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Culture
Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy
An oral history featuring Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Rick Moranis, and more
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Life
After two years, $10,000 and hundreds of attempts to cure my rescue dog’s severe separation anxiety, I had to give her up
It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done
The 10 best films on Toronto Public Library’s free Netflix-style streaming service
A David Cronenberg hit, the film that inspired
The Magnificent Seven
and more
City
Michael Ford, heir to the Ford Nation throne, makes his first-ever debate appearance
An early look at the inheritor of Rob's kingdom
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A chronology of some of the religious tattoos Justin Bieber got before he inked a cross on his face
Stratford's favourite son is running out of room on his body for God-related tatts
The Joker and Will Smith hang out at the Eaton Centre: a breakdown of the
Suicide Squad
trailer
A few days ago at San Diego Comic-Con, Suicide Squad , a new Warner Bros. action movie that was shot in Toronto, debuted its first...
Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage battle Pac-Man in Toronto: a breakdown of the
Pixels
trailer
Last summer, Toronto was abuzz with news that the Waterboy himself, Adam Sandler, was shooting a film in and around our...
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Started from the bottom now we sad: a second-by-second breakdown of Drake’s new short film
Yesterday, mayor of Toronto Aubrey “Drake” Graham released a 15-minute short-film thing called Jungle that we now know was a...
Mama’s Boy: brazenly bratty, 25-year-old filmmaker Xavier Dolan is Canada’s next great auteur
When the lineup for the 2014 Cannes film festival was announced last April, the Canadian media transformed into a patriotic hype...
Hang out with HAL at TIFF’s new Stanley Kubrick exhibition
If you’re going to mount a substantial gallery show dedicated to a filmmaker’s work, it helps if that director is a little bit...
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The winners and losers of the absolutely outrageous, viciously competitive, record-breaking market
For buyers and sellers and those who simply consider real estate a spectator sport, this was the nutty year when the average price...
Shticks and Giggles: a laugh-lover’s guide to the city’s explosive comedy scene
Toronto’s JFL42 comedy fest returns this month for its third annual 10-day laugh riot. For the uninitiated, the “JFL” part...
TIFF 2014 cheers and jeers: the best and worst of this year’s festival
Because everything related to film culture, even tangentially, can and should be evaluated using a Siskel-and-Ebertian binary...
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Christopher Plummer steals the show at
The Forger
press conference, because of course he does
The Forger is one of those movies that sounds like it was made up by a Mad Libs plot generator. Hatched out of jail early, a...
Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon say homelessness is bad
One of those super-topical movies that came a few years too late, 99 Homes stars the Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield , as a...
Jennifer Aniston talks about letting herself go for
Cake
Post- Friends, nobody's really figured out what to do with Jennifer Aniston . Since 2002’s The Good Girl, she's popped...
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Benedict Cumberbatch humbly admits that he is not a genius
At TIFF 2013, you couldn't swing around a Sherlock -issue trench coat without hitting Benedict Cumberbatch. The British star...
John Cusak talks about the time he met Andre the Giant
Try though he might, Robert Pattinson can't shake the Twi -hards. The alley adjacent to the Lightbox was teeming with adolescents...
Jon Stewart struts the red carpet for
Rosewater,
calls Canadians “upsettingly” nice
The Daily Show host and first-time filmmaker Jon Stewart seems to really like Canada. Maybe it’s because Half Baked , in which...
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Steve Carell talks about tapping his troubled psyche in psycho-thriller
Foxcatcher
God, it’s about time someone cast Channing Tatum in some kind of strong-guy role, right? In the highly buzzy Foxcatcher , Tatum...
Jason Bateman on auditioning with Jane Fonda for
This is Where I Leave You
: “She made me cry like a baby”
In This Is Where I Leave You —a film whose poster is basically indistinguishable from a GUESS Jeans ad I saw on Ossington last...
Denzel Washington wreaks charming vengeance on the red carpet for
The Equalizer
A cool thing about The Equalizer , a movie you may have heard if you (a) live in Toronto and (b) have eyes, is that it’s...
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Denzel Washington, star of many action films: “I don’t know what an action film is”
In The Equalizer , Denzel Washington teams up once again with Training Day director Antoine Fuqua to play a CIA agent who comes...
Harmony Korine almost steals the spotlight from Al Pacino—almost
At its worst, David Gordon Green ’s Manglehorn is nothing but a showpiece for Al Pacino . At its best, well, it's a showpiece...
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Private Schools
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
Big Stories
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: $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