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50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 37, The TDSB is teaching students to i-Think
The TDSB knows something about complex problems—it’s facing more than a few, including a budget deficit, declining enrolments...
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50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 16, A leg-powered, flapping-wing aircraft took flight
The ancient Greeks hypothesized about human-powered flight. Leonardo da Vinci sketched it. R. Kelly wrote a song about it. Last...
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Ignatieff resigns from politics and returns to the Ivory Tower
On Tuesday morning, Michael Ignatieff publicly announced his resignation as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada . By...
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Kissinger versus Ferguson: three things we hope to see at the next Munk Debates
It’s interesting—in the “kind of weird” sense of the term—that an academic debate hosted by the University of Toronto...
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The Weekender: Drake Spring Market, Hot Docs and six other events on our to-do list
1. DRAKE SPRING MARKET ( ) By some miracle, this Saturday’s forecast promises a one-day respite from the non-stop April showers...
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Rick Mercer gets the youth vote out, Conservatives shut it back in
Rick Mercer might actually be the most powerful spokesperson for the youth vote in Canada. After years of national hand-wringing...
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“Toronto is the centre of the universe. Let’s just admit it and move on”—the Star’s not afraid to go there
An opinion piece with an opening like that is destined to raise a few eyebrows—and some blood pressure outside of the 416—but...
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Astro Boy: Q&A with Ray Jayawardhana, a U of T prof in search of life on other planets
Already famous on Earth, U of T astronomy prof Ray Jayawardhana searches for life on other planets So, everyone calls you RayJay?...
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A one-on-one throwdown between Harper and Ignatieff could be the most Toronto-centric idea ever
An idea for the most Toronto-centric debate ever was floated yesterday: Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff in a head-to-head...
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The Weekender: Blue Rodeo hockey, blind tequila tasting and Earth Hour stargazing
1. SNAP! 2011 Over 16,000 Torontonians are living with HIV/AIDS right now, and two more are infected every day. That’s why this...
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Culture
AGO intern solves long-standing photo attribution mystery
A new exhibition opening this Saturday at the Art Gallery of Ontario proves that interns are, in fact, worth their weight in...
Culture
Best Actress Oscar Curse: a U of T study shows there’s some truth to it, but can it predict this Sunday’s winner?
Our ears perked up last month when we heard about a study out of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management that...
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Two and a half cities: Hulchanksi sees a bleak, bleak future for Toronto
Three years ago the University of Toronto’s David Hulchanski produced a report titled “The Three Cities Within Toronto,”...
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Robarts Library immortalized in hip-hop ode
It was only a matter of time before a trio of bored U of T students put down their textbooks, ignored their midterms, sat down to...
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University of Toronto ponders what to do about its $1.1-billion deficit
The shockwaves of the 2008 recession are still travelling through the economy, even as countries struggle to get back on their...
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Maclean’s asks if U of T is “too Asian”
Apparently, the arrival of excellent students is a problem in Canada’s universities. The 20th edition of Maclean’s University...
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The busiest man in Toronto: five things we learned from Robert Prichard
If you’ve lived in Toronto over the past decade, Robert Prichard has touched your life. The man has been active throughout the...
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What evil lurks: sexual assault is a serious problem at universities, and our schools are overlooking the solution
York University’s Vanier College welcome brochures contain helpful information for frosh week. They list clubs to join and an...
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Toronto’s cyclists work on their latest escape plan should Rob Ford become mayor
If our two-wheeled readers find themselves wondering how they’ll get out of Toronto after Mayor Ford has won the War on the...
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It had to happen: Toronto mayoral candidates suffer from debate overload
Last night, the inevitable finally occurred. With approximately one squillion debates scheduled for this municipal election, some...
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283 University of Toronto students’ diplomas recalled due to typo
This will cause a lot of gloating around the offices of such institutions as Carleton, Ryerson and York, we imagine. A typo on the...
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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The Weekender: Buskerfest, Fake Prom and six other events on our to-do list
1. LIVE GREEN TORONTO FESTIVAL As a locavore trend, backyard chicken coops are so three years ago; the latest—and more...
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The Star turns to soothsaying in pondering Michael Ignatieff’s future
Times are tough for the University of Toronto. The hallowed faculty of arts and sciences is looking at a $60-million deficit. When...
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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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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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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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