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Arcade Fire
Culture
Canada’s answer to
The Great British Bake Off,
an Arcade Fire show and eight other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of October 30
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Food & Drink
Jen Agg doesn’t play nice
How the Black Hoof's incredibly talented, occasionally savage restaurateur built her trendsetting, cocktail-slinging mini-empire
Culture
What happens when you put Helen Mirren, Moby, Paul Haggis and the Arcade Fire together in a castle?
As the sunset loomed over Casa Loma last night, partygoers arrived at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser and posed for...
Food & Drink
Q&A: Jen Agg, Toronto’s most loved and loathed restaurateur
Since opening The Black Hoof in 2008, Jen Agg has established herself as one of the most influential—and divisive—restaurant...
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Food & Drink
See Arcade Fire and Constantines on the same stage
It’s been a good few years for Arcade Fire . When The Suburbs snagged Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2011, hardly anyone...
Culture
PHOTO: Rob Ford joins Arcade Fire on stage at the ACC, sort of
Arcade Fire asked audience members to dress up in "formal attire or costume" during shows on the band's Reflektor tour, and, at...
Culture
SPOTTED: Trump (JoGo, Emma Watson) vs. Khabouth (Ewan McGregor, KStew) edition
Festival favourites continued to make their way to the Trump Tower over the last few days. Looper’ s Joseph Gordon-Levitt and...
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Culture
TIFF PARTY: Jude Law and Alexander Skarsgård get hearts thumping at the Artists for Peace and Justice luncheon
There’s likely no better way to spend a late-summer Saturday afternoon than at a garden party at a lush Rosedale...
City News
Camera: rock stars vs. movie stars at Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
U of T President’s Lodge, September 8. Attendees shelled out $1,250 a head to hobnob with celebrities at the Artists for Peace...
Food & Drink
These Booths Were Made for Gawking: who sits where at La Société
The cuisine is supremely so-so, but the glitzy atmosphere and A-plus people-watching at La Société—the crown jewel of...
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Culture
Neil Young performs “Helpless” with Arcade Fire
Canadians took the Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco by storm, as Neil Young performed alongside...
Culture
Reaction roundup: Arcade Fire wins the 2011 Polaris Prize
Montreal rockers Arcade Fire had a big year in 2011—they won Junos and a Grammy, and as of yesterday, the esteemed Polaris...
Culture
TIFF Weekend Roundup: the best fashion, spottings and gossip
As usual, the opening weekend of TIFF meant an overdose of red carpets and parties, but we’ve still got our eyes and ears glued...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Every famous person ever (well, almost) at Grey Goose Soho House last night
Apparently, David Cronenberg knows how to throw a party: pretty much every celebrity currently in town for TIFF attended the...
Culture
Polaris Prize shortlist announced, and it’s Toronto-heavy
Considering the long list for the Polaris Music Prize was—by our calculations— 30 per cent Toronto bands , it’s no surprise...
Culture
The Polaris Music Prize long list was announced yesterday at The Drake, and it contains 30 per cent Toronto bands
Yesterday at the Drake Hotel’s Sky Yard, the long list for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize was announced. The list, compiled by a...
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Food & Drink
Thursday’s NXNE picks: Evening Hymns, The Luyas, Deerhoof and more
We’re still reeling from last night’s indie music extravaganza, so we’re going to let the good times keep rolling and offer...
City News
Easiest game ever: guess which party leader Arcade Fire isn’t supporting in this election?
For those wondering where the all-powerful indie hipster vote was going to fall, Arcade Fire has spoken from the oracle that is...
City News
Buck 65 and Jully Black talk about awards, ambition and the all-powerful Internet
The place: Hub Coffee House and Locavorium on Shaw. The people: hip hopper Buck 65 and R&B singer Jully Black. The subject:...
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Culture
Dispatches from the Brit Awards: Twitter reveals little animosity between Justin Bieber and Brit winners Arcade Fire
The Grammys have come and gone, but the animosity Justin Bieber fans have unleashed at poor Esperanza Spalding —the musician who...
Culture
Our four favourite Canadian moments from the Grammys last night
Last night’s Grammy Awards were both a triumph and kick in the cojones for Canadian music. The Arcade Fire shocked just about...
Culture
“Who are The Suburbs?” and other laughably ignorant reactions to the Arcade Fire’s Grammy win
The funniest thing about the Grammys last night wasn’t on the Grammys at all. It was on Tumblr, where one genius compiled all...
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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...
Culture
More buzz on Arcade Fire’s war of words with filmmaker Vincent Moon
Indie darlings-cum-big name band Arcade Fire have been in the news a lot lately—first with recently announced Grammy and Juno...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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