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Real Estate News
Former Hudson’s Bay president Bonnie Brooks is selling her swanky downtown condo
It could be yours for a mere $2.4 million
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Real Estate News
The Torontification of Manhattan
Three T.O.-based real estate power players, apparently not satisfied with the dandelion-like spread of skyscrapers in our...
City News
SLIDESHOW: Boardroom bigshots, gossip gurus and civic leaders at Toronto Life’s bash for the city’s most influential people
Powerful Torontonians descended on the Ritz-Carlton last night to see Toronto Life unveil its 2013 ranking of the city’s 50 Most...
City News
How Hudson’s Bay CEO Bonnie Brooks would spend a perfect Saturday in Wychwood Park
“I’ve lived in this neighbourhood on and off for 40 years. I keep coming back for Wychwood Park —a heavenly patch of country...
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Style
Bonnie Brooks ends her five-year reign as HBC president
Bonnie Brooks, the luxury retail whiz who led Hudson’s Bay’ s revamp from dowdy department store to high-flying retailer, is...
Food & Drink
The Dish Power Rankings: Brandon Walsh edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. The top...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Come Up To My Room, The Stop’s Beer Garden and four other events on our to-do list
Toronto Life online editor talks about the weekend’s top events on The Morning Show 1. COME UP TO MY ROOM (FREE!) Each year, the...
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City News
50 Most Influential 2012: a ranking of Toronto’s top tycoons, backroom operators and supersize egos
The people driving the agenda for the city are more likely to come from outside local government than inside. This was the year...
City News
THE SCENE: The Bay and Topshop host an intimate dinner at One in the Hazelton Hotel
This week marked the opening of Topshop and Topman at Yorkdale, which we’re certain is already yesterday’s news. Frankly, as...
Style
Topshop’s coming to Queen Street: in something of a coup, The Bay nabs the fast-fashion retailer
We’ve been wondering for months when Topshop would establish its first Canadian flagship store . Well, last night, our questions...
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Food & Drink
Empire watch: Oliver and Bonacini to open new restaurant at The Bay’s Queen Street flagship
The experience of eating at The Bay is about to get a whole lot snazzier. Canada’s oldest corporation is bringing in...
Style
The fashion party of the year? The A-list shows support for The Bay
In what may go down as the fashion party of 2010, The Bay hosted a tribute to British designers and the first anniversary of its...
Shopping
Jeanne Beker launches new clothing line at The Bay, includes jeggings
Last week, we wrote about The Bay' s new budget-friendly women's clothing line, Moon, an assortment of inexpensive basics (a...
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Style
Bonnie Brooks is singing along to the Black Eyed Peas
Bonnie Brooks, president and CEO of The Bay, is no stranger to the media, but we’re always hearing the same stuff about her:...
Style
The Bay parts ways with Browns, looking to add more designer footwear
The next move in Bonnie Brooks's overhaul of The Bay, according to the Globe and Mail , is the ousting of shoe retailer Browns...
Style
More red mittens, more luxury at The Bay
Among the tidbits The Bay CEO Bonnie Brooks revealed yesterday in a speech to the Ad Women of Toronto was that The Bay is planning...
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Style
CEO of Hudson’s Bay Co., Jeffrey Sherman, steps down
The Financial Post is reporting that HBC CEO Jeffrey Sherman is leaving the company; he was brought out of retirement to operate...
Style
First lady fashion faceoff: Bonnie Brooks vs. Laureen Harper
While poring over photos from Sarah Jessica Parker’ s recent appearance in Toronto, we were struck by an undeniable resemblance...
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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
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand