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Kensington Market is getting an exotic reptile café

Kensington Market is getting an exotic reptile café

Now you can enjoy a hot beverage while petting a cold-blooded creature

Toronto film buffs: now's your chance to step inside a Criterion pop-up

Toronto film buffs: now’s your chance to step inside a Criterion pop-up

Get ready to have your very own movie moment

Inside the Gardiner Museum’s stunning $15-million renovation

Inside the Gardiner Museum’s stunning $15-million renovation

Featuring an Indigenous architectural sculpture, a new hands-on workspace and curvy walls

Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall are selling $30 concert tickets

Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall are selling $30 concert tickets

Affordable live music? In this economy?

Your romantic escape awaits in Saint Lucia

Your romantic escape awaits in Saint Lucia

Located in the East Caribbean, the world’s top honeymoon destination paints gold in the north with its beaches and volcanic silver in the south for a swoon-worthy romantic getaway

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Geary Avenue's new spa serves a sauerkraut martini

Geary Avenue’s new spa serves a sauerkraut martini

Toronto’s hippest strip now has a hammam with an on-site restaurant

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Escape to Florida this winter for a weekend of culture, food and sunshine

Escape to Florida this winter for a weekend of culture, food and sunshine

Florida’s vibrant culture, diverse cuisine and endless sunshine make it the perfect weekend escape this winter

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What to see, do, read and hear in Toronto this November

What to see, do, read and hear in Toronto this November

Including a made-in-Canada holiday shopping party and the $15.5-million renovation of the Gardiner Museum

The Beaches' Winter Stations design competition is back

The Beaches’ Winter Stations design competition is back

Would-be winners can submit their ideas until November 3

A new smutty bookstore just opened on Queen West

A new smutty bookstore just opened on Queen West

If getting hot and bothered is your thing, this bookstore is for you

These paintings being auctioned off by the Hudson's Bay Company will incite bidding wars

These paintings being auctioned off by the Hudson’s Bay Company will incite bidding wars

Forget the striped blankets—these are the truly valuable pieces of Canadian history

Fort Myers: A sun-filled getaway just three hours from Toronto

Fort Myers: A sun-filled getaway just three hours from Toronto

Island hopping, Old Florida charm, a waterpark featuring “dive-in movies” and endless, fresh seafood on the beach: here’s what you won’t want to miss in Fort Myers

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Fall for fashion must-haves in Bloor-Yorkville this autumn

Fall for fashion must-haves in Bloor-Yorkville this autumn

Score the hottest new looks to get your wardrobe cold-weather-ready

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Go behind the groundbreaking work at The Princess Margaret

Go behind the groundbreaking work at The Princess Margaret

Dr. Keith Stewart of The Princess Margaret offers an inside look at the cutting-edge clinical trials and treatments that inspire hope and save lives at Canada’s globally renowned cancer research facility

Created forThe Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

“If you want to kick Elon Musk in the dongle, aim for his margins”: Cory Doctorow on why the web went bad and how to fix it

“If you want to kick Elon Musk in the dongle, aim for his margins”: Cory Doctorow on why the web went bad and how to fix it

The Toronto-born tech writer talks about the unifying theory of awfulness behind his new book, Enshittification

"I'm deeper than people assume": Sarah Gadon on the creepy brilliance of Wayward

“I’m deeper than people assume”: Sarah Gadon on the creepy brilliance of Wayward

The star of Mae Martin’s hit Netflix series talks about troubled teens, the eeriness of parenthood and exploding toads

Drake’s case against that song is dismissed—but it's not over yet

Drake’s case against that song is dismissed—but it’s not over yet

A judge ruled that Kendrick Lamar had every right to call Drake a “certified pedophile” in the context of a rap battle

Kevin O’Leary got hired to play a “real a-hole” opposite Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow

Kevin O’Leary got hired to play a “real a-hole” opposite Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow

And what do you know—he nailed the part

Lights, the Beaches, WondaGurl and more took home awards at this Canadian music gala

Lights, the Beaches, WondaGurl and more took home awards at this Canadian music gala

Hosted by Billboard Canada, the Women in Music awards showed just how many Canadian women are making it big

What Choir! Choir! Choir! co-founder Nobu Adilman loves about the Annex

What Choir! Choir! Choir! co-founder Nobu Adilman loves about the Annex

Including a legendary rock venue, a laid-back billiards lounge and an importer of Asian delicacies

A new Vegas-style wedding chapel has opened in Baldwin Village

A new Vegas-style wedding chapel has opened in Baldwin Village

And it comes with enough kitsch and camp to satisfy John Waters himself

"Canadian comedy is some of the best in the world": Comedian Vic Michaelis wants to be a hometown kid

“Canadian comedy is some of the best in the world”: Comedian Vic Michaelis wants to be a hometown kid

The very funny Very Important People star on flunking out of school in Toronto and how bingeing Survivor landed them a breakout role

This new gym costs $2,000 a month

This new gym costs $2,000 a month

And you have to write an essay to join

A bunch of Canadian music legends are coming to Toronto, but they won't be getting awards

A bunch of Canadian music legends are coming to Toronto, but they won’t be getting awards

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame event celebrates the best (and the most bygone)

Deep Dives

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

The Baroness von Sketch Show alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?

Almost Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom

Almost Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom

A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world

Quality Trash: Meet director Ron Oliver, Hallmark’s king of schmaltz

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

Aural History: Backstage stories from the legendary Budweiser Stage

Aural History: Backstage stories from the legendary Budweiser Stage

Since its first show (Bryan Adams, May 1995, sell-out crowd), Budweiser Stage has been synonymous with summer and stars both celestial and musical. As the venue kicks off its 30th season, we asked performers and staff for their best, wildest, most indelible memories of the amphitheatre by the lake

How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel

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

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat

The rent was dirt cheap, the rules were nonexistent and the parties were legendary. Now, with demolition underway, former tenants share their favourite memories of the city’s most storied artists’ space

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok's reigning influencer

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer

TikTok turned Josh Richards from an ordinary small-town teen into a multimillionaire, CEO and venture capitalist. How to make a fortune via bedroom eyes, 10-second lip syncs and a signature ’do

"We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew": Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

Before she became a global phenomenon, Shania Twain was flipping burgers, hawking jeans and fronting cover bands in Toronto. Today, the queen of country pop is touring the world with a new album, but she’s still nostalgic about the city that made her

What to Do

The Best of the Fests: What to see, do and hear in Toronto this festival season

The Best of the Fests: What to see, do and hear in Toronto this festival season

This July, the streets are brimming with music, art, theatre and other forms of summer revelry. Here, a roundup of the best bets of the month