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Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto
Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city
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Life
Dear Americans: moving to Canada is hard
If you're thinking of fleeing Donald Trump, read this first
Shopping
Neiman Marcus not coming to Canada after all
The last few years have seen an influx of American retail heavyweights in Canada, including soon-to-launch department dinosaurs...
City News
VIDEO: Margaret Atwood has a plan to improve the lyrics to “O Canada”
Should Canada’s anthem be gender-neutral? Literary goddess Margaret Atwood and former PM Kim Campbell think so. Their proposed...
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Style
A massive new outlet mall west of Toronto will have the first ever Hudson’s Bay outlet store
Real estate giants Simon Property Group and Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust are opening a huge outlet mall on August 1 in...
Real Estate News
Real estate website Zoocasa is offering rebates on broker commissions in Toronto
Rogers Communications rolled out a revamped version of Zoocasa, its online resource for home buyers, this week, and along with a...
Shopping
Target’s next designer collaboration is with 3.1 Phillip Lim—and it’s being sold in Canada
After a reported five year courtship, Target has finally convinced buzzy New York-based designer Phillip Lim to do his first...
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Shopping
The Find: t-shirts inspired by Broken Social Scene, Feist and other Canadian musicians
Just in time for the music festival season, designer Jeremy Laing has teamed up with Toronto record label Arts and Crafts and a...
Food & Drink
Jones Soda gets in on the Canadiana trend with its intense new poutine-flavoured pop
Jones Soda, the Vancouver company known for its wacky flavours, is bringing a poutine-flavoured drink to Canada. The beverage is...
City News
Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are leaving Canada for a gig at Fox Sports
Like so many Canadian television personalities, freewheeling SportsCentre hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are moving south of...
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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...
Shopping
Trend We Love: clothing stores charging the same prices in Canada and the U.S.
Cross-border shopping is getting less and less tempting. First, a raft of American brands opened stores in Toronto, and now a...
Style
Is Hudson’s Bay nearing a deal to bring Uniqlo to Canada?
Hudson’s Bay CEO Richard Baker dropped a cagey hint this week that Japanese fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo could be coming to the...
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City News
Toronto surpasses Chicago to become the fourth-largest city in North America
Big news: Toronto pulled ahead of Chicago to become North America’s fourth-largest city behind Mexico City, New York and Los...
Style
Zara launches online shopping in Canada
After years of waiting for Zara to bring online shopping north of the border, the retail giant is finally launching its Canadian...
Food & Drink
Starbucks is renaming its Blonde Roast to sound more Canadian
As part of its never-ending quest to lure coffee drinkers away from Timmies, Starbucks has launched a campaign to find a more...
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Style
Zara is launching online shopping in Canada by summer
For a long time, Zara has fended off Canadians’ pleas for online shopping, focusing instead on bringing the service to Europe...
City News
A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis?
I used to be the only biracial kid in the room. Now, my exponentially expanding cohort promises a future where everyone is...
Style
Why does everything cost so much more in Canada?
Target’ s plans to charge higher prices in Canada than in the U.S. triggered a new round of grumbling about the...
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City News
Farewell, penny: 10 oddly sweet articles about the coin’s demise
The Royal Canadian Mint will stop distributing pennies to banks and businesses tomorrow, which means that, although the humble...
City News
Jesse Brown: Why music streaming services mean the death of radio—or perhaps its rebirth
Video never did kill the radio star. Neither did CDs or MP3s or even satellite radio, which tried to take down dusty old AM/FM...
City News
The Celtic Invasion: why the arrival of hundreds of Irish construction workers benefits Toronto’s building boom
In the mid-1990s, companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Apple, attracted by Ireland’s well-educated workforce, tax...
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Editor’s Letter (November 2012): Toronto’s glossy new global appeal
The U.S. presidential race has been depressing to watch. The portrait of America that has emerged from the conventions and the...
City News
Canada’s banking boom has a downside: “shenanigans” from the big banks
Canada’s biggest banks are basking in good news lately: profits are up, as are payouts to shareholders, and (unlike their...
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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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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
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