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Quoted: Jordan Catalano on lipstick, fuzzy pink sweaters and auditioning for Dallas Buyers Club
– Dallas Buyers Club star Jared Leto describes his long-distance audition with director Jean-Marc Vallée for the role of...
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Culture
Quoted: Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner on Zach Galifianakis’s new parental status
– Mad Men creator Matt Weiner, who directed Zach Galifianakis in buddy comedy You Are Here, had only positive things to say...
Culture
Quoted: Brad Pitt on early retirement at the 12 Years a Slave premiere
—Brad Pitt gets hyperbolic about 12 Years a Slave, director Steve McQueen’s emotionally crushing account of a free black man...
City News
Quoted: Rob Ford finally admits to doing drugs
—Mayor Rob Ford, confessing to reporters yesterday that he’s used marijuana in the past. It wasn’t a particularly risky...
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Food & Drink
Quoted: an irate chicken rescuer on why she hates urban foodie farmers
–The owner of a Minneapolis-based chicken shelter on the maddening naiveté of earnest, eco-conscious urbanites who abandon...
Food & Drink
Quoted: an anti-park-drinking baby boomer on the dangers of hipster boozing at Bellwoods
–A 56-year-old Queen West resident speaking at the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood meeting last night on the myriad threats to...
Food & Drink
Quoted: a pro-park-drinking hipster on the Trinity Bellwoods boozing crackdown
–A 24-year-old punk rocker and tall-can lover on why banning booze in the park would be a pointless, party-pooping buzzkill. The...
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City News
Quoted: Rob Ford on a horrific consequence of councillor term limits
–Mayor Rob Ford, who served three terms as councillor for Etobicoke’s Ward 2, on one of the reasons he thinks voters, rather...
City News
Quoted: Clayton Ruby isn’t over the Rob Ford conflict-of-interest case
– Clayton Ruby, the high-profile lawyer who nearly got Rob Ford booted from office, on why he’s asking the Supreme Court of...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford gets smug that he and Adam Vaughan actually agree on something
—Private-sector investment buff Doug Ford, on why Adam Vaughan, one of the Ford camp’s most vociferous adversaries, has raised...
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City News
QUOTED: Andy Byford to Rob Ford, “Don’t Call Me [Maybe]”
—TTC chief Andy Byford, asking Rob Ford to take him off his speed dial in the wake of the brouhaha surrounding a TTC bus that...
City News
Conrad Black’s best lines from his BBC interview with “a priggish, gullible British fool”
Whether he’s leveling his verbiage at Occupy protesters or hearkening for the good ol’ days of the Empire, Conrad Black always...
City News
QUOTED: Mel Lastman rates Rob Ford’s intelligence
—former mayor Mel Lastman, with a jab at Rob Ford (and a simultaneous mini-dig at himself as well). Unlike Ford’s direct...
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QUOTED: A former Rob Ford aide on why the mayor’s latest scandal could be the most serious yet
—An unnamed former mayoral staffer, on the difference between the latest Rob Ford scandal and all those other Rob Ford...
City News
QUOTED: George Smitherman predicts whether Rob Ford will win a second term
— George Smitherman, whose own mayoral aspirations didn’t exactly pan out, on why Rob Ford will likely pull off a win in the...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford on what happens when he and Stephen Harper go fishing
— Rob Ford, on how much he likes what’s becoming his annual fishing trip with Stephen Harper, the most recent of which took...
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QUOTED: Doug Ford reveals which Ford brother is really in charge
—Councillor Doug Ford, on his younger brother Rob’ s staunch refusal to hire a driver (despite the fact that Doug, the Toronto...
City News
QUOTED: Toronto Police beg Rob Ford to hire a chauffeur
—Sergeant Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police, asking Rob Ford to relinquish the driver’s seat after the mayor was snapped...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford’s response to being caught reading while driving on the Gardiner
—Mayor Rob Ford, on whether he was reading during his commute, after the above photo taken on the Gardiner Expressway surfaced...
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Real Estate News
Condo gossip: three towers could be coming to the Toronto Star’s parking lot
Up to three condo towers could soon sprout from the parking lot of the Toronto Star building at Yonge and Queens Quay, according...
City News
QUOTED: Rob Ford tells two Hollywood stars how he got elected
—Mayor Rob Ford, outlining his election playbook for actors Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell yesterday afternoon. The funnymen...
City News
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...
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QUOTED: Richard Florida on where Rob Ford ranks in the history of city mayors
— Richard Florida, author, head of U of T’s Martin Prosperity Institute and noted academic rock star, sharing some choice...
City News
QUOTED: the director of the Adult Entertainment Association on recruiting strippers at high schools
— Tim Lambrinos , executive director of the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada, on where clubs will find exotic dancers...
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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
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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
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
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions