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Real Estate News
“We built a four-bedroom laneway house in East York for $650,000”
Dannick Farrales moved his wife and two kids out of his parents’ basement and into their backyard
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Laneway Suite of the Week: How an Annex contractor built a $500,000 in-law unit in his backyard
Including heated floors, coffered Douglas fir ceilings, camouflaged storage, a carport and tons of natural light
Real Estate News
Laneway Suite of the Week: How a Parkdale architect transformed a few backyard parking spots into a second home
For $600,000, she got two bedrooms, radiant flooring, smart-home tech and so many skylights
Real Estate News
Laneway Suite of the Week: A high-fashion two-storey home in Dovercourt Village
How a schoolteacher downsized into a sleek alley abode with two bedrooms and storage galore—all for $500,000
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Laneway Suite of the Week: A two-storey Woodbine Heights property that once housed horses
The 1,500-square-foot home comes with three bedrooms, heated floors, a glass staircase and brilliant space-saving tricks
Real Estate News
Laneway Suite of the Week: A fully furnished shipping container in Caledonia-Fairbank
Architect Ben Gaum designed his 400-square-foot backyard home to be green, durable, affordable and stylish
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $4 million for a Leaside home with eight bathrooms and a laneway suite
The 4,000-square-foot fortress also comes with a sauna, a rec room, a butler's kitchen and striking white oak throughout
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Real Estate News
Rental of the Week: $6,500 for a 2,300-square-foot laneway suite with Japanese charred cedar
It has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, tall ceilings and plenty of natural light
Real Estate News
Laneway Suite of the Week: This Brockton Village family built a house in their backyard, moved into it and never want to leave
For $860,000, they got three bedrooms and three and a half baths, plus—almost unheard of in laneway suites—a basement
City News
Laneway suites are the smartest solution to the housing shortage in decades
An eight part series on the laneway revolution
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City News
This couple built a $1-million laneway suite
Part 8 in our series on the laneway revolution
City News
This laneway suite makes a great home office, or guest house, or motorcycle shed
Part 5 in our series on the laneway housing revolution
City News
This two-storey laneway suite allows three generations (and a pizza oven) to live comfortably on one property
Part 4 in our series on the laneway housing revolution
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Laneway living means she can stay close (but not too close) to her parents
Part 3 in our series on the laneway housing revolution
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These two are Toronto’s laneway housing pioneers
Part 2 in our series on the laneway housing revolution
City News
This landlord is renting his two-bedroom laneway suite for $1,661 a month
Part 1 in our series on the laneway housing revolution
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These retired teachers built a $350,000 laneway house. The tenant? Their 30-year-old daughter
Lee Gelbloom had trouble finding stable, affordable housing in the city. So, she went to her parents with a proposal
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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
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
“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
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
Food & Drink
“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