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Q&A: we ask TDSB director Chris Spence if specialized schools are becoming too specialized
TDSB director Chris Spence is launching a series of public elementary academies, each focused on singing, wellness or leadership...
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Memoir: art and autism, lessons from my sister
I thought a creative collaboration with my sister would help draw her out of her autism. I didn’t expect it to change something...
City News
Should Rob Ford tell the public about any medical issues?
With city council on hiatus for the summer, last week’s big news was a mini mayoral health scare ( Rob Ford spent two nights in...
City News
Jan Wong: the simmering class war over basement apartments in Brampton
I once moved into an illegal basement apartment in Toronto for a newspaper series about working undercover as a maid. At $750 a...
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Food & Drink
Totally Recalled: various dried basil products, for home and professional use
The product: Spice Kingdom Basil—Egyptian, 30M, whole, fancy (sold in bulk 25 kg bags); All Seasons basil rubbed (in 2.27 kg...
City News
Memoir: Jan Wong’s search for the right antidepressant
Even with sedatives, I couldn’t sleep. I kept losing weight. I was crying every day. One night, I lost my temper with my son...
Food & Drink
Totally Recalled: diced onions in a box, with and without celery (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The CFIA has expanded the health hazard alert to encompass all the Gills diced onions mentioned below with a best before...
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Totally Recalled: Earth Greens boxed salads from Sobeys
The product: Earth Greens brand Organic Italian Blend salad (sold in a 198 gram plastic clamshell package) The UPC: 8 18431 00107...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford’s daughter Krista on whether she’ll be the third Ford at city hall
— Krista Ford, a personal trainer and former Lingerie Football League player, on whether she’d ever join her dad, Doug...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 2, because we’re pumped for gold
The posse of Torontonians who’ll invade this summer’s London Olympics is determined to return with more medals than...
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Jan Wong: Why the LCBO—the antiquated, paternalistic monopoly that’s deliberately gouging us—has got to go
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I stopped by the LCBO’s flagship Summerhill store. A glorious 35,000 square feet of creamy Italian...
Food & Drink
Nutella settles lawsuit over health claims (apparently chocolate spread is not, in fact, health food)
Apparently the world of tasty hazelnut spreads can get pretty litigious. Ferrero, the company behind the sweet, sweet chocolate...
City News
A report recommends three safe-injection sites in Toronto, but the province doesn’t agree
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto took four years to produce a hefty report on safe...
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Rob Ford temporarily succumbs to debilitating Easter parade injury
Like all self-respecting reporters, members of the Toronto media generally consider Rob Ford ’ s health off-limits—unless...
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Quoted: A melodramatic George Smitherman on what he’ll rue for now and forever
—Former Ontario health minister George Smitherman during hearings held earlier this week at Queen’s Park, admitting he wishes...
Food & Drink
Dan and Kristin Donovan of Hooked launch Canada’s first Slow Fish chapter
Good, Clean and Fair. That’s the battle cry of Slow Food International, the Italy-based organization with a mandate to enlighten...
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Totally Recalled: over 135 burger products, all potentially contaminated with E. coli
The product: Just about every other brand of store-bought burger this side of the 49th parallel (OK, not quite—the extensive...
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South Africa prepares for a pork-off with Canada over health claims
South Africans will happily eat millions of dollars worth of Canadian pork every year, but if we keep (allegedly!) exporting our...
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Memoir: a high-stakes war adventure in Afghanistan is hard to replicate in peace-loving Toronto
For the last 10 years, I’ve been a reservist with the Queen’s York Rangers, a Toronto-based army unit. After basic...
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Grabbing a shawarma for lunch? It might have more fat than a Big Mac
In addition to being a useful tool for economists and fodder for schlocky documentary filmmakers, the Big Mac, with its 540...
City News
Rosie DiManno writes a really weird column begrudging Rob Ford’s weight loss
With the wall-to-wall coverage of TTC boss Gary Webster ’ s firing, you might have missed another story coming out of city hall...
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Is drinking coffee simply too taxing? There’s an inhaler for that
After marvelling (and despairing a little) at breathable chocolate and bacon inhalers, only the latter of which turned out to be...
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Tiger Woods’s Toronto sports doctor, Anthony Galea, faces a home court date
While Toronto doctor Anthony Galea couldn’t help Tiger Woods keep that whole adultery thing under wraps, he did help the pro...
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Jan Wong: Why aren’t schools teaching kids about the pleasures and perils of sex?
The answer is simple: our curriculum is shamefully outdated, and the Liberals are too scared to fix it Adam and Eve nibble an...
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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
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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
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
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“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