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National Ballet of Canada
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 21–23
In this edition of The Weekender, a midnight market, a vintage clothing fair and three more things to do in Toronto this...
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 7–9
In this edition of The Weekender, comic book buffs gather, a classic ballet comes back and three more things to do in Toronto this...
Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of January 3–5
In this edition of The Weekender, a last chance to see the National Ballet perform a Christmas classic, a strip spelling bee and...
City News
How National Ballet dancer Heather Ogden would spend a perfect Saturday in Leslieville
“I’m not one for sleeping in, but I do like lounging in bed. My husband, Guillaume, is a coffee addict. That’s the first...
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City News
Primer: how to choose between Toronto’s big holiday shows
It’s time to suspend your cynicism and surrender to one of the city’s big, gooey, hurt-your-teeth-sweet holiday...
Culture
Behind the Scenes: the National Ballet of Canada rehearses for Giselle
The National Ballet’ s remount of their acclaimed production of Giselle opens tonight at the Four Seasons Centre, with Greta...
The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL For the sixth time in his Soulpepper career, founding member Joseph Ziegler steps into Scrooge’s shoes in...
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Current Obsession: Desmond Heeley spins dollar store dross into gold with his National Ballet costumes
Desmond Heeley is stage royalty. The 81-year-old designer has created sets and costumes for major theatre, ballet and opera...
The Weekender: Dan Deacon, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROYAL WOOD With a name as smooth as his voice, Canadian crooner Royal Wood brings his signature debonair persona to his upbeat...
The Weekender: Rogers Cup, Caribbean Carnival and five other items on our to-do list
1. SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL Technically, this Caribbean cultural extravaganza runs for over three weeks, but everyone knows...
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Party Pages: the Diamond Gala was packed with society types and tutus (many tutus)
Anyone wondering where moneyed Toronto arts patrons were on Wednesday night should have checked the Four Seasons Centre, where the...
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The Weekender: North by Northeast, Russell Peters and six other items on our to-do list
To June 17. $25–$50 (events at Yonge-Dundas Square are free). Various locations, 416-863-6963, . 875 Dufferin...
The Weekender: Sleeping Beauty, Canada Blooms and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY This classic ballet, adapted by legendary dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev, is based on Marius...
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Culture
Watch National Ballet of Canada hottie Guillaume Côté ripple, jeté, pirouette and glisten
When was the last time someone described male ballet dancers as studly? Taut, maybe. Focused, surely. Poised, definitely. Studly...
City News
Date of Rob Ford’s cameo in The Nutcracker revealed
Get your tickets right now: this Saturday at 2 p.m., Mayor Rob Ford will dress up in a ridiculous clown costume for the National...
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Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from ballet stars to wine bars
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
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The Pick: Romeo and Juliet, a ballet where the drama lives up to the dancing
Romeo and Juliet might seem all played out, but the tired story comes roaring back to life with sensational vigor in the National...
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Rob Ford chosen to cameo in The Nutcracker ballet (cue last-minute cottage vacation)
Every year the National Ballet of Canada works a celebrity cameo into its performance of The Nutcracker, and this Christmas, Rob...
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VIDEO: Watch two hot, sculpted Toronto men having a sword fight
More and more, the National Ballet of Canada knows its marketing. They have just released a video of two of the company's...
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Best of Fall #5: How the National Ballet’s Elena Lobsanova is preparing for her big debut in Romeo and Juliet
Elena Lobsanova knows disappointment. The Moscow-born dancer began training at the National Ballet School in 1996, when she was...
City News
Alexander Grant, former artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, passes away at 86
Former dancer and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada Alexander Grant passed away in London on Friday at the age of...
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The Weekender: Robyn, Abstract Expressionist New York and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROBYN We’re still a tad bitter for that time last November when our favourite Swedish pop singer cancelled her hugely hyped...
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Why generations of artists insist on attempting the impossible—adapting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Back in the 1990s, I starred as the Red Queen in Alice: The Rock Opera , a student production at the Claude Watson School for the...
Culture
Jeff Melanson, Rob Ford’s special adviser on arts and culture, to leave Toronto for Banff
Jeff Melanson , we hardly knew ye. After six months on the job, Rob Ford ’s special adviser on arts and culture, who is also the...
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Deep Dives
The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience: The thief, the cam girl and their whirlwind fraudulent romance
Stephanie Sahler was a cam girl. Ralph Puglisi was a man willing to pay anything for her doting attention. It was the perfect arrangement—until she realized that every penny he sent her was stolen
Deep Dives
Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss
I was just a baby scientist when I discovered the hormone that made Ozempic possible. I had no idea how life-changing—and world-changing—that breakthrough would be
Deep Dives
A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford
Is Ontario’s pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn’t
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considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look at the populist’s playbook
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Sex worker and
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consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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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
The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto
Aspuru-Guzik and his multinational team of mad scientists are combining chemistry, robotics and AI to fight climate change, streamline organ transplants and supercharge the scientific method. How did their lab end up at the University of Toronto? In a word: Trump
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
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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
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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
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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