If you're feeling pretty good about the fact that you don't have to go to the office for three days, think about how happy a certain elected official must be about that. Hurray for holidays! In the news: More from the Star on how they got a piece of this week's biggest story, Rob Ford's proposed solution to dealing with illegal drug users, the end of Magnetgate, a music video debut, and a big day at Marineland.
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Jess Davidson • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
Responses to Mayor Rob Ford's latest scandal.
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Steve Kupferman • Photo by Christopher Drost
Mayor says video purportedly showing him smoking crack is just another instance of the Toronto Star going after him.
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Hamutal Dotan
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Steve Kupferman
Soooo...read anything interesting last night? In the news: serious allegations against the mayor, you can still buy booze this weekend, the OLG fires its chair, Catholic school trustees are looking to ban GSAs, and home sales are down in the GTA.
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Terri Coles • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
Deep breaths are important right now.
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Hamutal Dotan
Gawker and the Toronto Star both say they've seen a video in which Rob Ford appears to be smoking crack cocaine. Can he sue them for publishing about it?
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Christopher Bird • Photo by Christopher Drost
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Steve Kupferman
Next stop, Thursday! Here's some news to keep you chugging along: TCHC starts naming names to police, a new complaint surfaces against the mayor, the City looks at making intersections better, and the anti-casino set gets a new ally.
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Brendan Ross • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Steve Kupferman
What? No. What? In the news: Exhibition Place wants to keep the Muzik pumping into 2034, big-boxes eye Leslieville again, Freemium expressway experiences, and most of us want Bixi to keep on rolling.
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Casey Irvin • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Steve Kupferman
A newsman's final words, in the paper he helped found.
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Steve Kupferman
After leading for most of the game, the Leafs lost to the Bruins and eliminated themselves from this year's NHL playoffs.
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Steve Kupferman • Photos by Christopher Drost
You didn't have a nightmare; the Leafs really did give up that lead last night. In the news: TTC's CEO says Toronto needs to pony up for transit, TDSB is launching a second Afrocentric program, Chris Hadfield is back from space, and the Leafs can get ready to golf now.
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Terri Coles • Illustration by Jeremy Kai
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Steve Kupferman
Participants at Toronto's Global Marijuana March had a fun, peaceful party at Queen's Park. And then half of them forgot to march.
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Chris Dart • Photos by Giordano Ciampini
There was a frost alert last night. A frost alert! In May! We're indignant. In the news: watch out if you're crossing one of these top-10 unsafe intersections, Chris Hadfield heads back to earth, 20K run the Sporting LIfe 10K, and the Leafs take a must-win game at home.
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Terri Coles • Illustration by Jeremy Kai