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Joanne Kates to leave the Globe after 38 years (UPDATED)
If the Twitterverse is to be believed (and no less a figure than Shinan Govani has confirmed it, so it must be...
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Food & Drink
Foodie film alert: Trattoria, a gentle satire of the restaurant biz
Here in Toronto, Chef Grant Soto has been gleefully skewering the pretensions of the restaurant scene for some time now. In San...
City News
Why three prominent Chinese-Canadian writers launched a $10-million plagiarism suit against Ling Zhang
A tale of death threats, tarnished reputations and literary jealousy The streets near Scarborough’s Confederation Park curve and...
City News
Rob Ford’s mysterious meeting schedule released only to reveal something everybody already knew anyway
The recent release of a copy of Mayor Rob Ford’ s meeting schedule confirmed something we—and everybody else—already...
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City News
How the G20—with its burning cars, broken storefronts, violent beatings and mass arrests—ruined Bill Blair’s popularity
On June 26, 2010, Bill Blair was in the middle of the most complicated week of his career. The G20 summit had transformed the...
City News
Conrad Black preparing for “war” against the U.S. justice system—also, working out
We had to admit we were a touch disappointed when Conrad Black’s re-sentencing hearing last week didn’t provoke the usual...
City News
Council votes to start the trash privatization process—but is the mayor already losing his magic touch?
Yesterday’s council debate started, fittingly, with a little trash talk. Rob Ford unleashed his inner loudmouth (which is...
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City News
Critics cry foul after Ford spams supporters
In anticipation of the cuts to be made by the Rob Ford administration, the city is undertaking a review of its services. Because...
Culture
Reaction Roundup: what the city is saying about last night’s Billy Elliot premiere
Movies don’t always make the best stage productions (see: 2004’s musical production of When Harry Met Sally , starring Alyson...
Culture
The Toronto Film Critics Association really likes The Social Network
If Mark Zuckerberg was at all peeved by the huge commercial success of the less-than-flattering biographical film The Social...
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Culture
Reaction roundup: The Nutcracker in 3-D is probably the worst Christmas movie ever
There’s little in the world as simultaneously cringe-worthy and satisfying as a truly venomous film review. And while it may be...
Culture
Another use for old people: art criticism
Our politically correct friends over at Vice asked a few elderly women to critique several artworks because "old people have...
Culture
Q&A with Xavier Dolan: “My film is not homework that a critic should correct”
Xavier Dolan doesn’t want to lie, but he also doesn’t want to tell the truth. The 21-year-old director with the Eraserhead...
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Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Woody Allen, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin at the premiere of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Yonge Street was abuzz Sunday evening as veteran director Woody Allen arrived for the premiere of his latest film, You Will Meet a...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: we review three of the city’s new restaurants
Religious burgers, heavenly house-made bread and a world-class oenophile THE BURGER’S PRIEST 1636 Queen St. E., 647-346-0617 The...
Culture
TIFF Oscar buzz begins: Natalie Portman wins critics’ support in Black Swan
The Oscar baiting of TIFF films has officially begun, with acclaim for Darren Aronofsky' s Black Swan pouring in—with...
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Food & Drink
Full Throttle: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Parts and Labour
The Parkdale it spot is a raucous hybrid of fine dining and indie cheek. It’s loud, stylish and double-dares you to eat fried...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Scarpetta, the Thompson Hotel’s New York restaurant import
Chef Scott Conant had never thought of opening a restaurant in Toronto, but when he was approached by the Thompson Hotel group and...
Culture
Americans dig Toronto cop shows—well, not The Bridge
Toronto cops haven't exactly been in people's good books since that whole G20 debacle, but TV viewers can't get enough of...
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Food & Drink
Tickled pink: seven reasons rosés are gaining popularity this summer
Despite a recent surge in popularity known as “the pink tide,” rosé wines can’t seem to shake the stigma that they’re an...
Culture
Media blamed for Lilith Fair’s dismal ticket sales and cancellations
Terry McBride, co-founder of the girl power rock festival Lilith Fair, has cried foul against the media for bad publicity...
Real Estate News
North York’s Regent Park: Lawrence Heights revitalization, opposed by Rob Ford, passes committee unanimously
Last weekend, Rob Ford took some time to relax the way he likes best: by shouting into a bullhorn about the fat cats at city...
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City News
G2OMG: Toronto momentarily not hated by rest of Canada, fabric of reality at risk
If there's one thing Canadians outside of the GTA know, it’s that Toronto sucks. Critics say that this city is...
Culture
Toronto critics call Drake album shallow, want to punch him in the face
While Drake’ s Thank Me Later has garnered generally positive reviews south of the 49th (its MetaCritic score currently sits at...
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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
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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Just Listed
For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
Just Listed
For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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