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Jesse Brown: Why music streaming services mean the death of radio—or perhaps its rebirth
Video never did kill the radio star. Neither did CDs or MP3s or even satellite radio, which tried to take down dusty old AM/FM...
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Jesse Brown: Why the latest multi-purpose e-readers are great for everything but reading books
The smell of an old book. The heft of a thick novel. The sensation of turning the last page of a ripping yarn with a freshly...
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Memoir: in the online gaming world, I was a champion; in real life, I was a mess
I’m an IT manager . And an occasional photographer. Sometimes an aspiring writer. I’m also a city planner, a weapons...
City News
Q&A: Julian Marchese, 15-year-old day-trading savant
He created a computer program that can earn money while he’s at school. Who says today’s kids can’t manage their finances?...
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A member of the notorious new breed of young poker pros who are winning—and losing—millions
Matt Marafioti is a mouthy, high-rolling university dropout who plays 1,000 hands of online poker a night This past September’s...
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Jonathan Black (son of Conrad) is under house arrest in Toronto
Perhaps in a gesture of solidarity to his jailbird dad, 33-year-old Jonathan Black has landed himself under house arrest for...
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Four users on the GTA’s largest South Asian dating website—Shaadi.com—share the secrets of ethnically loaded matchmaking
For members of traditional South Asian communities, marriage—in Hindi and Urdu, shaadi —is the single most important event in...
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Editor’s Letter, December 2011: Sarah Fulford on her 21st-century nightmare
Lately, I have become mildly obsessed with doomsday stories about cyber attacks. Perhaps illogically, I worry about the collapse...
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Reason to Love Toronto: because our geeks are gaming gods
Video gamers are often maligned as dweebs with vitamin D deficiencies and a dearth of flesh-and-blood friends, but that probably...
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Measured against other countries, are Canadians getting hosed by their ISPs? Let’s compare
One of the biggest questions raised by this week’s usage-based billing fracas is whether Canadians are getting ripped off by...
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City of Toronto ad goes viral, hits CNN
“Cellphones? We want it! Computers from the pre-Internet age? We want it! TVs encased in mahogany? We want it!” It’s rare...
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The app kings: meet the army of tech genius millionaires who are turning Toronto into the new Silicon Valley
Why bother with a boring office job when you can share code at networking parties, design games for smartphones and sell your idea...
Culture
War on fun: CRTC wants stations to stop showing Jersey Shore, The Office, Project Runway Canada
The CRTC has a problem with Jersey Shore— namely that it's being aired on MTV Canada, which is supposed to stick to original...
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Margaret Atwood accused of thinking moon landing was a hoax
When Margaret Atwood entered the Sun TV debate (in vehement opposition, of course), she opened herself up to the wrath of...
Culture
Cheap thrills: Netflix coming to Canada
Netflix, the California-based movie subscription company that all the Yanks keep yapping about, announced yesterday that it’s...
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Toronto among top 10 Canadian cities for on-line identity fraud
Call it civic pride, but we usually feel pangs of envy when Vancouver outranks Toronto on any list. Well, not this time. The...
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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
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
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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
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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“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
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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