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City’s new recycling program takes cues from Cash for Gold
This week’s homegrown viral video comes from the municipal government, which earlier in the week released a series of...
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Culture
CBC decides people can pronounce George Stroumboulopoulos, names show after the host
CBC's late-night talk show, The Hour, will undergo some changes when its seventh season begins in September. Relying on the name...
City News
Hot or not? Shirtless men shilling Stayfree pads
Check out the creepy new Old Spice –influenced viral marketing campaign for Stayfree (at left), done by the Toronto ad firm...
City News
Watch Leslieville residents chase anti-gay Bible thumpers from their street
Toronto offers so many engaging activities for a Sunday night in the summer. A person can go to the CNE, walk along the lake shore...
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Man dances his way through the Dufferin Mall No Frills
There is nothing like having a moment alone in an aisle at the grocery store to sing or dance along to whatever Carly Simon hit is...
City News
The Justin Bieber Guide: a timeline
Just when we thought the whole world knew about Justin Bieber, we meet a friend who's heard the name but really has no clue who he...
City News
26,000 text messages later: Bieber exacts revenge by sending his Twitter army on the attack
Justin Bieber is known for handling sticky fan situations with graceful tweets (usually recommending that everyone "hang out" and...
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City News
Watch audition videos for Toronto’s Jersey Shore
Last night, Lake Shore , this city's answer to Jersey Shore , posted a "webisode" of the audition day on its Web site, and it's as...
Culture
Arcade Fire’s New York concert live on YouTube tonight
Don't have tickets for Arcade Fire' s concert at the Toronto Islands next weekend? No worries. The band will broadcast their New...
City News
Hold the phone: eight other mobiles that apparently fall victim to the Apple death grip
Yesterday, we rounded up the reactions of such companies as RIM and Nokia after a seemingly desperate Steve Jobs spread the blame...
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Darwinism at work: YouTube is the newest DIY medical school
The human quest for combining personal injury with public humiliation is always finding new frontiers to explore: in the...
Culture
Canuck movie buffs get free iPad app
Expanding your CanCon horizons just got a major techie boost courtesy of—who else?—Apple. A new app puts more than 1,000...
City News
Crushed Out: Carl Wilson on how Justin Bieber is changing the shape of celebrity for the worse
Justin Bieber changed the shape of teen celebrity. He needs to change it back, before it’s too late here are times when it’s...
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Taiwanese company’s illustration of Justin Bieber’s syphilis rumour is creepily hilarious
Thanks to language barriers and cultural divides, it is sometimes difficult to understand news coming from another...
City News
Canada’s new governor general: thinker, educator, rapper
Move over, Drake. There's a new guy about to steal the gangsta spotlight in Canada, and he just happens to be our new governor...
City News
Shopper freaks out as Eaton Centre closes during G20 protests
No doubt about it, the G20 inconvenienced a lot of people. Subways closed, roads were blocked, store windows were smashed, and...
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Culture
MTV Canada casting for Canadian reality show
MTV Canada has teamed up with MSN Messenger to create a Web series, calling on the young people of Canada to come up with a...
City News
Canadian rappers issue danceable call to arms, fuel G20 protestors’ unspecific rage
The music video for “Crash the Meeting” by local artists Test Their Logik is making the rounds on protestor sites. We see it...
City News
Google can basically show the street address of the earthquake
Amid hilarious speculation that Quebec is literally separating from the rest of Canada, there is some actual news coming out about...
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G20 critics take to YouTube with “If I Had a Billion Dollars (The Ballad of Steve and Tony)”
Canadians have reacted in any number of ways to the saga of Fake Lakegate, but few have been as endearing as this windy, Barenaked...
City News
Developers attempt to remove Justin Bieber from Internet
Considering the endless amount of fun we have following the Biebs' exploits on the Web, we're not sure why anyone would want to...
Culture
Ads for pornography better than actual porn
We’re always looking for ways to write about dirty stuff. That’s why we were so happy to see these ads for Amour, a company...
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Culture
Is a gay 26-year-old from Toronto Canada’s next Justin Bieber?
Like the Stratford busker turned YouTube sensation turned pop star before him, Toronto's Jeigh Madjus is hoping the song-and-dance...
Culture
Witness reporter embarrass himself during the Beatles’ 1966 visit to Toronto
Thank you to the CBC's Things That Go Pop blog for pointing out this hysterical video clip of a Beatles interview in Toronto circa...
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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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative