ossington in 2009) on new restaurants...
City News
Sorry seems to be the hardest word: four lame city council apologies
Given the number of times Rob Ford has had to say he’s sorry over his political career, it’s odd that he doesn’t yet have it...
Food & Drink
Grand Electric to get even grander with a second floor
Earlier this summer, Grand Electric opened a back patio, effectively doubling the space at the tiny Parkdale taco and bourbon bar...
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Food & Drink
Quoted: Gord Perks on the virtues of a gin and tonic (and a few bowls) on a hot summer’s evening
—Councillor Gord Perks, seconding fellow lefty councillor Adam Vaughan’ s motion to consider allowing city-run lawn bowling...
City News
Glenn De Baeremaeker’s office dwarfs Doug Holyday’s—and Sue-Ann Levy is not cool with that
Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy is riled up that some city councillors have taken up an offer to move into bigger...
City News
QUOTED: Josh Colle explains what makes white people feel better
— Josh Colle, arguing that the bylaw prohibiting firearms on city-owned property doesn’t do much for residents in his riding...
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City News
A report recommends three safe-injection sites in Toronto, but the province doesn’t agree
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto took four years to produce a hefty report on safe...
City News
The Anti-Ford: Kristyn Wong-Tam believes Toronto is in better shape than you’re being told
In her first year on city council, Kristyn Wong-Tam hogged the spotlight with proposals to ban shark fin soup, save bike lanes and...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
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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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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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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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