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Life
Q&A: Anita Krajnc, founder of Toronto Pig Save, on veganism, animal rights and getting Joaquin Phoenix to attend a protest
"We got quite a few donations following his appearance"
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Culture
Spotted at TIFF: The Weeknd sings “Happy Birthday” to Adam Sandler, Harry Potter reunites with Sirius Black
Everywhere celebs were spotted during the last 24 hours
City News
Best of Fall 2013: the season’s three best auteur films
Summer is for blockbusters, autumn is for auteurs. This fall, three acclaimed directors bring their signature visions to the big...
Culture
Current Obsession: The Master, back at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in glorious 70 mm
When Paul Thomas Anderson’ s The Master is projected at plain-old 35 mm, the narrative frustrations can start to overwhelm the...
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Culture
TIFF Oscar Scorecard: what this year’s fest tells us about next year’s Academy Awards
It’s still far too early for Oscar pools, but now that the big TIFF movies have screened, it’s high time to get in on the...
Culture
SPOTTED: Trump (JoGo, Emma Watson) vs. Khabouth (Ewan McGregor, KStew) edition
Festival favourites continued to make their way to the Trump Tower over the last few days. Looper’ s Joseph Gordon-Levitt and...
Culture
TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: The Master’s Amy Adams and Paul Thomas Anderson share parenting secrets
The Master may be Joaquin Phoenix’ s comeback film after his journey off the deep end, but the star was a no-show at the press...
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Culture
TIFF RED CARPET: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and a bespectacled Joseph Gordon-Levitt at The Master
Sure, it’s early, but we suspect the cutest, most endearing and funniest #TIFF12 celeb-spotting moment will be the hunched-over...
Culture
TIFF BUZZ POLL: which film are you most excited to see?
After we narrowed down the 372 films screening at TIFF to the buzziest 50, we started wondering which movie sits at the top of the...
Culture
The 50 buzziest films of TIFF 2012: we slice through the hype so you don’t have to
Single tickets for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 2. And with a record 372 films...
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Culture
TIFF Teaser: The Master, which is most certainly not about Scientology
The Master’ s producers are denying any intentional parallels to the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard , though we...
Culture
Oscar watch: 10 questions about the Academy Awards with Canada’s gossip girl Lainey
Elaine Lui is Canada’s gossipmonger extraordinaire, with a master's in Gaga and a black belt in Brangelina. This week, the...
Culture
Watch the real Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman last night
After admitting that his spaced-out, dishevelled persona in I'm Still Here was a hoax, Joaquin Phoenix returned to David...
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Culture
Casey Affleck admits I’m Still Here is fake, Joaquin Phoenix is an actor after all
Casey Affleck has finally given into the public's badgering and admitted that I'm Still Here, his Joaquin Phoenix documentary that...
Culture
Joaquin Phoenix to appear on Letterman next week
Joaquin Phoenix' s startling but funny appearance on David Letterman' s Late Show last year was one of the most buzzed-about...
Culture
Is a fake Will Ferrell terrorizing Toronto?
First there was news of a Joaquin Phoenix imposter in Toronto, and now we hear a Will Ferrell impersonator is roaming the streets...
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Culture
Casey Affleck is turning Ben’s hair grey, but brothers will team up for new script
The cast of Ben Affleck’ s crime drama The Town showed early signs of TIFF fatigue at a junket press conference Friday...
Culture
Media alerted to Joaquin Phoenix imposter tricking fans at TIFF
This whole Joaquin Phoenix thing is getting weirder by the minute. We just received a press release (from Mass Media Distribution...
Culture
The swag series: celebs get Joe Fresh make-overs at the Tastemakers Lounge
Celebrities—they're just like us, except they make more money and get more free stuff. An unfair irony, we know. As of...
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Casey Affleck insists Joaquin Phoenix documentary is the real thing
It's official: Joaquin Phoenix' s boorish rapper shtick was the real McCoy, says Casey Affleck, the director of the documentary...
Culture
50 Buzziest TIFF Films: what to see, what to skip and how to slice through the hype
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for all the screenings at TIFF 2010, but with over 300 titles, guessing at what film is worth the...
Culture
Joaquin Phoenix documentary (with sex, drugs and defecation) coming to TIFF
Anyone wondering what the deal is with Joaquin Phoenix, who either flipped out and ditched acting to become a rapper (not likely)...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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