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Not even higher prices stop Canadians from loving Tim Hortons
Unseasonably warm winter weather has been a boon to Tim Hortons this year, driving up the national coffee icon's fourth-quarter...
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Despite rumours, Mercury Espresso Bar is not closing
The papered-over windows of Mercury Espresso Bar prompted a rumour on on-line restaurant forum Chowhound Wednesday that the...
Food & Drink
Laura Secord returns to Canadian ownership
After more than 20 years, Laura Secord is back in Canadian hands after Quebec-based chocolatier Nutriart bought the company for...
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Two vices are better than one: Toronto’s cafés break out the booze
If we’re to believe Leah McLaren, the MacBook army has totally colonized Toronto’s coffee shops. Now, thanks to a new...
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Snacking leads to suspension as another TTC employee is caught slacking
A TTC bus driver—allegedly caught taking a seven-minute, mid-route coffee break—may believe that his union membership exempts...
Food & Drink
Is free Wi-Fi killing Toronto’s indie cafés?
When not referring to Black Hoof co-owner Grant van Gameren as “Greg,” the Globe and Mail has been sticking it to “freelance...
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Some of Toronto’s best coffee is coming to Yonge and Bloor
The Junction’s Crema Coffee Company, one of Toronto’s best places to go for espresso, has long had one drawback: it’s off...
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Just Opened: El Almacen brings authentic yerba mate to Queen Street West
Along the still-evolving stretch of West Queen West between Dovercourt and Ossington, Silvio and Estela Rodriguez have quietly...
Food & Drink
Coffee drinkers more likely to avoid diabetes, horsemeat consumption on the decline, a $9,150 toothpick
• The effects of the recession combined with years of negative publicity have resulted in a 12 per cent decrease in the amount...
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Just Opened: Cloud Espresso Bar brings Bonjour Brioche’s former chef to Queen West
For all the fawning over Richard Florida, Toronto’s “creative class” still finds itself stuck in the abstract. Even those...
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Twelve Treats of Christmas: amazing edible (or drinkable) gifts for the indulgent epicure
Now is the time of year when Toronto’s patisseries and food shops offer a tremendous selection of goodies that cater to the most...
Food & Drink
Out of Africa and into Ontario: the story behind Canada’s first grower-direct imported coffee
Ashanti Coffee might not be a name recognized by many of Toronto’s coffee connoisseurs, but maybe it should be. The company...
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Holiday shopping: 22 gift ideas for at-home chefs
Toronto Life 's annual Holiday Gift Guide has 120 ideas for presents, but we've put together this slide show of items (like a $20...
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Sarah Palin invokes God while defending meat eating, Timothy’s World Coffee sold, the $1-million cow
• Sarah Palin takes aim at vegetarians in her highly anticipated memoir, Going Rogue . The moose-hunting former governor's...
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Michelle Obama on Sesame Street, coffee spared tax hike, chocolate cures stress
• Michelle Obama dropped by Sesame Street on the show’s 40th anniversary to chat with a basket of anthropomorphic vegetables...
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Twelve new indie cafés: Toronto’s thirst for coffee poured by hipsters proves unquenchable (for now)
As Starbucks attempts to boost profits with its instant coffee and Tim Hortons ’ profits tumble , Toronto’s indie café craze...
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Harvard says coffee is healthy, 7-Eleven’s $3.99 wine, roast a chicken in 33 minutes
• Coffee and beer are proving to be a formidable team in Péché Mortel (French for “mortal sin”), a beer from Montreal’s...
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Just Opened: Spice Safar
The recession may just be ending, but around King West, there are few signs it ever happened. Buca has just opened, The Roosevelt...
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America’s best coffee, unilingual DineSafe rules, World Pasta Day
• In its November issue, GQ travels the States to pick America’s best coffee shops. Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco scores...
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Top five candies for Halloween nostalgia, collagen-infused coffee, Obama sushi
• Obamamania has invaded the Far East. A Japanese chef has come up with Obama-inspired sushi, complete with benevolent...
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Boneless chicken wings on more menus, Canadian diet unhealthy, Toronto’s newest microbrews
• The Holland Marsh is more than a distance marker on the way to cottage country. Fourteen per cent of Ontario's produce is...
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Jewish delis on the decline, top winter wines, the $100 cup of coffee
• The New York Times follows local writer and Toronto Life contributor David Sax on his tour of struggling Jewish delis as he...
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The Twitter diet, the best cheese in the world, the truth behind coffee’s contents
• Wired magazine breaks down what’s in a cup of coffee, including the good, the bad and the ugly. On the plus side, it’s...
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Nadège Patisserie sends its desserts down the catwalk
Nadège Patisserie continues to find original ways of flogging pastries to Torontonians. Last week, the Queen West shop held a...
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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
Wines of the World
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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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
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