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Ten takeaways from Michelle Obama’s appearance in Toronto
The former first lady made a stop at Ryerson
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City News
A delightfully unstuffy affair (featuring Malcolm Gladwell) at the UWI Toronto Benefit Gala
More fancy Toronto benefit galas should be like the third annual University of the West Indies Toronto Benefit Gala at the Four...
Culture
Michelle Obama (yep, that one) taps Toronto-based Fit2Dance for a nationwide obesity-correcting fitness initiative
Toronto-based Fit2Dance will join forces with Michelle Obama (sort of) to present at Obama’s Let’s Move In Schools initative...
City News
Toronto’s well heeled celebrated The Obamas author Jodi Kantor at Victoria Webster’s Rosedale home
Fabulous Rosedale homes are meant for more than just real estate porn and housing Toronto’s aristocracy—they also provide a...
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Food & Drink
Environmentalism vs. health throwdown: two Girl Scouts launch petition against cookies made with palm oil
This story has all the right ingredients for a made-for-TV movie: multinational food producers, the war on trans fats, a dash of...
Food & Drink
Locavore, shmocavore—a roundup of the new foodie backlash
You don’t have to look too far to find signs that there’s a foodie backlash brewing. And while we at The Dish may be guilty of...
Food & Drink
Ottawa disbands salt task force, industry licks lips in anticipation
For years, it’s been evident that Canadians are consuming too much salt . In response to public pressure, and growing unease...
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HOT HATS! We rank the Queen’s Canada visit outfits
Queen Elizabeth II has left the country, but behind her she's also left a lifetime of memories. Fashion memories. And since QEII...
City News
Justin Bieber takes over White House, People staffer’s free meal at correspondents’ dinner
We don’t typically pay attention to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but since Fearless Leader Justin Bieber was among...
Style
Michelle Obama doesn’t wear pantyhose, so neither should anyone else
The latest in First World problems: the decline of pantyhose because Michelle Obama doesn’t wear them. The First Lady is not the...
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Style
London calling: Canuck designers take centre stage during London fashion week
Canadians are getting a lot of attention from Londoners during the city’s fall-winter 2010 fashion week. The designers have...
Style
The year in fashion: a roundup of 2009 retrospectives
• Judith Thomson takes a look at the most memorable fashion moments of the Obama era. The highlights: the cardi-skirt combo...
Food & Drink
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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Michelle Obama on Iron Chef, Lea and Perrins recipe revealed, Canada’s cod comeback
• What is the best way to get rid of unwanted Halloween candy? Serious Eats recommends burying it in a shallow grave—a pie...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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
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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
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