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Wedding Guide: the best bridal florists in Toronto
Bloom the Flower Company 1009 Yonge St. (at Crescent Rd.), 416-324-9900 Event planner–cum–floral designer Paul Girling set out...
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Wedding Guide: the best stores for wedding dresses in Toronto
Becker's Bridal 387 Danforth Ave. (at Chester Ave.), 416-463-6601 A family business since 1944, this Danforth boutique is...
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Wedding Guide: gorgeous hair and makeup ideas for brides-to-be
As soon as you’ve said yes to the dress, it’s time to start thinking about the hairstyle, makeup and accessories to go with...
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Dear Wedding Diplomat: Is it sexist to exclude a close male friend from my bachelorette party?
Dear Wedding Diplomat, My bridesmaids planned my bachelorette party but didn’t invite one of my close friends because he’s a...
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Dear Wedding Diplomat: My fiancé and his family want me to wear his great grandmother’s dress—but I hate it
Dear Wedding Diplomat, My fiancé’s mother and grandmother are pressuring me to wear his great grandmother’s dress from...
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Wedding Guide: 10 chic bridesmaid dresses that are guaranteed to get worn again and again
Bridesmaid dresses have a bad rap, but we found plenty that are neither bland nor unflattering. Here, 10 options that will make...
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Wedding Guide: 30 show-stopping wedding dresses, from traditional to utterly unique
Finding the perfect wedding dress can make a bride nearly as emotional as the ceremony itself. Here, a wealth of gorgeous options...
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Wedding Guide: the top 12 wedding trends for 2013
Tapping into some of the year’s biggest trends could just be the key to making your nuptials a stylish success. Below, the...
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Upscale vintage shop Magwood moves to Queen Street West
After two years on Dundas near Dufferin, luxury vintage boutique Magwood relocated to Queen West over the weekend. The new...
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Kleinfeld Bridal is opening in downtown Toronto in 2014
Brides-to-be yearning to shop at Kleinfeld, the wedding emporium featured in TLC’s Say Yes To The Dress, will no longer have to...
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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 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...
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Bridal Wave: five of the best upcoming Toronto bridal shows
With banquets, dancing, flowers and open bars, there’s very little not to like about weddings. There’s sometimes very little...
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The Wedding Album: John & Sarah, two college co-eds who met, and were married, on the U of T campus
John & Sarah | June 4, 2011 | Rosewater View their wedding album » Sarah Hugh, 27, and John Ye, 26, met as U of T undergrads at a...
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Four Weddings Canada, episode 3: cultural insensitivity edition
This week’s episode pairs stodgy classical wedding ceremonies from 29-year-old Rafela and 35-year-old Samantha (who the...
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Sixteen fantastic picks from this year’s Wedding Co. Show (and yes, brides-to-be, macarons are still trendy)
This past weekend, The Carlu played host to an intimate (albeit overwhelming) boutique-style wedding extravaganza. The 11th annual...
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Four Weddings Canada, episode 2: attack of the killer bee edition
We’ve grown accustomed to certain reality TV tropes: the people who “aren’t here to make friends,” the lonely folks who...
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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
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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
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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
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Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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
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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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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
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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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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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
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“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