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The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
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Culture
VIDEO: Watch Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean dance groovily to “Let Your Backbone Slide”
Ron MacLean is known for many things: his vast knowledge of hockey, his life-saving dip in the Delaware River and his patience...
City News
Kirstine Stewart leaves the CBC to run Twitter Canada
Two and a half years after Richard Stursberg’ s ouster, the CBC is once again looking to fill a void at the helm of its...
City News
Death of beloved former Maple Leaf Wade Belak prompts discussion about the toll being the tough guy can take
In more ways than one, it has been a sad summer for hockey fans. With news of the untimely death of former Toronto Maple Leaf Wade...
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Culture
CBC’s new five-year plan promises all things for all people, as long as you’re Canadian
The CBC is making good on recent promises to increase Canadian programming with their newly-announced five-year plan with the...
Culture
After one week: Kirstine Stewart in, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune out?
Kirstine Stewart has officially been at the helm of CBC english programming for a little over a week, and already she’s...
Culture
Battle of the Blades season finale: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Last night, the Russians took top honours at the Battle of the Blades finale, and while we didn’t expect it , we couldn’t be...
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Culture
Battle of the Blades finals: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Hard to believe this year’s Battle is coming to an end. There have been high highs ( Georges Laraque' s devil costume), low lows...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Week 7: the good, the bad and the snuggly
With only four pairs left, we are officially in “anything can happen” territory on BOTB. And by anything, we mean Kelly Chase...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Week 6: the good, the bad and the snuggly
The funniest thing about this week’s episode, by far, was the icy attitude that guest judge (and ’70s figure skating legend)...
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Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 5: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Last night’s episode of BOTB was more like Battle of the Back-From-the-Deads on two accounts. Number one, it was...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 4: the good, the bad and the snuggly
Country night? More like excruciating comedy hour: Kurt Browning’s faux twang, not one but two not-even-a-little-bit-funny...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 3: the good, the bad and the snuggly
We are tempted to begin this blog post “Dear Candace Cameron Bure ” after the former Full House star and current wife of BOTB...
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Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 2: the good, the bad and the snuggly
What were we giving thanks for this weekend? Canadian reality TV, of course. Sadly, all of our undying adoration wasn’t enough...
City News
Our schadenfreude-fuelled love affair with reality TV
There’s something to be said for watching perfect strangers (or, even better, pseudo-celebrities) make fools of themselves in...
Culture
Battle of the Blades, Season 2, Episode 1: the good, the bad and the snuggly
With over two million viewers, ecstatic live audiences and almost as many cast dating rumours as Gossip Girl , the first season of...
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Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Olivia Newton-John, Nelly Furtado and the rest of the cast walk the red carpet at the Score gala
Reaction to the movie itself may have been mixed , but excitement was universal as TIFF kicked off with the gala premiere of...
Culture
Canada overload at the TIFF official opening party
Remember the Canadian content of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics? That was nothing compared to the scene at the...
Culture
Theo Fleury, Russ Courtnall and Russian figure skaters on for Battle of the Blades
While our dream of pairing Sidney Crosby and Olympic champ Tessa Virtue won't become reality for this year's Battle of the...
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Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees
The nominations for the 25th Gemini Awards were announced this morning, with CTV scoring major points for its Olympics coverage...
Culture
Eleven reasons CBCers loved/hated Richard Stursberg
The CBC's anything-to-boost-ratings executive VP Richard Stursberg has left the building (some say he was escorted out) after six...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto
While the Great Recession battered other cities, Toronto has emerged triumphant—Bay Street is bullish, our real estate market is...
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Ice gold: CBC fall season bets on Battle of the Blades and Men With Brooms
No one is surprised that Battle of the Blades, the reality show that turns loutish hockey players into pairs figure skating...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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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
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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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment