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City News
Markham’s mayor used strong mayor powers to veto his council’s fourplex decision
The policy would have allowed homeowners to build garden suites and laneway homes
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Food & Drink
Toronto Life
’s most popular Chefs in the Burbs of 2025
Our top neighbourhood food tours of the year
Food & Drink
Where chef Aaron Chen eats in Markham and Richmond Hill
His favourite spots for salt-and-pepper popcorn chicken, bún riêu and almond croissants
Real Estate News
Surreal Estate: $3 million for a Victorian in Markham with a salt therapy cave and a wine dispenser
What farmhouse on a cul-de-sac would be complete without a turtle-shell sink, a coach-house loft, a fridge hiding inside an amp and a nice clock?
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Food & Drink
Where Vela chef Marvin Palomo eats Chinese, Japanese and Filipino food in Markham and Scarborough
His favourite spots for pan de sal, king crab ramen and hand-pulled noodles
Food & Drink
Where chef Braden Chong eats Chinese food in Markham and Richmond Hill
The Sunnys and Mimi Chinese chef shares his go-to spots for mapo tofu, Shaoxing-marinated cold chicken and pan-fried pork buns
City News
“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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City News
Ciao, Frankie Tomatto’s, you delicious, affordable, bonkers buffet
We lost more than just a restaurant when Markham's all-you-can-eat Italian institution died
Food & Drink
10 incredible restaurants in Markham for takeout and delivery
Including excellent Chinese, Peruvian, Japanese and Caribbean kitchens
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Hutaoli, Markham’s Chinese version of Hard Rock Cafe
Including durian pizza
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Life
Inside Markham’s stunning new $52-million community centre, with a climbing wall, teaching kitchen and glow-in-the-dark playroom
Plus, an an aquatics centre and two-floor library
Life
What people are saying about Markham’s rogue moose
A moose was spotted galloping through the streets of Markham on Friday
Food & Drink
Where Shoushin chef Jackie Lin eats Chinese and Japanese food in Markham and Richmond Hill
His favourite places for seafood, meat, ramen and Hainanese chicken
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Food & Drink
Where the owners of Bombay Street Food Co. eat Indian and Pakistani food in the burbs
Their favourite places to eat dosas, samosas, biryani and sweets
Food & Drink
Where Big E’s Hawaiian Grinds chef Erwin Joaquin eats in the burbs
His favourite places to eat dumplings, curry and dessert in First Markham Place
Food & Drink
Where DaiLo’s Nick Liu eats in the burbs
His favourite restaurants in Markham and Richmond Hill (and what he orders at each one)
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Real Estate News
My Suburbia: 11 former city dwellers explain why everything’s better in the burbs
Tucked away in some of Toronto’s biggest burbs are pockets that combine urban cool and small-town charm. And the houses are...
Style
Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from May 2013
Opened The new discount spinoff from Holt Renfrew has not one packed rack of last season’s rejects. Instead, you’ll find...
Food & Drink
Best of Fall 2012: How GwaiLo, Nick Liu’s soon-to-open Parkdale restaurant, just might rehabilitate Asian-fusion
In a dining scene rife with duck confit banh mi, peameal bulgogi and brisket steamed buns, the F-word crops up a lot. But you...
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Shopping
The Thing: Lago bookshelves from Suite 22 that get kinetic
Bookcases are not supposed to be fun. The good people at IKEA have been reinforcing that idea for years, mass-producing...
City News
Two GTAers’ Olympic hopes are revived thanks to some shady badminton shenanigans
An Olympic scandal has worked out in Canada’s favour: badminton players Alex Bruce of Toronto and Michele Li of Markham are back...
Real Estate News
Bay Street bigwigs spend millions fighting a development near their cottages
A mega-retreat planned for the shores of Lake Simcoe has pitted developer Earl Rumm of Markham-based Geranium Corporation against...
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City News
On the Waterfront: five tempting lake- and riverside homes from $245,000 to $11.5 million
With the wall of condos dominating the shoreline, it’s easy to forget Toronto’s a town on the lake. Here are five irresistible...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 11, because we get along
A couple of years ago, a proposal to build a mosque on a site not far from Ground Zero was met with months of protests and...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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Guelph is having a moment
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A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer