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Lady Gaga in Toronto: duet with Maria Aragon and bizarre airport arrival
Lady Gaga , the queen of wacky outfits, arrived in Toronto yesterday in style—and by in style, we mean she was wearing purple...
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Canada’s YouTube star-on-the-rise, Maria Aragon, to perform with Lady Gaga tonight at the ACC
Talk about dreams coming true: Winnipeg’s Maria Aragon will grace the stage tonight at the Air Canada Centre with pop star...
Culture
Roll over, Bieber: two new Canadian tweens with big voices take YouTube by storm
Justin who? While the Biebs may have been a YouTube sensation from an early age, a new generation (yes, newer than Bieber) of...
City News
Mad magazine puts Justin Bieber on its cover, reminds everyone it still exists
Well, this settles it— Justin Bieber is officially everywhere . Appearing at MuchMusic last week and on SNL this past weekend...
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Report: Tony Clement beats Stephen Harper on Twitter; most MPs are still pre-2002
How do modern politics and social media mix? Not well, it seems. A new report by digital public affairs strategist and...
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The five best Canadian Grammy performances
With a bumper crop of Canadian artists set to perform at next week’s Grammy Awards—the Arcade Fire , Justin Bieber and Drake...
City News
When Liberals attack—or “clarify”—they still somehow mess it up
Between the Conservative ads out earlier this week , the “leaked” NDP memo about how awesomely ready they are , and the news...
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G20 police caught accidentally telling the truth in YouTube video: “This ain’t Canada right now”
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a policeman does something foolish/arbitrary/thuggish during the G20 weekend, gets...
Culture
Broken Social Scene to live stream upcoming NYC show
After two packed shows this past December at the Sound Academy, Broken Social Scene is getting ready to embark on the second half...
Culture
Wonder no more: Queen West becomes 8-bit video game on Youtube
Having grown up with the sore thumbs that only the original Nintendo controllers could give, we always wondered what Queen West...
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Toronto’s five best and worst political moments of 2010
As 2010 winds down, we can’t help but think of what a crazy year it’s been in Toronto politics. The city has had the kind of...
City News
Justin Bieber continues Internet domination over Lady Gaga, Eminem
When it comes to who makes headlines these days, it turns out hormonal teenage girls with a penchant for dreamy side-swept bangs...
Culture
Gordon Pinsent is bringing Babar back
First Bieber, now Babar? Lately, it would seem that 80-year-old self-proclaimed Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent has a penchant for...
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Lake Shore “sizzle reel” removed from YouTube
Earlier today, we noticed that the Lake Shore "sizzle reel" had been removed from YouTube due to "a copyright claim by Canadian...
City News
That was fast! The Lake Shore backlash has begun
Not since “ Sneezing Panda ” has a YouTube video created this much of a stir. First, Toronto hated Lake Shore, then the...
City News
George Smitherman, Rick Mercer and other Canadian gays appear in It Gets Better video series
Tim Gunn did one . Hillary Clinton did one . Hell, Barack Obama did one . Seems as though making an It Gets Better video has...
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Cast and crew of Priscilla Queen of the Desert make “It Gets Better” video
If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, you've likely heard about the massively successful It Gets Better Project. The video series...
City News
Social media in Toronto’s election: a sampling of blunders
One of the much talked-about aspects of Calgary’s recent election has been how Naheed Nenshi successfully transformed social...
City News
A modest proposal for Toronto politics: more Bolivia-style junk shots
It’s video like this (at left) that makes us want to learn more about Latin American politics. In a soccer match designed to...
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YouTube backlash: Adam Giambrone’s TTC opus proves once again that he just can’t do video
Adam Giambrone hasn't been a candidate for mayor since The Incident , but even he wants to get in on the game that Rob Ford and...
City News
Comparing the Ford and Smitherman financial plans: different ideas, same big question marks
Coincidences are rare in politics, so it makes perfect sense that the two leading contenders to be mayor of Toronto released their...
City News
Justin Bieber’s total screen time on CSI: 3 minutes, 25 seconds
Remember those teaser clips of Justin Bieber’s appearance on the season premiere of CSI ? Well, those are pretty much all the...
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Rob Ford-Old Spice parody ad equal parts terrifying, hilarious
A tweet from Torontoist sent us in the direction of this YouTube video poking fun at both Rob Ford and those endemic (read:...
City News
Rob Ford unveils transit plan: remove streetcars, get cyclists off roads, expand subway only in burbs
Well the last horse has finally crossed the finish line: the Rob Ford campaign has put out a transit policy, allowing us to...
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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
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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
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
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“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
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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