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Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #32, Margaret Atwood
At age 75, Atwood is more relevant than ever
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Toronto Life
celebrates the most influential Torontonians of 2015 at an exclusive cocktail reception
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's Most Influential event at the Four Seasons
Culture
A chat with Margaret Atwood, a dazzling new ballet and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of November 9
City News
Party Animals: who’s backing whom in the race for the PMO
Which local bigwigs are helping the candidates take home their share of the votes?
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Domestic disturbance
Margaret Atwood’s new novel is her most blistering social critique since
The Handmaid’s Tale
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Spend an afternoon with Margaret Atwood and William Gibson at Toronto’s new book fair
After a disastrous year for this city’s quickly vanishing bookstores , Toronto bibliophiles have at least one thing to be...
Food & Drink
Sample booze inspired by Canadian celebrities during Ontario Craft Beer Week 2014
Before there were whole calendar weeks devoted to poutine, burgers and the absence of gluten, there was Ontario Craft Beer Week, a...
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City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
City News
VIDEO: Margaret Atwood has a plan to improve the lyrics to “O Canada”
Should Canada’s anthem be gender-neutral? Literary goddess Margaret Atwood and former PM Kim Campbell think so. Their proposed...
City News
Five things you didn’t know about Margaret Atwood, whose apocalyptic new novel is out August 27
1 | She eats bugs “My dad was an entomologist, so I have nothing against eating insects. Giant locusts are delicious toasted.”...
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City News
Toronto’s Best Tweeters: top Twitter feeds from local entertainers, athletes and media personalities
Toronto’s Twitter-happy celebrity set supplies a constant stream of bon mots, feuds and photo scandals, so choosing our...
The Weekender: The Penelopiad, Canada’s Top Ten and five more events on our to-do list
1. THE PENELOPIAD Following last year’s acclaimed run, Nightwood Theatre’s production of The Penelopiad is back at Buddies in...
City News
50 Most Influential 2012: a ranking of Toronto’s top tycoons, backroom operators and supersize egos
The people driving the agenda for the city are more likely to come from outside local government than inside. This was the year...
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The 10 best Toronto Halloween costumes this year (including what Karen Stintz and Margaret Atwood wore)
Although one Maple Leaf had trouble finding an appropriate Halloween costume, there were still plenty of great disguises this...
City News
Party Pages: Artists, philanthropists and Margaret Atwood at the Art of Time Ensemble Salon
We’re fairly sure that having a piano quartet playing in the living room is a normal after-supper digestive for many Rosedale...
City News
Money Talks: 10 Toronto celebrities who command five-figure speaking fees
Earlier this week, Wayne Gretzky was in town talking, oddly enough, about investment strategy. Apparently, The Great One isn’t...
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Culture
What are the odds a Torontonian will win the Nobel Prize in Literature? Not great
This year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature doesn’t get announced until October, but London oddsmaker Ladbrokes is...
City News
Into the (Not So) Wild: our look at the summer camps of Toronto’s rich and famous
A sojourn to Northern Ontario used to mean grabbing a sleeping bag and a can of beans and roughing it in the woods, all in the...
City News
A T-shirt emblazoned with Rob Ford flipping the bird sells for $7,100 on eBay
Last week, we told you about a T-shirt printed with a Rob Ford caricature and signed by Margaret Atwood that was up for sale on...
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For sale: a T-shirt with Rob Ford flipping the finger, signed by Margaret Atwood
Ever dream of sporting a caricature of Rob Ford flipping the bird, autographed by Margaret Atwood ? The opportunity to do just...
City News
Party Pages: The Trillium Awards, a rowdy affair for beflowered Ontario authors
The Trillium Awards, the annual ceremony for Ontario-based authors, took place, fittingly, at the Toronto Reference Library last...
Culture
Luminato 2012 guide: 20 must-see events at this year’s arts festival
Luminato begins this Friday, and it can be a bit of a whirlwind. Everything from a Philip Glass opera about Einstein’s life to a...
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The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
City News
The Moment: Conrad Black’s artfully orchestrated return
There was plenty of hand-wringing among politicians and pundits over His Lordship’s homecoming, but the rest of us collectively...
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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
Deep Dives
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
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
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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
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
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Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative