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Q&A: Saadi Gadhafi’s bodyguard on his boss’s legendary parties, fast-food habit and escape from Libya
What’s it like to be Saadi Gadhafi’s hired gun? Gary Peters, trusted protector of Libya’s playboy prince, lived to tell...
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Two signs that the Island Airport is only getting bigger and better
Billy Bishop Airport’s proximity to the city—plus the free cookies in the departure lounge—have already won over many...
City News
Inside Pearson Airport’s ultra-luxe private hub for celebs, executives and well-to-dos
Ever wonder why famous types are rarely spotted idling by the baggage carousel or in the customs line? At Pearson, three deluxe...
City News
Ford Fest 2012 will have police, pony rides and a Pride parade
Despite the fact that Ford Fest is open to anyone who cares to schlep over to Rob Ford’ s mom’s house in Etobicoke, every year...
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IBM may be interested in buying a large piece of RIM
Even though Samsung doesn’t seem interested in partnering up with Research in Motion, that doesn’t mean RIM is a total...
City News
GALLERY: the sights of the 2012 Caribbean Carnival parade
Toronto is rich with street festivals, parades and protest marches, but a top contender for liveliest of the lot has to be the...
City News
Amex cardholders will get fast-tracked past the riffraff at Pearson airport security
This week, American Express announced a marketing partnership with Pearson airport that should make cardholders happy and other...
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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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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...
City News
Find out how far you’ll have to schlep to watch the Pan Am Games in Toronto
Since council freaked out over the rising price tag of the 2015 Pan Am Games—because mega sporting events usually come in under...
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Rob Ford’s plan to buy parkland advances—as does the Toronto Star’s campaign against it
There won’t be any decision just yet about whether Rob Ford can buy the strip of parkland next to his Etobicoke bungalow...
City News
Reaction Roundup: a few sane arguments (in a whole sea of crazy) about Rob Ford’s backyard showdown
The strange tale of Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale’s altercation with Rob Ford keeps escalating (as does our vicarious...
Real Estate News
A King West condo building gets a futuristic virtual concierge (and a lot of security cameras)
Canada’s first virtual concierge is now greeting condo-dwellers and accepting packages at Rêve, a new condo built by Tridel...
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Burglary rule number one: don’t target the home of AlarmForce’s president
Many a heist movie has taught us that, aside from a well-chosen team and a cool mask, a successful robbery requires research:...
City News
RIM caves, meaning criminals in India should avoid plotting via BlackBerry Messenger
Research in Motion’ s years-long spat with the Indian government is finally winding down—and all the company had to do was...
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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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RIM is losing its hold on the security-conscious, including Halliburton and the U.S. military
While consumers and investors alike shunned Research in Motion last year, the BlackBerry’s reputation for security managed to...
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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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Byron Sonne: G20 geek, anarchist, accused bomb-maker and, um, baker?
The pre-trial of the “G20 geek” accused of planning an attack on the G20 summit with home-cooked bombs continues. The Toronto...
City News
Alleged G20 attack plotter Byron Sonne is finally on trial
After a year and a half, “The Anarchist of Forest Hill,” Byron Sonne, is going to trial. Sonne is accused of planning an...
City News
Comparisons between the G20 and Occupy Toronto protests are coming a touch too early
This weekend, Toronto demonstrators will launch a protest motivated by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York...
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How the G20—with its burning cars, broken storefronts, violent beatings and mass arrests—ruined Bill Blair’s popularity
On June 26, 2010, Bill Blair was in the middle of the most complicated week of his career. The G20 summit had transformed the...
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Is a Toronto woman’s right to testify in a niqab an unreasonable accomodation?
A case involving a Toronto woman’s right to testify in a niqab is now headed for the Supreme Court. Maybe it’s time to...
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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
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
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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
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
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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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