Allison Smith

Allison Smith is the founding editor of TorontoToday. A journalist and entrepreneur, Allison spent 12 years building her political newsletter company Politics Today before it was acquired by Village Media in Oct. 2024. She is also the former co-host of Wag the Doug, a podcast about Premier Doug Ford.

Email: allison@torontotoday.ca

Recent Work by Allison

Why are rug stores always closing in Toronto’s west end?

Large yellow signs advertising rug store closing sales have dotted Toronto’s west end for years. TorontoToday found out why.

Mar 29, 2025 6:06 PM Read more >

UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about Trump

Fascism scholar Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second Trump administration

Mar 27, 2025 9:27 PM Read more >

School board data breach could include 40 years of student records

Toronto District School Board data potentially impacted by the PowerSchool cyber incident goes back decades

Jan 20, 2025 4:05 PM Read more >

This TikToker charges people to drink coffee in her condo — and sells out

Rabia Sohail hosts the Serendipitous Cafe in her Liberty Village one-bedroom every Saturday. The $11 tickets sell out almost as soon as they become available.

Nov 25, 2024 10:29 PM Read more >

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