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Culture
A free day at the ROM, a play in Christie Pits and seven other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of December 11
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Culture
A Toronto photographer describes what it was like to shoot Donald Trump (and seven other big-name celebs)
Including Barack Obama, Leonard Cohen, Snoop Dogg and more
Culture
A look inside U of T’s massive archive of Leonard Cohen poems, letters and pictures
Thirteen thrilling pieces of Cohen memorabilia, including handwritten poetry and a fan letter from Ron Sexsmith
Culture
Ten must-hear Leonard Cohen covers by Toronto musicians
Feist, Rufus Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith and many more
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Culture
The 10 best Choir! Choir! Choir! videos
From Justin Bieber's "Sorry" to "Hallelujah" with Rufus Wainwright
Culture
Watch Rufus Wainwright and a 1,500-voice choir sing “Hallelujah” in an abandoned power plant
The choir that covered Prince is at it again
Culture
A pair of finger ballets, a Michelin-starred meal and eight other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of February 1
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Food & Drink
Today in Toronto: Leonard Cohen, A Christmas Carol and more
Leonard Cohen The rumbling 78-year-old baritone and the wry, melancholic lyrics continue to entrance. Cohen’s most recent...
City News
Behind the Scenes: The Art of Time Ensemble returns with Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds
The ultra-eclectic chamber orchestra known as The Art of Time Ensemble is always looking for ways to break through the stuffiness...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: The Junction Flea, Ellie Goulding and six other events on our to-do list
1. THE JUNCTION FLEA Presented by Smash and Russet and Empire, this eclectic outdoor market features vintage and kitschy items...
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City News
The Argument: In Take This Waltz, Sarah Polley transforms Toronto into a brightly coloured urban fantasy
In the middle of directing Take This Waltz, recently released in theatres, Sarah Polley hit a snag. She desperately wanted to get...
City News
Camera: Leonard Cohen at the Glenn Gould Award Gala (and Fran’s Restaurant)
May 14, Fran’s Restaurant. By the time the VIP after-party rolled around, few attendees expected the man of the hour to...
Today in Toronto: Ron Sexsmith, Kim’s Convenience and more
Evgeny Kissin If anyone can breathe new life into Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, it’s the renowned Russian pianist with...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: West Side Story, Chuck Hughes and six other items on our to-do list
1. WEST SIDE STORY Sharks versus Jets, “I Feel Pretty” and extended dance breaks are just a few of the elements that add up to...
Culture
Leonard Cohen’s world tour hits Toronto in December
The legendary singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen is hitting the U.S. and Canada this year for a world tour that will land...
City News
The List: Ten things Blue Rodeo frontman and Canadian rock icon Jim Cuddy can’t live without
1| My skates I play a lot of hockey. It’s amazing that at my age I still get thrilled about skates, but I do. These ones are by...
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City News
The List: 10 things former Governor General and author Adrienne Clarkson can’t live without
1| My Filofax I’ve had it for 26 years, and I’ve never mislaid it. I’ll always keep it, even though I’ve been told I need...
Culture
Roger Ebert is in the building: five reasons we’re happy to have the world’s best-known film critic in town
We’d feign resistance to making this terrible pun, but there’s really no way around it, so here it goes: Roger Ebert touched...
Today in Toronto: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto Jewish Film Festival Canada’s premier Jewish film fest features this year The Three Lennys , a series highlighting the...
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Lifestyle tips for the schoolboy sartorialist
Ride: Like all things beloved by the schoolboy, this Linus one-speed bike channels a bygone era. $550. Bikes on Wheels , 309...
Culture
New book tries to prove that the Junos matter
If you, like most Canadians, don't watch the Juno Awards, a new book is trying to convince you to tune in. The new coffee table...
Today in Toronto: Leonard Cohen Tribute, The New Electric Ballroom, Elmer Ferrer
The New Electric Ballroom: Sisterhood, small towns and a slightly deranged lyricism mark this Mac-KenzieRo production of Enda...
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The best Canadian song of all time is, ironically, about Americans
The best-ever Canadian song is The Guess Who's "American Woman," says Bob Mersereau, the author of the new coffee-table book The...
City News
Kelly Cutrone dishes about her crush on “smoking hot” Leonard Cohen
In one of the scheduled interviews she actually went through with, fashion PR doyenne Kelly Cutrone sits down with the Globe and...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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’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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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
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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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
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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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
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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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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