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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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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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Big Stories
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
“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
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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
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative