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Opening soon: a peek inside the Bell Lightbox, TIFF’s new home
With less than two months to the Bell Lightbox’ s grand unveiling, we put on our hard hats and rubber boots Friday to see how...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Scarpetta, the Thompson Hotel’s New York restaurant import
Chef Scott Conant had never thought of opening a restaurant in Toronto, but when he was approached by the Thompson Hotel group and...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Hub, Wallace-Emerson’s new indie coffee shop
Toronto’s wealth of new indie cafés has been a boon to community life, but mostly for neighbourhoods south of Bloor. That's not...
City
Hold the phone: eight other mobiles that apparently fall victim to the Apple death grip
Yesterday, we rounded up the reactions of such companies as RIM and Nokia after a seemingly desperate Steve Jobs spread the blame...
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Culture
Conrad Black writes like the author of The Godfather
By now many people have heard of I Write Like , the site that takes a person’s writing and matches it to that of a famous...
Culture
Cheap thrills: Netflix coming to Canada
Netflix, the California-based movie subscription company that all the Yanks keep yapping about, announced yesterday that it’s...
City
Reaction roundup: RIM joins chorus of phone companies telling Apple to suck it
Following a speech by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Friday to address what he calls “antennagate” (in a nutshell, the iPhone 4 loses...
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Culture
Lake Shore auditions over, T.O. Snooki TBD
Lake Shore , the Toronto version of Jersey Shore, MTV’s sociological experiment gone horribly wrong, wrapped up auditions this...
Food & Drink
Guu looking to take over the Annex’s defunct Burger King
Torontonians have been salivating over the possibility of a new location of Guu, rumoured to be located in the Annex. Well, word...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Crafted by Te Aro. I Deal Coffee gets some competition on Ossington
Ossington’s nightlife is alive and well, but the strip can be quite dead in daylight hours—there's I Deal Coffee...
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Food & Drink
Oliver and Bonacini blogs about Bell Lightbox restaurants
Sure, all eyes may be on the celebrities and the films during TIFF, but the food industry is keeping a close eye on Oliver and...
City
Taiwanese company’s illustration of Justin Bieber’s syphilis rumour is creepily hilarious
Thanks to language barriers and cultural divides, it is sometimes difficult to understand news coming from another...
City
Huffington Post notes Canada’s existence, job numbers
In a post voiced somewhere between a zoo plaque for children and a swindling travel brochure, U.S. news site HuffPo tells its...
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Food & Drink
Guys socially conditioned to think yogurt makes them gay: study
Turns out mancakes have scientific weight to them. A study published last week by Northwestern University concluded that boys are...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: Marben trades in the onyx for oh-so-popular reclaimed wood
Splendido did it , then Centro , then Brassaii, and now Marben. Sure, they’ve all been renovated, but more...
City
The Toronto Star’s unfortunate juxtapositions
There’s no better way to illustrate irony than an ad for Virgin airlines with the slogan “You deserve it, Toronto” appearing...
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Food & Drink
Spice Route, Mildred’s vie for title of Canada’s Best Restroom
Yes, such a title exists . The contest to find the best washroom in the country announced its five finalists today, with three...
City
Queen’s RIM job: five wonderful things Elizabeth II can do with her new BlackBerry
On Monday, our royal sovereign joined the ranks of famous BlackBerry owners ( Barack Obama , Queen Rania Al Abdullah of...
Food & Drink
Buddha Dog gets put down
Amidst all the G20 brouhaha, it was easy to forget that one Roncesvalles’s more creative fooderies, Buddha Dog , is calling it...
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Bill could end automatic tipping in restaurants
Restaurants may have to cross out the “20 per cent gratuity will be added to parties of six or more” line on their menus if a...
City
Toronto G20 photo gallery: the eerie aftermath
Before hundreds of bystanders were corralled into a human blockade at Queen and Spadina under torrential rain, the downtown core...
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“I Survived G20 Toronto” shirts now on sale
Commemorate the weekend in which police cordoned off hundreds of people in the rain and cruisers were set ablaze with souvenir G20...
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City
Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
Yesterday, protests throughout the city remained peaceful. Security officials, however, were taking no chances, breaking up groups...
City
G20 Toronto photo gallery: after the riots
In the wake of yesterday's violent anti-G20 protests in downtown Toronto, police attempted to regain control of the streets while...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Fall 2024
Browse through Canada’s top independent and private schools to find the right fit for your child
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Deep Dives
Quality Trash: Meet director Ron Oliver, Hallmark’s king of schmaltz
Over two decades and dozens of made-for-TV Christmas films, Oliver has become the Hallmark Channel’s most prolific, flamboyant and unapologetically sappy director
Deep Dives
Small Space, Big Ambition: Twenty Torontonians embracing tiny living with small-footprint homes and space-saving hacks
From laneway homes to garden suites to houseboats, these creative living spaces offer style, affordability and comfort in a city where land is in short supply
Deep Dives
“I spent eight months locked up in an Ontario reform school. The abuse I endured almost destroyed me”
For 50 years, the Ontario government incarcerated kids accused of infractions as minor as truancy, drinking or shoplifting in so-called training schools
Deep Dives
The Mensch: Inside the culinary empire of Chinese-food king David Schwartz
The chef behind Mimi and Sunnys Chinese spent years mastering the cuisine of a culture not his own. Now, he’s risking it all to return to his roots
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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
Deep Dives
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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City
“My world tour doesn’t feel complete without a Toronto show”: This Swiftie has spent over $5,200 on the Eras Tour
Expenses include: a pre-concert blowout, a DIY replica of Taylor Swift’s beaded bodysuit and two round trips to Europe
City
This accountant makes $76,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I haven’t bought an office lunch in two years”
City
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”
City
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”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: $1.5 million for a loft that used to be a yarn factory
The 1,700-square-foot property comes with 18-foot ceilings, a fishbowl bedroom, a cobblestone lane and a private terrace
Real Estate
House of the Week: $8.5 million for an Etobicoke prairie home familiar to Netflix fans
The 6,300-square-foot property comes with a safe room, 30 skylights, 18 parking spots and a funky soaker tub in the main bedroom
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
Real Estate
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
Real Estate
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