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City News
CBC does God’s work, tracking the hipsterfication of Spadina Avenue
Trigger warning for hipster content . Have you walked up and down Spadina Avenue lately? If so, you’re probably a...
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Food & Drink
New ’50s-themed food truck Crossroads Diner hits Toronto streets
Sure signs that spring has come to Toronto: west-end hipsters and white squirrels recolonize Trinity Bellwoods; the Toronto Sun...
City News
PARTY PAGES: Power Ball, where you will never run out of meat, alcohol or pretty things to look at
A party like the Power Plant gallery fundraiser Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis hasn’t happened in Toronto since the Dangerous...
Culture
Eight and a Half play a private show for hipsters and real estate developers at a soon-to-be Ossington condo
Last night, a strange brew of Queen West hipsters and condo developers packed into the transitional space at 109 Ossington for an...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Thierry Guetta (and hipsters) chilling outside the TIFF Bell Lightbox
A member of our secret underground spy network spotted street artist Mr. Brainwash (a.k.a. Thierry Guetta ) on King Street West at...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I get rid of hipsters who just take up space on the Trinity Bellwoods tennis courts?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I play tennis at Trinity Bellwoods Park, near my house, and I’m sick of hipsters ironically doinking the...
Culture
Hipsters unite at DJ Chilly Gonzales’s Ivory Tower screening
It was like a thousand stars in the hipster sky aligned when DJ Chilly Gonzales premiered his film Ivory Tower (a tale of sibling...
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Shopping
The Thing: retro reel lawn mowers take Toronto
What is it about old-man accoutrements that hipsters can’t get enough of? After co-opting just about everything vintage...
Culture
Lake Shore auditions over, T.O. Snooki TBD
Lake Shore , the Toronto version of Jersey Shore, MTV’s sociological experiment gone horribly wrong, wrapped up auditions this...
Style
Courtney Love sets a scary new standard for hipster fashion
We're not sure if Courtney Love' s new fashion blog, What Courtney Wore Today , provides hipsters with something incredibly...
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Food & Drink
Just Opened: Camp 4, the Ossington alternative
When the Ossington strip is too packed to go bar-hopping (or even to open new bars), it’s time to spread the party...
Style
Death of the hipster? American Apparel in serious financial trouble
We might soon be shopping for our low-cut V-neck tees at Urban Outfitters, because American Apparel is in some dire financial...
City News
Hipsters cheer, cruisers jeer: G20 protest area moved from Trinity Bellwoods to Queen’s Park
Ironic picnics and post-brunch strolls will continue without disruption as cops issue a press release today about moving the...
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City News
Five reasons why Nuit Blanche may not suck this year
Click here for our guide to the 10 must-see exhibits at this year's Nuit Blanche >> Although our reaction to last year’s Nuit...
Food & Drink
Calling all freelancers: seven best work-friendly cafés
For the entry price of a latte, many freelancers are finding sanctuary at coffee shops, where they can plug in, boot up and work...
Food & Drink
Is free Wi-Fi killing Toronto’s indie cafés?
When not referring to Black Hoof co-owner Grant van Gameren as “Greg,” the Globe and Mail has been sticking it to “freelance...
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Food & Drink
Debunking the Master Cleanse diet, Toronto’s restaurant name showdown, how to taste olive oil
• We have always been skeptical of the Master Cleanse diet, and now we have some proof to back us up. Over the 10 days of the...
Culture
The White Stripes under dimmed West Queen West lights: Jack and Meg hit the Beaconsfield
Not only do they dress in the colours of our flag, but the Detroit duo Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes has done what few...
Culture
Today at TIFF: September 15, 2009
Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings. • Monterey Pop free public...
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Culture
Drew Barrymore ditches her Whip It after-party for Sweaty Betty’s
Still a wild child, Drew Barrymore ditched her own party for Whip It (see the red carpet photos here ) at Tattoo Rock Parlour for...
Culture
Thank you, recession: this year’s free TIFF events are surprisingly wonderful
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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
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
“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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business