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march 23, 2013

Denizens of Toronto’s downtown core have a new neighbour these days: a hulking four-tonne cast-bronze sculpture, 

federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

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march 13, 2013

As the Caped Crusader’s sidekick Robin might put it: “Holy cross-promotion, Batman!”

Seven thousand kilometres from Toronto, in the Sistine Chapel, we have 115 cardinals choosing a new pontiff, bringing unprecedented attention to the rituals and pageantry of Roman Catholicism. Meanwhile,

march 12, 2013

Since their inception in 2000 the Governor-General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts have earned an enviable reputation for the astuteness and eclecticism of their choices. The 14th annual prizes, handed out Tuesday morning at a ceremony in Montreal organized by the Canada Council for the Arts, were no

march 11, 2013

For Patti Smith, Toronto means long nights at the SkyDome watching the Blue Jays.

Along with her husband, MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, the punk rock

march 9, 2013

On the long drive across London to meet Liz Charsley-Jory, the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s first Canadian artist-in-residence, I get hopelessly, head-swimmingly lost. After 30 minutes of spinning through roundabouts from Camberwell to Brixton, I pull into an alley beside a chicken shop, where a junkie in a ragged