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Hope for the Cottageless: an insider’s guide to vacationing in cottage country
So you didn’t listen when everyone told you to book a rental back in January, and you haven’t yet managed to finagle an invite...
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Food & Drink
Michael Stadtländer and Jamie Kennedy walk away with new Governor General’s Cuisine Awards
The Governor General’s Awards, heretofore known for honouring the best in Canadian academics and arts, have added a new category...
Food & Drink
Young people resort to subterfuge to learn cooking secrets from Corey Mintz
When teenagers lie about their age, they are usually trying to get into a club or buy a skull-shaped bottle of vodka . Not the...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: The Secret World of Og, a cheese festival and five other things to do this weekend
1. THE SECRET WORLD OF OG Based on Pierre Berton’s much-loved children's novel, this Canadian Children's Opera Company-produced...
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Mother’s Day gift guide: 10 ideas for Mommy Dearest
Go beyond the old brunch-and-flowers routine this Mother's Day. Here, 10 praise-worthy gifts from $10 to $500. View the slide show...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Jane’s Walk, Hot Docs and six other things to do this weekend
1. JANE’S WALK Jane Jacobs believed the only way to really know a city is to get out there and walk in it. A year after her...
Culture
Green Living Show lures Colin Firth to Toronto with award
Colin Firth will be coming to the Green Living Show on Saturday to receive the inaugural—pause for a deep breath—Green Living...
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Food & Drink
Food Network’s answer to the demand for cheaper, edgier programming: Canadians
American kids don’t seem to connect with Paula Deen and Emeril, so the owners of the U.S. Food Network is getting hip with the...
City News
Escape Plan: five amazing Ontario getaways
Five off-the-radar summer destinations where you can eat, drink, fish, farm, bike or meditate to your heart’s content Blue Fox...
Food & Drink
Canada gets its own Top Chef; wild speculation ensues
News came over the wire today that Canwest is producing a Canadian version of Top Chef that will air on the Food Network next...
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Food & Drink
Madeline’s massive make-over: name changes, construction and the return of Susur Lee
Don’t panic at the sight of shuttered windows at Madeline’s. The place closed on April 10 but will re-emerge in early June as...
Food & Drink
Why are there no female sushi chefs? Blame warm hands and menstruation
According to the Star , there are only three female sushi chefs in Toronto because of a series of age-old beliefs about how the...
Food & Drink
That EVOO may have lost its extra virginity
The Post reports that as demand for olive oil grows around the world, producers are mixing different kinds of cheap oil and...
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Style
Ask the expert: a caterer’s dos and don’ts for the big day
Arpi Magyar became a culinary star in the kitchen at Splendido, and now his catering company, Couture Cuisine and Event...
Food & Drink
Fumes from gas stoves carcinogenic, says study
A new Norwegian study is giving new meaning to the cliché "cooking with gas." Apparently, many of us have been cooking too close...
Food & Drink
Cook, dine, donate: Toronto’s top female chefs raise money for Haiti
The latest effort by Toronto’s culinary community to help victims of last month’s earthquake is the Chefs for Haiti Fundraiser...
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Rapper would eat pterodactyl in defiance of PETA, Iron Chef scandal at the White House, Guy Fieri gets NBC show
• Some commenters believe that the recent White House–themed episode of Iron Chef was rigged with fake vegetables. The items...
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Grease fire at Korean Grill House seems more inevitable than tragic
A small fire broke out late Monday afternoon at the Korean Grill House, the restaurant at Queen West and McCaul where diners are...
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Rachel McAdams takes cooking classes in Kensington Market
Rachel McAdams plays it differently than most homegrown starlets who find success in Hollywood: she lives north of the border in a...
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Bob Blumer on humiliation, faking it and falling asleep watching Barefoot Contessa
Bob Blumer has come a long way from the cheesy printed shirts, the tornado hairdo and the Mrs. Dash commercials. Reclining in a...
Food & Drink
The truth behind turducken, Corey Mintz now cooking for monkeys, the suffering of Roncesvalles
• With the charm of a bloated pit bull and packing a painful 900 calories a slice, turducken might be a “guaranteed show...
Food & Drink
Cooking classes: the gift that gives back to the gifter
Unsurprisingly, cooking class registration increases in the weeks after Christmas, as wannabe chefs redeem gifts of culinary...
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Waiters’ secrets revealed, the thieving of oysters, Loblaws to move into Maple Leaf Gardens
• After years of delays, a Loblaws supermarket is set to occupy part of the space inside Maple Leaf Gardens. The grocery giant...
Food & Drink
Coolio gets a cooking show (yes, that Coolio), Rachael Ray bests Martha Stewart, recession ruins champagne sales
• Mid-’90s rapper Coolio has traded in rhymes for recipes. The Ghetto Gourmet now has an on-line cooking show and a new book...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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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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