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Today in Toronto: Images Festival begins, Royal Wood and Judy Collins perform and more
Images Festival: Twenty-three years old and more out there than ever, this annual fest leans further toward a...
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Today in Toronto: Breakfast opens, Indance celebrates its 10th anniversary
Breakfast: In a remount of the popular 2008 play, Melanie embarks on a self-help program that leads her down a rabbit hole of...
Today in Toronto: an homage to Duke Ellington and March break at the Bata Shoe Museum
Duke Ellington Remembered: This homage to Sir Duke stars bassist John Lamb, who played in Ellington’s orchestra for over a...
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Hot dogs’ shape presents choking hazard, seriously
We’re holding back on a plethora of dirty jokes for this one. The American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement...
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I heard that kids are getting drunk on hand sanitizer at school? Is it true, and if so, what’s the TDSB doing about it?
Rumours of kids getting hopped up on antibacterial gel recently stoked a mini–media storm. Thankfully, the TDSB hasn’t...
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Holiday shopping: 22 gift ideas for at-home chefs
Toronto Life 's annual Holiday Gift Guide has 120 ideas for presents, but we've put together this slide show of items (like a $20...
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Michelle Obama on Sesame Street, coffee spared tax hike, chocolate cures stress
• Michelle Obama dropped by Sesame Street on the show’s 40th anniversary to chat with a basket of anthropomorphic vegetables...
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Last year, I could have sworn I smelled liquor on the breath of a mall Santa. Do they pull these guys off the street?
If an encounter with a St. Nick who’s been dipping into the Christmas cheer is not the kind of memory you’re looking...
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Seven other things to do with pumpkins
It’s pumpkin season, and the conspicuous fruit is making its yearly rounds in the news. Turns out there’s much more to do with...
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Best T.O. restaurants for kids, how to eat when pregnant, Canadian beer woes
• The book Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson, by Andrea Mandel-Campbell, exposes some little-known facts about the way Canuck...
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Moms encourage kids to eat McDonald’s, the caveman diet, a Canadian-themed bar grows in Brooklyn
• Manhattan was besieged by a group of McMoms last week—a team of pro- McDonald’s matriarchs who were handpicked by...
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In its 20th year, Feast of Fields is better than ever—and we have the pictures to prove it
No, Jamie Kennedy , we couldn’t possibly eat another. Those heirloom tomato, arugula and crispy pancetta BLTs were...
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The Ontario Science Centre’s gastronomy exhibit is surprisingly non-molecular
Though nothing compares to the tower of shopping carts in the old food pavilion, the Ontario Science Centre’ s summer exhibit...
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Made in Toronto: 15 designs that do us proud
The city is so full of people creating exciting furniture, clothing, beauty products and accessories that the idea of buying local...
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Fast-food copycat, street meat problems, Nelson Mandela’s eating habits
• A Long Island man claims to have cracked KFC' s notoriously well-guarded fried chicken recipe. In fact, Ron Douglas —who...
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Elementary students declare The Drake best restaurant on Queen West
The intrepid Parkdale Pumas—public schoolers turned restaurant critics for the performance art project Eat the Street —have...
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The not-so-secret garden: Toronto is poised to get its first community orchard
Toronto's first public orchard may be approved as soon as next week, if the city gives the pilot project a green thumbs-up. Susan...
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Kid critics are on to something at Oddfellows
Saturday night at Oddfellows looked like a feast scene out of My Big Fat Greek Wedding . Kids from the nearby Parkdale Public...
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Flannel feasts at The Drake, fat facts at school, Burger King’s asinine advertising
• Because nothing screams "kids’ meal" better than a rap about getting an erection, the gurus at Burger King decided to sample...
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Easter Eating 2009
For Torontonians who are not so confident in the kitchen, or who simply prefer to spend Easter handling mimosas rather than...
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Guess who’s coming to dinner: Queen West restaurants are under siege by child critics
Continuing its “performance art that doesn’t suck” mandate, activist group Mammalian Diving Reflex is teaming up again with...
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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
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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
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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
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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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“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
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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
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“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
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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