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Jersey Shore Meets the Lake Shore
Cabana Pool Bar, Charles Khabouth's Vegas-style oasis in the Port Lands, is a star-studded playground for the buxom, Botoxed and...
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City News
GALLERY: the sights of the 2012 Caribbean Carnival parade
Toronto is rich with street festivals, parades and protest marches, but a top contender for liveliest of the lot has to be the...
City News
Major traffic disruptions on the Gardiner this summer (and the nine summers after that)
While construction on Toronto’s highways and roads is as much a sign of summer as a smog alert or a crowded patio, the next 10...
City News
Where to Buy Now: Mimico, because it’s one lakefront revitalization that’s on schedule
Many west-end neighbourhoods close to the core have their waterfront views blocked by the Gardiner. Mimico, on the other hand, is...
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City News
Lake Shore dies off, to the delight of many and the surprise of few
When news broke a couple days ago that Toronto wouldn’t in fact be getting a homegrown answer to Jersey Shore, it was met with...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1 million for a home in The Beach with a San Francisco-esque façade
ADDRESS: 1832 Lake Shore Boulevard East NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Beach AGENT: Jeffrey Lyons, Sage Real Estate Limited, Brokerage. PRICE:...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2 million for a Mimico home with a spectacular view and private beach
ADDRESS: 8 Miles Road NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mimico AGENT: Robert Douglas Pettigrew and Clare Estlick, Re/Max Professionals...
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City News
A chunk of the Gardiner Expressway drops off—but it’s no big deal, right?
Apparently, the Gardiner is falling. The 55-year-old expressway seems to have a...
Food & Drink
Top Chef Canada contestants announced; we round up the six Torontonians who made the cut
We’re already on the record as counting down the days until the April 11 debut of Top Chef Canada (it’s 42, in case you were...
City News
King State of Mind: When did the once-cool King West strip descend into a mess of stretch Hummers, drunken bachelorettes and last-call brawls?
Scenes from a never-ending party “Let’s get drunk and fuck! Let’s get drunk and fuck!” I’m at Cobra, a King West club in...
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Food & Drink
The Best of Winterlicious 2011: Toronto Life’s 62 favourite restaurants
January is upon us, and for many hungry Torontonians, that means one thing: Winterlicious . The menus are less predictable than...
City News
The Chase: a newlywed searches for a $1.5-million waterfront home to remind her of the Caribbean
A newlywed in a long-distance marriage searches for a waterfront home to remind her of the Caribbean THE BUYERS: Avis Glaze, an...
Culture
Lake Shore’s list of enemies continues to grow
If you haven't seen the now notorious “sizzle reel” for crap Canadian Jersey Shore ripoff Lake Shore , act quickly, or you may...
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City News
Lake Shore contestants say producers encourage racism
Lake Shore producer Maryam Rahimi apologized last week for the reality show's now infamous promo video , in which cast member...
City News
Lake Shore “sizzle reel” removed from YouTube
Earlier today, we noticed that the Lake Shore "sizzle reel" had been removed from YouTube due to "a copyright claim by Canadian...
City News
That was fast! The Lake Shore backlash has begun
Not since “ Sneezing Panda ” has a YouTube video created this much of a stir. First, Toronto hated Lake Shore, then the...
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City News
Reaction roundup: what Snooki and the world are saying about Lake Shore
When the “sizzle reel” for Lake Shore , Toronto's despicable answer to Jersey Shore, went viral this week, American media...
City News
Cast of Toronto’s Lake Shore even more despicable than cast of Jersey Shore
Toronto Facebook news feeds were in a frenzy yesterday, not in response to anything of worth—like Movember or even Keenan Cahill...
City News
Rob Ford comes out against marathons in the streets
Rob Ford has already pledged to get cyclists and streetcars off Toronto’s streets—and it looks like marathons are next on his...
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Food & Drink
Sixteen things to do in Toronto before summer’s over
The leaves may be changing and drunken freshmen may be stumbling around the streets again, but summer isn't officially over until...
Culture
Lake Shore will be like “eight, under 30, UN leaders in a house together”
There is still no official air date or home for the trash-tacular Toronto Jersey Shore rip-off, Lake Shore . But in this week’s...
City News
Watch audition videos for Toronto’s Jersey Shore
Last night, Lake Shore , this city's answer to Jersey Shore , posted a "webisode" of the audition day on its Web site, and it's as...
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Culture
Lake Shore auditions over, T.O. Snooki TBD
Lake Shore , the Toronto version of Jersey Shore, MTV’s sociological experiment gone horribly wrong, wrapped up auditions this...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
Just Listed
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
Just Listed
For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment