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Elton John
Style
The best-dressed guests at a swanky dinner honouring Elton John
The legendary musician was in town to accept the Glenn Gould Prize, a lifetime achievement award nicknamed “Canada’s Nobel Prize for music”
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Culture
“People say I’m not country enough. What they mean is that I’m not straight”: Orville Peck on his latest release,
Stampede: Vol. 1
Country music’s barrier-busting cowboy is tearing through 2024 with a new album, new collabs and a new outlook on life
Life
The best Toronto cameos from the Royal Wedding
The Mulroney family was front and centre
City News
Five things you didn’t know about Nina Dobrev, the star of the teen fangst phenomenon The Vampire Diaries
1. She’s a little rusty on her hometown hot spots “I realized how much I missed Toronto when I came to TIFF for The Perks of...
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City News
Conrad Black, Party Hopper: the baron’s packed social calendar and famous friends
It was an audacious move, swapping his Canadian citizenship for a British peerage. It didn’t go as planned. In London, he was...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $8.8 million for a Caledon country home once owned by the inventor of Trivial Pursuit
ADDRESS: 18696 The Gore Road NEIGHBOURHOOD: Caledon AGENTS : Christian Vermast, Paul Maranger and Fran Bennett, Sotheby’s...
City News
THE SCENE: Elton John, supermodels and sparkly eveningwear at the 25th Fashion Cares gala
With performances by the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Janelle Monae and Elton John, the 25th Fashion Cares gala was one of last...
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Shopping
Gallery: over 30 designer collaborations created in honour of Holt Renfrew’s 175th anniversary
Holt Renfrew turns 175 this September, and instead of a birthday cake (so ho-hum), the retailer is celebrating with a whole bunch...
Today in Toronto: Joel Miller and Pam Ann
Joel Miller The New Brunswick–born saxophonist has been amassing awards ever since landing the Grand Prix at 1997’s Montreal...
Food & Drink
Celebrities, entertainers and friends will rally to end homophobia this summer
On May 27 at the Berkeley Church, M Team Productions (fronted by Proud FM DJ Mike Chalut ) will be hosting its third annual Climax...
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City News
Sir Elton John is coming to Toronto to host Fashion Cares
On September 9, Sir Elton John will be hosting the 25th-anniversary Fashion Cares gala at the Sony Centre for the Performing...
City News
Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 11 (wherein Black compares himself to Job)
After what seems like a million pages (it’s actually 310), Conrad Black has finally been indicted. Boosted by testimony from...
City News
Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 10 (wherein Peter C. Newman’s imagination is ghoulishly prurient)
The action picks up with Conrad and Barbara enjoying the pleasant August heat on their Bridle Path terrace and engaging in some...
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City News
Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 9 (wherein Black falls and bruises his knee)
Only in the distorted world of Conrad Black does moving become an ordeal on par with the Hundred Years War or the Rwandan...
City News
Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from the debt of nations to male gyrations
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
Style
Introducing: Cutler and Gross, a Yorkville boutique for the bespectacled man and woman
The place: Cutler and Gross, Yorkville’s newest boutique, already has loyal fans among international A-listers (Elton John, for...
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City News
How Kent Monkman—a half-Cree illustrator from Winnipeg—sexed up the exploitation of First Nations people and conquered Toronto’s art world
Pink high heels. Heartthrob pink. These are dream shoes, shoes to break your heart. Shoes that are up to no good, shoes to dance...
Today in Toronto: Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot Take a motherless child with moves, a miner’s strike and Elton John, and you’ll get this movie turned musical...
Food & Drink
The one thing you should see this week: a musical about a boy who just wanted to dance
This week’s pick: Billy Elliot The producers of Billy Elliot owe a debt of gratitude. Three out of the four boys playing Billy...
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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...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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
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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
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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
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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
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