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Holy mother of God—Pamela Anderson is Russell Peters’s Virgin Mary
It’s not exactly an immaculate casting choice: Pamela Anderson will be playing the Virgin Mary in A Russell Peters Christmas...
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Today in Toronto: COC Ensemble Studio Competition and Tandoori Knights
COC Ensemble Studio Competition A chance to hear the next generation of Canadian opera stars. The ensemble studio has been...
The one thing you should see this week: an old-fashioned variety show by Toronto’s top improv troupe
This week’s pick: The Carnegie Hall Show by the National Theatre of the World Canadian comedy can be hit and miss, but when it...
City News
Russell Peters and Trey Anthony on jokes, race and jokes about race
The place: Cora’s Breakfast and Lunch in Woodbridge. The people: comedians Russell Peters and Trey Anthony. The subject:...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: Deli Duel 2, Toronto Sketch Com-ageddon and six other events on our to-do list
1. ST. LAWRENCE MARKET STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL It’s berry season in Ontario, and St. Lawrence Market is celebrating with its annual...
Today in Toronto: Christina Petrowska Quilico, Sarah McLachlan and Big Bad Wolf vs. Lord Underwearface von Schtinker
Glass Houses Revisited Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico was a friend of the recently deceased composer Ann Southam, and a...
City News
Six things we learned about Ken Finkleman from his interview on CBC’s Q this morning
Ken Finkleman , the creative mind behind CBC hits like The Newsroom and Paramount non-hits like Grease 2 , has a new show coming...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: Sandra Shamas, Brothel #9 and six other can’t-miss events
1. SANDRA SHAMAS’ WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFE Comedy queen Sandra Shamas started making audiences laugh back in the ’80s—her...
City News
Sandra Shamas and Rod Beattie discuss the benefits of ditching Toronto to pursue small-town living
The place: Tango Palace Coffee Company on Queen East. The people: comedian Sandra Shamas and actor Rod Beattie. The subject:...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Nixon in China, Kuumba and six other events on our to-do list
1. FRIDAY AFTER FIVE: DINNER AND A MOVIE This edition of the Gardiner Museum’s popular Friday night event features a screening...
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City News
See, Hear, Read: three local experts tell us what books, movies and music they’re craving this month
“ Piranha 3D is a remake of the original 1978 Piranha , and, like its predecessor, is a parody of Jaws . It takes place at a...
Today in Toronto: Bob Saget, Diotima Quartet, Disney Live and The Mill
Bob Saget He was saccharine-sweet as a widowed dad on Full House, the king of cheese as the host of America’s Funniest Home...
Culture
Canucks Ryan Gosling, Gordon Pinsent get Golden Globe nods
The Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday, and there are a few talented Canadians among the star-studded list of...
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The Weekender: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the musical), Toronto’s Biggest Messiah and six other items on our to-do list
1. AN INDIGO CHRISTMAS... KWANZAA LITANIES The first performance in the Nathaniel Dett Chorale’s three-show season at Glenn...
City News
Unsentimental Journey: Thank you, Sondheim, for giving us musicals we can love without losing face
We like Glee ’s harmonizing high-schoolers, but we hate to admit it. Thank you, Sondheim, for giving us musicals we can love...
Culture
The CBC thinks we’re fat
The CBC's winter TV lineup was announced late last week, and despite the departure of “give the people what they want even if...
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City News
Russell Peters explains how his cars are like boobs
Let's be honest: modesty has never been Russell Peters ' strong suit. So when the Toronto-born, Brampton-raised comedian talked...
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The one thing you should see this week
This week’s pick: Gallants at the Reel Asian International Film Festival Enter the Crippled Dragon, Hindered Tiger. Reel...
Culture
Conan O’Brien returns to late night with Canadian stars aplenty
For Conan O'Brien fans, NBC's unceremonious dumping of the ginger-topped comedian was pure sacrilege. But if you thought Coco was...
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Today in Toronto: Alfred Brendel
Correction: th e Antonia Fraser discussion was yesterday evening not this evening. Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel wants you to know...
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Anne of Green Gables mocked by moderately naughty song
Toronto musician and comedian Chelsea Manders has written and released a moderately naughty song about the chaste Anne Shirley...
Today in Toronto: Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho Just when you think the bawdy comedian can shock no more, she does—with the disarming sweetness of her singing...
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Culture
Comedy Awards may signal a golden age for improv in Toronto
What happens when you put several hundred of Canada's funniest people together in the same room for an evening? A lot of...
Culture
Brian Mulroney: the opera, coming soon
Fans, foes and frenemies of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney can look forward to the words "Progressive Conservative Party"...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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