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Allison Smith
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Editor of @torontotoday.ca, former publisher of Queen’s Park Today, Politics Today
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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · Dec 10
I created a Starter Pack of Toronto city journos. Follow for all your downtown news needs — and hit me up if you're not in here and want to be!
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Toronto housing advocates warn Ford government’s Bill 60 will expedite homelessness
Tenant and housing advocates say changes to the Residential Tenancies Act in Bill 60 will fuel evictions and ‘create encampments faster’
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Massive new mural transforms drab stretch of Gardiner Expressway
The new mural was created through a collaboration between The Bentway and Exhibition Place
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November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Residents’ associations rally ahead of neighbourhood retail vote
As the issue of corner stores on residential streets heads to Toronto city council this week, Mayor Olivia Chow says she wants to cut 'red tape' for those businesses
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November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I switch from baseball to hockey history to look at the defection of Vaclav Nedomansky from Czechoslavakia, who chose the Toronto Toros of the WHA to start his North American career.

#TOHistory #hockey

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How a Soviet bloc hockey player defected to Toronto during the Cold War
In 1974, Vaclav Nedomansky, captain of Czechoslovakia’s national hockey team, made his escape to the WHL’s Toronto Toros
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY: Zohran
Cartoonist Steve Nease provides a humorous take on current events
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November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Century nightclub has terminated its involvement with promoter Mark Holland following TorontoToday’s exposé into the VIP host's criminal history and the sexual assault charges he has been facing since August.

Holland was still working at Century as recently as last weekend.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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500,000 free condoms to be distributed during FIFA as part of city’s public health efforts
The initiative will reduce downstream healthcare costs related to sexually transmitted infections, health experts say
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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How new west end play places are marketing to millennial parents
Adventure Alley and The Willow Play Cafe, new indoor playgrounds on Dupont, aren’t just catering to kids
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November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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"Despite his prior sexual assault conviction, previous breach of bail conditions and Century’s link to the latest sexual assault charges, Holland was granted bail in August and continues to work at the nightclub."
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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"Despite his prior sexual assault conviction, previous breach of bail conditions and Century’s link to the latest sexual assault charges, Holland was granted bail in August and continues to work at the nightclub."
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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GALLERY: Blue Jays fans head home with a whimper after World Series loss
Fans hung their heads after the Toronto Blue Jays lost the final game of the World Series on Saturday night
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November 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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NEW: What’s an appropriately scary Halloween display, and what’s offside? Residents of a west end toronto neighbourhood are debating just that, after a homeowner created a display that included a realistic female mannequin with an axe to the head. www.torontotoday.ca/local/family...
Some locals upset over Halloween display they say is ‘too real’ and ‘over the top’
The neighbourhood Halloween display features a graphic mannequin of a woman with a pickaxe to the skull
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October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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@willsloanesq.bsky.social is back in the pages of TorontoToday with his rep cinema screening series 'series'
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Vape detectors will be coming to four TDSB high schools
The detectors, which identify the presence of chemicals found in e-cigarettes, will be installed in washrooms at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and three other TDSB high schools
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October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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He’s out here wearing a DODGERS hat, while his DAD is on our MONEY
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Province pulls funding for Parkdale supervised consumption site, forcing closure
The move follows a spike in the number of clients using the west end site — and an increase in complaints from its neighbours
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October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Ford government calls off consultations on ending indefinite leases for Ontario tenants
Last week, Attorney General Doug Downey suggested Queen’s Park could eliminate ‘evergreen’ month-to-month leases
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October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I look at how Blue Jays fans celebrate when the team won their first World Series in 1992.

#TOhistory #bluejays

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How Toronto celebrated the 1992 Blue Jays World Series win
Historian Jamie Bradburn takes a look back at the pandemonium that followed the Jays' first World Series victory 33 years ago
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October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Stolen Etobicoke valour from a Forest Hill kid. Don’t make me take Rob Ford’s side.
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Drake is rocking the Don Bosco Eagles jacket and supporting the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 🔥

(via: @mlb)
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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October 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Happy 1 year anniversary to our little newspaper!
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Against the odds, 80 per cent of World Series gamblers in Ontario betting on Jays to win Game 1
Are hometown fans voting rationally or just based on Toronto Blue Jays mania?
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October 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Ford government opens door to ending indefinite leases for Ontario tenants
Attorney General Doug Downey says current system discourages landlords from renting out vacant units
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October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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New: The City of Toronto is implementing hiring "slowdown" as a budget balancing measure. www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
Toronto institutes city-wide hiring ‘slowdown’ ahead of 2026 budget
This follows a similar move by the TTC, with both the transit agency and the city citing financial constraints
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October 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Call out: Seeking Torontonians abroad who have been adjusting their sleep schedules to watch the Blue Jays.

Is this you? Or your friend/family member? Hit me up!
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM