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Culture
Current Obsession: the five things that Broadway-bound singer Ramin Karimloo is loving right now
In just four months, Ramin Karimloo has gone from a Toronto unknown to a local star: his electric performance as Les...
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Real Weddings 2013: a Magritte-inspired surrealist wedding at Spadina House
Date: July 14, 2012 | Location: Spadina House | Guests: 130 | Budget: $85,000 After falling in love while working summer jobs at...
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Real Weddings 2013: a DIY vintage wedding at Evergreen Brick Works
Date: August 11, 2012 | Location: Evergreen Brick Works | Guests: 190 It took three tries for Janet Chung, 30, and Adam...
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Real Weddings 2013: a splashy Casa Loma wedding with a VIP guest list
Date: September 29, 2012 | Location: Casa Loma | Guests: 200 | Budget: $80,000 Ron White, 43, the shoe designer, and Brad...
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Real Weddings 2013: a traditional Muslim wedding in Milton
Date: May 26, 2012 | Location: Piper’s Heath Golf Club, Milton | Guests: 158 | Budget: $40,000 Thomas Gerrard and Nadine...
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Real Weddings 2013: a contemporary-vintage wedding at Berkeley Church
Date: September 10, 2011 | Location: Berkeley Church | Guests: 118 | Budget: $45,000 Matt Abrams, a 33-year-old telecom...
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Real Weddings 2013: a music-themed wedding on Toronto Island and Queen West
Date: September 23, 2012 | Location: Algonquin Island Association | Guests: 200 Alysse Rich and Daniel Field, both 28-year-old...
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Real Weddings 2013: a fanciful wedding at the Royal Conservatory of Music
Date: August 25, 2012 | Location: Royal Conservatory of Music | Guests: 200 "Everything was whimsical and surreal,” says...
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Real Weddings 2013: a summer camp-inspired wedding at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Date: July 28, 2012 | Location: Royal Canadian Yacht Club | Guests: 123 | Budget: $60,000 Christine Farrugia, a 32-year-old...
Culture
SPOTTED: Justin Bieber watching Ted at the Queensway Cineplex (among other places)
Sure, J ustin Bieber may have come to town to support his girlfriend Selena Gomez at TIFF, but instead of catching a premiere on...
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TIFF SPOTTED: Bradley Cooper on the Thompson rooftop
People’ s Sexiest Man Alive Bradley Cooper hit up the after-party for Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow last night on the Thompson...
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TIFF PARTY: Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and a pair of hard-partying twins at the Spring Breakers shindig
Spring Breakers may not really be about spring break, but the after-party sure was. Stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley...
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10 juicy pieces of celebrity gossip (including some blind item reveals) from Lainey Lui’s annual Smut Soirée
It was a veritable gossip summit last night at the Evergreen Brick Works, where 800 people—almost all female—turned up for The...
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Real Estate
CN Tower launches EdgeWalk, for people who think skydiving is boring
This summer, the CN Tower is introducing a new attraction called EdgeWalk , allowing thrill-seekers to take a hands-free walk on a...
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Charlie Sheen staging 6 p.m. walk through central Toronto for #biwinning, er, bipolar awareness
In between the two Toronto shows on his Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is not an Option tour, Charlie Sheen is inviting fans (or...
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Private School Guide
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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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Small Space, Big Ambition: Twenty Torontonians embracing tiny living with small-footprint homes and space-saving hacks
From laneway homes to garden suites to houseboats, these creative living spaces offer style, affordability and comfort in a city where land is in short supply
Deep Dives
“I spent eight months locked up in an Ontario reform school. The abuse I endured almost destroyed me”
For 50 years, the Ontario government incarcerated kids accused of infractions as minor as truancy, drinking or shoplifting in so-called training schools
Deep Dives
The Mensch: Inside the culinary empire of Chinese-food king David Schwartz
The chef behind Mimi and Sunnys Chinese spent years mastering the cuisine of a culture not his own. Now, he’s risking it all to return to his roots
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
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
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 accountant makes $76,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I haven’t bought an office lunch in two years”
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”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $1.5 million for a loft that used to be a yarn factory
The 1,700-square-foot property comes with 18-foot ceilings, a fishbowl bedroom, a cobblestone lane and a private terrace
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House of the Week: $8.5 million for an Etobicoke prairie home familiar to Netflix fans
The 6,300-square-foot property comes with a safe room, 30 skylights, 18 parking spots and a funky soaker tub in the main bedroom
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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
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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