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A group of women in
Handmaid’s Tale
robes staged a pro-choice protest in the Texas senate
Margaret Atwood's future is here
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I get my girlfriend to remove her controversial bumper sticker?
"I’m all for free speech, and we agree on the issue, but I don’t want our ride to get keyed every weekend"
City News
Fetal Position: inside the world of Lia Mills, the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of anti-abortion activists
Lia Mills didn’t start Grade 7 with a plan to become famous. The year was 2009, and she was enrolled in a gifted class at Gordon...
Style
Linda Evangelista alleges ex Francois-Henri Pinault asked her to abort baby
Supermodel Linda Evangelista has been fighting for a $46,000-a-month child support settlement for a while now, and as of...
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City News
Dalton McGuinty tries a new election tactic: run against Ottawa, remind everyone of the federal Liberal shellacking
We’re not quite sure yet if this is destined for the Election Strategy Hall of Fame (headquarters to be decided): Dalton...
City News
Tim Hudak would rather not talk about abortion; the Liberals would rather he did
Heading into October’s election, what the ailing Ontario Liberals really need is an issue they can use to drive a wedge between...
City News
Election sleeper issue #73: who will appoint Canada’s next Supreme Court judges?
Whoever wins the next election is going to have a bunch of things to deal with over the next [insert]...
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City News
Torontonians might recognize Brad Trost, the Conservative MP who just made abortion an election issue again
It’s like clockwork: at some point during a federal election campaign, the Conservative party’s position social issues crop...
City News
Justin Bieber on sex, health care, abortion and how awesome Canada is
This being awards season, it must have seemed fitting to the folks at Rolling Stone to put Canadian mega-star Justin Bieber on the...
City News
Karl Rove stops by Toronto for G20
Protesters are going to have an embarrassment of riches this weekend when the G20 circus rolls into town. What's an...
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City News
Base instincts: Are the Tories playing to their core supporters in cutting off funding to Toronto Pride?
Who can forget last summer, when then–tourism minister Diane Ablonczy , surrounded by drag queens , handed nearly half a million...
City News
A brief history of the most explosive f-bombs in Canadian politics
This week’s f-bomb, dropped by Senator Nancy Ruth, might have raised a few eyebrows, but public representatives using the f-word...
City News
F-bombs away: troublemaking Tory senator is the Liberals’ new favourite cusser
By now, everyone with ears has heard of Senator Nancy Ruth ’s outburst in front of a group of activists, telling them to “shut...
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Media has a week of field days as Clinton shows Harper what real opposition looks like
Iggy , take notes. Stephen Harper learned what it’s like to have real opposition in front of him this week as Hillary Clinton...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand