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Twelve amazing photos of the CN Tower being built
Construction started 45 years ago today
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Culture
A replica CN Tower stage, a Weeknd cameo and four other things you missed at OVO Fest 2017
Plus appearances by Nelly and Migos, and hints at a new Drake album
City News
The 10 biggest moments in Toronto architecture in the last 50 years
The public buildings, high-rises and private residences that mattered most
Culture
15 signs you grew up in Toronto in the 1980s
Nostalgia is more than just the latest internet meme . It taps into a primal and powerful part of our collective identity. The...
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City News
The CN Tower is one rusty anchor away from demise
First of all, a disclaimer: there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that the CN Tower is in any way unsafe. By all...
Food & Drink
Quoted: Jamie Oliver comes to town, talks about eating the CN Tower
—Chef-throb Jamie Oliver on the CN Tower’s potential as a giant, meaty snack. Since arriving in Toronto to promote his new...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2012: a playful illustration of Toronto in all its glory
Presents for the home can be tricky—you don’t want the recipient to feel obligated to display a gift that’s not to their...
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City News
The 10 best Toronto Halloween costumes this year (including what Karen Stintz and Margaret Atwood wore)
Although one Maple Leaf had trouble finding an appropriate Halloween costume, there were still plenty of great disguises this...
City News
Wanted: 10 sand tiger sharks for the Ripley’s Aquarium at the CN Tower
Now that construction is well underway on the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada at the base of the CN Tower, it’s time for step two:...
City News
Faulty towers: who’s to blame for condoland’s falling glass, leaky walls and multi-million-dollar lawsuits
Jan Gandhi and Omar Jabri share a love of big-city life: the people, the architecture, the fashion, the logarithmic bustle of...
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Style
April Fool’s joke roundup: some funny, some not funny and some that just sound sensible
Everyone with a Facebook feed saw Google’ s eight-bit version of Google Maps (complete with a pixelated CN Tower ), but there...
Real Estate News
The Star’s Vertical Toronto series ends with a ThreatDown-esque list
With most of the onerous socioeconomic number crunching out of the way, the Toronto Star ended its three-part series on condo life...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1 million for a two-level penthouse in the Fashion District’s District Lofts
ADDRESS: 388 Richmond St. West, Penthouse 4 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Steven Fudge, Bosley Real...
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Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.8 million for a penthouse suite in the HarbourView Estates
ADDRESS: 10 Navy Wharf Court, Penthouse 5 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: David Harland, Harvey Kalles...
Real Estate News
CN Tower reclaims some of its dignity with a Guinness World Record for EdgeWalk
The CN Tower has had a rough few years. First it lost the world record for the world’s tallest man-made structure to the Burj...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.6 million for an Annex condo with a one-of-a-kind view
ADDRESS : Unit 2002, 1 Bedford Rd . NEIGHBOURHOOD : The Annex AGENT : Vicky Tal and Meir Gluzberg, Harvey Kalles Real Estate...
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: a mansion in the sky at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences
ADDRESS : 183 Wellington Street West, Unit 4304 NEIGHBOURHOOD : Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT : Cynthia...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 48, A Queen West company is developing mind-control computing
Much more conveniently located than a galaxy far, far away, a small tech company called InteraXon on Queen West is developing...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $8.4 million for a Bridle Path mansion that’s the ultimate in modern luxury
ADDRESS : 65 Highland Crescent NEIGHBOURHOOD : Bridle Path – Sunnybrook – York Mills AGENT : Robert S. Greenberg and Andre...
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Real Estate News
CN Tower launches EdgeWalk, for people who think skydiving is boring
This summer, the CN Tower is introducing a new attraction called EdgeWalk , allowing thrill-seekers to take a hands-free walk on a...
Culture
Watch the trailers for three new movies in which Toronto is actually front and centre
When it comes to cinema, Torontonians have heard it all before: their city can double for pretty much anywhere in the world, and...
Real Estate News
New details about CN Tower “behemoth” aquarium emerge
As we reported last March, Toronto has been in talks with Ripley Entertainment to bring an aquarium of epic proportions to the CN...
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Real Estate News
Home of the Week: $18.9 million for a two-storey penthouse condo at University and Adelaide
ADDRESS : 180 University Avenue, Penthouse 2 NEIGHBOURHOOD : Entertainment District AGENT : Kristen Michelle Duern, Robbyn...
Food & Drink
The one thing you should see this week: a virtual tour of Toronto’s streets
This week’s pick: Luc Courchesne’s You Are Here Tucked away on the 68 floor of First Canadian Place sits a tiny space. And in...
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Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
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
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Food & Drink
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