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Rob Ford invites Dalton McGuinty to hang out—at a community housing building
Two leaders, two leadership styles When the province decided to delay the city’s decision to sell 65 Toronto Community Housing homes, Rob Ford first took a formal approach, writing a displeased letter...
View ArticleQUOTED: Doug Ford on why he may quit city politics by July
If [the premier] calls the election in July, I’m gone. —Councillor and would-be MPP Doug Ford, on why he may make his leap to provincial politics as soon as this summer, rather than waiting, as he has...
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Would consider running if city hall upgraded their fitness facility. My personal health will always come first. :) #gymjunkie —Krista Ford, a personal trainer and former Lingerie Football League...
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Why was President Obama at the wedding of a Toronto MPP’s son?
(Image: Steve Jurvetson) There’s just something about the slow-jamming, fly-swatting president of the United States—all Barack Obama had to do was show up to a Chicago wedding with a Toronto...
View ArticleA fancy Muskoka resort orders its spa workers to hand over their tips (or get...
A Marriott resort in cottage country is forcing some of its staff to give nearly half their gratuities to the hotel—if they don’t, they’ll be fired—which we have to say, seems a little heavy-handed. In...
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Rob Granatstein: Toronto hydro rates are skyrocketing and politics are to blame
Toronto has a dearth of power plants and an aging grid. By the end of 2013, we’ll have the highest hydro rates on the continent. And the reasons are purely political By Rob Granatstein | Illustration...
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Rob Ford’s meeting with Dalton McGuinty is a triumph, according to Rob Ford
Rob Ford is claiming victory after Dalton McGuinty pledged $12.5 million to help prevent gun violence across the province—including a guarantee that the current funding of $5 million a year for the...
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Reaction Roundup: Premier Dalton McGuinty steps down and adjourns the...
(Image: Communitech Photos) We’ve never really thought of Dalton McGuinty as a big-surprises kind of guy, but Premier Dad shocked the province last night by announcing his resignation as party...
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The Moment: Dalton McGuinty’s emergency exit
(Image: George Pimentel) During his nine years as premier, Dalton McGuinty displayed a magical ability to maintain the squeaky clean persona of Premier Dad—that smiling paternalist whose...
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Glen Murray and Kathleen Wynne are running for the Ontario Liberal Party...
The race to be the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is now, finally, an actual race. Three weeks quietly passed following Dalton McGuinty’s resignation as Ontario’s premier before any of his...
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Liberal Watch: The six contenders for the Ontario Liberal party leadership so...
Although leading the struggling Ontario Liberal party may be the worst job in the province (just ask Dalton McGuinty), another four hopefuls have announced their candidacy since Glen Murray and...
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The Moment: the Bill 115 dust-up has been as mature as a cafeteria food fight
(Image: Aaron Vincent Elkaim) When a relationship goes sour, both sides tend to behave badly. McGuinty, the self-styled Education Premier, went first: his introduction of Bill 115 in the summer, a...
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Sunshine List: how much Rob Ford, Paul Godfrey and Chris Spence earned in 2012
Rob Ford earned $173,869 including taxable benefits in 2012 Each year, Queen’s Park releases the sunshine list, a catalogue of all the Ontario public servants who made $100,000 or more—and, because the...
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Jan Wong: The province’s shrewd but savage strategy to stick it to Ontario’s...
By Jan Wong | Photo Illustration by Bradley Reinhardt (Photographs: Demonstrators by Aaron Vincent; Kathleen Wynne by CP Images) The school year is coming to a close, and not a moment too soon. It’s...
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How Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke brought the stodgy newspaper back to life
Michael Cooke, the Toronto Star’s tabloid-minded editor, is on a mission to expose the corruption and crookedness of the city’s secretive establishment. Every week brings a new target: the premier’s...
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The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to the top of our Influentials list was Rob Ford’s Crackgate—a story...
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Ex-McGuinty chief of staff is the focus of a criminal probe
(Image: Communitech Photos) This right here isn’t the type of news the Ontario Liberals want on the front page of the Star in what’s likely to be an election year, but here we are. Some newly released...
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