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Ken Whyte, Conrad Black and a conflict of interest
On a day when the Hollinger three filed joint papers with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a final effort to delay their...
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William F. Buckley vs. Conrad M. Black
On a day when a repentant David Radler probably got what he deserved (which, as it turns out, is less than half the sentence doled...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
Smatterings of Conrad Black in the news today as his portrait by Andy Warhol sells at Sotheby’s for more than expected ($240,000...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
The idea that Conrad Black might have his house seized by the American government to pay off his forfeiture is just the chum in...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
However optimistic Lord Black may feel now that he’s settled on A-list appellate lawyer Andrew Frey to carry on his fight at the...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
If there’s one thing that distinguishes British journalists, it’s their willingness—hell, their eagerness—to gouge out a...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
A couple more thoughts on the weekend’s coverage before I turn my attention to today and the run-up to the bail hearing on...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
As the trial rattles toward its denouement sometime on Tuesday of next week and the fate of Black et al. falls into the laps of 12...
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Ken and Barbie
Yesterday morning, The New York Times ran one of those on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand articles meant to reinforce the idea that...
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Writerly news
Two things. First, a quick reminder about a previous post : Write Aid, the fundraiser in support of Derek Finkle’s battle to...
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Trial Style
Fashions for the penitent come down to a few options. There are the classics: the hair shirt, in bristly goat, or anything in...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
David Radler is turning out to be a veritable gusher for the defence. Since Monday, his stumblings and “clarifications” have...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
With Radler’s cross-examination set to finish today and the defence contemplating the possibility of a rebuttal from Black, we...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
The laptopped elites from three continents having descended once again on Room 1241, the mighty wattage of their hived mind was...
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Hard Knock Life
In case you were wondering what everybody’s favourite hip hop star’s been up to lately, submerged as I am in the minutiae of...
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Murdoch Most Foul
Among the stray thoughts that ran through Conrad Black’s mind this week, I’m certain more than a few were reserved for Rupert...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
It’s all hands on deck as the prosecution puts the former four-term governor of Illinois, big Jim Thompson, on the stand. Once...
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Only Her Hairdresser Knows
When Barack Obama, presidential hopeful and Men’s Vogue cover boy, was recently on the Late Show With David Letterman , the host...
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Double Standards
Perhaps it’s the first sign of trial-induced dementia, but lately I’ve been struck by certain paradoxical parallels between...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories
Many years ago, I was one of those “accident victims” swatted off the back of my bike by a truck. Decades later, I read the...
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The Odd Couple
It’s a cheeky question, I know, but is Conrad Black to American commerce what Sanjaya Malakar is to American entertainment? The...
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Slow News Day
Court having been adjourned until Monday, this seems as good a time as any to assess the press. Observing the varying degrees and...
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Spin Report: Should Babs have stayed home?
The composite character of Conrad and Barbara Black, which is really what is on trial in Chicago, poses immense problems for their...
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Style Watch: Black in Blue
If you were a factory worker and showed up at the warehouse in a suit and tie, teasing colleagues might guess that you were...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative