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The Pick: Monsieur Lazhar, Quebec’s latest Oscar contender
For Toronto cinephiles, it’s hard not to envy Quebeckers. La Belle Province is home to a robust and thriving film industry, and...
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Weekend Luminato picks: Incendies, 1000 Tastes, One Thousand and One Nights and more
The fifth edition of Luminato, the city’s annual everything-culture fest, kicked off last Friday and goes until...
Today in Toronto: Darren Sigesmund, Forests and Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Darren Sigesmund Most musicians have second jobs, but Sigesmund’s is one of the unlikelier ones: he’s a chef who apprenticed...
Culture
We try to find five top Canadian Oscar moments from Sunday’s Academy Awards snoozefest
Well, there you have it. Awards season is over, but the hangover—or, in the case of The Social Network gang, the lingering...
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Culture
TIFF to Tinseltown: a tour of the 14 Oscar-nominated films that screened at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival may not have the glamour of Cannes, the street cred of Berlin or the skiing of...
Culture
Genie nominations no big surprise, with Barney’s Version and Incendies in the lead
We’ve already watched the Golden Globes. And Oscar nominations were announced last week. But that doesn’t mean we can forget...
Culture
Shafted! (Or, our requisite article on how Canada fared in the 2011 Oscar nominations)
When the Oscar nominations came out this morning, we scrolled right past the laundry list of best picture nods (that 10-picture...
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Culture
Incendies one step closer to Oscar nod
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nine-movie short list for best foreign language film on...
Culture
Tinseltown authority Variety picks three Canadians for influential list
It seems the Hollywood powers that be are expecting big things from three of our hottest directorial talents. The film industry...
City News
Burnt Offerings: Canada’s foreign language film pick for this year’s Oscar race
Incendies , Canada’s foreign language film pick for this year’s Oscar race, exposes a family’s secrets and lies and delivers...
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Culture
TIFF names best Canadian films of 2010 to be screened at Lightbox
While all of Hollywood fires up its engines for the self-love fest that is awards season, the Toronto International Film Festival...
Culture
Looking back at TIFF 2010: Eight films to watch
As with any film festival, TIFF 2010 had its share of disappointments (Miral, Hereafter) and outright disasters (Passion...
Culture
Coming soon to a theatre near you: 13 films that got distribution deals during TIFF
More than ever, TIFF is an event to which filmmakers come to get North American distribution for their films (and not just a...
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Culture
Variety on TIFF: the Hollywood paper names six trends from the film festival
As the din of snapping cameras and movie buzz dies down in Toronto, cineastes south of the border are weighing in on how this...
Culture
Spy on the stars: midday interview series on Peter Street makes it easy to see celebs
Contrary to popular belief, stars don’t only come out at night, spottable only as they rush from black SUVs to VIP...
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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?
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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
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