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Here’s what Toronto musicians look like as cartoon characters
The 10 best tracks and quirky band illustrations from Loud on Planet X
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Culture
Toronto’s catchiest cover songs
"Hotline Bling" performed with phones, the return of "Teenage Dirtbag" and more
Get a head start on Toronto’s Long Winter
It’s been roughly three weeks since summer officially ended, which, given this country’s notoriously short autumns, means...
Food & Drink
Head to the Horseshoe for Fucked Up, “the planet’s best band”
Metalhead or not, it’s not hard to understand why Harper’s recently described Fucked Up as “currently the planet’s best...
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Culture
Fucked Up debuts a new track
Toronto experimental hardcore outfit Fucked Up has always seemed to be one-upping itself. After winning the Polaris Prize in 2009...
The Weekender: The Penelopiad, Canada’s Top Ten and five more events on our to-do list
1. THE PENELOPIAD Following last year’s acclaimed run, Nightwood Theatre’s production of The Penelopiad is back at Buddies in...
Culture
The Layover in Toronto: Anthony Bourdain’s favourite spots and best quips
For last night’s episode of The Layover, Anthony Bourdain and his merry crew squeezed as many of Toronto’s culinary delights...
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Culture
Reaction roundup: Feist takes home the 2012 Polaris Music Prize
Yesterday at the Masonic Temple on Yonge Street, Broken Social Scene alum Feist walked home with this year’s Polaris Music Prize...
Food & Drink
Here’s where Anthony Bourdain stopped by during his Toronto layover
Regular Dish readers will know that Anthony Bourdain, TV’s favourite bad-boy chef–turned–professional eater was in town last...
Culture
Short list announced for Polaris Music Prize, Toronto well-represented
The short list for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize was revealed this afternoon at The Drake Hotel, and of the 10 finalists, half are...
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Culture
Polaris Music Prize announces long list, and it’s 25 per cent Torontonian
Earlier today, the Polaris Music Prize announced its long list of the 40 Canadian bands and musicians eligible to win this year's...
Food & Drink
The Pick: The Men’s fuzzed-out reinvention of punk rock at NXNE
No one would confuse 2012 with 1979, but thanks to genre-bending acts like Denmark’s Iceage , Vancouver’s White Lung and local...
Food & Drink
The Pick: Army Girls and PS I Love You, a pair of fierce two-piece acts at this year’s Canadian Music Week
From The White Stripes to The Black Keys, there’s something about a two-piece rock ’n’ roll band that’s both more intimate...
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Thanks to Actual Water, The Burger’s Priest now has its very own hymn
The devotion of The Burger’s Priest fans can be so fanatical that it was only a matter of time before one of them composed a...
Culture
Damian Abraham of Fucked Up says he “can’t tour anymore,” sparking rumours that he’s leaving the band
Spinner recently reported that Fucked Up front man Damian Abraham was considering quitting the band, because he “can’t tour...
Culture
VIDEO: Having a curry with Fucked Up in Little India
After watching the music video for Fucked Up’ s “Do You Feed?” it’s hard to believe that more music videos aren’t shot...
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The Weekender: Deli Duel 2, Toronto Sketch Com-ageddon and six other events on our to-do list
1. ST. LAWRENCE MARKET STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL It’s berry season in Ontario, and St. Lawrence Market is celebrating with its annual...
Culture
NXNE releases its “Schedulizer,” allowing fans to, well, schedule a concert here and a gin and tonic there
Toronto’s indie music festival North By Northeast is always a big to-do for the city’s audiophiles, and this year, the event...
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The Weekender: LG Fashion Week, Jane Goodall and six other events on our to-do list
1. INUIT MODERN This brand new exhibit draws from a huge collection of Inuit art acquired by real estate developer Samuel Sarick...
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Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham to host revived version of The Wedge as MuchMusic goes back to the future
Damian Abraham (a.k.a. Pink Eyes) is many things: dramatic , topless , a dad, talented and, as of January 26, the host of...
Culture
Broken Social Scene and Tegan and Sara among short-listers for Polaris Prize
The 10 finalists were revealed today for the Polaris Prize , a prestigious award honouring Canadian music. The competition for the...
Culture
Fucked Up and Stars get friendly on Twitter
In true Canadian fashion, indie bands Fucked Up and Stars turned a potential Twitter war into a love-in. While earlier this week...
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Fucked Up’s April Fool’s Day prank inadvertently shows the perils of on-line reporting
The Twitterverse had a minor explosion last week when a story broke that Fucked Up was being sued by an energy drink company after...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’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
Big Stories
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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