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Inside Sweat and Tonic’s new location at the Well
The 25,000-square-foot wellness hub offers fitness, biohacking, injectables, massages, a three-lane saltwater lap pool and a co-working area
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Vibe, sweat and shop fitness essentials at STACKT Market
Take your summer workouts to the next level
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Life
I quit my desk job and opened a Pilates studio in Corktown
"I was pretty miserable. And it got worse over the pandemic once I became stuck at home"
City News
I transformed a parking lot rooftop into a full-service gym
"Clients have showed up with champagne and doughnuts. One even brought us a new Nespresso coffee machine"
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Life
When the pandemic put him out of work, this welder and fitness buff began producing condo-size gym equipment
He started peddling them on Kijiji, and by August he was up to four or five squat racks a week
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Toronto’s best online fitness classes
Cardio, bodybuilding, yoga and body-weight blasts, all streamed directly into the comfort of your living room
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“We’re disinfecting shower stalls after every use”: What reopening looks like at five Toronto gyms
We spoke with gym staffers about the precautions they're taking—including outdoor workouts, plexiglass barriers and hospital-grade air filters
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Life
How Maddie Lymburner became YouTube’s premier pandemic fitness guru
“Suddenly, gyms were closing, people were working out at home and my business was exploding”
Life
Toronto gyms offering livestream classes for house-bound fitness freaks
Here’s to enjoying a jolt of feel-good endorphins while the city’s on lockdown
Life
Inside Barry’s Bootcamp, the cultish workout studio’s first Toronto location
The notoriously intense workout has landed in Toronto
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Where to find the latest, coolest, most high-tech innovations in workout science
Stick to your New Year's Resolution with gyms, classes and gear that integrate science and fitness
City News
Save me from my workout
In early fall 2013, my husband, Andrew, and I joined a popular CrossFit gym in the city’s east end. Our first class consisted of...
Style
SLIDESHOW: A tour of Madonna’s new Toronto gym—which is full of close-ups photos of her face
Madonna, the original VMA shock performer, is still flexing her celebrity status. And her sinewed upper body. The superstar’s...
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Shopping
Five top spots in Toronto for a sexy night out—from pole-dancing to peepshows
If you know where to look, Toronto is a very naughty town. Here, the city’s best places for a sexy night out POLE-DANCING...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford’s daughter Krista on whether she’ll be the third Ford at city hall
— Krista Ford, a personal trainer and former Lingerie Football League player, on whether she’d ever join her dad, Doug...
City News
Rob Ford’s weight loss campaign is officially a downer
Because most diets involve plateaus and a bit of backsliding, making one’s weight loss public—very, very public —often ends...
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Culture
Michelle Obama (yep, that one) taps Toronto-based Fit2Dance for a nationwide obesity-correcting fitness initiative
Toronto-based Fit2Dance will join forces with Michelle Obama (sort of) to present at Obama’s Let’s Move In Schools initative...
City News
Councillor Doug Ford suggests UFC athletes teach Toronto children about bullying
Apparently, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has its own community outreach program, and Doug Ford is a big fan. According to...
City News
Best of the City 2011: Our picks for Toronto’s top services—from beard trimming to doggie fitness
Spray paint removal Beard maintenance Canine workout Bedbug exterminator Personal shopper Tattoo removal Artful mani Cleaver care...
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Toronto does a poor job of getting kids active, so (surprise, surprise) Toronto kids aren’t active
A new report from Get Active Toronto (guess what they’re all about) says that 93 per cent of local youth don’t get the minimum...
City News
City hall to raise user fees: marriage, swimming and summer camp more pricey, but lawn bowling is now free
When he was running for mayor, and well before that, Rob Ford said repeatedly that city hall didn’t have a revenue problem, it...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: can I hit on my personal trainer?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Is it appropriate to hit on my trainer at the YMCA, or would that be considered some sort of harassment...
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Lululemon plans to continue success with more expensive clothes made from silver
Yesterday, we reported that Vancouver's Lululemon was killing its third-quarter results, with profits doubling and Web sales up...
Style
Lululemon makes lots of money, thanks to Oprah
Canadian athletic wear powerhouse Lululemon saw its profits almost double in the third quarter of this year, thanks in part to the...
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Best New Restaurants
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
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
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Food & Drink
An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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