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The Scotiabank Theatre’s escalator is broken for TIFF and everyone is freaking out
How Twitter reacted to Canada's latest national embarassment
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A Blue Jays art show, an all-you-can-eat fundraiser and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of October 13
Food & Drink
Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of January 31–February 2
In this edition of The Weekender, a frigid bike ride, a kimono exhibit and three other things to do in Toronto this...
Culture
Today at TIFF (Sunday, Sept. 16th): Last day, last chance to catch TIFF
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 9 a.m. Love, Marilyn at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema • 9...
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Today at TIFF (Saturday, Sept. 15): Bad 25 North American premiere, Song for Marion and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 9 a.m. Venus and Serena special presentation at the Bloor...
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Today at TIFF (Thursday, Sept. 13): Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Twice Born and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 12 p.m. Love, Marilyn screening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema...
Culture
Today at TIFF (Wednesday, Sept. 12): Love, Marilyn gala, A Royal Affair, and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 12 p.m. Disconnect special presentation at Ryerson Theatre...
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Today at TIFF (Monday, Sept. 10): Antiviral, Hyde Park on Hudson and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 10 a.m. Alternative Africa: Filmmakers in Markets Without...
Culture
QUOTED: How a bunch of TIFF filmgoers conquered the Scotiabank Theatre stairs
– Kiva Reardon, a film writer, on the moral support offered to moviegoers left with no choice but to climb the vertigo-inducing...
City News
The Hunger Games red carpet draws celebrities and hyperventilating teens
Yesterday afternoon, at the Scotiabank Theatre, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Alexander Ludwig walked the red carpet for the...
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Culture
Roger Ebert is in the building: five reasons we’re happy to have the world’s best-known film critic in town
We’d feign resistance to making this terrible pun, but there’s really no way around it, so here it goes: Roger Ebert touched...
Culture
SPOTTED: Geoffrey Rush standing outside the Scotiabank Theatre on Richmond Street
After a lucky TIFF volunteer escorted one of the stars of last year’s buzziest films —Cadillac People’s Choice...
City News
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 hits Toronto with a premiere and a Hogwarts-themed party at Casa Loma
It may be surprising to some (no one) that Harry Potter is a big deal for small children, teens, adults and the elderly. It was...
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The Weekender: Nixon in China, Kuumba and six other events on our to-do list
1. FRIDAY AFTER FIVE: DINNER AND A MOVIE This edition of the Gardiner Museum’s popular Friday night event features a screening...
Culture
Guillaume Canet narrowly escapes disaster at his Little White Lies premiere
Director and actor Guillaume Canet almost cancelled his own premiere for Little White Lies at Roy Thomson Hall because there was a...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Roald Dahl Festival, the Cake Boss and six other events on our to-do list
1. TIFF It’s that time again—the time of celeb stalking, party crashing, 4 a.m. tipples and maybe catching the occasional...
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TIFF folk heave sigh of relief after confirming Scotiabank Theatre doesn’t have bedbugs
Earlier today, we reported that TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey and Cineplex Odeon were scrambling to do damage control after a...
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Bedbug scare at the Scotiabank Theatre sets off pre-TIFF firestorm
Forget Oscar buzz. Rumours have it that TIFF theatres are featuring something so creepy, they'll keep you up at night:...
Style
Nada’s 3-D fashion show premieres at Scotiabank Theatre
This season, Nada Shepherd, eponymous designer of the Toronto-based womenswear line Nada, skipped the fashion week brouhaha and...
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Nada Shepherd to present Canada’s first 3-D fashion show
Like several other designers, Nada Shepherd is skipping Toronto's official fashion week in order to do something more...
Culture
Today at TIFF: September 14, 2009
Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings. • Stop Making Sense free public...
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The long-distance love of Lars von Trier and Willem Dafoe
The Scotiabank Theatre screen used to project Antichrist director Lars von Trier (he refuses to fly, so he appeared at this...
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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
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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
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“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