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Greta Constantine throws a raucous Parkdale dinner party to preview the fall 2013 collection
Greta Constantine designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong once again opted out of fashion week for Fall 2013, instead feting...
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Top Chef Canada
recap, episode 1: fresh meat
Once again, Top Chef Canada got an upgrade in the off-season. This year’s grand prize now includes a custom Caesarstone...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 12: fashion victims
With only four chefs remaining in the competition, last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada started in style—with Carl...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 10: I got soul, but...
Last week, we complained that the one-two punch of a vending machine quickfire followed by a camping challenge made it feel a bit...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 9: roughin’ it
Last night’s episode featured two guest judges ( Spencer Rice, a.k.a. Spenny, and Roger Mooking, a.k.a. MC Mystic ), one topless...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 8: later, caterer
Last night’s episode started with some reflections from the chefs back at their, um, glamorous condo. Xavier Lacaze was amazed...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 6: double trouble
Six weeks into the competition, the gloves have finally come off. The judges are getting pickier, the challenges are getting...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 5: the Thicke of it
The opening of last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada revived a time-honoured trope from season one: chefs in their...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 2: hokey doke
The original U.S. version of Top Chef tries to maintain a steely cool tone with the chefs run ragged and constantly at each...
City News
Top Chef Canada’s Lisa Ray gets engaged in Napa Valley (proving, once again, that wine + diamonds = romance)
Top Chef Canada host, actress and beautiful person Lisa Ray took to Twitter this week to announce her engagement to her consultant...
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Culture
Q&A with Lisa Ray, the new host of Top Chef Canada, on the joys and perils of eating for a living
Yesterday we told you that actress and former model Lisa Ray had been pegged to replace Thea Andrews as host of Top Chef Canada...
Culture
Lisa Ray named new host for season two of Top Chef Canada
Top Chef Canada returns for a second season this spring, and a new Torontonian has been pegged to host the show: actress and model...
Culture
TIFF announces its official selection for this year’s Short Cuts Canada program
TIFF’s Short Cuts program is 43 films strong this year and features actors like Lisa Ray and Hugh Dillon, while the directors...
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Culture
The International Indian Film Academy Awards took over an industrial complex in Brampton last night
On a typical Thursday night, the parking lot of Brampton’s Trinity Common Mall , surrounded as it is by big-box outlets of...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Samsara, TD Toronto Jazz Festival and six other events on our to do list
1. TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL Somehow, the organizers of this annual music fest always manage to book musicians that even non-jazz...
Culture
Clive Owen, Steve Nash and Juliette Lewis celebrate Strombo at the Hazelton Takeover party
The plebs swarmed Yorkville last night in droves, and the red carpet and photographers stationed outside the Hazelton Hotel acted...
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Culture
Canadian filmmakers, Lisa Ray and an OC mom party at the Spoke
Last night, the Spoke Club launched the film festival season with its annual Canadian Filmmakers party, hosted by actress Lisa...
Culture
Lisa Ray is now cancer-free (and hotter than ever)
In happy Earth Day news, one of the planet's hottest citizens, Lisa Ray, announced today that she's cancer-free. The Canadian...
Culture
Don McKellar named Canada’s George Clooney
Don't get us wrong. We're fans of Don McKellar, but it's hard to see him as Canada's version of Clooney, as the Montreal Gazette...
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Rickshaws and Lisa Ray at Cooking with Stella premiere
Yesterday's Cooking with Stella red carpet was much like the Chloe premiere: most of the fans lining up were actually waiting for...
Food & Drink
Cooking with Tyler at Mildred’s Temple Kitchen
Serving Indian food to the Indian stars of a film about cooking— Dilip Mehta' s Cooking With Stella, to be precise—sounds like...
Culture
Today at TIFF: September 16, 2009
Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings. • The Last Waltz free public...
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Skyy’s the limit: three celeb-inspired cocktails for TIFF
Culture
Oscar buzz, vodka and stalking advice doled out at the Hazelton Hotel
With two weeks left until the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival, reporters gathered at the Hazelton Hotel to...
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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?
Deep Dives
Almost
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
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
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand