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Under Asking: “Buyers are calling the shots these days.” Three realtors on why they sold at a discount
Their properties include a detached red-brick steps from U of T, a pristine semi in Greektown and a Junction Victorian with plenty of green space
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Price Check: How about a High Park condo, a semi on Ossington or an East York bungalow?
What kind of home can $1 million land you this fall? Three different neighbourhoods tell three different stories
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Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a built-from-scratch Collingwood retreat with a koi pond
The 4,800-square-foot home also comes with an elevator, heated floors, 14-foot ceilings and multiple winter-proof decks
Real Estate
The Chase: This family scoured Long Branch to upsize without uprooting
Andrea and Emile loved their neighbourhood, but their home wasn’t suited to a young family. So they set a $1.3-million budget, hoping to score more space within a few blocks. Let the search begin
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Cottage of the Week: $1.6 million for a 113-year-old Prince Edward County farmhouse
This 2,300-square-foot property comes with its original shiplap ceilings and stand-alone barn as well as a 600-bottle wine cellar and five spa-worthy bathrooms
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“We have to stop celebrating Henry Dundas”: A social advocate on why renaming Dundas Street is worth the $8.6-million price tag
Lanrick Bennett, a vocal supporter of the renaming, breaks down the street’s relationship to white supremacy and addresses the “pathetic” resistance from three former Toronto mayors
Real Estate
House of the Week: $2.7 million for a funky Oakwood Village home made for cherry blossom fans
This technicolour 2,600-square-foot property comes with a striking marble fireplace, a spa-like ensuite bathroom and a rooftop view
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Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a Renaissance-inspired Caledon escape with curves all over
This quirky 3,500-square-foot property also comes with floor-to-ceiling windows, a sunroom, multiple balconies and a giant backyard with a pool and a firepit
City
“There was preferential treatment for developers”: Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk on her scathing Greenbelt report
Lysyk’s investigation found that the Ford government’s decision to remove land from the Greenbelt was heavily influenced by a small group of developers who stand to turn a big profit. Here, she breaks down what that means
Real Estate
Cottage of the Week: $2.6 million for a Georgian Bay Township log house with a tiki bar and its own waterfall
The 2,600-square-foot getaway also comes with an enormous gable window, a portable sauna and an unbeatable view of Go Home Lake
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Price Check: How about a Roncesvalles loft, a stacked townhouse in Earlscourt or a condo at the foot of Fort York?
What is $800,000-ish fetching this summer? Three different neighbourhoods deliver three different results
Real Estate
Under Asking: “We could have got more if interest rates weren’t so high.” Three agents explain why they sold for less
Their properties include a stately red-brick near High Park, a semi in the Beaches with a fun backyard and a University Avenue penthouse with windows for days
Real Estate
Cottage of the Week: $4.3 million for a Muskoka estate with enough hardwood to make Hogwarts jealous
The 6,800-square-foot escape also has stained glass windows, a sunroom, a wine cellar, and a jumbo backyard with a pool and a hot tub
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Condo of the Week: $7.4 million for a Yorkville penthouse inspired by Parisian art deco
The 3,200-square-foot property comes with a private elevator, a 900-bottle wine rack, maple everywhere and 1,000 square feet of terraces
City
“We need tighter rent controls”: Downtown residents explain which candidates they voted for in the mayoral election and why
Torontonians share their big hopes for the city’s new leader
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“We’re in crisis mode”: A bail lawyer on backlogs and burnout at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre
Bo Arfai works in Toronto’s new amalgamated bail court. He says that an overburdened system is forcing innocent people to remain in jail and potentially breaching their Charter rights
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Under Asking: “Bidding wars are back, but buyers are wary.” Three realtors share why they went down in price
Their properties include a brick box in Long Branch, a semi with a finished basement in Corso Italia and a townhouse overlooking a courtyard in the Beaches
Real Estate
Price Check: A stately east-end throwback, a townhouse in Etobicoke or a bungalow by the Bluffs?
What kind of property will $850,000 net you this spring? Three different neighbourhoods tell three different stories
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“What if the intruder returned with a gun?”: The president of the Islamic Society of Markham on the recent surge of hate-motivated attacks
A trespasser at Qasir Nasir Khan’s mosque threatened worshippers with Islamophobic slurs and reckless driving. Three days later, another mosque was targeted
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Cottage of the Week: $4.2 million for a Muskoka getaway with a pickleball court and a boathouse
The 4,000-square-foot property also comes with giant gable windows, a gazebo hot tub and 300 feet of shoreline
City
“They’re a threat to the entire political spectrum”: This researcher is tracking how Russian bots are targeting Canadians
Marcus Kolga breaks down how foreign influence operations are spreading disinformation and jeopardizing our democracy
Real Estate
Cottage of the Week: $2.75 million for a Georgian Bay escape with eight bedrooms, 28-foot vaulted ceilings and a movie theatre
The one-acre property also comes with wacky colour-coordination, a spiral staircase and a huge covered deck overlooking the water
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Price Check: What can buyers get for $1 million and under?
How about a renovated freehold townhome in Moss Park, a century-home fixer-upper in Little Italy or a shiny condo in Swansea overlooking the lake?
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House of the Week: $2.1 million for a 1.5-acre PEC property overlooking the Bay of Quinte
This 3,300-square-foot bungalow also comes with six bedrooms, a hot tub, a patio with a firepit and a licensed Airbnb guest house
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Deep Dives
Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto
Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city
Deep Dives
Ontario’s health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up
Half a million Torontonians are without a primary care physician. The search is maddening, exhausting and often futile. Dispatches from the front lines
Deep Dives
Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
Deep Dives
Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
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Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
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The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel
In just two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. Here, she talks anti-romance snobbery, what makes a good sex scene and how sudden fame has changed her life
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
Deep Dives
My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
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The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
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This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
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This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
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This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
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This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.4 million for a gated Summerhill semi overlooking a soccer pitch
The 3,500-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two underground parking spots, landscaping service and a fireplace on the roof
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House of the Week: $4.9 million for an enormous ex-schoolhouse near Trinity Bellwoods stuffed with stunning art
The 5,000-square-foot property comes with classroom layouts, an elevator, a kooky catwalk and skylights everywhere
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House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential
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House of the Week: $4.3 million for a quirky detached near Yonge and Eglinton that was won in a lottery
The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two laundry rooms, a three-tier backyard and four bedrooms
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House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing