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Cast of Toronto’s Lake Shore even more despicable than cast of Jersey Shore
Toronto Facebook news feeds were in a frenzy yesterday, not in response to anything of worth—like Movember or even Keenan Cahill...
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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)...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 5: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Last night’s episode of BOTB was more like Battle of the Back-From-the-Deads on two accounts. Number one, it was...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 4: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Country night? More like excruciating comedy hour: Kurt Browning’s faux twang, not one but two not-even-a-little-bit-funny...
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Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 3: the good, the bad and the snuggly
We are tempted to begin this blog post “Dear Candace Cameron Bure ” after the former Full House star and current wife of BOTB...
Food & Drink
Marc Thuet closes Conviction for good, but has two new restaurants in the works
Just over a year after opening Conviction —the third incarnation of their flagship restaurant—chef Marc Thuet and partner...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 2: the good, the bad and the snuggly
What were we giving thanks for this weekend? Canadian reality TV, of course. Sadly, all of our undying adoration wasn’t enough...
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City News
Best of Fall 2010
This season, we’re peculiarly obsessed with doom and gloom. And we love it. Our favourite play is about a pensive widow, and our...
City News
Our schadenfreude-fuelled love affair with reality TV
There’s something to be said for watching perfect strangers (or, even better, pseudo-celebrities) make fools of themselves in...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 1: the good, the bad and the snuggly
With over two million viewers, ecstatic live audiences and almost as many cast dating rumours as Gossip Girl , the first season of...
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Culture
War on fun: CRTC wants stations to stop showing Jersey Shore, The Office, Project Runway Canada
The CRTC has a problem with Jersey Shore— namely that it's being aired on MTV Canada, which is supposed to stick to original...
Culture
After The After Show: we catch up with Jessi and Dan
When The Hills wrapped in July, the on-air finale proved less dramatic than the fairy-tale ending for MTV’s After Show co-host...
Culture
Fergieless Black Eyed Pea fails to excite even the regulars at Ultra
We got the feeling it was not such a good night for Black Eyed Pea Apl.de.ap. Last night, Ultra Supper Club had him...
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Culture
Theo Fleury, Russ Courtnall and Russian figure skaters on for Battle of the Blades
While our dream of pairing Sidney Crosby and Olympic champ Tessa Virtue won't become reality for this year's Battle of the...
City News
You be the judge: the Shaq and Justin Bieber dance-off
So Kazaam, er, Shaq has a reality show called Shaq Vs. in which he's pitted against celebrities in various challenges, making his...
Culture
Lake Shore will be like “eight, under 30, UN leaders in a house together”
There is still no official air date or home for the trash-tacular Toronto Jersey Shore rip-off, Lake Shore . But in this week’s...
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Culture
A Canadian idol on American Idol? Shania Twain considered for JLo’s judging spot
Shania "Man, I feel like a woman" Twain is being lined up for a judging position on American Idol if Jennifer Lopez drops out, and...
City News
Watch audition videos for Toronto’s Jersey Shore
Last night, Lake Shore , this city's answer to Jersey Shore , posted a "webisode" of the audition day on its Web site, and it's as...
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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Jessi Cruickshank moves to L.A., MTV cancels the After Show
After our favourite fiery-haired MTV host, Jessi Cruickshank, confirmed that she was moving to L.A. for a still-secret job, MTV...
Culture
Lake Shore auditions over, T.O. Snooki TBD
Lake Shore , the Toronto version of Jersey Shore, MTV’s sociological experiment gone horribly wrong, wrapped up auditions this...
City News
Crushed Out: Carl Wilson on how Justin Bieber is changing the shape of celebrity for the worse
Justin Bieber changed the shape of teen celebrity. He needs to change it back, before it’s too late here are times when it’s...
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Culture
MTV Canada casting for Canadian reality show
MTV Canada has teamed up with MSN Messenger to create a Web series, calling on the young people of Canada to come up with a...
City News
Toronto’s Art Battle takes a page from the reality TV playbook
In an attempt to fill the reality arts entertainment void left by Canadian Idol, Toronto’s Art Battle pits would-be Picassos...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
Food & Drink
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
Sex worker and
Anora
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
Deep Dives
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
Food & Drink
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
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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