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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
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City News
Editor’s Letter: How bike lanes became a scapegoat for all of Toronto’s traffic angst
Cycling infrastructure is intended to elevate a city from a place where the car is king to one where commuters have safe, healthy alternatives. So why, in Toronto, does it face such fierce opposition?
City News
Dundas West’s infamous Giraffe building has a new owner
And maybe a new shot at becoming something other than a vacant eyesore
City News
A bike advocate and a worried business owner face off over the Bloor Street bike lanes
The temporary Bloor bike lanes are on their way to becoming permanent, but not everyone is pleased
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“The bike lanes are going to change our lives”: What cyclists and non-cyclists think of Bloor Street’s new bike-friendly flow
Are Bloor's new bike lanes an improvement, or are they a nuisance?
Wander Bloor and Yonge streets without dodging traffic
Don’t be discouraged by the event's critics: it turns out there’s more to Open Streets TO than just the streets it...
Style
Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn are saying goodbye to Bloor Street
Two mainstays at 100 Bloor West, Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn, will vacate their prime Mink Mile real estate early next...
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Style
Brooks Brothers goes posh with a fancy new flagship on Bloor Street
Brooks Brothers, well-known purveyor of preppy dad-clothes, recently opened a fancy new flagship on Toronto's Mink Mile, just east...
Real Estate News
Gaudy and much-loved discount store Honest Ed’s is up for sale
More than six decades after the late Ed Mirvish opened his iconic emporium at Bloor and Bathurst, his family is looking to sell...
Style
J.Crew is rumoured to be opening a Bloor Street store
Having established its presence in Canadian malls, J.Crew is apparently now ready for Bloor West (both Kate Spade and Mulberry...
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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...
Style
Mulberry is opening a store on Bloor Street
Mulberry’ s first Canadian store in Yorkdale Mall is still months from opening, but the brand is already planning second...
Style
Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from April 2013
Opened Yorkdale Mall, 3401 Dufferin St., 416-789-3261, ca.allsaints.com The latest arrival to the Ossington strip’s burgeoning...
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Style
Dolce and Gabbana, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade are all coming to Yorkville
Three high-profile stores are headed to the Mink Mile in the coming months. The biggest: a 9,000-square-foot Dolce and Gabbana...
Real Estate News
A developer is proposing a public park for the rooftop of Holt Renfrew
Property firm Morguard revealed plans in May for Canada’s tallest condo tower, an 83-story, 600-unit giant on Bloor West’s...
Style
Miu Miu is opening its first Canadian boutique in the Bloor Street Holt Renfrew
Holt Renfrew has confirmed that Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada’ s outrageously popular offshoot brand, is opening a boutique in its...
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Ports 1961 marks the closure of its Bloor Street store with a blow-out sale
Sadly, Ports 1961, the upscale ready-to-wear label owned by Toronto-founded fashion powerhouse Ports International, is shutting...
Style
GALLERY: 15 Toronto shops with festive Christmas windows
Although December means shopping lists, crowded malls and frenzied buying sprees (our holiday gift guide can help), it’s worth...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.25 million for a Bloor Street suite with a protected view over downtown
ADDRESS: 175 Cumberland Street, Unit 1407 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Yorkville AGENT: Brian Gerstein, Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd. PRICE:...
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The price tag on Canada’s most expensive condo appears to have dropped
The Cumberland apartment, a 10,000-square-foot, high-modernist condo at 130 Bloor Street West, has netted a lot of attention since...
City News
Fashion’s Night Out turns out some big parties (on a night of big parties)
Not only did last night feature a multitude of TIFF parties (plus Toronto Life’ s Most Stylish party at the Shangri-La), it was...
Shopping
Gallery: over 30 designer collaborations created in honour of Holt Renfrew’s 175th anniversary
Holt Renfrew turns 175 this September, and instead of a birthday cake (so ho-hum), the retailer is celebrating with a whole bunch...
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Real Estate News
The newest housing market hot spots are in Scarborough and Etobicoke
Regardless of whether the Toronto real estate market is or isn’t crash-bound, there’s one fact everyone can agree on:...
Real Estate News
The tallest condo in the country could be coming to Bloor Street
Property firm Morguard is pushing to build Canada’s tallest condo building on top of the Holt Renfrew at Bloor and Yonge, and...
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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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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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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment