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Scot Wortley: Guns and gangs expert

Even after what felt like a rash of violence over...

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_Politics

The long odds on using a Toronto casino to bridge the city’s budget gap

If you want to know where the profits from gambling...

Hermes

_Local News

Come for the Birkin bags, stay for the Bridle Path house auction

On a cold, wet Sunday afternoon, three muddy white...

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_Places

What Goes on in There?: Hacklab.to

In the heart of Kensington Market, sandwiched between...

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_Local News

Never mind the condo construction behind that fancy hoarding

Toronto has more high-rise construction than any city...

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_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Sandy does Toronto

When post–tropical storm Sandy made landfall Monday...

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_Local News

Graphic Content: Golden ideas at TEDxToronto

The theme of this year’s TEDxToronto conference,...

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_Local News

A different kind of student council

Last Saturday in City Hall’s council chambers, there...

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_Food and Drink

All-Canadian cred

When it launched in 2009, Hop City produced a respectable...

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_Parenting

The best of November

1. Soulpepper’s Alligator Pie brings the comical...

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_Society

These balls are made for walk offs

During Fashion Week, on the Thompson Hotel’s rooftop...

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_Food and Drink

Pop goes the root beer

With less sugar than most root beers, the ones at...

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_Parenting

My son’s not playing hockey because hockey breeds jerks

Twenty years after leaving high school, here’s what...

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_Food and Drink

Not young. Not restless. Still killing it.

It was a busy Thursday night in the large, bright...

Carl Heinrich

_Food and Drink

Young blood

Bio: Having made a name for himself while cooking...

Depression

_Advice

You’re not stupid. You’re depressed

I think I know what you’re going to say, but I believe...

brain

_Parenting

Mini Trend: Family meditation

Does family life stress you out? Does your work life...

dkny

_Fashion

This week in style: Nov. 1-7

■ Hit up the ATM for Platinum Sales Agency’s...

wine

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Dinner-party gift bottles

Osborne Pedro Ximénez 1827 Premium Sweet Sherry, $...

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_Real Estate

In the market for… A crib by the St. Clair streetcar

The price: $399,900. Last sold for $126,000 (1998...

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_Music

Show us your axe

After complaints that his oft-out-of-tune guitar collection...

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_Arts

What do you say, Fran Lebowitz?

Fran Lebowitz is almost as famous for her pernicious...

Flight

_Film

Flight

Starring Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly. Written...

Angelababy and Mark Chao in First Time

_Film

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Though the world’s cinematic output comes in innumerable...

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_Film

Wreck-It Ralph

Starring John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman. Written...

Midnights Children

_Film

Midnight’s Children

Starring Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami. Written by...

How to Survive a Plague

_Film

How to Survive a Plague

Directed by David France. 14A. 110 min. Opens Nov...

Manborg

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Manborg

Starring Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks. Written by...

Putins Kiss

_Film

Putin’s Kiss

Directed by Lise Birk Pedersen. STC. 85 min. Screens...

Kendrick Lamar

_Music

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city

Towards the end of his aggressively eclectic 2011...

luyas

_Music

The Luyas: Animator

Boasting a unique vibe that blends singer/guitarist...

taylor

_Music

Taylor Swift: Red

Much ado has been made about the fact that sweet-as...

wallflowers

_Music

The Wallflowers: Glad All Over

For The Wallflowers’ first album since 2005’s...

whitney

_Music

Whitney Rose: Whitney Rose

Cameron House Records’ latest release is by Whitney...

nadja

_Music

Nadja: Dagdrøm

Atmospheric doom metal duo Nadja are easily one of...

neil young

_Music

The politics of fandom

The history of pop music is one defined by rigid rivalries...

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_Film

Lost in translation

Like many readers who loved Salman Rushdie’s Midnight...

bands

_Music

We’ve got you covered

Writing songs is great and all, but sometimes you...

Miss Caledonia

_Theatre

Miss Caledonia

Written and performed by Melody A. Johnson. Directed...

Scapin

_Theatre

Les Fourberies de Scapin (Scapin’s Deceits)

Starring Nicolas Van Burek. Written by Molière....

Hours that Remain

_Theatre

The Hours That Remain

Starring Tara Beagan, Eli Ham, Keira Loughran. Written...