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A snapshot of Sap, O&B’s Canadian comfort food restaurant
Executive chef Ryan Lister curates a colourful menu driven by local and seasonal ingredients
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Store Guide: North Standard Trading Post, a new Canadiana-themed boutique in Parkdale
Name: North Standard Trading Post Sells: Clothing, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and kids; items for the home; grooming...
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The Drake General Store opens a location at Yonge and Eglinton
The Drake General Store has shuttered its Rosedale location and opened a new store 27 blocks north, at 2607 Yonge Street. The...
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Introducing: Hitch, a cozy new Leslieville bar named for an irascible literary gadfly
Name: Hitch (yes, after writer and noted drinker Christopher Hitchens ) Neighborhood: Leslieville Contact info: 1216 Queen...
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Toca relaunches with a new head chef and a new menu (and without Tom Brodi)
The Ritz-Carlton Toronto announced yesterday that Montreal-born and European-trained Gihen Zitouni is the new chef de cuisine at...
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Introducing: Riverside Public House, a new Queen East bar with Dustin Gallagher in the kitchen
When Nav Sangha (Wrongbar, The Great Hall) took over the former Blue Moon Pub at Queen and Broadview, the first thing he did was...
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Summerlicious 2012: our food editor picks the top 10 offerings from this year’s Licious list
Ten years in, Toronto’s loved (and loathed) bacchanalia of affordable dining is larger than ever, with 181 restaurants offering...
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Real Estate News
Cottage of the Week: $15 million for an over-the-top lumberjack’s paradise in Muskoka
ADDRESS: 1100 Delbrooke Road NEIGHBOURHOOD: Lake of Bays, Muskoka AGENT: Michael Constable , Sotheby’s International Realty...
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Toronto’s best five restaurants to go for a business lunch
The top five spots to break bread, dent the expense account and sign a deal while you’re at it (Image: Aria’s red wine–cured...
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Michael Potters keeps it rustic at Hockley Valley’s new restaurant Cabin
One-time Torontonian Michael Potters has been announced as the chef at Cabin, a new upscale restaurant at Orangeville’s Hockley...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: a luxe take on a classic sandwich at a new King West TIFF hub
This Thursday marks the start of TIFF, with its usual flurry of stars. Celeb hunters hoping to avoid the red carpet crush should...
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Introducing: Bannock, Oliver and Bonacini’s new café and restaurant at The Bay’s flagship store
It’s no secret that Hudson’s Bay Co. has undergone some big changes in recent years. The retailer’s revitalization project...
Culture
Upcoming Heffel auction to feature Group of Seven, Emily Carr, Paul-Émile Borduas and more
Heffel Fine Art Auction House is offering up a healthy dose of Canadiana with its latest—and potentially...
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Philip Sparks’s Canadiana wows—again—as Rogue Fashion Week kicks off
Philip Sparks kicked off Rogue Fashion Week last night at the Burroughes Building with a fall/winter collection of classic duffle...
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Introducing: Canoe, the Oliver and Bonacini flagship revamped
After 16 years at the top, Canoe , one of the city’s culinary beacons, closed its doors on New Year’s Day for a...
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Introducing: Toca, refined Canadiana at the Ritz-Carlton
Back in October, we reported that chef Tom Brodi (formerly of Canoe , North 44 and Gramercy Tavern in New York, under Tom...
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Introducing: the Ritz-Carlton, Toronto’s newest five-star hotel
The glamorous new Ritz-Carlton Toronto is open for business, nearly five years after its groundbreaking in November 2006. The...
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A first glimpse inside the renovated Canoe
Last December we reported that Canoe would be closing up shop for a million-dollar facelift. Unlike most construction projects in...
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More Canadiana! The inside details on Canoe’s forthcoming make-over
Fourteen years after first opening, Canoe is closing its door to undertake a major renovation starting New Year’s Day. The...
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Culture
The swag series: George Stroumboulopoulos’s celeb guests take ketchup chips and Clamato back to the U.S.
What it is: Guests of Strombo’ s new show, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, get their pick of some sweet swag in the Made in...
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The Thing: the oxymoronic appeal of Canadiana cool
In Toronto, we’ve been fashioning chandeliers from antlers and cherishing Cowichan sweaters for years. It took the Vancouver...
Today in Toronto: McMichael Canadian Art Collection
McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Touching the artwork—usually a huge no-no—is perfectly acceptable during the gallery’s...
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Best of the City 2010: Toronto’s top shopping
Men’s madras shirt Jonathan and Olivia 49 Ossington Ave., 416-849-5956 Madras is the hot new plaid, in light organic cotton and...
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Taking Stock: five Toronto trendsetters tell us what they can’t live without
We talked to five Toronto trendsetters from the fashion, art and design worlds who make a living selling style. Here, an inventory...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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“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
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative