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Introducing: Nature’s Emporium, a 50,000-square-foot organic grocery utopia
Just walking past the juice bar and the pesticide-free garden centre and into the almost ridiculously beautiful produce wing of...
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Assigned movie seats, capsule hotels and 23 other ways to make Toronto cooler: Star
Inspired by Steve Martin' s joke (from, uh, two years ago) on 30 Rock that Toronto is like New York without all the stuff, the...
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Loblaw vs. Shoppers Drug Mart: the grocer is opening more pharmacies
Back in February, Shoppers Drug Mart announced that it would expand its food offerings. Now, in an attempt to shake Shoppers'...
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Eataly coming to Toronto? Rumours swirl amid explained puns and subtle cultural insensitivity
Oscar Farinetti was in town this weekend, scouting possible locations and looking for a financial partner to help him open...
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Vancouver’s storied vegan cheese, Daiya, lands in Toronto
Toronto vegans have previously had to go to great lengths to obtain Daiya , the much-hyped vegan cheese revered by the non-meat...
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Walmart and Whole Foods go head-to-head in organic battle
Developing a hate-on for corporations and big-box retailers is a pastime of many, but it may be time for a paradigm shift. The...
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Toronto group wants to tap trees to make maple syrup, City of Toronto not impressed
Maple syrup might be as iconic a Canadian food as Timbits, but the City of Toronto is discouraging residents from tapping, the...
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Joe Fresh founder Joe Mimran gets a promotion at Loblaw
Club Monaco founder and Joe Fresh Style tycoon Joe Mimran has been appointed head of general merchandise at Loblaw, meaning he'll...
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University of Toronto prof says buying local won’t save environment
More bad news for 100-mile dieters: a new study says that local-only eating is impractical and does little to help the...
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Something is a lot less fishy at Loblaws seafood counters
Loblaws put its green foot forward this week, with a pledge to sell only sustainable seafood by the end of 2013. This means that...
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Waiters’ secrets revealed, the thieving of oysters, Loblaws to move into Maple Leaf Gardens
• After years of delays, a Loblaws supermarket is set to occupy part of the space inside Maple Leaf Gardens. The grocery giant...
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Picking the best butter, ice cream for dogs, robot chefs take over Asian kitchens
• Dogs are no longer left out in the cold when it comes to ice cream. A teenaged entrepreneur from New York City has...
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Q&A: three minutes with Naked Chef Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver will send foodophiles into full swoon this Sunday, when he appears Roy Thomson Hall to speak about his new...
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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...
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Black carrots are the latest craze, Madonna hates cheese, Prohibition feud heats up
• Feuding continues at Queen Street East bar Prohibiton. Ex-manager Joey McGuirk published a letter from his lawyer on...
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Frank Bruni loves Toronto’s Asian food, Loblaws trumpets local produce, the Food Network is recession-proof
• The retired critic Frank Bruni told the Globe and Mail that his complicated history with food actually had an effect on the...
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Julia Child revisited, dining with dogs, a new breakfast chain for Ontario
• Going out for a bite can be a problem if one’s puppy wants to come too. Writer Ivy Knight suggests that there are a few...
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A fancy store recently charged me five cents for a paper shopping bag. Isn’t the new fee for plastic grocery bags only?
You’re half right. And you could be entitled to a refund. Under the city’s hotly debated bag bylaw, retailers of all...
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Supermarket heap: Gourmet grocers colonize the city
There has been a sudden influx of gourmet grocers and grab-and-go eateries in Toronto. Many have been—or will be—created by...
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Fruit follies at Pusateri’s, a hidden culinary haven, the dangers of baby food
• After the harrowing experience of watching her mother try to get a refund for rotten grapes at Pusateri’s , the National...
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Free chow mein frenzy, local food under threat and health inspectors walk the line
• As restaurateurs deal with permit headaches and piling up garbage, we hope they’re not too distracted to keep their kitchens...
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Go Longo: The 905 grocer opens a second downtown location
It's rare that the suburbs trump downtown on the food front, but for years the 905 has had one thing over the 416: a surplus of...
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First look inside Mark McEwan’s gourmet grocery store
Chef Mark McEwan ( North 44° , Bymark ) gave us an exclusive tour of his eponymous grocery store at the Shops at Don Mills, just...
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Mark McEwan’s opens his grocery store this week (no, seriously)—and plans a second downtown location
After months of anticipation, Shops at Don Mills will finally get its gourmet grocer this Thursday, says Mark McEwan. We caught up...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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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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
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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?
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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
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“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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“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
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative