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TIFF Party: Toronto’s powerbrokers turn out en masse for the final George Christy Luncheon
Every year since 1983, former Hollywood Reporter society columnist George Christy has hosted a chicken pot pie luncheon that’s...
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Culture
The 50 Buzziest Films of TIFF: We Cut Through the Hype So You Don’t Have To
Single tickets for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 1. The schedule, packed with...
City News
The Interview: Factory Theatre’s artistic directors Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams
Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams, Factory Theatre’s new artistic directors, struggle to save the season amid...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Soupstock, Cat Power and six other events on our to-do list
1. SOUPSTOCK In the wake of last year’s wildly successful Foodstock, over 200 chefs from across Canada—among them, Susur...
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Culture
Toronto theatre heavyweights boycott the Factory Theatre following Ken Gass’s dismissal
Atom Egoyan , Judith Thompson, Seana McKenna and George F. Walker are only some of the prominent members of the Toronto theatre...
City News
Camera: Leonard Cohen at the Glenn Gould Award Gala (and Fran’s Restaurant)
May 14, Fran’s Restaurant. By the time the VIP after-party rolled around, few attendees expected the man of the hour to...
City News
The Backstory: Scott Speedman stars in a new biopic about Edwin Boyd, Toronto’s most notorious stick-up artist
On September 9, 1949, Edwin Boyd—a war veteran and the son of a respected Toronto cop—got drunk and robbed a Bank of Montreal...
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Culture
Who needs Ryan Gosling when we’ve got Gordon Pinsent?
That’s right, Goz. We’ve spent more time pining for you than we’d like to admit —but there’s a new man in our lives (at...
Culture
Christopher Plummer receives the inaugural Stratford Shakespeare Festival lifetime achievement award—for a lifetime of being awesome
Earlier this year we learned that Christopher Plummer was to be the recipient of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s inaugural...
Culture
Gemini nominations announced: Flashpoint leads, once again, and controversial Kennedys miniseries gets some nods
The 26th annual Gemini Award nominations were released today and, like last year, Flashpoint features prominently across all...
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Today in Toronto: David Frishberg, I Think I Can and Scrabble With The Stars
David Frishberg A 70-something pianist, singer and songwriter, David Frishberg has about zero degrees of separation from...
City News
Hear James Earl Jones read Justin Bieber’s “Baby” (or, fangirls worldwide wonder who the heck James Earl Jones is)
Just like Gordon Pinsent before him, James Earl Jones can now say he’s added Justin Bieber to his dramatic repertoire. The actor...
City News
The golden year: the octogenarian awesomeness of Gordon Pinsent
Labelling Gordon Pinsent an it boy seems a bit ridiculous, given the length of his proverbial tooth. But it’s impossible to deny...
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Culture
Pillars of the Earth premieres on CBC: dirty, sexy clergy
If you, like us, are still suffering from withdrawal after the series finale of The Tudors last spring, look no further than the...
Culture
Canucks Ryan Gosling, Gordon Pinsent get Golden Globe nods
The Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday, and there are a few talented Canadians among the star-studded list of...
City News
Justin Bieber beats out Lady Gaga for artist of the year award
It would appear our rosy-cheeked boy from Stratford can do no wrong. Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber went four for four last...
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Culture
Gordon Pinsent is bringing Babar back
First Bieber, now Babar? Lately, it would seem that 80-year-old self-proclaimed Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent has a penchant for...
City News
Regis dressed as Justin Bieber for Halloween, just like everyone else
Just as we suspected, dressing up as Justin Bieber was crazy popular this Halloween. Turns out, it's not just Gordon Pinsent who...
City News
From Michael J. to Justin Biebs: a brief history of Canadian teen heartthrobs
Homegrown teen heartthrob Cory Monteith (better known as Finn from Glee ) is hosting this year's Gemini Awards (November 13), we...
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Six Toronto Halloween costume ideas
Still not sure what to be for Halloween this year? Based on last night’s election results, we know that Torontonians are big on...
Culture
Watch Gordon Pinsent read Justin Bieber’s memoir
Gordon Pinsent is just like us! The self-described "Canadian icon" is strangely obsessed with Justin Bieber, or at least he...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
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
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
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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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
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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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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