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“There’s going to be food in every episode”: Mary Berg on her new daytime talk show,
The Good Stuff With Mary Berg
The
MasterChef Canada
winner dishes on her dream interview with Taylor Swift, occupying Marilyn Denis’s old time slot and rumours that her hair is a wig
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Kevin O’Leary on leaving the CBC, learning from Don Cherry, and befriending Dragons
Love him or loathe him, Kevin O’Leary knows how to get your attention—and he’ll have lots more of it in his new role as CTV...
City News
Best of Fall 2012: the five best bets from fall’s deluge of TV premieres
(Images: 1 and 4 courtesy of CTV; 2 courtesy of CBC; 3 courtesy of Shaw Media; 5 by Thomas Langley)
City News
Rob Ford’s trip to Chicago, by the headlines
If anyone in Toronto was unaware that Rob Ford and a contingent of councillors and business types headed down to Chicago this...
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Olympics coverage showdown: CTV is trumping NBC in viewer satisfaction
An Ottawa-based media monitoring company combed through 50,000 tweets to gauge how Canada’s television coverage stacks up...
City News
Party Pages: local philanthropists don their dandiest cowboy duds for the Wellspring Henderson Hoedown
Should all Toronto’s ritzy charity galas require guests to wear goofy outfits? Probably not, but last Thursday’s Wellspring...
City News
Could Hockey Night in Canada soon be cancelled forever?
Once the CBC’ s current contract with the National Hockey League expires in 2014, Hockey Night in Canada could be...
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Culture
The L.A. Complex, episode 4: pearl necklace and birthday hate sex
What kind of world is it where a little amateur pornography can ruin your chances of dancing in a Willow Smith video? Spurned by...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Is this the beginning of the end for Rob Ford?
This week wasn’t a good one for Mayor Rob Ford . Between his brother Doug insulting Margaret Atwood (and then having Chapters...
City News
Reaction Roundup: before the writs drop, what’s the country thinking about an election?
Canada is all but certainly on the way to an election— the opposition parties have rejected the Conservative budget, and the...
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Honour among thieves: the only way to get the best selection of television shows and movies is to steal them
My wife and I have cut the cord. Instead of a cable TV subscription, we have a laptop, which is connected to our flat screen LCD...
City News
What are the chances that Toronto’s newspapers will go all digital?
News came out on Friday that the Montreal daily La Presse has a plan to embrace the Internet era with gusto: according to reports...
City News
The great burnout: recession survivors didn’t count on the surge in workload, the smaller paycheque and the all-consuming resentment. A story about workplace hell with no escape
It’s been three years since the mass cull of the Great Recession began. Three years since all those jobs were zapped into...
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“Local TV Matters” campaign reignited after court decision yesterday
Remember those painfully earnest “local TV matters” commercials from last year? They were the result of a spat between cable...
Culture
Oscar watch: 10 questions about the Academy Awards with Canada’s gossip girl Lainey
Elaine Lui is Canada’s gossipmonger extraordinaire, with a master's in Gaga and a black belt in Brangelina. This week, the...
City News
Reaction roundup: Ford’s private subway financing faces its first critics
Mayor Rob Ford ’s plan to finance an extension of the Sheppard subway line with private money and higher taxes along the...
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G20 Aftermath: Toronto police get to play keepsies with their toys from the G20
It’s always hard to give something up once it’s been held and played with a little bit—just ask any kindergarten teacher...
City News
TSN lands rights to Toronto FC, staking its claim in sports broadcast wars
TSN won another battle in the ongoing war for sports coverage supremacy in this country, once again snatching a coveted property...
Culture
Lineup for Marilyn Denis’ new show surprisingly awesome
Bulletproof broadcasting queen Marilyn Denis has announced the roster of guests for her new eponymous daytime talk show on...
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CTV weatherman Tom Brown feeds polar bears pumpkins, microphone
CTV's weatherman-about-town Tom Brown paid a visit to the Toronto Zoo last week to deliver the forecast from the polar bear...
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...
City News
Yesterday’s News: a look behind this week’s Globe and Mail redesign
Phillip Crawley, the publisher of the Globe and Mail , is gambling $1.7 billion on a redesign that could revolutionize the...
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Bell buys CTV; Toronto media momentarily distracted by non-TIFF news
The big news today isn’t how unflattering Nelly Furtado ’s dress was at the TIFF opening party (although it was pretty...
City News
Sun News changes tactics, pleads with CRTC for charity
When last we looked, Sun News was trying to convince the CRTC that it deserved a Class 1 broadcasting licence—the kind that...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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