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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
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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