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Gord Downie
City News
Canadian Tire is bringing back the Bay blanket
Just in time for hibernate-at-home season
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Culture
Inside the rise of the Tragically Hip, Canada’s most beloved rock band
Four decades ago, a group of kids riffing in Kingston bars became rock stars who redefined a nation. Here, the origin story—and tragic end—of the Hip, in their own words
Culture
Q&A: Broken Social Scene front man Kevin Drew on his debut play,
A&R Angels
, suicide and getting over his stage fright
"The thought of acting scared the shit out of me so much that I realized I had to do it"
Culture
What Justin Trudeau, Ryan Reynolds and other notable Canadians are saying about Gord Downie’s death
"What a gift Gord was to all of us. The country feels gutted right now"
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Culture
Nine vintage photos that track the Tragically Hip’s rise to CanRock royalty
There used to be a lot more hair
City News
A bunch of times Justin Trudeau hung out with celebrities
Canada couldn't have possibly picked a better person to hang out with Bono on its behalf
Culture
The 10 best Toronto albums of 2016
Drake, Gord Downie, Basia Bulat and more
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Culture
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #23, Gord Downie
The multi-talented troubadour
Today in Toronto: The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip The Hip promoted their newest album, Now for Plan A, at a pop-up concert in Kensington Market last...
Food & Drink
These Booths Were Made for Gawking: who sits where at La Société
The cuisine is supremely so-so, but the glitzy atmosphere and A-plus people-watching at La Société—the crown jewel of...
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City News
Camera: Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Burtynsky host the inaugural Waterkeeper Gala at the Corus Quay
February 7, Corus Quay. Almost 50 years after Camelot, the Kennedy name still draws a crowd. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined...
Food & Drink
The Long Weekender: Divisadero—A Performance, the National Home Show and six-other can’t miss events
1. THE JUNO TOUR OF CANADIAN ART This collaboration between the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts...
Today in Toronto: Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Gord Downie, Rendevous With Madness Film Festival
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Gussied-up horses may be the main attraction, but there are plenty of other weird and wonderful...
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Culture
Stars, City and Colour and Gord Downie headlining TIFF-timed music showcase
As if we weren't going to be distracted enough by the dozens of screenings and parties, a killer lineup of Canadian indie acts to...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
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
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!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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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