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Toronto’s housing forecast according to Garth Turner, the Dr. Doom of real estate
If the Toronto real estate market has nine lives, so, too, does its most famous prophet of doom, Garth Turner. Over a 40-year...
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City News
And the 10 most traffic-addled streets in Toronto are...
Sheppard Avenue commuters now have the dubious honour of spending hours on one of the most congested streets in one of the most...
City News
Downtown condo + gravity = glass raining down on a limo
The latest downtown tower to shed glass is Boutique Condo, at Simcoe Street near Richmond. Last night, a pane broke off the 25th...
Real Estate News
TREB accuses the land transfer tax of pushing buyers to the ’burbs
According to the Toronto Real Estate Board, Torontonians are so horrified by the land transfer tax that they’re running for the...
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Culture
A chat with the winner of Top Chef Canada season two
Yesterday, we got a chance to speak with the winner of season two of Top Chef Canada to find out what it’s like feeding Mark...
City News
Police make an arrest in the Eaton Centre shooting, while the city (and its media) reels
Almost two days after the Eaton Centre shooting that killed 24-year-old Ahmed Hassan and injured six others, Toronto police...
City News
Hate sitting in Starbucks surrounded by squealing kids? Stay downtown
The 2011 census confirms what most city-watchers have suspected all along: Toronto is a working adult’s town. For instance, in...
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TTC versus Metrolinx: can the Eglinton Crosstown be finished by 2020?
The ongoing power struggle between the TTC and Metrolinx is ramping up over the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Backed...
City News
The sky is falling! (Or just bits of airplane and glass)
GTA-residents had a couple more reasons to fear the heavens yesterday (in addition to the concrete chunks of highway and condo...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $2.3 million for a downtown penthouse with a heart-stopping terrace
ADDRESS: 33 Charles Street East, Unit 4601 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Church-Yonge Corridor AGENTS: Cameron Weir and Scott Hanton , Keller...
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Should Toronto try for the 2025 World Expo? Kristyn Wong-Tam says yes
Kristyn Wong-Tam has a vision for Toronto’s waterfront that doesn’t involve mega-casinos : develop it for the 2025 World...
Real Estate News
Tower power: Scotia Plaza sells for a record $1.27 billion
In a much-hyped sale, the red granite Scotiabank tower at King and Bay has sold for $1.27-billion, which is —by far— the...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1 million for a suite in a King West clock tower (round windows included)
ADDRESS: 700 King St. W., Unit 612 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Niagara AGENTS: George, Frank and John Filntissis, Coldwell Banker Terrequity...
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MLSE’s Larry Tanenbaum joins the ranks of wannabe casino owners
The latest big-wig to dream about owning a colossal casino on Toronto’s waterfront is Larry Tanenbaum , billionaire and chair of...
Real Estate News
Toronto is about to be a two-boom city (condos and office towers)
Soon all those cranes hovering over downtown won’t just be for the multitude of new condos—demand for downtown office space is...
City News
Paul Godfrey really, really wants a casino, and he really, really wants it downtown
Paul Godfrey, chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, still hasn’t given up on the idea of a mega-casino in Toronto...
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QUOTED: Josh Colle explains what makes white people feel better
— Josh Colle, arguing that the bylaw prohibiting firearms on city-owned property doesn’t do much for residents in his riding...
Food & Drink
The Month That Was: the Toronto restaurants and bars that opened and closed in April
• The Saint— after three long years of waiting, during which time most of Ossington rapidly gentrified, this neighbourhood...
Food & Drink
Weekly Lunch Pick: the Brick Lane chicken sandwich at Sliced
The latest addition to the downtown grab-and-go market is housed in a new condo building built on what was once the rundown Bay...
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.75 million for a hip family home in the heart of downtown
ADDRESS: 50 Sullivan Street NEIGHBOURHOOD: Kensington-Chinatown AGENT: Julie Han-Emery, Re/Max Realtron Realty PRICE: $1,749,000...
Real Estate News
Bubble Trouble: the latest (and heartening) analyses of Toronto’s housing market
Sometimes it feels like real estate watchers aren’t even talking about the same city when they're discussing Toronto’s...
City News
City hall intrigue: centrist councillors to talk agenda (and, hopefully, eat) at a downtown restaurant
The increasingly powerful “mighty middle” has stepped up the civic intrigue at city hall, according to the Toronto...
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Oodles of condos create a thirst for downtown office space
The unstoppable condo boom that has marked out nearly every neighbourhood for construction has also resulted in a demographic...
Style
QUOTED: hotelier Steve Gupta on why tourists get bored in Toronto
—Steve Gupta , CEO of Ontario hotel chain Easton’s Group, both explaining why he supports a downtown mega-casino and...
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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
Deep Dives
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
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
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Food & Drink
“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
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