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Torontonians will have to fly to Edmonton for Canada’s best haircut

Canada's top stylist, Tony Ricci (Image: Ara Sassoonian)

The country’s top stylists gathered in Toronto on the weekend to attend the Contessa Awards, the Oscars of their biz. But the country’s best haircut isn’t in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver, but in Edmonton. That’s where Tony Ricci, who was named hairstylist of the year, runs the Ricci Hair Co. Ricci was also honoured with three other awards, including a nod for the entire salon team. Some local talent was recognized; the Toronto winners, after the jump.

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The power of love: Céline Dion has more babies

The woman who struggles to write a song without the word “love” in the title has two more reasons to be all mushy-gushy: that’s right, Céline Dion finally had some more babies. She and René Angélil have been trying to conceive since early last year—she didn’t sing in the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics because she was undergoing fertility treatment. Apparently the treatment took. On Saturday morning, she gave birth to healthy twin boys in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. The couple was obviously overjoyed, but what is surprising is that they managed to find a doctor, Ruel Stoessel, who’s as over-the-top lovey-dovey as the singer. 

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Here comes the bride: nine stunning wedding gowns

This week on Style, we’ll be posting several pieces from Toronto Life’s first-ever Wedding Guide. The guide is on newsstands now (you can also order it on-line) and is packed with recommendations for planners, florists, venues, registries, hairstylists, DJs, caterers, cake designers, makeup artists, photographers and more.

Finding the dream dress is arguably the most important part of planning a wedding. We’ve found nine stunning gowns (from $600 to $13,000) that will stand the test of time. View the slide show >>

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Torontonians score the most honours at the national hairstyling awards

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A style from top Ontario stylist Robert Barbosa (Photo by Justin Borbely)

While most people were gorging themselves on tiny chocolate bars and mini-bags of chips on the weekend, the country’s aesthetic elite were attending their version of the Oscars, the Contessa Awards. Held at the Sheraton, this was the 21st edition of the Contessas, which recognize excellence in hair, makeup and nails.

Though the title hairstylist of the year went to Vancouver’s Chad Taylor, and the award for the top salon went to Glam in Montreal, Torontonians took home the most awards (but, hey, who’s counting?). After the jump, the Toronto winners.

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