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The Pink Tartan show, where even hockey players Luke Schenn and Tie Domi came to party
The Pink Tartan show was one of the hottest tickets at fashion week. The front row was packed with Toronto's glitterati, like...
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Toronto society turns out for the Joe Fresh show and celeb model Crystal Renn
Joe Fresh Style, as we all know, is the show to see and be seen at each season. And, since it conveniently follows the Pink Tartan...
City News
Karl Lagerfeld opposes gay marriage, plus eight other things learned from his interview with Bruce LaBruce
Toronto filmmaker slash smarty-pants smut-monger Bruce LaBruce’ s Q&A with designer Karl Lagerfeld in Vice has been circulating...
Style
Miss J. finds Toronto’s next top runway model
“Would our first model please come out?” cooed Miss J., the statuesque America's Next Top Model runway coach, in the Bloor...
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Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to Toronto
The Sex and the City star and newly minted president and chief creative officer of fashion label Halston is packing her bags for a...
Food & Drink
Is Cinq 01 the new Amber?
After finding success among the socialites with Yorkville’s Amber, nightclub king Toufik Sarwa opened Cinq 01 to create a more...
Food & Drink
New York legend Scott Conant to open new restaurant in Toronto
Shinan Govani finally had some food gossip to dish up this past weekend. Rumour has it that renowned chef Scott Conant is coming...
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Style
Canadian designer Mark Fast declines to give clothes to Lady Gaga, gives them to Topshop instead
Just before the holidays, we predicted that Canadian designer Mark Fast would be thrust into the spotlight in 2010. Three short...
Style
Life in the Fast lane: Canadian designer Mark Fast returns home after turning heads in London
With such magazines as Rolling Stone, ID , In Style , Elle , Harper’s Bazaar and nine editions of Vogue...
Style
Just opened: Hugo Boss debuts Yorkville flagship
The Mink Mile's newest resident is Hugo Boss. The office wear outfitter recently opened a store on Bloor Street, where Bemelmans...
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Bustle puts on a hopping show with Rick Mercer, Shinan Govani and Stacy McKenzie
Who says Canadians don't appreciate their own celebs? With cameos from Rick Mercer, gossip columnist Shinan Govani and model...
Food & Drink
On the festival’s penultimate night, Shinan Govani and Barry Avrich held a fête for Boldface Names
“Another book launch party?” we asked. “This is number three—officially,” said the paperback writer in Prada. Third...
Culture
Shinanigans ensue at Holts Café book bash
Amid TIFF hoopla, the National Post ’s society and celebrity ink slinger, Shinan Govani , held a launch for his book Boldface...
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Culture
Dignity helps when trying to party with Nicolas Cage, Fergie and Keanu at the InStyle bash
“We want the king, we want the king!” At first we couldn’t decipher what the overzealous crowd was chanting, but as we drew...
Culture
Today at TIFF: September 15, 2009
Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings. • Monterey Pop free public...
Culture
We don’t care about the young folks: the Park Hyatt is overrun with stargazing 20-somethings
Did Gossip Girl put out an APB directing all 19-year-old girls from the GTA to the Park Hyatt roof? The hotel has been so...
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Culture
Five things reporters did while waiting for Mary J. Blige at the One X One party
We spent the majority of last night down by the gusty lake shore where Mary J. Blige performed a set at the Kool Haus for the One...
Culture
We chat with George Clooney at last night’s Men Who Stare at Goats after party on the Bridle Path
Women who stare at George Clooney ? All of them. No exceptions. There’s no point in pretending. We had only to follow the female...
Culture
More from the party on the Bridle Path with Clooney, Bateman and a pack of goats
One of the most exclusive parties at TIFF was nowhere near downtown. Instead it was in a mansion on the Bridle Path known as The...
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Harry Rosen party turns into an electro mash-up extravaganza with Steve Nash
When we arrived at the Harry Rosen party last night (the event’s special guest was Steve Nash ) we knew exactly what we were...
Food & Drink
Corey Mintz’s review of Café du Lac sparks Twitter drama
It’s was a tad more intriguing than the typical Twitter fight when several fake Corey Mintz accounts were created this week...
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The List: Shinan Govani
In the latest installment of The List, we talk to gossip gadfly turned novelist, Shinan Govani—whose first book, Boldface...
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Decoding the real and imagined T.O. restaurants in Shinan Govani’s new novel
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Wines of the World
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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