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Food & Drink
Where Pearl Morissette chef Eric Robertson eats in Hamilton
His favourite spots for oysters, Detroit-style pizza and chicken wings
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City News
“I’d love for Hamilton to have a PWHL team”: Former MLSE boss Tim Leiweke on turning the Hammer into a mini Toronto
Leiweke has returned to the GTHA, dangling promises of shiny arenas, good jobs and billions in private investment
Food & Drink
Matty Matheson is opening a 9,500-square-foot restaurant in Hamilton
The Iron Cow Public House will be housed in the city’s new arena
Culture
“Success is random—all you can do is keep improving”: Max Kerman of Arkells on his new memoir,
Try Hard
The indie rock frontman talks growing up downtown, the changing nature of the music business and the inspiration behind his first book
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City News
“Toronto can be one of the world’s great cities”: New chief planner Jason Thorne on his grand designs
After a decade in Hamilton, Thorne has been selected as our planner in chief. With traffic in gridlock, transit ever-delayed and housing far from affordable, he’s got his work cut out for him
Food & Drink
Ten restaurants, bars and cafés worth the trip to Hamilton
Including a bagel counter, a nouveau dive bar and a tropical pizza parlour
Style
Inside a colourful converted church apartment with a heavy dose of quirk
Sara Camposarcone’s eccentric Hamilton home is filled with stained glass windows, a 1,000-piece vintage clothing collection and, of course, a hamburger-shaped ottoman
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Style
Inside a maximalist Hamilton bungalow with hand-painted murals
Featuring disco balls, whimsical furnishings and retro flair
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Le Tambour Tavern, a new Parisian-inspired steakhouse in Hamilton
It’s from the chef-owner of Union, Côte de Boeuf and Hearts Grey County
Food & Drink
A proud Hamiltonian shows us 10 places to eat like a local in the Hammer
Mark Furukawa, the owner of Hamilton record shop Dr. Disc, tells us what's good in his hometown
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Food & Drink
Q&A: Quinn Pallister, the Hamilton baker responsible for making “the world’s gayest cake”
"I’m here to make cakes for anyone and everyone"
Life
No, Toronto, Hamilton didn’t “steal” the idea for their new sign from us
Simmer down, folks
Real Estate News
The New Hamiltonians
Diehard Torontonians are saying buh-bye to the bidding wars, the seven-figure semis, the gridlock, the constant construction
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Food & Drink
How this factory—Canada’s only candy cane producer—makes one million candy canes a day
See how the classic Christmas sweet is made, step by step
City News
Toronto area code stereotypes: a guide to the city’s shifting phone-based social hierarchy
Each area code in Toronto comes with its own set of stereotypes that—rightly or wrongly—circulate with remarkable...
City News
The Parlour Game: a behind-the-scenes tour of Toronto’s thriving rub ’n’ tug industry
Ivy glows like a 1930s starlet. She’s 27, with high, round cheekbones, rosebud lips and luminescent skin. She has worked at...
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City News
Women accuse G20 police of equating unruly leg hair with unruly behaviour
During the G20 Summit in Toronto, being a lady with hairy legs was enough to attract police attention—that’s what a group of...
City News
Find out how far you’ll have to schlep to watch the Pan Am Games in Toronto
Since council freaked out over the rising price tag of the 2015 Pan Am Games—because mega sporting events usually come in under...
City News
Miffed Ontario finance minister tells Toronto plenty of cities would love a casino
Sounding like a spurned suitor, Ontario finance minister Dwight Duncan says if downtown councillors like Adam Vaughan and Mike...
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Culture
The Top Chef Canada exit interview: episode 1, the case of the missing dumpling
This season, we’ll be chatting with each week’s eliminated chef after they get the boot (or rather, after their boot-getting...
City News
Q&A: Patrick Dovigi, the NHL-goalie-turned-entrepreneur who won Toronto’s lucrative garbage contract
Your company, Green for Life, has multi-million-dollar contracts in Oshawa, Whitby and Hamilton—and now one for 165,000 homes...
Food & Drink
Year in Review: 2011 was the year street food finally took off in Toronto
After living through decades of delicious but pretty much uniform street meat, followed by a city-backed pilot program that ended...
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City News
When the mayor is Rob Ford and the issue is garbage collection, high approval ratings apparently aren’t necessary for victory
Mayor Rob Ford made good on a campaign promise yesterday with council’s vote to contract out city garbage collection between...
City News
Honouring a bet, Rob Ford rocked a Hamilton Tiger-Cats jersey at city council yesterday
When we arrived at council yesterday to see Mayor Rob Ford wearing a football jersey, our first thought was that he’d rushed to...
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Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
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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Food & Drink
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