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What went down at the 2025 Biblio Bash party
With appearances by Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Heather O’Neill and Mayor Olivia Chow
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Memoir
“I dropped out of high school due to ADHD and depression. Public libraries saved my life—and now I’m getting my master’s degree”
Nancy Dutra found refuge in local libraries, self-teaching her way to a GED, a bachelor’s degree and now graduate school
City News
What went down at the 2024 Biblio Bash party
Authors Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Carley Fortune and Joshua Knelman were in attendance
City News
“We can pack 850 food hampers in two hours”: How the Toronto Public Library turned its branches into food banks
In less than an hour, more than 130 library staff has volunteered to help out
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Culture
Twelve must-read comic books in the Toronto Public Library’s digital collection, as chosen by the city’s top comics artists
Including Miles Morales as
Spider-Man, Shirtless Bear-Fighter
and "
Harry Potter with assassins instead of wizards"
Culture
Ten hidden gems on Kanopy, the Toronto Public Library’s new movie-streaming service
Including
The Look of Silence, Breathless, I Am Not Your Negro
and many more
Life
Inside Drag Queen Storytime, the Toronto library’s fiercest kids’ reading series
RuPaul’s Drag Race
meets
Reading Rainbow
at Toronto's Inside Drag Queen Storytime series
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Life
What books did people want Toronto Public Library to ban?
Another year of people complaining about library books
Life
Thirteen fascinating artifacts about booze and gambling in turn-of-the-century Toronto
Inside the Toronto Reference Library's
Vice and Virtue
exhibition
Culture
The 10 best films on Toronto Public Library’s free Netflix-style streaming service
A David Cronenberg hit, the film that inspired
The Magnificent Seven
and more
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Life
Here are the books and movies people tried to get removed from Toronto’s public libraries last year
What made people angry in 2015?
Culture
A symphonic
Psycho
screening, a Wes Anderson–inspired ball and eight other things to do this Halloween weekend
Things to do instead of (or in addition to) handing out candy
Culture
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because our new library is a modern Agora
Just south of the Scarborough Civic Centre is the Toronto Public Library’s 100th branch—a capstone for the busiest urban...
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Culture
Drink lots of beer, see a bunch of documentaries and eight other things to do this week
Drink and dance at spring’s hottest beer festival Toronto’s Festival of Beer combines two summer traditions: outdoor booze...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto 2014: #17. Because the Library is a High-Tech Manufacturing Hub
A 3-D printer has nothing in common with the typical inkjet. The ones used by the TPL cost around $2,400 each, and are about the...
City News
SLIDESHOW: The
Toronto Star
gives a century’s worth of photos to Toronto Public Library
During a press event this morning, Toronto Public Library announced that the Toronto Star has donated its entire archive of...
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Real Estate News
Fort York gets the ultimate condo amenity: a flashy new public library
The new Fort York library , which will have its official ribbon-cutting on Thursday, will be Toronto Public Library's 99th...
City News
Someone tried to get
Hop on Pop
banned from Toronto libraries
Toronto Public Library occasionally gets requests from people who want a particular book, movie or audio recording removed from...
City News
Toronto Public Library now offers free, streaming movies
It's not quite Netflix , but it's free (as long as you've got a library card). Earlier today, Toronto Public Library announced the...
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City News
Toronto Public Library is thinking about offering a free-to-use, Netflix-like service
Nothing is finalized yet, but a spokesperson says that Toronto Public Library is in the process of negotiating a deal with Hoopla...
Today in Toronto: A Craigslist Cantata, The Book Lover’s Ball and more
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata This musical by Vancouver singer- composer Veda Hill and CBC host Bill...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15
Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...
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City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 24, because our favourite library is stacked
Late last year, ultra-hip book lovers could be seen carrying replica Toronto Public Library tote bags identical to the original...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 30 to May 6
Monday, April 30 Tuesday, May 1 Wednesday, May 2 Thursday, May 3 Friday, May 4 Saturday, May 5 Sunday, May 6
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
Big Stories
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
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
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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
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