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Toronto’s best contemporary furniture shops right now
Top destinations for functional, modern statement pieces
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Introducing: Strellson, a Yorkville menswear and suiting store from the Swiss mega-retailer
Swiss menswear manufacturer Strellson built its first North American store on the northwest corner of Avenue and Bloor, on the...
Shopping
The Find: 10 eclectic alternatives to the bare Edison bulb
Although people have been complaining about the omnipresence of the bare Edison bulb for more than a year, its industrial-hipster...
Shopping
Best of the City 2012: 10 perfect products for inside your home and out
Golda’s Kitchen 2885 Argentia Rd., Unit 6, Mississauga, 905-816-9995 Birthday cakes haven’t been the same since the Food...
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The Find: a giant bear for your home (that’s also a table)
It’s really no surprise that Canadiana is a fairly ubiquitous trend in homes, restaurants and cottages. If it is a surprise to...
City News
The Backstory: Scott Speedman stars in a new biopic about Edwin Boyd, Toronto’s most notorious stick-up artist
On September 9, 1949, Edwin Boyd—a war veteran and the son of a respected Toronto cop—got drunk and robbed a Bank of Montreal...
Real Estate News
The Four Seasons has closed and will become—you guessed it—a condo tower
Luxury-loving Torontonians should brace themselves for a spring of deprivation: for the next four months, the city will be without...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 30 fantastic presents for homebodies everywhere
For friends and family just moving into a new place or on the lookout for their next apartment, it’s nice to pick out gifts that...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 90 of the best presents money can buy
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and we’ve tackled the ever-difficult task of narrowing down a list of items that...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 11 top-tier treats for over $500
The big-ticket items are what we’re all hoping to get for the holidays, and sometimes we’re special enough to be the recipient...
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Real Estate News
Ontario continues not to care about how Toronto looks
One of the sleepiest of sleepy controversies in this city surrounds (almost literally) the legislature at Queen’s Park . The...
Shopping
The Find: an outdoor furniture set that didn’t put us to sleep
When shopping for outdoor furniture in Toronto, we’ve noticed that there’s an abundance of beige, white and black, which...
Real Estate News
Vista-marring condos to go up behind Queen’s Park
The pink palace that houses the Ontario Legislature is about to lose a bit of its charm. Yesterday, Dalton McGuinty said the...
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City News
Michael Bryant’s very bad year: his life on bail, how he got off, and his surprise comeback
A 28-second fight resulted in the death of a cyclist and almost ended the career of the cocky, ruthlessly ambitious Michael...
Culture
Spotted: Josh Brolin, Paul Haggis and Javier Bardem at Av and Dav
On our way home last night, we decided, on a lark, to check out the Toro After Dark space at Pears on Avenue Road. No official...
Shopping
Sales roundup: Sporting Life warehouse sale, half off outdoor furniture at Restoration Hardware
FASHION AND BEAUTY BEAN SPROUT The kidswear store has marked down its summer clothes by up to 70 per cent. A pre-winter snowsuit...
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Sales and events roundup: Jeremy Laing sample sale, Rag and Bone at Holts, half off Virginia Johnson
FASHION AND BEAUTY BEAN SPROUT The kidswear store has marked down its summer clothes by up to 70 per cent. A pre-winter snowsuit...
Style
Just Opened: Avenue Road’s new Leslieville showroom
The place: For the Avenue Road team, 415 Eastern Avenue was a worthy fixer-upper. The store's previous showroom—a go-to spot for...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative