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Food & Drink
Ever wonder what it looks like when a lavish breakfast is thrown in the air in slow motion?
OK, we didn’t either, but that’s no reason not to watch this strangely lovely video, shot at 1,000 frames per second by...
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Real Estate News
Astral Media finally admits that its sidewalk rubbish bins are garbage
When the city started rolling out its new streetside garbage cans four years ago, we were taken with them in a “huh, that’s...
Food & Drink
MPP Rosario Marchese floats private member’s bill destined to make Doug Ford very, very angry
Only days after the City of Toronto voted not to further restrict the sale of sugary pop through vending machines on city...
City News
New TTC customer service chief from U.K. to replace old customer service chief, nobody
Yesterday afternoon the TTC announced the hiring of their first chief of customer service, fulfilling one of the recommendations...
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City News
The great burnout: recession survivors didn’t count on the surge in workload, the smaller paycheque and the all-consuming resentment. A story about workplace hell with no escape
It’s been three years since the mass cull of the Great Recession began. Three years since all those jobs were zapped into...
Culture
Move over, burning log: Swiss Chalet partners with Rogers to launch the Rotisserie Channel
Remember when Rogers introduced the fireplace and aquarium channels for people to relax? Starting February 28th, if those same...
City News
Odd couple alert: Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne to star in Best Buy Superbowl ad
If you somehow hadn’t reached full Justin Bieber saturation yet, the Biebs will be making an appearance at the...
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City News
TV screens coming to Toronto schools, students may briefly look up from their iPhones and notice
When money’s tight, firms look for new revenue streams, so this story isn’t really all that big a deal—except that the...
City News
A passage to India: how Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter became an unlikely best-seller
Secret Daughter , a debut novel by an untested author, went supernova after just four days on the shelves at Costco t’s amazing...
City News
Bahraini telecom ad makes Toronto look more awesome than it actually is
One of the most common complaints about Toronto being in films is that the city never gets to play itself. (See Red for the latest...
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Food & Drink
Dangerous Dan’s gross new ads capitalize on pot, universal health care
Dangerous Dan’s , Queen Street East’s unmissable hamburger joint, has never been known for moderation. It’s no...
City News
Yesterday’s News: a look behind this week’s Globe and Mail redesign
Phillip Crawley, the publisher of the Globe and Mail , is gambling $1.7 billion on a redesign that could revolutionize the...
City News
Hot or not? Shirtless men shilling Stayfree pads
Check out the creepy new Old Spice –influenced viral marketing campaign for Stayfree (at left), done by the Toronto ad firm...
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Real Estate News
Guerrilla activists hack 85 Toronto billboards, replacing ads with art
Four months after Banksy's stop in Toronto, another group of guerrilla art activists has taken to the streets—only this...
Culture
Google unleashes its own TV, entire entertainment industry panics
Cable providers received a terrifying piece of news this week when Google announced the creation of Google TV, which combines...
City News
Proactiv finds the most perfect spokesperson: Justin Bieber
To have Justin Bieber as the face of a product is to hit the marketing jackpot, but to have that product targeted primarily...
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City News
Sarah Thomson asks John Tory to piss or get off the pot, Rob Ford isn’t waiting
A reminder for politicians everywhere: if it's in writing, it can be leaked. This applies to personal e-mails discussing the race...
City News
Outrage of the week: Niagara takes out ads slamming Toronto, Toronto takes offence
Any Torontonian wondering what he or she should be angry about next, wonder no longer: the Niagara Parks Commission has released a...
City News
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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City News
Tobacco timeline: with candy cigarettes now banned, we look back at Canada’s anti-smoking history
Fruit-flavoured and candy cigarettes and cigars were pulled from shelves across Canada yesterday as part of the government’s...
Food & Drink
Santa-inspired beer latest booze to be banned by Ontario liquor commission
Yet another alcoholic beverage has been banned in Ontario for its apparent appeal to youngsters. This time, it’s an Austrian...
Style
Death of the hipster? American Apparel in serious financial trouble
We might soon be shopping for our low-cut V-neck tees at Urban Outfitters, because American Apparel is in some dire financial...
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Culture
Ads for pornography better than actual porn
We’re always looking for ways to write about dirty stuff. That’s why we were so happy to see these ads for Amour, a company...
City News
The inn crowd: Toronto’s five new luxury hotels
Over the next couple of years, this city will get five new luxury hotels. It starts with the Thompson, which opens its...
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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
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
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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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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