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The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto's most consistent restaurateur

The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto’s most consistent restaurateur

After nearly three decades building her restaurant empire in Toronto, Janet Zuccarini is launching an 8,000-square-foot, $7-million hotspot in LA this fall—all while mourning her husband, Robbie Robertson. Opening a restaurant in 2023 is brave. Running a dozen of them is bonkers

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The Holiday Bar Cart: Spirited sips gift guide

The Holiday Bar Cart: Spirited sips gift guide

These easy-drinking wines, spirits and beers will elevate every celebration and inspire new holiday traditions

Holiday Gift Guide

The Ultimate Holiday Wish List

The Ultimate Holiday Wish List

More than 120 covetable items to give or get, from bargain-basement deals and steals to the splurgiest of splurges

Big Stories

The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own

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

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024

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

Toronto's 25 Rising Stars of 2024

Toronto’s 25 Rising Stars of 2024

Our annual list of the up-and-comers shaping our city and the world

Quality Trash: Meet director Ron Oliver, Hallmark’s king of schmaltz

Quality Trash: Meet director Ron Oliver, Hallmark’s king of schmaltz

Over two decades and dozens of made-for-TV Christmas films, Oliver has become the Hallmark Channel’s most prolific, flamboyant and unapologetically sappy director

Small Space, Big Ambition: Twenty Torontonians embracing tiny living with small-footprint homes and space-saving hacks

Small Space, Big Ambition: Twenty Torontonians embracing tiny living with small-footprint homes and space-saving hacks

From laneway homes to garden suites to houseboats, these creative living spaces offer style, affordability and comfort in a city where land is in short supply

"I spent eight months locked up in an Ontario reform school. The abuse I endured almost destroyed me"

“I spent eight months locked up in an Ontario reform school. The abuse I endured almost destroyed me”

For 50 years, the Ontario government incarcerated kids accused of infractions as minor as truancy, drinking or shoplifting in so-called training schools

The Mensch: Inside the culinary empire of Chinese-food king David Schwartz

The Mensch: Inside the culinary empire of Chinese-food king David Schwartz

The chef behind Mimi and Sunnys Chinese spent years mastering the cuisine of a culture not his own. Now, he’s risking it all to return to his roots

Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto

Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto

Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city

Ontario's health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up

Ontario’s health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up

Half a million Torontonians are without a primary care physician. The search is maddening, exhausting and often futile. Dispatches from the front lines

Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club

Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club

For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted

The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life

The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life

A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind

Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse

Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse

The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular

Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners

Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners

Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars

The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood

The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood

Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on

Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD

Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD

Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower

Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries

Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries

From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home

How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart

How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart

Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024

This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence

The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million

The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million

Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle

My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about

My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about

After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality

The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception

The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception

Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her

Cost of Living

This filmmaker makes $150,000 a year. How does he spend it?

This filmmaker makes $150,000 a year. How does he spend it?

“Since moving downtown, I pay more for rent but less for gas, so it evens out”

"My world tour doesn't feel complete without a Toronto show": This Swiftie has spent over $5,200 on the Eras Tour

“My world tour doesn’t feel complete without a Toronto show”: This Swiftie has spent over $5,200 on the Eras Tour

Expenses include: a pre-concert blowout, a DIY replica of Taylor Swift’s beaded bodysuit and two round trips to Europe

This accountant makes $76,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This accountant makes $76,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“I haven’t bought an office lunch in two years”

This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”

House of the Week

House of the Week: $5.3 million for a High Park Edwardian with a fireplace flown in from France

House of the Week: $5.3 million for a High Park Edwardian with a fireplace flown in from France

The 6,000-square-foot property also comes with a cobblestone driveway, original stained glass, a mirrored walk-in closet and a very green garage

House of the Week: $3.1 million for a friendly Forest Hill detached with four bedrooms and four bathrooms

House of the Week: $3.1 million for a friendly Forest Hill detached with four bedrooms and four bathrooms

The 2,200-square-foot property also comes with a 110-foot-deep backyard, two living rooms, a built-in sound system and a finished basement with nanny suite potential

House of the Week: $8.3 million for a Rosedale Victorian with a backyard pool as long as a bowling alley

House of the Week: $8.3 million for a Rosedale Victorian with a backyard pool as long as a bowling alley

The 4,300-square-foot property also comes with a dining room for 20 people, a wine cellar, a heated driveway and an EV charger

House of the Week: $3.3 million for a handsome Edwardian steps from a converted railway

House of the Week: $3.3 million for a handsome Edwardian steps from a converted railway

The 2,300-square-foot property near Yonge and St. Clair comes with Venetian verve, five bathrooms, original stained glass and a big backyard

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a pristine pad with six patios on the edge of Little Portugal

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a pristine pad with six patios on the edge of Little Portugal

The 2,900-square-foot property also comes with monkey-themed wallpaper, a wood-burning stove, an open staircase and a primo rooftop