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U.K. PM Cameron sucks up to Canada and Harper in Globe opinion pages
One of the newest national leaders to be visiting Toronto as part of the G20 is David Cameron, recently elected to head up the...
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Margaret Atwood on the future of books
Margaret Atwood has spoken on the future of books, and her predictions aren’t as grim as you might think. She is the creator of...
City News
Licence to Print Money
Payday loan companies like Money Mart can now charge higher interest rates than ever before. Do they provide a valuable service to...
Real Estate News
House prices have become the steroids of the Canadian economy
Two financial reports that came out this week confirm what everyone pretty much already knew: houses in Canada are...
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Cross-border house shopping: six reasons to be cautious of buying up U.S. real estate
It’s official: we’ve weathered the economic crisis better than the Americans. Does that mean we can stop gloating and start...
City News
Hip to be square: The Economist exposes the world’s envy of Bay Street’s boring banking
As the United States struggles through banking reform, Canada’s quick recovery from last year’s recession hasn’t exactly...
City News
The inn crowd: Toronto’s five new luxury hotels
Over the next couple of years, this city will get five new luxury hotels. It starts with the Thompson, which opens its...
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Rita Silvan, Elle Canada’s editor-in-chief, steps down
Rumours swirled on Twitter yesterday about Rita Silvan, editor-in-chief of Elle Canada, stepping down from her position, but no...
Food & Drink
Restaurant owners taking tips from staff—and not in a good way
The restaurant industry in Ontario struggled more during the recession than most other industries. The one-two-three punch of the...
Food & Drink
Best New Restaurants 2010
This time last year, the future looked awfully grim. We braced for restaurant closures and recessionary menus, but 2009 was...
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Cottage sales perk up just in time for some feel-good real estate stories
According to the Toronto Star, the Ontario cottage market is heating up along with the weather. This is good news, especially for...
Food & Drink
Wage increase press release apparently written by Mr. Burns
The province’s minimum wage goes up 75 cents today, to $10.25 an hour, meaning low-end mall and restaurant jobs just got a...
City News
Sign of the apocalypse #4529: CEOs think taxes should be raised
According to a Report on Business survey, a majority of Canadian executives are in favour of raising taxes. “Almost three out of...
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Real Estate News
American newspapers to Toronto’s housing market: tsk, tsk, tsk
Price bubbles are like angry sitcom spouses: by the time one thinks to ask if something is wrong, it’s already too late. By that...
City News
Harper’s YouTube snoozefest reaches out to young Canadians, lulls them to sleep
In his live Web video last night, Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to reach out to Canada’s youth but apparently didn’t...
City News
Richard Florida, an American in Canada, predicts talent will leave the U.S. for other countries
Richard Florida is soothsaying once more. The U of T professor told BusinessWeek that American ingenuity—which is often foreign...
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Food & Drink
Famous frites not on menu at Jamie Kennedy’s Gilead
Jamie Kennedy had a rough year in 2009: he sold Hank’s and the Wine Bar, his Gardiner Museum restaurant took a more casual...
Food & Drink
Toronto is now out-partying Montreal
After years of being known for its rather conservative party scene, is Toronto finally getting its act together? Resto-lounge...
Style
Radiant Dark opens Toronto design week with Bacon Savers and felt discs
Under the soaring ceilings of Commerce Court West last night, Radiant Dark kicked off Toronto's first International Design...
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Holt Renfrew replaces president with Canadian Tire exec
What do high-end fashion and auto parts have in common? Mark Derbyshire. The man who was once a marketing whiz for Canadian Tire...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: The owner of Globe Bistro brings Kevin McKenna’s fresh and local dining to Rosedale with Earth
Word on the street is that the space at 1055 Yonge is cursed. It’s had a long history of failed restaurants— Tabla , Plakutta...
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How the mighty have fallen: 24 more restaurant closures
Since our last report on restaurant closures in August, the wake of the worst economic storm in decades has forced scores of...
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Jewish delis on the decline, top winter wines, the $100 cup of coffee
• The New York Times follows local writer and Toronto Life contributor David Sax on his tour of struggling Jewish delis as he...
Culture
Getting a TIFF drink: a complete list of establishments open until 4 a.m. during the film festival
Stalking celebs at TIFF takes a lot out of us—and, we imagine, avoiding us takes a lot out of celebs. The best way to soothe...
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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
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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
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“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