Tag: Toronto
about 1 year ago
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Weston highrise tenants take to the streets to protest ‘unfair’ rent hikes

Residents marched to send a message to their landlord: They’re not going to pay monthly rent until it takes back prov...

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about 1 year ago
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The 4 best Summerlicious meals the Star's food reporter has tried (so far)

With cheap eats barely being cheap, Summerlicious, which runs until July 23 at participating restaurants across the G...

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about 1 year ago
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Superfresh, Toronto’s trendy food hall, has closed its doors for good

Superfresh opened just last year at 384 Bloor St. W. and offered an array of “unapologetically Asian” cuisine.

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about 1 year ago
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Son of a favourite returns: Max Domi calls chance to play for Maple Leafs ‘a dream come true’

The 28-year-old son of Tie Domi — enforcer extraordinaire still beloved by Toronto fans — signed a one-year, $3-milli...

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about 1 year ago
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Girl found in Rosedale dumpster identified as Neveah Tucker, 4

After more than a year, a name: Neveah Tucker, four years old.

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about 1 year ago
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‘Things have got to change, for the better’: Pride parade revellers share their thoughts and hopes

From first-timers to veterans of the annual parade, participants and marchers turn out to show their support — and be...

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about 1 year ago
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Doug Ford says Olivia Chow would be an ‘unmitigated disaster’ as Toronto’s mayor

Stepping up his push for former police chief Mark Saunders as Toronto’s next mayor, Premier Doug Ford is warning fron...

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about 1 year ago
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Doug Ford names his choice for Toronto’s next mayor

Ontario’s premier has a sign for his preferred candidate in the front yard of his Etobicoke home, but says he’s prepa...

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about 1 year ago
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Josh Matlow is a politician who never backs down. Could he play nice as mayor?

He’s a ‘refreshing’ and uncompromising politician, say those who know him. But some worry that inflexibility would ma...

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about 1 year ago
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Drake is going on summer tour and saying farewell to Toronto like he’s going off to war

Drake posted a treacly farewell to Toronto as he starts his tour. Is his hometown love getting clingy? He’s going to ...

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about 1 year ago
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Taxing booze, tickets and vehicles: Toronto has the power. Maybe it’s time the next mayor used it

Bashing the premier may be a crowd-pleasing tactic on the campaign trail, but it won’t play so well across the bargai...

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about 1 year ago
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Injury to Brandon Belt an ominous sign for Blue Jays offence

His departure will require others to step up. Bo Bichette is giving everything he can at the plate, but elsewhere the...

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over 1 year ago
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Wildfires: What Toronto can learn from Western Canada about living under smoke

Smoke from wildfires blazing across the country rolled into Toronto this week and is expected to get worse before it ...

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over 1 year ago
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Man who allegedly threatened Toronto mayoral candidates released on bail

The man’s conditions are “significant” and “go well beyond what is necessary to protect the alleged victim and the pu...

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over 1 year ago
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The real facts behind Toronto’s public safety-focused mayoral election

Is Toronto becoming less safe? It’s a complicated question, but many of the standard ways we measure violent crime su...

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over 1 year ago
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Like a sidewalk weed you, too, fine reader, will not yield

You should dig into the earth this summer, if only for a brief respite for your soul. It might be container pots on y...

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over 1 year ago
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Here’s how to fix Toronto’s mayoral election nightmare

Toronto can fix its problem by raising the entry fee to $1,000 and requiring 500 or 1,000 signatures, thus weeding ou...

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over 1 year ago
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All over Toronto we are leaving our ‘I am not happy’ statements

Too many people are saying my life is miserable so I will make everyone’s life worse in these small ways available to...

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over 1 year ago
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Why Olivia Chow lost the 2014 mayor’s race — and could lose again

With less than six weeks to go before voting day, the big question is if Olivia Chow can avoid the same disastrous fa...

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over 1 year ago
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‘This is the future of a clean grid’: Ontario ramps up battery — and natural gas — capacity

Assessing both moves announced Tuesday left some clean-energy advocates struggling to separate and weigh the long-ter...

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over 1 year ago
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Under Kyle Dubas, the Maple Leafs have been a failed experiment. It’s time for an overhaul

If this Leafs team is ever going to be successful it needs somebody in charge who loves winning games more than makin...

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over 1 year ago
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Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list for 2023 is here. These Toronto-area dining spots made the cut

Toronto makes a big showing but Montreal restaurants got the most nods with the top place and 26 others, including th...

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over 1 year ago
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Why is John Tory leading in the polls and what does it say about the mayor’s race?

The former mayor held massive leads in every polling category — gender, age, income and location — over all the conte...

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over 1 year ago
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Blue Jays face toughest test yet in red-hot Rays

Tampa Bay rolls into town Friday night riding a perfect 13-0 start, tied for the longest unbeaten streak to open a se...

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over 1 year ago
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Suddenly, crime emerges as top issue in Toronto mayoral race

Residents are nervous about travelling on public transit, sending their kids to school and walking and playing in cit...

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over 1 year ago
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Blue Jays’ pitching fortunes could hinge on Jose Berrios

If Toronto’s starting rotation thrives this season it will probably be at least in part because of Berrios’s re-emerg...

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over 1 year ago
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Maybe the Leafs have Lightning right where they want them

Have three long post-seaon runs taken their toll? There’s plenty to suggest that Toronto’s likely first-round opponen...

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over 1 year ago
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Unclaimed beaten boy the latest victim of a heartless city

To me anyway, this heartbreaking case tragically synthesizes the violence and nihilistic criminality that is Toronto’...

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over 1 year ago
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Doug Ford says it would be ‘great’ if former Toronto police chief runs for mayor

While the premier is officially remaining neutral in Toronto’s June 26 mayoral byelection, some Progressive Conservat...

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over 1 year ago
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WNBA star Napheesa Collier excited to tip off in Toronto

All signs point to a sellout for May 13 game at Scotiabank Arena as tickets go on sale for the league’s first pre-sea...

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over 1 year ago
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Downtown Toronto is already stumbling. How many more blows like this can it take?

The failure of Nordstrom is one more bruise for the Eaton Centre, Heather Mallick writes.

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over 1 year ago
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Mike Layton will not run for mayor of Toronto

Layton, a former city councillor, was considered Toronto progressives’ best hope for a left-leaning mayor after more ...

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over 1 year ago
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Who’ll replace John Tory? City councillors, MPPs and an ex-police chief consider joining Toronto’...

Past and present councillors, MPPs and the city’s former top cop are pondering running though the byelection is not e...

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over 1 year ago
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Toronto used to be unfriendly. Something’s changed

What has happened? People have begun talking to me everywhere I go, Heather Mallick writes.

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over 1 year ago
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Doug Ford says John Tory shouldn’t resign as Toronto’s mayor: ‘It’s not time to change’

It was the first time Ford had spoken publicly about Tory since the mayor announced Friday night he would resign afte...

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over 1 year ago
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As in the case of John Tory, it’s telling what people choose to forgive or ignore

Someone always has the upper hand in a relationship, illicit or not. And it isn’t necessarily the person with the per...

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over 1 year ago
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Leafs not making the best of chances against NHL’s worst

Winning against lowly opponents has been a struggle this season. Toronto is an underwhelming 5-4-4 in games against t...

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over 1 year ago
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Chinatown favourite Rol San closes, with plans to reopen

Community groups are concerned this development could displace residents and small businesses along Spadina.

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over 1 year ago
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CaféTO served a reprieve as Toronto council approves phasing in new permit fees over three years

When fully implemented, an average restaurant curb lane patio will cost about $3,075, while the average sidewalk pati...

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