Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Neighbourhoods
Newsletters
Membership
Subscribe
Sign in
Battle of the Blades
City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
Advertisement
Culture
VIDEO: Watch Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean dance groovily to “Let Your Backbone Slide”
Ron MacLean is known for many things: his vast knowledge of hockey, his life-saving dip in the Delaware River and his patience...
City News
Kirstine Stewart leaves the CBC to run Twitter Canada
Two and a half years after Richard Stursberg’ s ouster, the CBC is once again looking to fill a void at the helm of its...
City News
Death of beloved former Maple Leaf Wade Belak prompts discussion about the toll being the tough guy can take
In more ways than one, it has been a sad summer for hockey fans. With news of the untimely death of former Toronto Maple Leaf Wade...
Advertisement
Culture
CBC’s new five-year plan promises all things for all people, as long as you’re Canadian
The CBC is making good on recent promises to increase Canadian programming with their newly-announced five-year plan with the...
Culture
After one week: Kirstine Stewart in, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune out?
Kirstine Stewart has officially been at the helm of CBC english programming for a little over a week, and already she’s...
Culture
Battle of the Blades season finale: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Last night, the Russians took top honours at the Battle of the Blades finale, and while we didn’t expect it , we couldn’t be...
Advertisement
Culture
Battle of the Blades finals: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Hard to believe this year’s Battle is coming to an end. There have been high highs ( Georges Laraque' s devil costume), low lows...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Week 7: the good, the bad and the snuggly
With only four pairs left, we are officially in “anything can happen” territory on BOTB. And by anything, we mean Kelly Chase...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Week 6: the good, the bad and the snuggly
The funniest thing about this week’s episode, by far, was the icy attitude that guest judge (and ’70s figure skating legend)...
Advertisement
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 5: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Last night’s episode of BOTB was more like Battle of the Back-From-the-Deads on two accounts. Number one, it was...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 4: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Country night? More like excruciating comedy hour: Kurt Browning’s faux twang, not one but two not-even-a-little-bit-funny...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 3: the good, the bad and the snuggly
We are tempted to begin this blog post “Dear Candace Cameron Bure ” after the former Full House star and current wife of BOTB...
Advertisement
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 2: the good, the bad and the snuggly
What were we giving thanks for this weekend? Canadian reality TV, of course. Sadly, all of our undying adoration wasn’t enough...
City News
Our schadenfreude-fuelled love affair with reality TV
There’s something to be said for watching perfect strangers (or, even better, pseudo-celebrities) make fools of themselves in...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 1: the good, the bad and the snuggly
With over two million viewers, ecstatic live audiences and almost as many cast dating rumours as Gossip Girl , the first season of...
Advertisement
Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Olivia Newton-John, Nelly Furtado and the rest of the cast walk the red carpet at the Score gala
Reaction to the movie itself may have been mixed , but excitement was universal as TIFF kicked off with the gala premiere of...
Culture
Canada overload at the TIFF official opening party
Remember the Canadian content of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics? That was nothing compared to the scene at the...
Culture
Theo Fleury, Russ Courtnall and Russian figure skaters on for Battle of the Blades
While our dream of pairing Sidney Crosby and Olympic champ Tessa Virtue won't become reality for this year's Battle of the...
Advertisement
Culture
Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees
The nominations for the 25th Gemini Awards were announced this morning, with CTV scoring major points for its Olympics coverage...
Culture
Eleven reasons CBCers loved/hated Richard Stursberg
The CBC's anything-to-boost-ratings executive VP Richard Stursberg has left the building (some say he was escorted out) after six...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto
While the Great Recession battered other cities, Toronto has emerged triumphant—Bay Street is bullish, our real estate market is...
Advertisement
Culture
Ice gold: CBC fall season bets on Battle of the Blades and Men With Brooms
No one is surprised that Battle of the Blades, the reality show that turns loutish hockey players into pairs figure skating...
Advertisement
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
Buy Canadian
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
Food & Drink
“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
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