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Gallery: Holt Renfrew unveils its much-anticipated holiday windows
The moment has come, and the Holt Renfrew windows have been unveiled. This year, the folks at Holt’s have decided to go with the...
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Just in time for winter Woofstock: 20 adorable winter puppies (and one kitty) in the holiday spirit
On November 19 and 20 at the Direct Energy Centre, dog and holiday lovers are being encouraged to don their gayest apparel (fa la...
Food & Drink
After years of having polar bears shill holiday cheer, Coca-Cola returns the favour
We’d like to high-five someone over at the World Wildlife Fund for this creative, environmentally friendly and somewhat strange...
City News
Spotted! Ryan Gosling getting his Canuck Christmas on in Burlington
Do we really need more reasons to love Ryan Gosling ? Yeah, yeah, we know he’s dating a Gossip Girl , but let’s just put that...
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“Man Sues Toronto Santa Claus Parade” and other Grinchy headlines from this season of peace and joy
Sometimes the holidays bring us closer together and teach us the true meaning of giving and togetherness. Other times, they bring...
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Holiday bling: a glittery cocktail ring for the party circuit
The Thomas Sabo wing ring ($369) is a fantastic little gift to yourself. It's made of sterling silver, and the stones are...
Food & Drink
Holiday Gift Guide: 13 edible present ideas
We prefer to pass the holiday season by eating our way through it and forcing loved ones to do the same. So we’ve come up with...
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Holiday gift idea: a speaker system that doubles as an iPad/iPhone dock
Bang and Olufsen's BeoSound 8 is the one of the few docks/speaker systems compatible with iPads, iPhones and iPods available in...
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Holiday Gift Guide: 10 best bets at the One of a Kind Show
The annual arts and crafts show is back. Running now through next week, the one-stop holiday-gift-buying shop features the works...
Shopping
A jaunty little hat for the holiday party circuit
The popularity of Blair Waldorf-esque headbands has gone the same direction as Gossip Girl: down. This year, fascinators have made...
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On-line Holiday Gift Guide: 25 presents you can buy in your PJs
Sure, giving is better than receiving, but buying gifts is better when done from the comfort of your couch—with a glass of...
Shopping
Holiday gift idea: for the fickle foodie
Sure, we already gave you 100 present ideas in our annual holiday gift guide, but we know you want more. So we've found this...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts $30 and under
See the slideshow of gifts $30 and under » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts under $100
See the slideshow of gifts under $100 » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts over $100
See the slideshow of gifts over $100 » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
Food & Drink
Apparently, National Vodka Day is October 4 (not every day)
We were surprised to learn that National Vodka Day occurs every year on October 4 (and not every weekday at 5 p.m. as previously...
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Toronto retail staff breathe easy, not working on Christmas
In a city already filled with workaholics, retail workers just got a little reprieve: they (probably) won't have to work on...
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Santa 1, Jesus 0: city one step closer to Christmas Day shopping
Retail lackeys of Toronto, get ready to duke it out for vacation time, because the city’s economic development committee voted...
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And on the seventh day, man created the mall: retailers fight to open on holidays
Apparently there isn’t enough time to shop these days. The Star reports that the question of whether or not to allow stores to...
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Adventures in Candyland: seven astounding gingerbread houses
The Chicago Tribune recently asked four local architects to submit designs for gingerbread houses, then had pastry chef Kimberly...
Food & Drink
The truth behind turducken, Corey Mintz now cooking for monkeys, the suffering of Roncesvalles
• With the charm of a bloated pit bull and packing a painful 900 calories a slice, turducken might be a “guaranteed show...
Food & Drink
Twelve Treats of Christmas: amazing edible (or drinkable) gifts for the indulgent epicure
Now is the time of year when Toronto’s patisseries and food shops offer a tremendous selection of goodies that cater to the most...
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Wine for gamers, diet soda most popular among the overweight, Canadians drunker than a decade ago
• Mike James , the Canadian-born operator of 8-Bit Vintners, knows that Generation Y is more about Half Life than the good...
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Mustard ad made entirely of meat, debunking rumours of a Jennifer Aniston-Jamie Oliver partnership, the caloric overload of eggnog
• A Colman’s Mustard’s advertisement featuring Lord Kitchener’s face recreated with meat is making veggie boosters like...
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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
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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
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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