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Toronto’s Elena Semikina competing in Miss Universe pageant tonight
The Miss Universe pageant, that so-appalling-it’s-compelling affair helmed by Donald Trump (how can they still get away with it...
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Culture
Neil Young’s new album title and release date announced
If, as the song goes, Neil Young is getting old, he’s not showing signs of slowing down. A year and a half after the release of...
City
William Shatner wants you to know he swears in front of children
Maybe a bit bitter about being passed over for a stint as the new governor general, William Shatner is waging war on political...
City
Margaret Atwood documentary coming to Toronto in October
Ron Mann’ s In the Wake of the Flood, the documentary about Margaret Atwood’ s less-than-typical book tour, had its world...
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City
Hear Margaret Atwood sing with The Sadies
Margaret Atwood' s singing cameo may have been cut from TIFF opening film Score: A Hockey Musical , but she showed the producers...
Culture
Literary vices: there’s a naked book reading tonight at the Gladstone
“Naked Girls Reading” sounds like someone’s half-serious suggestion for getting people hooked on literature again, but...
Style
This Ain’t the Rosedale Library closes after speculation
It looks like the curtain has closed on This Ain’t the Rosedale Library —for now, at least. In a blog post explaining that a...
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Style
This Ain’t the Rosedale Library addresses closure rumours
Toronto's literary set assumed the worst on Saturday when a bailiff’s notice appeared in the window of This Ain’t the Rosedale...
City
Margaret Atwood on the future of books
Margaret Atwood has spoken on the future of books, and her predictions aren’t as grim as you might think. She is the creator of...
Food & Drink
Eight must-sees: a procrastinator’s guide to Luminato’s last days
If you’ve noticed a buzzing noise hovering over the city this past week, don’t be alarmed—it’s just the sound of...
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Culture
Rufus Wainwright’s debut opera opens in Toronto, earns comparison to “Loblaws grocery bag”
Rufus Wainwright’ s Prima Donna made its North American debut last night as part of Luminato, and critics aren’t exactly...
City
Margaret Atwood book tour to be released as documentary
Margaret Atwood has never been run-of-the-mill, and her international tour for The Year of the Flood —her dystopian novel set...
City
Atom Egoyan’s Luminato installation a tribute to the late David Pecaut
David Pecaut was quite literally a man who followed his dreams. Shortly before his death from cancer this past December, the...
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City
Margaret Atwood calls plan to close prison farms “dumb as a stump”
Margaret Atwood scared us into improving our recycling habits with her novels about environmental apocalypse, but the CanLit queen...
Culture
Brad Pitt wins bidding war for rights to Canadian author’s first novel
With Canadian programming shafted from fall TV lineups, it’s nice to know that our lit is still getting some international...
Culture
Even less music on MuchMusic as station cuts French Kiss
We've always enjoyed waking up to the sounds of Dumas . Sadly, MuchMusic has decided to take away our morning serving of cheese by...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Fall 2024
Browse through Canada’s top independent and private schools to find the right fit for your child
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Deep Dives
Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
Deep Dives
Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
Deep Dives
Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
Deep Dives
The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel
In just two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. Here, she talks anti-romance snobbery, what makes a good sex scene and how sudden fame has changed her life
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
Deep Dives
My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
Deep Dives
The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
Cost of Living
City
This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
City
This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
City
This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
City
This insurance analyst makes $62,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“Groceries are so expensive that I rely more on takeout”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.7 million for a whimsical custom-built home backing onto an Etobicoke ravine
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with a sauna, a hot tub, cave-like walls and nature all over
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a new build by the Humber with a fireplace in a closet
The 3,900-square-foot property also comes with an elevator, a powder room with a swoosh sink and a playful blue laundry room
Real Estate
Surreal Estate: $6 million for a Rosedale Victorian with a bath fit for a temple
What property off Sherbourne would be complete without a floating fireplace, a 14-foot butcher block, smart-home tech and a deck built around a tree?
Real Estate
House of the Week: $5.5 million for a Lytton Park home with a cocktail lounge
The 5,200-square-foot property also comes with six bathrooms, automated everything, a ribbon staircase and a display for purses