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Kate Middleton wears Canadian designer Smythe to the Olympics
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was watching a cross country equestrian event on day three of the London 2012 Olympic...
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QUOTED: a pair of Toronto Olympians describe what it’s like at the 2012 Summer Games opening ceremony
—Beach volleyballer and native Torontonian Josh Binstock, on how he felt about the very English, sometimes odd and often comical...
City News
VIDEO: see how much hard work—and how much food—it takes to be an Olympian
We were already pleased at how well represented Toronto will be at the London Olympics next month, and now we have another...
City News
Will Canadians be stuck watching NBC during future Olympics?
Canadian broadcasters have teamed up to try and buy domestic media rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, but apparently they still...
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Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 2, because we’re pumped for gold
The posse of Torontonians who’ll invade this summer’s London Olympics is determined to return with more medals than...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 9, because Patrick Chan is a winning machine
In France at the end of March, Patrick Chan, the 21-year-old figure-skating phenom, successfully defended his world championship...
City News
Perpetual runner-up Toronto goes for gold with a possible bid for the 2024 Olympics
The Globe and Mail reports that wheels are in motion—though they’re turning very slowly at this point—for a 2024 Summer...
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Kristyn Wong-Tam blasts Rob and Doug Ford for shooting down the Toronto Olympics bid—but do the brothers deserve it?
Downtown councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam released an open letter yesterday calling out Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug for, among...
City News
Rob Ford shoots down 2020 Summer Olympics bid put forward by a group of influential Torontonians
Apparently the sport-loving Brothers Ford aren’t entirely indiscriminate in their love of big-time sporting spectacles. While...
City News
A collection of Toronto’s top cricket talent announced: cue corpo-political schmoozefest
Amid all the Bollywood hoopla leading up to Saturday’s International Indian Film Academy Awards , another celebration of another...
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Yoga to become an Olympic sport? At one Toronto event, it seems like a real possibility
Competitive yoga may seem like the ultimate oxymoron, but according to the Toronto Star, it’s all too real . The “sport”...
City News
Toronto fourth most livable city in the world: The Economist
According to The Economist ’s annual ranking of global cities , Toronto is the fourth most livable city in the world. Hogtown...
City News
Toronto’s war on the streetcar claims another victim: the sky
With Rob Ford ’s mayoral victory, it’s become clear that Toronto can have mass transit only so long as it meets two important...
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Culture
Battle of the Blades, Week 6: the good, the bad and the snuggly
The funniest thing about this week’s episode, by far, was the icy attitude that guest judge (and ’70s figure skating legend)...
City News
Q&A with Brian Burke, the no-nonsense Leafs GM, world’s best hockey dad and unlikely gay icon
Last year must’ve been the most challenging time of your life, with the death of your son Brendan in a car accident in...
Culture
Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees
The nominations for the 25th Gemini Awards were announced this morning, with CTV scoring major points for its Olympics coverage...
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Seven Long Years: How will David Miller be remembered?
As a kvetchy, largely ineffective do-gooder ultimately undone by the unionists who helped elect him Unless Joe Pantalone, the...
Culture
Eleven reasons CBCers loved/hated Richard Stursberg
The CBC's anything-to-boost-ratings executive VP Richard Stursberg has left the building (some say he was escorted out) after six...
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The List: 10 things Alex Anthopoulos, the boy wonder Blue Jays GM, can’t live without
1. Live music There is nothing like seeing a great band live. My first concert was Poison, when I was in Grade 6. My all-time...
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Hogtown versus the world: how does Toronto’s G20 compare with previous summits?
The G20 summit has mostly wound down, and the result is pretty mediocre: for billions in spending and a few torched police...
Culture
Ice gold: CBC fall season bets on Battle of the Blades and Men With Brooms
No one is surprised that Battle of the Blades, the reality show that turns loutish hockey players into pairs figure skating...
City News
$833-million security bill for G20 and G8 called “insane”
The federal government had a tinge of Dr. Evil about it yesterday when it disclosed combined security costs for the upcoming G8...
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Culture
Critics on Chloe: term “Toronto gynecologist” is “somewhat amusing”
It's opening day for Atom Egoyan' s saucy Toronto-based drama, Chloe, which means the reviews are out. Surprise, surprise—the...
City News
Toronto G20: all the security of the Olympics, no cool fashion trends
G20 organizers have released more details about security for the summit. Right now, it sounds intense. There will be an inner...
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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