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G20 protestors redirected from summit to Trinity Bellwoods Park, asked to grumble quietly
Nothing says “anti-establishment” like a march organized by the man. On June 26 and 27, G20 security officials plan to corral...
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City
Three reasons why road tolls are no longer politically toxic
Back in March, mayoral hopeful Sarah Thomson suggested the city charge for highway use—a proposal that earned its proponents an...
City
Health Canada’s weed is mostly shwag, critics warn
Last week’s police raid on Toronto’s Cannabis As Living Medicine (CALM), eastern Canada’s oldest medical cannabis club, had...
Food & Drink
New trend: food tattoos
More and more, the Globe is spotting trends in the manner of children after shiny objects. To wit, the paper has turned its...
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City
The man who made a mayor out of Miller joins Team Pantalone
For lefties at city hall, the mayoral race has been a political cha-cha. Nimble feet are assets to insiders who’ve had to...
City
Jokes write themselves as ancient worm discovered in downtown Ottawa
The latest 450-million-year-old fossil discovered in Ottawa isn’t in the Senate—it’s underground. The remains of a...
Food & Drink
Filion on the Toronto a la Cart fiasco: “The one thing the city messed up on was the carts”
Meet Nancy Senawong as she schleps her $30,000 cart through Mel Lastman Square, where she will serve...
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City
An ode to Councillor Michael Walker for his years of comic relief
Mel Lastman once called him a “good excuse for birth control,” but to Michael Walker, long-time city councillor and...
Food & Drink
Three things we learned about locavore road trips from the Globe
Canada’s highways can be hell for road-tripping locavores—all those thousands of kilometres of pavement, with nary a locally...
City
Forbes’ list of world’s billionaires is unsurprisingly light on Canadians
Silence last year’s symphony of miniature violins—the billionaire bubble that shrank 30 per cent during the recession is...
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City
Toronto Raptors lead the NBA in hungry mascots
If nothing else, the Toronto Raptors can claim to be winning the race to develop cheerleader-devouring dinosaurs. In a video that...
Food & Drink
Three terrifying visions of our food future, courtesy of Condé Nast Traveler
The tea leaves of our impending food future have settled—and they look ominous. Condé Nast Traveler predicts that over the next...
Food & Drink
The latest food fashion is not a dish, but an elusive “fifth taste”
The Japanese have known about it for years, and researchers have confirmed its existence, but the Globe is just now declaring it...
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Food & Drink
Celebrating the Week of Eating In with the nine “grossest packaged foods ever”
Pork brains in milk gravy contain 1,170 per cent of an adult’s recommended daily intake of cholesterol (though the upchuck...
Food & Drink
Corey Mintz cooks dinner of Froot Loops and beets for Scott Thompson
In the latest instalment of his cooking for fairly famous people series, Toronto Star writer Corey Mintz invites Kids in the Hall...
Food & Drink
Not even higher prices stop Canadians from loving Tim Hortons
Unseasonably warm winter weather has been a boon to Tim Hortons this year, driving up the national coffee icon's fourth-quarter...
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Food & Drink
At 97 years old, Laura Secord wants a younger image, just not too young
A few days ago, we reported on Laura Secord’ s return to Canada. The company is named after the Canadian historic figure who...
Food & Drink
Mancakes are selling like hotcakes in Toronto bakery
Mancakes are the latest iteration of man-prefixed goodies, following in the footsteps of mantyhose and man purses . Taking hold in...
Food & Drink
Fumes from gas stoves carcinogenic, says study
A new Norwegian study is giving new meaning to the cliché "cooking with gas." Apparently, many of us have been cooking too close...
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Food & Drink
Student TV and student cooking are finally united in The Hot Plate
Two McGill students are challenging their cohorts’ culinary mores with their own home-cooking channel. The Hot Plate , which...
Food & Drink
Meat and machine collide (literally) as sausages become iPhone wands
Redefining the concept of synergy for the corporate world, South Korea’s CJ Corporation has found a new raison d’être for its...
Food & Drink
Red Bull versus Slow Cow: relaxation drinks enter Canadian market
Think Bobby McFerrin in a can. Relaxation drinks—the inevitable foils to Red Bull and its energizing ilk—are now on store...
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Food & Drink
This Olympics, McDonald’s claims the word “burger,” forcing native pavilion to rewrite its menu
Olympic attendees stopping in at the Four Host First Nations pavilion in Vancouver this weekend should look for “sliders” or...
Food & Drink
New York legend Scott Conant to open new restaurant in Toronto
Shinan Govani finally had some food gossip to dish up this past weekend. Rumour has it that renowned chef Scott Conant is coming...
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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
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
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
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
Cost of Living
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”
City
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”
City
This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
City
This insurance analyst makes $62,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“Groceries are so expensive that I rely more on takeout”
House of the Week
Real Estate
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
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.7 million for a whimsical custom-built home backing onto an Etobicoke ravine
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with a sauna, a hot tub, cave-like walls and nature all over
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a new build by the Humber with a fireplace in a closet
The 3,900-square-foot property also comes with an elevator, a powder room with a swoosh sink and a playful blue laundry room
Real Estate
Surreal Estate: $6 million for a Rosedale Victorian with a bath fit for a temple
What property off Sherbourne would be complete without a floating fireplace, a 14-foot butcher block, smart-home tech and a deck built around a tree?
Real Estate
House of the Week: $5.5 million for a Lytton Park home with a cocktail lounge
The 5,200-square-foot property also comes with six bathrooms, automated everything, a ribbon staircase and a display for purses