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Collingwood
Food & Drink
Eleven new places to eat and drink in Creemore and Collingwood
Including an après-ski-themed bar, a 10-course farm-to-table restaurant and multiple spots run by Toronto expats
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Real Estate News
Cottage of the Week: $2.6 million for a Georgian Bay chalet sandwiched between the slopes and the water
At 4,600 square feet, the property also comes with a ski-tuning room, heated floors and a private deck backing onto the Niagara Escarpment
Real Estate News
Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a built-from-scratch Collingwood retreat with a koi pond
The 4,800-square-foot home also comes with an elevator, heated floors, 14-foot ceilings and multiple winter-proof decks
Real Estate News
Surreal Estate: $5.9 million for a Collingwood house with a big red barn and a ring for riding horses
What home in the country would be complete without seven bathrooms, a sauna, a tennis court, a driving range and 30 acres of land?
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Real Estate News
Surreal Estate: $4.9 million for a Thornbury mansion with a koi pond and a wall dedicated to Dr. Seuss
What house in a field would be complete without 3,500 square feet of space, a cedar plunge hot tub and multiple decks?
Real Estate News
Surreal Estate: $5.8 million for a Collingwood hockey haven with its own rink and sports bar
What country estate would be complete without a steam room, a viewing gallery and bar, 11 parking spaces and 25 acres of land?
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $3.9 million for a saltbox in the Blue Mountains with an off-grid bunkie
The 5,800-square-foot property also comes with five bedrooms, three living rooms, a hot tub and access to Beaver River
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Real Estate News
Cottage of the Week: $5.1 million for a chalet at the base of Blue Mountain with an indoor pool and sauna
The 4,200-square-foot property also comes with heated floors, a private balcony, an outdoor fireplace and hot tub, and Douglas fir all over
Food & Drink
Snack bars, cider houses, barbecue joints and more of the best places to eat and drink in Collingwood this summer
The Georgian Bay–adjacent town's restaurant scene is booming
City News
“It just doesn’t make sense”: Blue Mountain resort president Dan Skelton on the postponement of ski season
"It was horrible. Merry Christmas, you’re laid off"
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Real Estate News
A Toronto family wanted to ditch the city. So they bought this $2.7m home in Thornbury
The Skillens were tired of commuting from Leaside to their cottage in the Blue Mountains. So they decided to uproot their lives and move full time to cottage country
Real Estate News
A family bought this $1.25m Blue Mountain ski chalet pre-pandemic. They just decided to move there full time
As lockdown continued, the Carters wondered whether it might be better to leave the city altogether
Real Estate News
Airbnb story: A family of Scarborough ski upstarts rented this Blue Mountain chalet for $350 a night
The owners? A family of Toronto expats who recently ditched the city for a mountainside lifestyle
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Real Estate News
A Toronto financier wanted a (post-Covid) winter party pad. He found this $1.2-million Blue Mountain retreat
Koel, who lives in Little Italy, wanted a secondary property close to the Craigleith Ski Club, where he's been a member for the last five years
Life
Real Weddings: This reception took place inside a giant inflatable bubble
The couple ordered it from Hong Kong, and hosted a 100-person party inside
Real Estate News
Airbnb of the Week: $373 per night for a Hamptons-style suite in Collingwood
See inside a jumbo-sized ski chalet that's up for rent by the night
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Airbnb of the Week: $501 per night for a chic Collingwood townhome
See inside a chalet that's up for rent by the night
Real Estate News
Airbnb of the Week: From $265 per night for a mountainside suite in Collingwood
See inside a hot-tub-equipped cabin that's up for rent by the night
City News
How a small group of farmers and wealthy weekenders made the Melancthon mega-quarry protest a cause célèbre
An unexpected casualty of Toronto’s building boom is the sleepy southern Ontario township of Melancthon, where an American hedge...
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Real Estate News
Cottage of the Week: $3.3 million for a 45-acre country estate in Collingwood
ADDRESS: 8447 30/31 Side Road NEIGHBOURHOOD: Collingwood AGENTS: Carol Lome, Royal LePage Real Estate Services and Judy...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Farmhouse Tavern, a showcase for Ontario products in the Junction Triangle
There’s been a spate of restaurants opening just north of Bloor of late, and a full-blown explosion of places west of...
Food & Drink
In a bid to stop the “mega-quarry,” Michael Stadtländer rallies (nearly) every chef we’ve ever heard of for Foodstock
Michael Stadtländer has rallied 100 of the best chefs from across Canada to participate in Foodstock, an epic, pay-what-you-can...
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David Lawrason rounds up some of the best Ontario wines from off the beaten track
New Ontario vintners are planting vines in unlikely places and making wine that will warm your indie-loving locavore heart. In the...
City News
Barrie parents blaming Wi-Fi for children’s behaviour in school are apparently unfamiliar with children, school
From the grain of salt department: a group of parents in Barrie are complaining that new wireless networks in local elementary...
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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
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