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3-D gets smarter: literary adaptations in, action movies out
The 3-D orgy that has engulfed Hollywood this year is not letting up, but its proponents are changing. The technology was...
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Culture
Conan O’Brien returns to late night with Canadian stars aplenty
For Conan O'Brien fans, NBC's unceremonious dumping of the ginger-topped comedian was pure sacrilege. But if you thought Coco was...
Culture
See “sleeper hit” Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for free tonight
This August, comic book nerds across the city flocked to opening-night screenings of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , eager to catch...
City
Will Alex Trebek be our next governor general?
“I'll take Entertainers turned Politicians for $200, Alex.” “This beloved Canadian game show host may vie for the position...
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Culture
Spectacular! The Michael Jackson circus is coming to town
It was only a matter of time before our favourite recently deceased spectacle got together with our favourite French-Canadian...
Culture
Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Toronto artist Kristan Horton has won the $50,000 Grange Prize, Canada's biggest photography award, but ask the bearded artist...
Culture
Five things we learned about Ang Lee’s movie adaptation of Life of Pi
When Yann Martel 's fantastical novel Life of Pi won the 2002 Man Booker Prize, Hollywood was chomping at the bit to get its hands...
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Siblings duke it out for Canadian literary prize
For some, sibling rivalry means arguing over who does the dishes. For Michael and Kathleen Winter , it means competing for one of...
Culture
Red Green returns with self-help book
It was a sad day for suspendered do-it-yourselfers when television character Red Green hung up his roll of duct tape for the last...
Culture
Power to the people! Readers decide setting and title of new Robert Munsch book
In today's interactive crowd-sourced world, it would seem that nothing is sacred, not even something as wholesome as a children's...
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Cast and crew of Priscilla Queen of the Desert make “It Gets Better” video
If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, you've likely heard about the massively successful It Gets Better Project. The video series...
Culture
Reaction roundup: what the critics say about Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
After two weeks in previews, the sequin fest Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical officially opened last week at the...
City
Toronto the dichotomous: we overwhelmingly support Rob Ford, but also the arts
A new survey suggests that Ontario residents believe in the importance of the arts more strongly than ever before. The poll was...
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Christopher Plummer and the rest of the Sound of Music cast reunite on Oprah
Though he’s probably still best known as the strict Captain von Trapp in the classic film adaptation of The Sound of Music...
Culture
Anvil is recording a new album in Dave Grohl’s studio
The famous resurgence of Anvil, the never-say-die Toronto metal band, continues. The subject of the 2008 documentary Anvil! The...
City
From Michael J. to Justin Biebs: a brief history of Canadian teen heartthrobs
Homegrown teen heartthrob Cory Monteith (better known as Finn from Glee ) is hosting this year's Gemini Awards (November 13), we...
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Toronto the highbrow? Canadian Opera Company announces record-breaking sales
Torontonians may love the over-the-top, big-budget musicals , but it seems we're patrons of highbrow culture, too: the Canadian...
Culture
Art exhibit reopens after multiple theft attempts and 11 years in storage
When does a relatively small exhibition of Inuit carvings in a remote northern museum become a case of national intrigue? When...
City
Margaret Atwood designs Halloween costumes for Detroit doctor
If you haven't been paying attention to our literary matriarch lately, you may be unaware that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter , and...
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City
Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity to American politics is attracting its share of Canadians
The 10-month run-up to Toronto’s municipal election has been rife with contradictory statements, nutty promises and faulty...
City
Actor Randy Quaid seeks Canadian refugee status
Sometimes famous people do crazy things, and sometimes they do it in Canada; when that happens, we'll be there to slap on a pair...
City
The power of love: Céline Dion has more babies
The woman who struggles to write a song without the word “love” in the title has two more reasons to be all mushy-gushy:...
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Culture
Legislation could make Springsteen tickets much cheaper
You'd be hard pressed to find a Toronto music lover who's a fan of Ticketmaster. On top of the astronomical service fees, the...
Culture
Anne of Green Gables mocked by moderately naughty song
Toronto musician and comedian Chelsea Manders has written and released a moderately naughty song about the chaste Anne Shirley...
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Deep Dives
Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto
Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city
Deep Dives
Ontario’s health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up
Half a million Torontonians are without a primary care physician. The search is maddening, exhausting and often futile. Dispatches from the front lines
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: $4.4 million for a gated Summerhill semi overlooking a soccer pitch
The 3,500-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two underground parking spots, landscaping service and a fireplace on the roof
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.9 million for an enormous ex-schoolhouse near Trinity Bellwoods stuffed with stunning art
The 5,000-square-foot property comes with classroom layouts, an elevator, a kooky catwalk and skylights everywhere
Real Estate
House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential
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