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Group wants to close 10 kilometres of Bloor Street for a giant “Open Streets” festival
Toronto has countless street festivals each year, and most of them are pretty much the same: midway games, Tiny Tom donuts, and a...
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Culture
A guide to the summer’s must-attend music festivals
Huntsville Festival of the Arts July 4 to August 28, Huntsville In a nutshell: Roots music meets Roots clothing. The highlights:...
Food & Drink
Toasted Tangerine food truck motors down for good
Toronto’s food truck scene took a hit Saturday when The Toasted Tangerine announced it would be winding down. Alyssa...
City News
GALLERY: the sights of the 2012 Caribbean Carnival parade
Toronto is rich with street festivals, parades and protest marches, but a top contender for liveliest of the lot has to be the...
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The Weekender: Rogers Cup, Caribbean Carnival and five other items on our to-do list
1. SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL Technically, this Caribbean cultural extravaganza runs for over three weeks, but everyone knows...
Food & Drink
Stinky tofu, octopus balls and a midway greeted revellers at this year’s T&T Waterfront Night Market
What smells like rotting garbage and brings out block-long line-ups? Stinky tofu at an Asian food festival, of course. T&T...
Food & Drink
The Long Weekender: Fireworks, That’s So Gay and six other items on our to-do list
1. CANADA DAY FIREWORKS In the interest of easing the decision-making process, here’s a round-up of the ideal spots to catch...
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City News
Patton Oswalt, Todd Barry and David Suzuki join Louis CK for JFL42
Last month, we announced that Louis CK is headlining JFL42, a Just For Laughs festival with 42 offerings (duh), including...
City News
37 reasons Woofstock should be renamed the Cute Overload Festival
Puppies and giant dogs alike were on parade this weekend in the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood for Woofstock, and we spotted...
Culture
Toronto vs. Chicago: movies, musicals and Oprah edition
After hearing that Chicago is crazy jealous of Toronto’s annual Luminato festival—and the international tourists it...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: Luminato, Woofstock and six other items on our to-do list
, woofstock.ca Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd., 416-696-1000, ontariosciencecentre.ca historic, renovated, original and...
Today in Toronto: New Ideas Festival and The Black Keys
New Ideas Festival The Alumnae Theatre offers up a solution for opinionated Torontonians with nowhere to vent: the company’s...
City News
Garth Drabinsky still managing to (indirectly) screw people over
Not even performances from acclaimed musicians like Diana Krall and a healthy dose of optimism could save the nascent BlackCreek...
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford set to show his face on the international stage
Apparently, there are some ceremonial events Rob Ford will attend and there are some ceremonial events Rob Ford won’t...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Nuit Blanche, Spring Awakening and six other items on our to-do list
1. NUIT BLANCHE We wish good luck to those who aim to see all there is to see at this year’s sundown–to–sun-up contemporary...
Culture
Venice vs. TIFF fashion showdown, Madonna edition
Her Royal Majesty the Queen of Pop—that’s right, ladies and gentlemen, Madonna— screened her second directorial feature at...
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Today in Toronto: Southside Shuffle, Vegetarian Food Festival and more
Southside Shuffle This 13-year-old festival once again takes over Memorial Park, even colonizing nearby Lakeshore Road for Street...
Today in Toronto: Nagata Shachu, Fan Expo Canada and more
Axé Capoeira Capoeira, a Brazilian dance form, looks like the love child of breakdancing and mixed martial arts. This Toronto...
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Early Nuit Blanche announcements: art, lots of it, at night
The program for the sixth annual Nuit Blanche (we prefer to leave out the annoying Scotiabank prefix) was announced today, giving...
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Today in Toronto: ‘Da Kink in My Hair, Power of Women and more
Dance: Made in Canada Local dance giants Yvonne Ng, James Kudelka and Peggy Baker all have a hand in this biennial festival, which...
The Weekender: Cirque du Soleil’s Totem, Britney Spears and six other items on our to-do list
1. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: TOTEM Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring show, Totem, traces the “evolution of humankind”— but don’t...
Today in Toronto: Irie Music Festival and Israel in Egypt
Irie Music Festival This family-friendly fest offers various events at Nathan Phillips Square, Yonge-Dundas Square and Queen’s...
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Today in Toronto: George S. Zimbel and the Tirgan Iranian Festival
George S. Zimbel This Montreal-based photographer has shot everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Pierre Trudeau, and his artwork sells...
The Weekender: The Glass Menagerie, Blue Man Group and six other events on our to do list
1. THE GLASS MENAGERIE Tennessee William’s classic play about the Wingfield family —and, most notably, the...
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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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions