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Mark Towhey, Rob Ford’s one-time chief of staff, has advice for Donald Trump’s new minder
From one chief of staff to another
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Four things we learned from
Uncontrollable
, Mark Towhey’s book about Rob Ford
Rob Ford's daily "sandwich run," and other revelations
City News
Mark Towhey, Rob Ford’s former chief of staff, is writing a tell-all
Mark Towhey was Rob Ford ’s chief of staff from 2012 until about a week after the start of the crack scandal, in May 2013, and...
City News
Reaction Roundup: the eight essential quotes about Rob Ford’s jailhouse beatdown accusations
The latest bombshell in the Rob Ford crack scandal dropped on Wednesday afternoon, when Scott MacIntyre , the mayor's former...
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Four things we learned from Rob Ford’s staffers’ emails
On Monday, reporters at a few Toronto news outlets laid hands on something they'd been chasing for months: a stack of emails sent...
City News
Rob Ford plans to sue Mark Towhey, Isaac Ransom, “the media,” BierMarkt and everyone who said mean things about him
The city hall circus has already started up for the day. Rob Ford— sporting an Argos jersey and cowboy boots—just told...
City News
Shocking new details surface about Rob Ford: booze, cocaine and “even a suspected prostitute” in the mayor’s office [UPDATED]
Here we go again. Justice Ian Nordheimer ruled today that some redacted bits in the police documents released last week—those...
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The 62 questions we still have for mayor Rob Ford
Mayor Rob Ford's second press conference on Tuesday saw him read a detailed and repetitive apology for smoking crack, in which he...
City News
Rob Ford’s Official Tweets Vs. Reality: a day-by-day comparison of the last two weeks
In the two weeks since news broke that Rob Ford (allegedly) smokes crack, the mayor has lost his temper, nearly a third of his...
City News
A cheat sheet on Rob Ford’s freefall, from his shrinking staff to the latest on the crack video
In the 11 days since Gawker broke the story that mayor Rob Ford (allegedly) likes to smoke a little crack in his drug dealer’s...
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Two of Rob Ford’s senior staffers, including his press secretary, have quit
Only four days after the mayor’s chief of staff Mark Towhey was fired , two more of Rob Ford’ s close advisors have quit. The...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford finally speaks up about whether he smokes crack cocaine
—Embattled mayor and meme-maker’s best friend Rob Ford on the Toronto Star and Gawker’ s allegations that he was caught on...
City News
Rob Ford fires Mark Towhey—his chief of staff and most trusted advisor
Rob Ford’ s crazy week just got crazier. Mark Towhey, the mayor’s chief of staff and according to many the brains behind team...
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The
Toronto Star
asks: does Rob Ford have a drinking problem?
The Toronto Star took aim at Rob Ford once again this morning with a lengthy story alleging that the mayor struggles to control...
City News
Former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson alleges Rob Ford touched her inappropriately
Sarah Thomson says that Rob Ford made a lewd comment at a function at the Arcadian Court last night. She posted an image on...
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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Camera: Rob Ford cavorts with the city’s moneyed arts patrons at the Mayor’s Ball for the Arts
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 15. The Mayor’s Ball for the Arts, an annual black-tie fundraiser founded by Mel...
City News
We rate some of Adam Vaughan’s best zingers, in honour of his profile in the Toronto Star
Toronto newspapers can’t help but quote councillor Adam Vaughan with startling regularity, and a Toronto Star article last...
City News
Rob Ford makes evil ideological genius Mark Towhey his new chief of staff
Mark Towhey just signed up for what is, by most inside accounts, the toughest, most thankless political job at city hall: Rob...
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Five things we learned about the workings of Rob Ford’s inner circle from the Globe and Mail
Based on Rob Ford’ s habitual muteness and flights into gaffe territory, sometimes we wonder if his camp has any communications...
City News
POLL: Who will Rob Ford pick as his next chief of staff?
Now that Rob Ford’ s chief of staff Amir Remtulla has quit to take a gig with the Pan Am Games, sources say there are two main...
City News
Rob Ford’s chief of staff quits—and there are plenty of rumours about why
Rob Ford is losing a key aide (no, Doug Ford is not making the leap to provincial politics—yet). Amir Remtulla, the mayor’s...
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Rob Ford’s allies fight Adam Vaughan in an epic battle of words, tweets and blurry photos
Rob Ford supporters clashed with Councillor (and likely 2014 mayoral candidate ) Adam Vaughan yesterday, in an...
City News
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...
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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
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
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!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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