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Kiss and Tell: “My podiatrist co-worker turned out to have a foot fetish”
Kelly, a 33-year-old receptionist at a health clinic, thought the staff podiatrist was just being friendly when he offered her some free sessions. Then the candles came out
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“My Earls hookup turned out to have a diaper fetish”
Zoey, a 30-year-old painter, thought she’d scored with a mysterious suit from the bar. Then he opened his briefcase
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“My first date got crashed by my mom, three neighbours, two dogs and a parakeet”
Johnny, a 64-year-old musician, wanted to spend some time alone with Anika. If only life were so easy
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Kiss and Tell: “My date arrived in the middle of the night and refused to leave”
Connor, a 22-year-old vintage clothing seller, thought he’d cancelled a date—until she turned up at the front door of his parents’ house
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Kiss and Tell: “My date started with art and ended with nude modelling”
Deepi Harish, a 41-year-old writer, realized her date was more attracted to himself than she was
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’s most-read Kiss and Tells of 2024
This year’s worst romantic encounters include ER trips, elaborate lies and hasty marriages
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Kiss and Tell: “My Hinge date made me spend hours with his parents”
Kit, a 30-year-old tech marketing manager, was not impressed when he suggested they hook up in the back seat of his car
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Kiss and Tell: “My Tinder date wouldn’t stop trying to hold my hand”
Eleanor, a 30-year-old laboratory tech, suspected that his physical affection was covering up something more sinister
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Kiss and Tell: “My date ordered me a salad and told me to get liposuction”
Lora, a 46-year-old educational assistant, was not impressed by his audacity
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Kiss and Tell: “I started dating my best friend’s ex. It ruined our relationship”
Mackenzie, a 31-year-old physiotherapist, was surprised to learn that everyone had their own version of events
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Kiss and Tell: “I got married to a guy I’d known for only a few months. Then he got cold feet”
Holly, a 34-year-old teacher, was shocked when her new husband suggested they live apart
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Kiss and Tell: “I saw my friend’s boyfriend on Tinder. We decided to ambush him”
Isabella, a 29-year-old freelancer, spent weeks laying the groundwork for their revenge
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Kiss and Tell: “After my date, I had to get my tampon removed in the ER”
For Elizabeth, a 23-year-old student, it was a rough morning after
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Kiss and Tell: “My girlfriend said her ex’s mom was dying. Turns out she was cheating on me”
Erik, a 28-year-old film producer, learned the truth on the TTC
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Kiss and Tell: “My Tinder match cold-called and kept me on the phone for four hours”
Demetra, a 23-year-old student, didn’t manage to escape until after her date insisted on singing her a lullaby
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Kiss and Tell: “I hooked up with a stranger at his stepmom’s birthday party, but his relatives kept walking in on us”
Ada, a 29-year-old costume designer, found herself at a Hamilton house party hosted by a family she'd never met. The night only got weirder from there
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Kiss and Tell: “I started sleeping with my roommmate. Then he fell in love with someone else”
Leigh, a 23-year-old social worker, learned the hard way why “no hooking up” is the cardinal roommate rule
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Kiss and Tell: “My date got a fish bone stuck in his teeth. He insisted on calling 911”
Gigi, a 32-year-old design consultant, tried to help—but couldn’t prevent an unnecessary visit from the paramedics
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Kiss and Tell: “I tried to break up with my boyfriend, but his dad wouldn’t let me”
Nina, a 25-year-old designer, didn’t realize that there was a third party influencing her and her boyfriend’s conversations
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Kiss and Tell: “The first time I had sex was on a cruise ship—and my date’s grandma walked in on us”
Noah, a writer, had never gotten dressed so fast
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Kiss and Tell: “For months, I wrote every text my friend sent to the guy she was seeing”
Camille, a 28-year-old music producer, enjoyed the feeling of living a double life
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Kiss and Tell: “I started sending a 10-point questionnaire to men on dating apps”
Becca, a 28-year-old medical aesthetician and makeup artist, needed an efficient way to cull the herd
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Kiss and Tell: “My date realized I’d forgotten his name”
Mackenzie, a 21-year-old student, couldn’t tell who was more embarrassed: her, her date or their server
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Kiss and Tell: “My Hinge date started ignoring me. It turned out he was buying concert tickets”
Kai, a 21-year-old office coordinator, was not impressed when her date left abruptly so he could go “pre-game”
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The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience: The thief, the cam girl and their whirlwind fraudulent romance
Stephanie Sahler was a cam girl. Ralph Puglisi was a man willing to pay anything for her doting attention. It was the perfect arrangement—until she realized that every penny he sent her was stolen
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Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss
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A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
Is Ontario’s pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn’t
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considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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Sex worker and
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consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
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Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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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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The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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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