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Notes from underground

As Mohammad Mahjoub exited the federal court building...

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_People

Scott McGillivray: real-estate guru

On season seven of Income Property, Canada’s hunkiest...

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_Local News

Graphic Content: Plowed under

Last weekend’s snowstorm created thousands of frustrated...

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_Politics

Why attack a straw man when we can discuss his ideas instead?

Recently, I told a daily-newspaper reporter that,...

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_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Snow madness

That massive dump of snow that seems to have disappeared...

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_Sexuality

Five Things We Learned at… The Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair

Contrary to your greatest fears, there is no chance...

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_Places

How’s Business?: Yiorgos the Cobbler

In 1970, Yiorgos “George” Aslanidis emigrated...

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_Food and Drink

Totally fried

Stephen Watson picks up a slender halibut filet and...

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_Food and Drink

I am ssam

Homemade kimchi is roasted with butter, then wok-fried...

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_Society

From digital dating to analog encounters

I recently agreed to a group blind date with three...

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_Advice

Single on Valentine’s Day? Don’t let it bring you down

The guy I dated for the past four months just broke...

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Midoco’s masterpieces

Even artists need to get organized from time to time...

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_Real Estate

There’s no such thing as the perfect home

The perfect home exists in our minds and in our dreams...

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_Real Estate

January real estate, by the numbers

Average price of a home in Rexdale and northwest...

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_Arts

Tragic comics

Quebec-bred, Washington State–based Geneviève Castr...

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_Music

On the same Wavelength

This week marks the (lucky!) 13th anniversary of treasured...

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_Theatre

What do you say, Ennis Esmer?

Getting dumped by the theatre helped him find his...

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_Music

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away

It’s tempting to attribute the hushed, downtempo...

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

_Film

A Good Day to Die Hard

Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney. Written by Skip...

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_Music

Foals: Holy Fire

Since they emerged in 2008 with their obtuse, exhausting...

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_Music

This Mess: States

This Mess aren’t shy about advertising their ’...

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Toro Y Moi: Anything In Return

American artist Toro Y Moi (a.k.a. Chazwick Bundick...

Safe Haven

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Safe Haven

Starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel. Written by...

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_Film

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray...

Some Kind of Wonderful

_Film

TIFF Next Wave Film Festival

It’s never easy to make a movie about high school...

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Shadows of Liberty

Directed by Jean-Philippe Tremblay. PG. 93 min. Feb...

Beautiful Creatures

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Beautiful Creatures

Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert. Written...

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A Valentine’s Day guide to anti-romance movies

Are you lovesick? And by that I mean are you sick...

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The Argument: Want great narratives? Video games are where it’s at.

AMC’s The Walking Dead—which made its midseason...

Shakespeare's Nigga

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Shakespeare’s Nigga

Starring Sascha Cole, David Collins, John Jarvis, ...

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_Theatre

Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata

Starring Dmitry Chepovetsky, Bree Greig, Daren A....

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_Theatre

The Power of Harriet T!

Starring Oyin Oladejo, Dienye Waboso. Written by Michael...

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Rare

Created and performed by the RARE ensemble. Co-created...