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A backyard office with French countryside flair
A floral designer used black paint and cast-offs to convert a dilapidated shed into an enchanting garden studio
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City News
Ten ways to up your gardening game
The latest and greatest experts, gizmos and shops devoted to backyard (or balcony) gardens this summer
Shopping
Six indoor hydroponic gardens for growing your own fruits and veggies
The best part: no green thumb necessary
Shopping
Six gardening shops doing delivery—plus their pandemic planting recommendations
For green thumbs and novices
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Real Estate News
How a landscape architect turned his 300-square-foot balcony into a lush private oasis
You don't need a backyard to do some landscaping
Shopping
A beginner’s guide to balcony container gardening
With the right tips, Toronto's backyard-deprived condo-dwellers can nurture tons of beautiful blooms and tasty veggies right on their balconies
City News
Jan Wong: how the rise of horticultural training at Toronto schools is bad for students
While we’re busy teaching our kids to tend school gardens, they’re failing provincial tests in reading, writing and math. The...
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Best of the City 2011: Our picks for the coolest home decor and other goods
Patio chair Camera Axe Reclaimed wood furniture Vintage Curios Fresh-cut flowers Guilt-free makeup Soil for a veggie garden Kids'...
Food & Drink
Bellwoods Brewery to launch later this year with T.O.-grown hops and food by Guy Rawlings
When brewers Mike Clark and Luke Pestl decided to launch the upcoming Bellwoods Brewery on Ossington (at the former Meta Gallery...
Shopping
Best of the City 2010: Toronto’s top shopping
Men’s madras shirt Jonathan and Olivia 49 Ossington Ave., 416-849-5956 Madras is the hot new plaid, in light organic cotton and...
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City News
G20 security scare turns out to be a crock of fertilizer
Canada was on the brink of having its very own supervillain yesterday, as police appealed to the public in their search for an...
City News
Globe and Mail to relaunch as a magazine-newspaper Frankenstein; Splice comparisons inevitable
Ever since the Globe and Mail announced that magazine powerhouse Transcontinental would be taking over its printing...
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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...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: A Taste of Iceland, Canada Blooms and seven other things to do this weekend
1. STOP FOR FOOD Some of the city's best restaurants— Amaya, The Harbord Room, Gilead Café —are participating in this...
Food & Drink
A seven-patty burger, DIY mushroom farming, grain- versus grass-fed beef
• When it comes to weird fast-food promotions, no one beats the Japanese. This time around, Burger King has teamed up with...
Food & Drink
New nosh at the ACC, urine is the secret to top tomatoes, chicken trade war turns foul
• The Air Canada Centre may become a mecca for hot-dog connoisseurs in Toronto, with a newly unveiled concession stand that...
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Food & Drink
Constant gardeners: Young Urban Farmers shows us how to cheat at backyard farming
Most urban foodies would love to grow their own organic spinach, but most of us barely have time to stop at Sobeys on our way home...
Food & Drink
The not-so-secret garden: Toronto is poised to get its first community orchard
Toronto's first public orchard may be approved as soon as next week, if the city gives the pilot project a green thumbs-up. Susan...
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Dog food versus pâté, Ruth Reichl in Toronto, gardening madness
• Chowhounds don’t know from hound chow, according to a new study in which only three out of 18 volunteers were able to tell...
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Britney goes locavore, swine flu comes to Canada, more Twittering chefs
• Mexican-origin swine flu —which has killed over 100 so far—reached Canada this weekend. Despite precautionary pork bans...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
“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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business