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“Some of my skate friends are 10 and some are 50”: Meet 13-year-old skateboarding phenom Fay DeFazio Ebert
Fresh off her gold medal win at the Pan Am Games, Ebert talks good luck charms, the best bowls in Toronto and setting her sights on Paris 2024
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City News
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #40, Saäd Rafi
Rafi turned the city's Pan Am cynicism into pride
City News
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #47, Andre De Grasse
Canada finally has another sprinter worth getting excited about
Culture
See Kanye at the Pan Am closing ceremonies, go to the WayHome festival and eight other things to do this week
Watch the Pan Am Games’ controversial closing ceremony Despite a petition protesting his performance, Kanye West will close out...
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How Whitney McClintock, Pan Am Games water-skiier, pulls off one of the sport’s toughest tricks
Somewhat improbably, considering the fact that much of our surface water is frozen for a third of the year, southern Ontario is...
Culture
A Foo Fighters concert, Shakespeare in High Park and seven other things to do this week
Hang out with a troupe of dancing newsboys Based on a real-life 19th-century newsboy strike, Disney’s blockbuster musical...
City News
Could Toronto organize a bid for the 2024 Olympics?
THE IDEA Toronto has bid on the Olympics five times since 1960, and failed each time. But Marcel Aubut, the head of the Canadian...
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“I’m not going anywhere”: what West Don Lands residents are doing during the Pan Am Games
In July and August, the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games will descend upon Toronto, along with thousands of athletes from 41...
City News
Q&A: Säad Rafi, CEO of the Toronto Pan Am Games, on leading the most polarizing event since the G20
You were the widely respected deputy minister of health, making $428,000 a year. Then you accepted this highly controversial job...
Real Estate News
Condo of the Week: $550,000 for a Pan Am penthouse with a party terrace
Address: 47 Lower River Street, PH31 Neighbourhood: Waterfront Communities-The Island Agents: Deirdra M. Johnson and Marilyn...
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The Pan Am Games’ porcupine mascot wasn’t cheap
—The amount of taxpayer money spent designing and promoting Pachi the porcupine , the official mascot of Toronto's 2015 Pan Am...
City News
Lighting up the Bloor viaduct’s “luminous veil” will cost more than anyone thought
—Estimated cost of outfitting the Prince Edward Viaduct ’s "luminous veil" with its long-awaited lighting system in time for...
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Deep Dives
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