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All Mixed Up: Toronto is the mixed-marriage capital of Canada
How our city is proof that if a post-racial society is possible, it will begin in the bedroom his fall, my husband and I will mark...
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Culture
Lloyd Robertson to retire. We name five improbable replacements
Veteran news anchor Lloyd Robertson has announced his retirement as anchor of CTV's nightly news, effective late next year. There...
Style
Aldo expands into the United States with 600 stores
Montreal shoe company Aldo, that Canadian mall staple, is expanding into the States by teaming up with JC Penney to offer a line...
City News
Toronto ranked 78th priciest city in the world for expats
Torontonians love to complain about every costly entity from real estate to Ticketmaster, but according to the most recent Mercer...
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Google can basically show the street address of the earthquake
Amid hilarious speculation that Quebec is literally separating from the rest of Canada, there is some actual news coming out about...
Culture
New Canadian Monopoly unveiled, Toronto relegated to light blue
Toronto real estate may be red hot, but in the fictitious marketplace of the classic board game Monopoly, Toronto is about as...
Shopping
Nice seat: iconic Canadian outdoor furniture
If these disc chairs look familiar, it's probably because they sat outside many a Canadian motel room throughout the '70s and...
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Culture
Virgin cancels summer music festivals in Canada
All of the Canadian Virgin Mobile festivals (Calgary, Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, Burnaby) have been cancelled due to "economic...
Food & Drink
Marijuana and haute cuisine: Toronto chefs on how some top kitchens are going to pot
The correlation between marijuana and the munchies is no secret, but a New York Times article that went viral a few weeks ago is...
Food & Drink
Eataly coming to Toronto? Rumours swirl amid explained puns and subtle cultural insensitivity
Oscar Farinetti was in town this weekend, scouting possible locations and looking for a financial partner to help him open...
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City News
Can Toronto bring itself to cheer for the Habs?
“No born-and-bred Torontonian and Maple Leafs fan can cheer for the Canadiens,” a friend told us on Wednesday night as we...
City News
Public bikes to hit Toronto streets next May
City council has given the thumbs up to a bike-sharing program that should see about 1,000 bikes set up for public use throughout...
Shopping
Seal fur hits the runway in Montreal
Beaver, rabbit and mink pelts may have been a fixture of Toronto fashion week, but the Canadian fur industry has come one step...
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City News
Base instincts: Are the Tories playing to their core supporters in cutting off funding to Toronto Pride?
Who can forget last summer, when then–tourism minister Diane Ablonczy , surrounded by drag queens , handed nearly half a million...
City News
The inn crowd: Toronto’s five new luxury hotels
Over the next couple of years, this city will get five new luxury hotels. It starts with the Thompson, which opens its...
Real Estate News
Realtor speculates that realty business is awesome
The luxury housing market in Canada is not only recovering, it’s breaking records across the board, according to a new survey...
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Suck it, Alex Rios: the Jays are not leaving Toronto
In an appropriately financial analysis, Forbes reveals why Alex Rios is always wrong and capitalism is always right. On one of the...
Culture
Best hookup ever: Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire make sweet movie together
A spokesperson for director Spike Jonze ( Adaptation, Being John Malkovich ) has announced that Jonze will be collaborating with...
Culture
In the battle of the Genies vs. Kate Gosselin, it’s no competition
The Genie awards take place tonight, which means it's time for the Canadian media to ponder their relevance (or lack...
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City News
Toronto has worse gridlock than New York, Montreal, Berlin, London and L.A.
Sure, there's some good news in the latest Toronto Board of Trade report: Toronto is among the most prosperous of global...
City News
Toronto among top 10 Canadian cities for on-line identity fraud
Call it civic pride, but we usually feel pangs of envy when Vancouver outranks Toronto on any list. Well, not this time. The...
Culture
From Kingston to New York: a big month for The Trotsky
It's been a big month for The Trotsky, the indie film written and directed by Montreal’s Jacob Tierney. The movie stars Jay...
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Culture
Take that, Oprah. Canada Reads winner beats talk-show favourite
Who said debate clubs for book nerds are boring? (Oh, wait…) This year’s Canada Reads competition was a veritable cage...
Style
Toronto men get lift from high heels
High heels for men are no longer solely within the realm of drag queens. Today the Star declares them the must-have accessory for...
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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
Deep Dives
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
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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