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Fort York gets the ultimate condo amenity: a flashy new public library
The new Fort York library , which will have its official ribbon-cutting on Thursday, will be Toronto Public Library's 99th...
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City hall budget warfare, round two: blanket freeze edition
Last year’s painful budget deliberations may still feel fresh, but it’s already time to start examining the 2013...
City News
Party Pages: The Trillium Awards, a rowdy affair for beflowered Ontario authors
The Trillium Awards, the annual ceremony for Ontario-based authors, took place, fittingly, at the Toronto Reference Library last...
City News
Does Rob Ford have some secret ability to charm unions?
Rob Ford’s administration has avoided any drawn-out work stoppages, which is kind of a shocker for a mayor obsessed with...
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Dig out that library card because the strike could be over by tonight
Although we won’t have any details until it’s ratified, striking library workers have reached a tentative deal with the city...
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Margaret Atwood expresses support for librarians on strike (no reponse yet from Doug Ford)
By now, it’s clear that the ongoing library strike won’t spark another spirited bout between literary critic Doug Ford and...
City News
Fittingly, the first strike of Rob Ford’s administration affects libraries
Citing threats to job security (and perhaps still stinging from that whole Tim Hortons thing), 2,300 library workers have walked...
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Reaction roundup: city hall votes on the budget
A no-confidence vote, pepper spray and jellyfish; in other words, a look at what the media, protesters and the Twittersphere had...
City News
Is Rob Ford a “radical conservative”? The truth: probably not
This week, left-leaning city councillors have been throwing the term “radical conservative agenda” around like a football at a...
City News
Rob Granatstein: why the city should sell off its assets—slowly but surely
To close the budget gap, Rob Ford wants to sell city assets. Good idea, bad timing. Even a novice real estate investor knows to...
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Mike Del Grande says libraries will suffer a 10 per cent budget cut whether they like it or not
Though the Toronto library board may have rebuffed the mayor’s demand for a 10 per cent spending cut, budget chief Mike Del...
City News
Library board embarrasses Rob Ford, rejecting his call for a 10 per cent cut
After much speculation and stalling, the library board voted to reject reductions aimed at meeting Rob Ford’ s city-wide demand...
City News
Quoted: Mike Del Grande on Playboy, public libraries and (imaginary) men in trench coats
That’s silver-tongued budget chief Mike Del Grande on the Toronto Public Library’s Playboy magazines and books (and those...
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Mike Del Grande expresses wariness about movies, non-English literature
Budget Chief Mike Del Grande isn’t so sure that city libraries should be spending money on frills such as Hollywood...
City News
The Q&A: Nick Kouvalis is cashing in on his newfound cachet right, left and centre
A chat with the political strategist everyone wants in their corner In a year, you’ve gone from mastermind of Rob Ford’s...
City News
Library budget committee proves that it actually isn’t crazy
Members of the library budget committee are unanimous in their opposition to closing branches (phew!). A mystery member of the...
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Proposed cuts from the library board hint at a crazy contingent
The city may have rejected the proposal to close library branches, but that hasn’t stemmed the flow of controversial suggestions...
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Library board decides to axe jobs, but puts off decision to reduce operating hours
City councillor (and notorious bookworm) Doug Ford can breathe a sigh of relief: according to a leaked document (and eagle-eyed...
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Will freshly proposed library cuts spark the triumphant return of Margaret Atwood?
At the end of last week, Toronto Public Library staff proposed a host of cuts as part of an effort to meet Rob Ford’ s demands...
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Rob Ford declares victory on budget cuts—but his support base looks wobbly
While provincial leaders wowed us last night with dazzling hand gestures and their ability to stick to talking points, Toronto...
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Calgary stands as proof that livable cities don’t necessarily need Ferris wheels
A city where commuting is essentially carefree and French fries with truffle oil can be purchased on the street might sound like...
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Margaret Atwood meets Doug Ford in person; universe refuses to explode
If you’re tired of reading stories about big idea man Doug Ford and literary nobody Margaret Atwood , you can thank Councillor...
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Likely suffering from a case of the Mondays, Rob Ford chooses the path of least resistance
Library lovers can rest a little easier, at least for now. The Globe and Mail reported this morning that library closures and...
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Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood go at it again—but nobody gets called stupid this time
Yesterday, at a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library union, the ongoing hostilities between Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood...
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
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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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