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Today at TIFF: Hysteria gala presentation, The Day midnight madness screening and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 10 a.m. The Story of Film: An Odyssey • 6:30 p.m. A Happy Event...
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Coco Rocha to appear in Greta Constantine show tonight
A-list models are usually the calling card of the Joe Fresh Style show (see: Crystal Renn, Irina Lazareanu ), but at tonight's...
Culture
Today at TIFF: A Beginner’s Guide to Endings, Janie Jones, Frankie Knuckles and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6 p.m. Aftershock at Visa Screening Room (Elgin) • 6:30 p.m. A...
Culture
Where to get a TIFF drink: the film festival’s 44 spots with 4 a.m. licences
The arrival of TIFF always demands answers to three crucial questions: which celebs are coming to town, what are the best flicks...
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Stars, City and Colour and Gord Downie headlining TIFF-timed music showcase
As if we weren't going to be distracted enough by the dozens of screenings and parties, a killer lineup of Canadian indie acts to...
Food & Drink
Best new restaurants 2010: James Chatto names five honourable mentions
Toronto Life 's annual ranking of the city's 10 best new restaurants is in our April issue, on newsstands now. Despite the...
Food & Drink
Toronto knock-off of Iron Chef will pit Jamie Kennedy against Ted Corrado
The second annual Stop for Food festival is pretty much a rip-off of Winterlicious and Iron Chef, but since it’s for...
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Fashion types give Haiti the double kiss
Despite a semi-controversial new study that found luxury consumers to be more selfish than frugal shoppers, fashion’s elite have...
Food & Drink
Get a sneak peek at Toronto Life’s nine new restaurant reviews
Toronto Life' s March issue hits newsstands on Thursday, but we've got a preview of the nine new restaurant reviews contained...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: Dolce Social Ballroom, condoland’s new dance club, goes after 30-somethings
Yet another dance club at King and Bathurst awaits downtown condo dwellers who made it to this side of the recession with some...
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Food & Drink
Michelle Obama on Iron Chef, Lea and Perrins recipe revealed, Canada’s cod comeback
• What is the best way to get rid of unwanted Halloween candy? Serious Eats recommends burying it in a shallow grave—a pie...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: Spice Safar
The recession may just be ending, but around King West, there are few signs it ever happened. Buca has just opened, The Roosevelt...
Food & Drink
The Roosevelt Room takes the supper club back to the future
Another supper club is opening in the Entertainment District, but before the eye rolling commences, note that The Roosevelt Room...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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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
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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
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