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On traffic congestion, Doug Ford has tried nothing — and he’s all out of ideas Aug. 22, 2025 By Edward KeenanCity Columnist Edward Keenan is a Toronto-based city columnist for the Star. Reach him via email: ekeenan@thestar.ca Behold, the Fundamental Law of Road Congestion in action: on...

Forgotten Toronto: How Liberty Village got its name — and the brutal legacy of Canada’s first women’s prison The Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women was swamped with allegations of abuse, torture and medical experimentation over its 89 years of operation. Aug. 22, 2025 Obscured from the...

Ontario Place parking garage a symbol of all that is wrong June 27, 2025 An artist’s rendering of what the massive new garage at Ontario Place will look like. Ontario government By Christopher Hume Contributor Christopher Hume is the Toronto Star's former urban issues columnist. Turning...

Crombie, Stiles pounce on Doug Ford’s hot mic admission that he ‘100%’ wanted Donald Trump to win election The PC leader was caught Monday on a hot mic at his Etobicoke campaign office confiding that he had hoped Trump would beat Harris. Feb. 4, 2025 By Robert BenzieQueen’s Park Bureau...

What an utter disgrace this faux-fiscal conservative, private interest sock puppet, populist puke is. Billions upon billions he has and is flushing down the drain and for what, besides personal self-serving gain. Doug Ford’s alcohol sales expansion deal cost taxpayers an additional $612M...

Doug Ford’s Ontario Place plan will make traffic congestion worse: report Plans for the Ontario Place redevelopment could make Toronto’s traffic problems worse, according to a new report from the city of Toronto. Dec. 23, 2024 By Ben Spurr City Hall Bureau Chief As Premier Doug Ford vows to...

...... Seriously Injuring and Sending 2 Pedestrians and One Cyclist to Hospital as a Result of His Rampage. Two pedestrians, cyclist seriously injured after multi-vehicle collision near U of T downtown campus The collision happened near College and St. George streets just after 5 p.m. on...

Like HTF does this happen?

Who has watched this TCM documentary series?: THE POWER OF FILM EXPLORING THE 'WHY' BEHIND AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR AND MEMORABLE FILMS THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both...

Think Donald Trump would be bad for Ontario’s economy? Look at what Doug Ford has already done Dec. 11, 2024 We do know with statistical certainty that Ontario is already facing serious economic bumps today – not from Donald Trump’s tariffs but Doug Ford’s fecklessness, Martin Regg Cohn...

Like WTF is Doug Ford doing to stop this cavalcade of prep walking Ontario cops? As Doug would say, "I don't know, but let me tell you folks. We got this massive conga line of disgraced cops from here to Timbuktu. Pervs, pedos, rapists, thieves, perjurers, abusers. It's nuts. But I just luv em...

One of the city’s most dangerous streets just lost its photo radar camera The speed camera at Parkside Drive and Algonquin Avenue was cut down on the weekend. Nov. 18, 2024 The speed camera located at Parkside Drive and Algonquin Avenue was cut down over the weekend, residents say. One...

12. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) Dir: Barbara Kopple This gripping documentary covered the 1973 Brookside Strike by a coal mining community in rural Kentucky against a subsidiary of the Duke Power Company. Way back before places like this became Trump Country. 11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...

That's 2 humiliating defeats for this divisive, disinforming former right-wing Toronto Sun quack. Rachel Chernos Lin beats Anthony Furey in Don Valley West byelection Toronto District School Board chair Rachel Chernos Lin won Monday’s byelection in Ward 15 with almost 12,900 votes, or about 55...

It's starts tonight at 9pm on TVO Channel 2 and continues every Monday at the same time and channel for the next 4 or 5 weeks. Top tier documentary series and highly recommended ,which I know some on here have seen before.

It was not enough that this Little Napolean annexed Toronto City Council, Toronto's Transportation Department and the city's streets and roads, the City's land use, development and planning department, the city's waterfront and the city's long term lease agreements with the province: He, the...

Homeowners who regularly rent on Airbnb and other sites must pay 13% tax on property value when they sell, recent tax ruling finds The ruling from the Tax Court of Canada will likely have big implications for short-term rental operators. Oct. 24, 2024 By Clarrie Feinstein Business Reporter A...

Ontario Science Centre moving to temporary locations at Harbourfront, Sherway Gardens The Sherway location will open in November and Harbourfront in December. By Kristin RushowyQueen’s Park Bureau The Ontario Science Centre is moving to two temporary locations — at Harbourfront Centre and...

Doug Ford wants to buy your silence Updated Oct. 17, 2024 at 6:01 p.m. Oct. 17, 2024 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DOES THIS GRIFTER APPEAR TO BE AN HONEST MAN? IS THAT THE FACE, MUG OF HONESTY? CONTACT THE RCMP SPECIAL...

Why is Doug Ford planning to send cheques to millionaires? Oct. 18, 2024 Doug Ford is reportedly planning to send cheques for $200 to everyone in Ontario. By Randy Robinson, Contributor Randy Robinson is Ontario director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Tony Staffieri, CEO...