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Toronto Councillor Michael Thompson found not guilty (and not drunk) in sexual assault case
The charges date back to a Muskoka cottage weekend in 2022
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Toronto’s billion-dollar problem: our cops
From our 2016 piece on the Toronto Police Service: Inside the problems plaguing the city's law enforcement
City News
Michael Thompson is a good dancer
Here is a short video, shot by NOW Magazine , of Scarborough councillor Michael Thompson dancing to "Let Your Backbone Slide," as...
City News
Reaction Round-up: 16 essential quotes about Rob Ford’s rant in Jamaican patois
Tuesday's video of Rob Ford , inebriated at Steak Queen and rambling incoherently in Jamaican patois, has caused renewed outrage...
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The 10 most unbelievable quotes from the past 36 hours of Rob Ford insanity, from Charlie Sheen to Kathleen Wynne
Somehow, in the past two days, the situation at city hall managed to get even more surreal. Council voted en masse to urge Rob...
City News
Reaction Roundup: city hall insiders respond to allegations that Rob Ford has a drinking problem
The Toronto Star created a city-wide firestorm when its story about Rob Ford’ s alleged drinking problem hit newsstands...
City News
Is the Toronto casino dead? Politicos weigh in
The chances of a splashy Toronto casino slimmed significantly yesterday when premier Kathleen Wynne nixed a plan to give the city...
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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...
City News
Toronto wants to snag some of New York City’s tourists
Councillor Michael Thompson wants to co-promote New York and Toronto in order to get tourists to visit both cities in tandem...
City News
Rob Ford wants to change federal immigration laws so he can kick thugs out of Toronto
A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection to the brazen Scarborough shooting—but that story has been largely overshadowed...
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Reaction Roundup: The OneCity proposal sparked lots of chatter and crowned an alternate mayor
With cloak-and-dagger plans, alliance building and power shifts, Toronto politics has veered into epic poem territory of...
City News
Rob Ford’s vague plans keep him from the raising of the rainbow flag. Again.
Though his likeness made an appearance, Rob Ford himself was “unavailable” for the raising of the Pride flag at city hall...
City News
The Toronto Star’s Royson James wants councillors to just show up and vote already
It’s been a bad week for councillor attendance: meetings for both the parks and environment committee and the economic...
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City council wonders whether to have a casino referendum now, later or never
Let’s hope the peace and love down at city hall continues today as councillors debate whether to put the question of a Toronto...
Culture
Toronto solidifies its title as Hollywood North, raking in $1.13 billion last year
The stars who descend on Toronto during TIFF may get all the attention, but it’s the movies that film here that pour mega-bucks...
City News
Karen Stintz moves to dissolve the TTC board, while Rob and Doug Ford back a citizens-only proposal
When making political decisions worthy of careful consideration and consultation, it’s apparently best to do so off the cuff and...
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City councillors want the Toronto Raptors to play basketball again—for the sake of the economy
Josh Colle and Michael Thompson are concerned about the NBA lockout and its potential impact on the city’s economy. Sure, it’s...
City News
The chief vs. the mayor: Bill Blair gets a two-year option for budget cuts (but he isn’t happy about it)
Bill Blair is either incredibly gutsy or a little bit crazy. At a special police board meeting yesterday, the chief maintained his...
City News
Standoff between Bill Blair and Rob Ford now officially more exciting than the provincial election
According to reports in the Toronto Star, Bill Blair seems to be gambling his job on the hopes that Rob Ford will publicly...
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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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Police chief versus mayor: Bill Blair takes on Rob Ford over budget cuts
Every city department is being forced to reckon with major budget cuts—just as Rob Ford instructed earlier this year. Most...
City News
Two more Rob Ford allies pledge their allegiance to Toronto’s new Mayor of the Moment, Margaret Atwood
If the week that was is any indication, the one thing that scares Toronto’s right-leaning councillors more than being caught...
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Michael Thompson would like to clarify something very important
“I love Christmas. Don’t anybody think for a moment that Thompson doesn’t love Christmas. I do.” That was Toronto...
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Rob Ford, the Liberator? Toronto’s mayor takes on the city’s love of rules
Here’s something that might actually span the political chasm in this town: getting rid of some of Toronto’s more absurd rules...
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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
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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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