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“My dress arrived at the end of February, and then, well, Covid”: How Toronto grads are celebrating prom this year
Eight Grade 12 students describe the ins and outs of socially distanced proms, look forward to the fall and flaunt their fashions
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Dear Urban Diplomat: should I tell my new husband that his teen daughter’s on the Pill?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently married a man who has a 15-year-old daughter, and I accidentally discovered she’s on the...
City News
Fetal Position: inside the world of Lia Mills, the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of anti-abortion activists
Lia Mills didn’t start Grade 7 with a plan to become famous. The year was 2009, and she was enrolled in a gifted class at Gordon...
City News
Nicholas Hune-Brown: How to die on Facebook
When you’re dead, your Facebook page becomes a permanent digital gravestone, and your family and friends (and quite possibly...
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Toronto District School Board acknowledges reality and allows young folk to bring cellphones to school
We’ll wager that this is going to make the deliberations about advertising on screens in schools a bit harder: on Thursday the...
Culture
Skins recap, episode 8: the show that gets high school right—except when it doesn’t
In this week’s fairly heavy-handed opening sequence of Skins , we learn that Daisy is the member of the gang “who fixes...
City News
Skins teens showing too much skin? Scantily clad 17-year-old actors arouse controversy in new Elle photo shoot
What to do when ratings are slipping? If you’re a member of the Skins cast, the answer is easy: strip down to your skivvies and...
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Memoir: my son was a leader, in life and in death
On a warm night last August, some 2,000 teenagers gathered for an end-of-summer party at Woodbine Beach. My 17-year-old...
City News
TV screens coming to Toronto schools, students may briefly look up from their iPhones and notice
When money’s tight, firms look for new revenue streams, so this story isn’t really all that big a deal—except that the...
Culture
MTV’s Skins gets high school right—except when it doesn’t
The first instalment of Skins aired last night on MTV Canada, and though it entertained us, it underwhelmed in the OMFG...
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Dalton McGuinty thinks kids should have cellphones in classrooms
Dalton McGuinty wants to lift a ban? What is this, opposite day? Premier McPrude—a man who has banned everything from pesticides...
Culture
Slash parties at Tattoo Rock Parlour with a troupe of bodyguards
When we heard that Slash, the epic rock icon from Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver was “hosting” (read: sitting in a private...
City News
Proactiv finds the most perfect spokesperson: Justin Bieber
To have Justin Bieber as the face of a product is to hit the marketing jackpot, but to have that product targeted primarily...
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Best of the City 2010: nine fun-filled activities, from karaoke to tennis
Family tennis club Rosedale Tennis Club Rosedale Park, 20 Scholfield Ave., 416-922-7906 City racquet enthusiasts usually have two...
City News
Teenage Sex and the City
We now know where parents, teachers and politicians stand on the too-hot-to-handle subject of sex ed, but we haven’t heard from...
City News
I-Doser MP3s (a.k.a. digital drugs) all the rage among cheap teenagers looking to get high
Getting high the old-fashioned way is apparently getting too inconvenient: Health Canada sells mostly shwag, and even mayoral...
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New cellphone carriers cutting into big three’s turf; expect bloodshed, more annoying ads
It’s a classic tale of David vs. Goliath—that is, if Goliath, instead of getting his head chopped off, just adjusted his...
City News
Beauty queen puts foot in mouth, reminds us of Mel Lastman
There's an argument for having beauty pageant contestants warn young people about body image and eating disorders, but none seem...
Food & Drink
Young people resort to subterfuge to learn cooking secrets from Corey Mintz
When teenagers lie about their age, they are usually trying to get into a club or buy a skull-shaped bottle of vodka . Not the...
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LCBO bans Dan Aykroyd’s cool-looking vodka-filled skull
Former (and possibly future ) Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd has offered a drink to Ontario liquor stores, only to be turned down like an...
City News
Sexting for the public good
Toronto has become the first Canadian city to offer a texting service for teens and young adults in need of sexual health...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
Almost
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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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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand