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Culture
Encore! Wicked and 10 other musicals Toronto can’t get enough of
This week, Wicked, one of the world’s most successful musical productions, re-returns to Toronto for a month-long run at the...
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Culture
Variety on TIFF: the Hollywood paper names six trends from the film festival
As the din of snapping cameras and movie buzz dies down in Toronto, cineastes south of the border are weighing in on how this...
Culture
Casey Affleck admits I’m Still Here is fake, Joaquin Phoenix is an actor after all
Casey Affleck has finally given into the public's badgering and admitted that I'm Still Here, his Joaquin Phoenix documentary that...
Real Estate
Home of the week: $3.95 million for two-storey lakefront penthouse
ADDRESS: 58 Marine Parade Drive , Penthouse 3 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mimico AGENT: Irene Goodman FRI , Regency Park Realty Ltd. PRICE:...
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Culture
Today at TIFF: A Beginner’s Guide to Endings, Janie Jones, Frankie Knuckles and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6 p.m. Aftershock at Visa Screening Room (Elgin) • 6:30 p.m. A...
Culture
Spotted! Ryan Gosling at the Four Seasons
Kevin Spacey is pretty much the only noteworthy dude we'll see on the (very wet) red carpet today for the premiere of Casino...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Casino Jack, Master Kev, Louis and Anane Vega and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6:30 p.m. Casino Jack world premiere gala at Roy Thomson Hall •...
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Culture
Today at TIFF: What’s Wrong With Virginia, the Bang Bang Club, DJ set by AL P. and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 4 p.m. What’s Wrong With Virginia Party at Swarovski Gallery...
Culture
Spotted! Kate Bosworth at the Drake
Kate Bosworth and a friend are eating a late lunch at the Drake Café right now. Her film Easy A premiered on Saturday; we wonder...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Good Neighbours, The Debt, Edward Norton interviews Bruce Springsteen and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6 p.m. Edward Norton interviews Bruce Springsteen at Bell Lightbox...
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Culture
Steve Nash wants to make Pelé documentary
Fresh off the Canuck pomp and circumstance surrounding his Terry Fox documentary Into the Wind , Steve Nash is game for another...
Culture
Spotted! Catherine Keener and Justin Long at the Drake
Trust star Catherine Keener had brunch at the Drake yesterday (one of her favourite Toronto hangouts) and returned after dark for...
Food & Drink
Five things we learned about Tim Hortons from the recent Maclean’s exposé
The paradox represented by Tim Hortons ' "always fresh" frozen doughnuts got a thorough examination last week in a long Maclean's...
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Culture
Today at TIFF: Black Swan, Miral, the Reel Canadian TIFF Party and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6 p.m. Incendies North American premiere at Bell Lightbox • 6...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Lightbox block party, Barney’s Version, Hereafter, 127 Hours and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 11 a.m. Bell Lightbox Block Party at King and John Streets •...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Roger Ebert Twitter showdown, Hello! party, Vanity Fair party, OneXOne fundraiser
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 12:00 p.m. George Christy Luncheon at Avenue Bar and Print Room...
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Toronto strip clubs see TIFF revenue increase as stars unwind with lap dances
Fortunately for Toronto's classy (or conservative) reputation, Yorkville and King West bars and clubs see most of the late-night...
Culture
Fight! Roger Ebert takes on Rainn Wilson in a tweet-off moderated by Dan Levy
Roger Ebert seems to love getting into fights at TIFF. Two years ago, at the Slumdog Millionaire screening, he got whacked in the...
Culture
Barney’s Version not likely to impress fans of the book
Barney's Version may already have a U.S. distributor with Sony Pictures Classics, but a few early reviews of Robert Lantos' s...
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Culture
Martin Sheen joins Royal York Hotel picket line for 20 minutes
His son may have been spotted at the Drake's rooftop patio, but Martin Sheen seems to prefer a more street-level approach to...
Culture
Score: A Hockey Musical wins over some locals, but virtually no one else
The first onslaught of critical feedback is out after the world premiere of Score: A Hockey Musical — Mike McGowan' s filmic ode...
Culture
Today at TIFF: I’m Still Here, Biutiful, Trust, David Suzuki Gala and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 3:30 p.m. The Way world premiere at Winter Garden Theatre • 6...
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Today at TIFF: Score and Fubar II premiere, TIFF opening event at Spice Route and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 4 p.m. Stella Artois Film Screening Party at the Drake Hotel • 5...
Real Estate
House of the week: $3.5 million for Yorkville mansion built in 1879
ADDRESS: 24 Elgin Avenue NEIGHBOURHOOD: Yorkville AGENT: Gay Louise MacLeod, Chestnut Park Real Estate Ltd. PRICE: $3.495 million...
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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 actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
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”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.3 million for a quirky detached near Yonge and Eglinton that was won in a lottery
The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two laundry rooms, a three-tier backyard and four bedrooms
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?