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Alcoholism is no joke for the LCBO
— Alain Delaet , owner of Belgium’s Brouwerij Huyghe, speaking to the Star about the Ontario liquor seller's longstanding...
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Food & Drink
Autumn Brews: 10 cozy craft beers hitting LCBO shelves this fall
Ah, fall. Crisp air, cool nights, and big, hearty beers that’ll warm you up like a chunky sweater. This autumn’s...
City News
LCBO headquarters is up for sale—and the property could be worth a bundle
—The net profit the provincial government expected to reap from the sale of the LCBO' s head-office property, on Queen's Quay...
Food & Drink
LCBO employees are raking it in
—The average amount paid by the LCBO in salaries and benefits to each of its 6,067 employees in 2012, according to a recent...
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The LCBO is no pushover
—The number of people who were turned away by LCBO cashiers "for reasons of age" during the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to a...
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Ontario craft beer is booming
—Total LCBO sales of Ontario craft beer in 2013-2014, according to a recent five-year trend report. The number represents a...
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Reasons to Love Toronto 2014: #22. Because Boutique Wine is at Farmers’ Markets
For all the noise around transit expansion and cancelled gas plants in the past year, Queen’s Park did us one solid: they...
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The ten best summer beers hitting LCBO shelves this month
Any cold beer tastes great under a blasting sun. Some styles suit the warm weather better than others, though. The LCBO's recent...
Food & Drink
QUOTED: a market analyst on the LCBO’s questionable investment in its own supermarket-booze plan
— Kevin Grier, a market analyst at the George Morris Centre in Guelph, speaking to the Star about the suspiciously intense list...
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Smaller grocers decry province’s LCBO Express proposal
Yesterday , Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa announced a pilot program that would have ten LCBO Express kiosks installed...
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LCBO kiosks may be coming to Toronto grocery stores
Here’s half-measure number two in the Liberal government’s multi-part strategy to placate Ontarians calling for corner-store...
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Ten refreshing spring beers hitting LCBO shelves this month
Despite what the weather forecast may suggest, spring is indeed coming. For those who need proof, the LCBO recently went public...
Food & Drink
From Riesling to Pinot Noir, here are five can’t-miss new wines from Australia
In the ’80s, Australia’s vintners created a wildly popular, new style of red wine with their plush, chest-warming shirazes...
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Shiraz-mataz: the LCBO’s best five syrahs under $20
The wine most likely to make you forget it’s February Syrah, a.k.a. shiraz, is my winter wine—a seductive red with fiery...
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Save $1000 on champagne (or $5 on box wine) at the LCBO’s month-long clearance sale
In a province where most alcohol sales are controlled by a government-run cartel, the words “booze” and “bargain” don’t...
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Beer in Corner Stores: one day, two conflicting polls, zero legitimate takeaways
People in Ontario really want to buy booze at corner stores. Or they really don’t. It all depends on which poll you...
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Kathleen Wynne says yes to selling wine at farmers’ markets
The will-they - w on’t-t hey storyline between the LCBO and Ontario corner stores has been alternately intriguing and...
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Eight warming winter beers to keep stocked this holiday season
On snowy, sub-zero days, the ideal drink is one that warms you up, inside and out. This year’s batch of seasonal craft beers...
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This limited-edition craft beer can be yours—for $115 a bottle
Craft beer fanatics—and luxury goods connoisseurs—will want to get their dialing fingers good and primed. At precisely 8:30...
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Corner stores make a pitch to sell Ontario beer and wine; Liberals say no
For decades, Ontario residents have been teased on-and-off with the prospect of shopping for beer and wine beyond the confines of...
Food & Drink
Eight hearty autumn beers coming to LCBO shelves this fall
Along with crisper air, chillier nights and overflowing farmers’ markets, autumn means bigger, bolder brews. This fall’s...
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Eight exciting craft beers hitting LCBO shelves in time for summer
The LCBO’ s line up of summer brews has slowly started appearing in stores since the end of last month. Bottles include both the...
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Best Wines: six top New Zealand vintages from the LCBO’s latest release
The LCBO’s latest batch of New Zealand wines includes plenty of top-notch sauvignon blancs, which account for 70 per cent of the...
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Burberry-clad thief shrewdly swipes a $26,000 bottle of scotch from a Toronto LCBO
This story is a doozy: a rare and really, really expensive bottle of scotch valued at $26,000 was stolen from the LCBO near Queens...
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Wines of the World
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Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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
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This classic Hamptons-style home by Chatsworth Fine Homes offers an exciting opportunity to customize a new dream home and build instant value - without the long wait of new construction
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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
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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
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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