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Pop-Up Pick: an all-Alexander Wang extravaganza at Jonathan and Olivia
Ossington boutique Jonathan and Olivia is hosting the ultimate shopping event for Toronto's Alexander Wang fans. On April 9, the...
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Shenae Grimes and her husband launched a clothing line that’ll be available in Toronto next week
Toronto-born actress Shenae Grimes-Beech, former teen queen of dramas like Degrassi and 90210, has launched a clothing line with...
Style
Best of the City 2014: Style
Want Apothecary 1070 Yonge St., 416-924-8080 True to its name, the new storefront from the Montreal brand Want Les Essentials de...
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Pop-Up Pick: snag $50 samples from homegrown designers Jeremy Laing and Calla Haynes
Jeremy Laing, one of the city's best homegrown design talents, is hosting a sample sale this weekend along with three other chic...
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How Jackie O’Brien, owner of streetwear shop Jonathan and Olivia, would spend a perfect Saturday on Ossington
“My husband, Nic, and I chose to set up our shop on Ossington because of its mix of new, dirty, gritty and dynamic. I can’t...
Style
Toronto Fashion Week: gilded trench coats and statement necklaces at Jeremy Laing fall 2013
Each season, The Shows invite a handful of high-profile Canadian designers (many of whom now show in New York, London and Paris)...
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The Thing: the least prissy scented candles ever
Who actually likes the smell of lavender, anyway? Scented candles, once the exclusive domain of frilly spas and tacky...
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What to wear on Valentine’s Day: three slick looks for the fellas
We understand why guys feel stressed about Valentine’s Day. They’re expected to find the perfect gift, plan a romantic night...
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The Find: 10 winter coats that are every bit as stylish as they are warm
There’s no way around it: winter is coming, which means it’s time to stop browsing and make a decision about which winter coat...
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The Find: his and hers striped sweaters that will survive the transition from summer to fall
The downside to scrounging through summer sale racks is that within weeks it’s too chilly for the shorts and sundresses on...
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Happy Glamping: an indoorsy person’s guide to the great outdoors
The woods are supposed to be romantic. Our collective national identity depends on it. Remember those youthful summers at...
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Uncle Otis and Jonathan and Olivia are co-hosting a fashion barbecue this weekend
Two Toronto boutiques, Yorkville’s Uncle Otis and Ossington’s Jonathan and Olivia, are coming together to throw the fashion...
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The Thing: this spring fashion is all about colour, colour, colour
It’s loud and fearless and showy. We like it 2012 is shaping up to be a preposterously fun year. Spring showed up early. Bryan...
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25 awesome Toronto Boxing Day 2011 sales that will inspire you to don gay apparel (i.e. pants)
December 26 (or, in some parts, Boxing Day) is one of the worst days to leave the house, especially if the reason for leaving the...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 90 of the best presents money can buy
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and we’ve tackled the ever-difficult task of narrowing down a list of items that...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 17 eye-grabbing offerings for the finest fellas
The modern man is more complicated than the slipper-wearing, pipe-smoking, paper-reading image of yesteryear. This year’s gift...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 27 impressive mid-range presents from $100 to $499
Sometimes it is hard to stick to a limit, because sometimes the gifts over $100 really are the perfect presents. We’ve found a...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 11 top-tier treats for over $500
The big-ticket items are what we’re all hoping to get for the holidays, and sometimes we’re special enough to be the recipient...
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The Find: an Alexander Wang bag that could protect a fragile ego (and an actual person)
Black is always in style, but espresso is the colour for handbags this fall (that means there’s a brown undertone, like hair...
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Five menswear-friendly brands we wish would open up flagships in Toronto but, for whatever reason, are not
Given the tremendous support Topman has received as it slowly joins Toronto’s fashion market, we thought we’d talk about...
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Failure to launch: Topshop forgets Jonathan and Olivia
After The Bay announced that they’d be welcoming “the first” Topshop in Canada yesterday, Jackie O’Brien was...
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Topshop’s coming to Queen Street: in something of a coup, The Bay nabs the fast-fashion retailer
We’ve been wondering for months when Topshop would establish its first Canadian flagship store . Well, last night, our questions...
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A ring to wear with your wolf-print sweater
In the Chinese zodiac, 2010 was the year of the tiger, but you wouldn’t know it from last year’s collections. 2011 is the year...
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Good Stuff Cheap: six designer sample sales that make lining up seem entirely sane
For Straight-from-SoHo Fashion Crowds huddled in Ossington’s doorways are a familiar sight, but nothing compares to the...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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?
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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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Almost
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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand