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The Thing: a crunch-free way to look good at the gym (i.e. a new, splashy, luxe bag)
New Year’s resolutionists are, right now, laying down several months’ salary on a gym membership they already know they...
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Editor’s Letter (February 2012): why Ontario schools should talk about homosexuality in the classroom
When I was in the sixth grade , a health instructor employed by the board of education was parachuted into my classroom to talk...
Food & Drink
Health bulletin: fried foods now good for you (sort of)
Turns out you can have your deep-fried cake and eat it too. Well, sort of. A new study in the British Medical Journal has found...
City News
Memoir: in the online gaming world, I was a champion; in real life, I was a mess
I’m an IT manager . And an occasional photographer. Sometimes an aspiring writer. I’m also a city planner, a weapons...
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In the wake of the budget defeat, Rob Ford compares his opponents to dogs
After a large portion of his proposed budget was dismantled, Rob Ford, ever gracious, did what any classy politician would do: he...
Food & Drink
Health organizations pepper the prime minister with requests to curb national sodium intake
The story of salt regulation in this country is long and only occasionally delicious. First, the feds created a task force to set...
City News
A member of the notorious new breed of young poker pros who are winning—and losing—millions
Matt Marafioti is a mouthy, high-rolling university dropout who plays 1,000 hands of online poker a night This past September’s...
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Doug Holyday has no problem with service cuts—except for services he likes
Apparently, fiscally conservative councillor Doug Holyday doesn’t quite get the concept of a double standard. He’s all for...
City News
Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from runway panache to butternut squash
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
City News
Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from bookshops to protest flops
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
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Doug Ford comes out pro-Pepsi and anti–healthy drinks in another acrimonious city hall battle pitting left versus right
Depending on whom you ask, Doug Ford is upset because either the city is force-feeding kids healthy drinks or it’s not...
Food & Drink
City staff: banning the sale of shark fins pretty much impossible for Toronto
After the City of Brantford banned all foods that included shark fin—an ingredient culled from endangered species and...
City News
Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?
Tim Hudak is riding in the back of an RV, a big, bouncy RV wrapped in an enormous picture of his smiling face, and he’s coming...
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Yesterday’s food recall triple threat: grape tomatoes, smoked salmon and soymilk
Is it just us, or does it seem as though there were an unusual number of food recalls in Ontario yesterday? Consumers are being...
City News
My Digital Sabbath: how one writer learned to stop checking Facebook and love life offline
I can’t say specifically which fabulous new technology made me decide I needed a break from all fabulous new technologies. For...
City News
Apparently, Rob Ford now loves nurses (but hates job security)
So, it seems that Rob Ford isn’t opposed to free nurses for the city, after all—it’s their job security that concerns...
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How a chronic insomniac found a radically simple cure for her sleepless nights
I was living in a co-op on the edge of Regent Park, next to a playground that was invaded by screeching junkies every...
Food & Drink
Toronto Underground Market a smash hit before it even starts: all 1,200 tickets already sold out
Earlier this spring we despaired that Toronto might be too straitlaced to join the underground market fad (all-night foodie raves...
Food & Drink
Frank Bruni on the food world’s big fat double standard
In today’s New York Times, former food critic Frank Bruni weighs in on the food fight between everyone’s favourite loudmouth...
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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...
City News
Will Rob Ford reject another offer of free nurses from the province?
The ongoing spending cuts saga at city hall has had its fair share of strangeness— Margaret Atwood’ s brief spat with the...
Food & Drink
Health-conscious Coca-Cola draws the line at deep-fried Coke, presumably for the children
Every year people pile into the food building at the CNE to taste whatever new deep-fried wonder is being served up (also: food on...
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How to treat the scourge of modern medicine—bad bedside manner
When I was pregnant and working as a foreign correspondent in Beijing, my obstetrician suggested an amniocentesis test for...
City News
How running became the city’s collective obsession
Last year I turned 30, broke up with my long-term boyfriend and moved into a tiny apartment for one. The domestic vision I’d had...
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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