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Best of Fall 2012: Gordon Lightfoot makes a triumphant return to his favourite concert hall

Best of Fall 2012: Gordon Lightfoot makes a triumphant return to his favourite concert hall

You’ve played Massey Hall more than 150 times in your career, the most solo appearances of any performer. What is it about...

QUOTED: Mel Lastman rates Rob Ford’s intelligence

QUOTED: Mel Lastman rates Rob Ford’s intelligence

—former mayor Mel Lastman, with a jab at Rob Ford (and a simultaneous mini-dig at himself as well). Unlike Ford’s direct...

Best of Fall 2012: Evan Penny’s mind-bending body sculptures at the AGO

Best of Fall 2012: Evan Penny’s mind-bending body sculptures at the AGO

In his industrial warehouse studio near Dupont and Dufferin, Evan Penny uses silicone, paint, aluminum frames and real hair to...

Best of Fall 2012: the season’s must-see stage shows

Best of Fall 2012: the season’s must-see stage shows

(Images: from top: courtesy of Justin Rutledge; by Keith Beaty/Getstock; by Cylla Von Tiedemann; by Paul Kolnik; by Tim Matheson)

Best of Fall 2012: ten of the season’s top gallery shows

Best of Fall 2012: ten of the season’s top gallery shows

The art world’s most anticipated shows from upstarts and old masters See all ten shows »

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Best of Fall 2012: five of this fall’s best books, from Zadie Smith to Rawi Hage

Best of Fall 2012: five of this fall’s best books, from Zadie Smith to Rawi Hage

Best of Fall 2012: the five best bets from fall’s deluge of TV premieres

Best of Fall 2012: the five best bets from fall’s deluge of TV premieres

(Images: 1 and 4 courtesy of CTV; 2 courtesy of CBC; 3 courtesy of Shaw Media; 5 by Thomas Langley)

Best of Fall 2012: Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt and R. Murray Schafer kick off Soundstreams’ 30th anniversary season

Best of Fall 2012: Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt and R. Murray Schafer kick off Soundstreams’ 30th anniversary season

The Soundstreams series kicks off its 30th year with a concert featuring new work by a trio of modern music gods. soundstreams.ca...

Reason to Love Toronto: because Maple Leaf Gardens’ return to glory is about more than just hockey

Reason to Love Toronto: because Maple Leaf Gardens’ return to glory is about more than just hockey

After the Maple Leafs pulled up stakes for the Air Canada Centre in 1999, the Grand Old Lady of Carlton Street sat vacant for 10...

GALLERY: Issy Sharp and Daniel Boulud cut the ribbon on the new Four Seasons Hotel

GALLERY: Issy Sharp and Daniel Boulud cut the ribbon on the new Four Seasons Hotel

Fittingly, the Four Seasons, Toronto’s homegrown hotel chain, capped the recent parade of luxury lodgings openings in the...

Party Pages: Artists, philanthropists and Margaret Atwood at the Art of Time Ensemble Salon

Party Pages: Artists, philanthropists and Margaret Atwood at the Art of Time Ensemble Salon

We’re fairly sure that having a piano quartet playing in the living room is a normal after-supper digestive for many Rosedale...

Party Pages: Martin Sheen, Jennifer Hudson and Steven Page hit Fort York for the 2012 Bliss Ball

Party Pages: Martin Sheen, Jennifer Hudson and Steven Page hit Fort York for the 2012 Bliss Ball

Guests at the Bliss Ball benefit for Sick Kids Hospital on Saturday at Fort York certainly got a bang for their 1,500 bucks per...

Money Talks: 10 Toronto celebrities who command five-figure speaking fees

Money Talks: 10 Toronto celebrities who command five-figure speaking fees

Earlier this week, Wayne Gretzky was in town talking, oddly enough, about investment strategy. Apparently, The Great One isn’t...

Best of Fall 2012: Michael Healey on mounting his controversial play Proud

Best of Fall 2012: Michael Healey on mounting his controversial play Proud

Playwright Michael Healey mounts his own production of Proud, the savage political satire that sparked a storm in the city’s...

The List: 10 things Brad Smith, current serial dater on The Bachelor Canada, can’t live without

The List: 10 things Brad Smith, current serial dater on The Bachelor Canada, can’t live without

1 | My university jersey I had a tumultuous football career at Queen’s. I tore my hamstring in second year, and it took me a...

Editor’s Letter (October 2012): Toronto’s daycare dilemma

Editor’s Letter (October 2012): Toronto’s daycare dilemma

The daycare my son used to attend, in the west end, was located in a building that was falling apart. His caregivers were the...

Q&A: Brydie Bethell, the latest lawyer to represent Omar Khadr, reveals her client’s post-Guantanamo plans

Q&A: Brydie Bethell, the latest lawyer to represent Omar Khadr, reveals her client’s post-Guantanamo plans

Omar Khadr has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. He hired you last year. Did...

Five things we learned about Kevin O’Leary from Report on Business’s scathing feature

Five things we learned about Kevin O’Leary from Report on Business’s scathing feature

Although Kevin O’Leary undoubtedly enjoys the spotlight, there are things the businessman and professional pot-stirrer would...

One mom’s maddening search for childcare in a city where the daycare shortage is beyond critical

One mom’s maddening search for childcare in a city where the daycare shortage is beyond critical

When I moved back to Toronto from Berlin, a newly single mom, my first order of business was finding good, affordable childcare for my two boys. What I discovered was a daycare system on the verge of collapse

Where does Margaret Wente fall on the continuum of misbehaving journalists?

Where does Margaret Wente fall on the continuum of misbehaving journalists?

Since prominent Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente was accused of being more than a little sloppy in attributing sources last...

Philip Preville: Shark fins, pet store puppies, plastic bags—why Toronto city councillors like to ban things

Philip Preville: Shark fins, pet store puppies, plastic bags—why Toronto city councillors like to ban things

Rob Ford’s victories rarely last. In fact they only become more stunted as his mayoralty lurches along. For his opening salvo in...

Best of Fall 2012: the surprisingly funny appeal of Louis CK’s middle-aged libido

Best of Fall 2012: the surprisingly funny appeal of Louis CK’s middle-aged libido

Louis CK may be the most wanted man in comedy, with a rule-breaking sitcom that’s hailed as the best thing on television and a...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I let my negligent neighbour supervise my son?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I let my negligent neighbour supervise my son?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My six-year-old went to Cherry Beach with his best friend and his best friend’s mom. She let the boys go...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Who gets dibs on the Moss Park diamond—ball or cricket players?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Who gets dibs on the Moss Park diamond—ball or cricket players?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My friends and I went to play pickup baseball at Moss Park recently, and we encountered a crew of cricket...

Cost of Living

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

“My family taught me to invest. It’s probably the wisest advice they’ve ever given me”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can't see the appeal

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can’t see the appeal

How does one cut loose in a well-lit room while the sun is shining and no one is even a little intoxicated?