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Q&A with Dominic D’Alessandro: the former CEO of Manulife tell us how to turn Toronto into a global financial capital
What have you been up to since you left Manulife a year ago? I sit on a number of boards, so I’m as busy as I want to be. I’ve...
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National media totally excited that Canada might get mentioned on Wikileaks
Like all good Canadians, we can’t help but notice when Canada is mentioned in international media, whether it’s The Daily Show...
City News
George Smitherman, Rick Mercer and other Canadian gays appear in It Gets Better video series
Tim Gunn did one . Hillary Clinton did one . Hell, Barack Obama did one . Seems as though making an It Gets Better video has...
City News
Ford’s up, Rossi’s down and Miller could still win: Toronto gets a confusing new poll about the mayoral race
Political junkies in the city were finally blessed at 4:04 yesterday afternoon with the news they’d been waiting for: a new...
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Reaction roundup: the best things said about Rob Ford’s worst week
If a mayoral candidate named Rob Ford has a Wednesday filled with such questions as “Is Rob Ford prejudiced?” and “How...
City News
Five things we learned about Canada from Esquire magazine’s grudging cross-border compliment
The stories just keep on coming: Canada has weathered the economic crisis relatively well, thanks to our prudent and stable...
City News
Is John Tory ready to concede that his 15 minutes is up—again?
Early on, we called John Tory 's mayoral indecision a “ Hamlet act .” Well, it now looks like Tory might finally have read the...
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Officer Bubbles takes Toronto
This G20 thing just isn’t going away. A video by Real News that went viral on YouTube last week shows a young woman blowing...
City News
Queen’s RIM job: five wonderful things Elizabeth II can do with her new BlackBerry
On Monday, our royal sovereign joined the ranks of famous BlackBerry owners ( Barack Obama , Queen Rania Al Abdullah of...
Food & Drink
Ladies’ choice: women are apparently better beer tasters than men
In February, when Stephen Harper chose Molson Canadian as his prize for winning a bet with Barack Obama , we wondered why he...
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Five things we learned from Jon Stewart’s coverage of G20 Toronto
We’re as guilty as anyone for noting that coverage of the G20 was kind of sparse in the international media, but we knew that...
City News
Hogtown versus the world: how does Toronto’s G20 compare with previous summits?
The G20 summit has mostly wound down, and the result is pretty mediocre: for billions in spending and a few torched police...
City News
Welcome, G20 leaders! Now, spend some money here
The long-anticipated G20 summit has arrived in Toronto and has not been an unblemished joy for the people who live here. Between...
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Canadian rappers issue danceable call to arms, fuel G20 protestors’ unspecific rage
The music video for “Crash the Meeting” by local artists Test Their Logik is making the rounds on protestor sites. We see it...
City News
Tories spend $10M on North Bay airport for G8; no G8 planes actually landing there
We’ve got to hand it to the Star , which is being utterly relentless in following the G8/G20 spending debacle. Today's front...
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Obama borrows from Stephen Harper playbook, sings Beatles song
As Stephen Harper well knows, singing a little Beatles ditty is political gold. We have to admit we swooned a little when Harper...
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James Cameron to save world in real life, put an end to oil spill
The BP oil spill has been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history and the possible downfall of the Obama...
City News
“Political panellist” Ben Mulroney to Idol-ize mayoral debates
Starting tomorrow, Torontonians will get to witness a more civic side of Ben Mulroney . The pompadoured ex- Idol host is serving...
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Hometown boy David Frum sacked after speaking his mind
Prominent Toronto-born conservative David Frum is going to have to find another tank in which to do his thinking. Last week, after...
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G20 will allow Torontonians all the dignity of airport security without even travelling to Pearson
According to city leaders, the security planners in Ottawa aren’t listening to Toronto’s logistical concerns. Case in point:...
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Sarah Thomson’s cure for Toronto’s transit blues: subways, subways, subways (oh, and road tolls)
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson believes she has one solution to most of Toronto’s problems: 58 kilometres of new subway...
City News
Stephen Harper to interact with humans via machines
Stephen Harper, continuing his practice of bringing up the rear of the hip train driven by Barack Obama, has announced that he...
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Harper and Obama bet on hockey game, winner takes beer
Sunday provided a trifecta of high stakes for Stephen Harper: Canada’s hockey matchup against the U.S.; the chance for Canada to...
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The art of scotch pairing, the messiah of coffee comes to Toronto, Martha Stewart’s vegetarian Thanksgiving
• According to the Globe and Mail , scotch’s “vast array of sweet toffee, smoky mineral, spiced citrus, dried fruit and...
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Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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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
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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
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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
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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative