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Toronto’s three lady elephants are moving to California in a month (for real this time)
Finally, after years of bickering and delays , Toronto’s prolonged pachyderm saga is drawing to a close. Shortly after...
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The Toronto Zoo’s elephants won’t fly until August (at the earliest)
For a moment, it looked as though the Toronto Zoo’ s three elephants would (at long last) fly out to the PAWS sanctuary in...
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Bob Barker and Giorgio Mammoliti face off in the Toronto Zoo elephant saga
The Price Is Right icon Bob Barker is riled up (but not this riled up, thank goodness) that Toronto Zoo management is delaying...
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Toronto Zoo loses its accreditation and Rob Ford loses his cool
We've been following the saga of the Toronto Zoo’s efforts to relocate its trio of elephant dames for months, but things just...
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Bob Barker offers $880,000 for Toronto elephants to fly private
The estimated cost to Bob Barker to charter a private plane and bring Toronto Zoo’s trio of elephants to a California sanctuary:...
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Toronto Zoo’s elephants could be guzzling Gatorade on their way to a hot tub party in Cali
With the Toronto Zoo’s three remaining elephants—the all-female trio of Toka, Iringa and Thika —ready to depart for a warmer...
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Bob Barker says he’ll pay for Toronto elephants’ air fare (and spa day)
Former Price Is Right host and long-time animal lover Bob Barker is going to pay to fly the Toronto Zoo’s three elephants to a...
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City News
Apparently moving a bunch of elephants is difficult
Turns out that sending the Toronto Zoo’s elephants to balmier climes is tricky business. The Globe and Mail reports the zoo...
City News
Six reasons the International India Film Academy Awards are in Toronto
If you encounter more than the usual number of bhangra dancers on the streets this month, that’s because the International...
City News
Bob Barker gets his wish: Toronto Zoo sends pachyderms packing
On Thursday, the board of directors of the Toronto Zoo voted to send three elephants south after former Price is Right host Bob...
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Bob Barker comes to town to remind us that Toronto is “too cold” for the elephants at its zoo
Former Price is Right host and noted animal rights activist Bob Barker has a new bevy of beauties on his mind: the elephants at...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: is it wrong for a vegan to pontificate at the zoo?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a vegan mom with strong environmental ethics. But my eight-year-old has been begging, literally for...
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Bob Barker—yes, that Bob Barker—joins calls for a pachyderm-free Toronto
As anyone who watched The Price is Right back in the day knows, Bob Barker is a bit of an animal rights nut. It’s why every...
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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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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