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Q&A: Anastasia Lin, the Canadian beauty queen on China’s black list
Her criticism of China’s human rights record is putting her father in danger, but she won’t back down
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Fetal Position: inside the world of Lia Mills, the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of anti-abortion activists
Lia Mills didn’t start Grade 7 with a plan to become famous. The year was 2009, and she was enrolled in a gifted class at Gordon...
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Q&A: Brydie Bethell, the latest lawyer to represent Omar Khadr, reveals her client’s post-Guantanamo plans
Omar Khadr has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. He hired you last year. Did...
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Jan Wong: Why it’s time to talk about the elephant in the classroom—the Catholic school system
Most Torontonians think the Catholic school system is antiquated, expensive and unfair. So why don’t politicians want to talk...
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Allah in the Cafeteria: Inside the school prayer scandal at Valley Park Middle School
When the principal at Valley Park Middle School allowed 400 Muslim students to pray in the lunchroom, he thought he was being...
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Confidence Man: how Glen Murray is positioning himself to grab the reins of political power
The famously gay former mayor of Winnipeg was lured to Toronto by a group of backroom nabobs and remade as an influential member...
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How bullying became the crisis of a generation
Kids are committing suicide, parents are in a panic, and schools that neglect to protect students are lawsuit targets Mitchell...
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Goodfella Rocco Rossi poster receives a human rights complaint at city hall
The ghosts of Rocco Rossi’ s ill-fated, poorly run, bewildering run for the mayor’s office continue to haunt city hall. The...
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TTC drivers are suffering from the dreaded 2.5-hour workday
The TTC voted to introduce random drug testing for staff in response to an apparently persistent substance abuse problem. Despite...
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TTC drivers and other staff could be facing randomized drug testing if the board gets its way
Following an August crash that left one TTC passenger dead, the transit commission is considering instituting random drug tests...
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Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?
Tim Hudak is riding in the back of an RV, a big, bouncy RV wrapped in an enormous picture of his smiling face, and he’s coming...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Can your boss force you to wear a degrading uniform?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently got a job at a certain over-the-top sports bar that requires its female staff to wear tight tops...
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How the G20—with its burning cars, broken storefronts, violent beatings and mass arrests—ruined Bill Blair’s popularity
On June 26, 2010, Bill Blair was in the middle of the most complicated week of his career. The G20 summit had transformed the...
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Is a Toronto woman’s right to testify in a niqab an unreasonable accomodation?
A case involving a Toronto woman’s right to testify in a niqab is now headed for the Supreme Court. Maybe it’s time to...
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NHL fans break from playoffs to discuss gay marriage—because, apparently, it’s still 2006
Normally, “Canadian athlete supports existing Canadian law” wouldn’t be a big story—but the fact that New York Rangers...
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Kissinger versus Ferguson: three things we hope to see at the next Munk Debates
It’s interesting—in the “kind of weird” sense of the term—that an academic debate hosted by the University of Toronto...
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Environmentalism vs. health throwdown: two Girl Scouts launch petition against cookies made with palm oil
This story has all the right ingredients for a made-for-TV movie: multinational food producers, the war on trans fats, a dash of...
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The Sun reminds voters that Michael Ignatieff supported the Iraq War—just like Stephen Harper did
There’s some actual news in this report from Sun scribe Brian Lilley : beyond simply providing moral support, Michael Ignatieff...
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The Weekender: The Lion King, Easter Eggstravaganza and six other can’t-miss events
1. THE LION KING You wouldn’t think a theatrical adaptation of a Disney movie would run for so long (nearly 14 years), earn so...
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Pride Festival still in Mammoliti’s crosshairs despite city staff declining to call “Israeli Apartheid” hate speech
One of the actions the city has undertaken in relation to the annual Pride Festival is to ask its staff to determine if the use of...
Today in Toronto: Alexandre Tharaud, Human Rights Watch Film Festival and The Blue Legacy
Alexandre Tharaud The French pianist with the moody pout has an approach to programming that is frequently labelled...
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Hell House: Why the Don Jail is a wretched, dangerous dungeon that should have been shut down ages ago
Last year, Jeff Munro was beaten to death at the Don Jail over a bag of chips. His fate was not unusual. The Don is a...
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Q&A with Nazila Fathi, Writer in Exile
Nazila Fathi covered politics from Iran for the New York Times for 15 years. But after the protests of 2009, when she realized her...
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Urban Diplomat: Human Rights, ESL
Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a receptionist, and I’m helping hire a replacement for my upcoming maternity leave. My boss and I...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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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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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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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
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“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
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand