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Ex marks the spot: eight culinary innovations at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition (including deep-fried cola)
In the days of yore, people flocked to the Canadian National Exhibition to see the year’s prize cows, pigs and horses. It’s...
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Entomophagy 101: Five tips for eating insects
With doomsayers predicting impending apocalypse (they really mean it this time), food is probably going to be a lot harder to find...
Food & Drink
Poutine makes the list of “nine weirdest food festival dishes”
We thought that since poutine had established a foothold as far away as New York City that it was slowly shaking its status as a...
Food & Drink
Dangerous Dan’s gross new ads capitalize on pot, universal health care
Dangerous Dan’s , Queen Street East’s unmissable hamburger joint, has never been known for moderation. It’s no...
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U.S. tries to out-gross Canada on cigarette warnings
Taking a page from the Health Canada playbook, the American Food and Drug Administration unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for...
Food & Drink
Magic weight-loss crystals coming to Canada for some reason
Does the secret to weight loss lie in exercise, a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle? Probably. But why waste all that time?...
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Turns out cockroach brains might just save us all
We wanted to follow up on our earlier story about how the UN is seriously considering the potential of farming insects to save the...
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Can this new protein-infused vodka help with bodybuilding? Ask The Situation
A new protein-infused vodka from the States known as Devotion may be making its way to Canada in the near future, according to the...
Food & Drink
Wanted: German cannibal restaurant seeks pound of (human) flesh
A soon-to-open restaurant in Berlin (home of all things weird and Hostel -ish) is taking recipe advice from Hannibal...
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Feasting at the Ex: nine foods that stand out (for various hilarious reasons) at the Canadian National Exhibition
Since the kickoff of the 132nd edition of the Ex, deep-fried butter has dominated CNE-related headlines. There’s no doubt that...
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City News
Five unconventional ways to get rid of bedbugs
Bedbugs are officially causing paranoia in Toronto. A quick Google news search reveals an increase in bedbug-related news stories...
Food & Drink
Among the delicacies at this year’s CNE: deep-fried butter
For those of us who prefer to waddle rather than race between the attractions at the CNE, food vendor Vicky Skinkle is offering...
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Warning: President’s Choice cookies may contain shrapnel
Loblaws is recalling some of its President's Choice Decadent Chocolate Chunk Cookies after someone came to the unfortunate...
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Prisoners at Toronto detention centre go on hunger strike
Connoisseurs of penitentiary cuisine may be interested in knowing that the East Toronto Detention Centre in Scarborough has been...
Food & Drink
UN recommends we all start eating bugs
Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, has been the subject of many a food trend story . Apparently, bugs are a...
Food & Drink
Forget the five-second rule—food eaten off the ground is always nasty
According to a new article in National Geographic , the zero-second rule should replace the five-second rule. Not that anyone took...
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Culture
MTV Canada casting for Canadian reality show
MTV Canada has teamed up with MSN Messenger to create a Web series, calling on the young people of Canada to come up with a...
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Canada escapes the haters’ list of the world’s worst food
When it comes to gastronomical atrocities, it seems bangers and mash and sauerkraut are more poorly regarded than poutine and...
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“Worst beverage in America” available at Tim Hortons
Just as Canadians were congratulating themselves on their nation-wide health consciousness for rejecting the allure of the Double...
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What could Ontario buy with its $1 billion in unpaid speeding tickets?
Ontario's police forces dropped a bombshell today: unpaid speeding tickets are costing them just over a billion dollars. That's a...
Real Estate News
Cross-border house shopping: six reasons to be cautious of buying up U.S. real estate
It’s official: we’ve weathered the economic crisis better than the Americans. Does that mean we can stop gloating and start...
Food & Drink
I’ve seen a few rats in the subway lately. Is the rodent population on the rise? What does the TTC do for pest control?
It’s difficult to precisely measure the growth of rat populations—the loathed rodents are more likely to be caught and killed...
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This shit just got real: Toronto Zoo looking to make crappy deal that everyone is happy about
As the third-largest public zoo in the world, the Toronto Zoo is probably also the third-largest source of publicly funded animal...
Food & Drink
Tim Hortons adapts to American way of life as doughnuts become hamburger buns
When Tim Hortons started opening locations in the United States a few years ago, we mused that a distinctly Canadian operation...
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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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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