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Police charge that guy who (allegedly) ripped off the LCBO—(allegedly) big time
On Monday, the Ontario Provincial Police charged former LCBO employee and noted (alleged) scammer Francois Agostini with a litany...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 30 to May 6
Monday, April 30 Tuesday, May 1 Wednesday, May 2 Thursday, May 3 Friday, May 4 Saturday, May 5 Sunday, May 6
Food & Drink
LCBO sues former staffer and his bouncy castle operator friend over alleged fake diplomat fraud
Earlier this year, we learned about former LCBO staffer Francois Agostini, who allegedly got rich by forging fake sales of booze...
Food & Drink
Move Over, Malbec: David Lawrason picks nine lesser-known Argentine wines
Argentine malbec, with its huge flavour, lush texture and low price, was the official soother of the recession. At $8, Fuzion’s...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a cava that’s perfect for this early-onset summer
Adar de Elviwines Brut $15.95 | Spain | This newly arrived Spanish bubbly is ideal for toasting to our sudden onset of summer. And...
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A look at the LCBO Spring Beers release that’s got beer geeks buzzing
Ontario beer geeks are accustomed to lamenting the LCBO’ s pedestrian general listings, but the provincial distributor’s...
Food & Drink
Toronto man (allegedly) gets rich selling booze to fake diplomats
If recent reports are to be believed, the glamorous, booze-soaked life of an official diplomat can only be outshone by the...
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LCBO under fire—once again—from the Star’s Martin Regg Cohn
Remind us never to get in Martin Regg Cohn’ s bad books: this weekend, the Toronto Star columnist followed up his recent screed...
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LCBO confirms Ontarians will have to shell out a little extra for certain beers and spirits
Sure, we understand that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario sets minimum prices on booze as part of its mandate to promote social...
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2011’s holiday rush propels LCBO to a record year (no thanks to its purchasing policy)
It turns out all that spiked eggnog and mulled wine really adds up—during the holiday rush, Ontarians dropped $51 million at...
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12 delicious days of Christmas, from candy cane ice pops to yule logs filled with mousse cake
This time of year, it takes a strong will not to indulge, whether it be in the beautiful pastries and cakes spilling out of...
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Miraculously, microbrewery regulations ease up slightly
While craft beer fans are still lamenting the takeover of the old Duggan’s space by Molson Coors subsidiary Six Pints Specialty...
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Booze Economics 111: restaurateurs don’t have it any easier than the rest of us
Seems no one likes overpaying for booze. Following last week’s auditor general report, which brought the LCBO’s unusual...
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Booze Economics 101: Why the LCBO happily charges more and earns less than it might
Better grab a bottle of Wild Turkey and sit down before trying to understand this one. In an annual report released on...
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David Lawrason reveals his holiday wine buying strategy, along with nine of his favourite festive bottles
What are the best holiday dinner wines? This is a question I get every year, usually at the 11th hour when the asker is dashing...
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Latest batch of Samuel Adams Utopias beer sells out in under an hour—at $115-per-bottle
Last Friday, starting at 9 a.m., the LCBO made 150 bottles of Samuel Adams Utopias beer available to the public, with another 60...
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Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from runway panache to butternut squash
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
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Why Greek wines are about to become the next big thing
Greek wines are as intriguing as their popular French and Italian counterparts, and they’re half the price Pine-scented retsina...
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Chris Nuttall-Smith on the craft-brewing movement that’s taking over Toronto
In a dingy former office at the back of Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke, nine waist-high, 50-litre fermenters gently burble with...
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Introducing: The Beer Boutique, something just a little bit different from the Beer Store
With the rise of craft breweries, Ontario drinkers have been clamouring for access to a wider variety of brews. The Beer Boutique...
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Nine West Coast wines that are flying off the shelves
California wine has always had a certain easygoing appeal, and the region’s big-ticket bottles have been a staple in...
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Cupcake trend reaches its logical conclusion with new flavoured vodka
Underdog Wine and Spirits , an American alcohol producer, is introducing a new niche market vodka aimed, supposedly, at the adult...
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The sipper club: meet the city’s competitive cabal of top sommeliers
Will Predhomme belongs to a competitive cabal of top sommeliers who sniff, sip and spit their way through hundreds of bottles a...
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Return to Oz: the LCBO is introducing 30 new Australian wines. Here, David Lawrason picks the top nine
Faced with tanking sales, Australia’s winemakers are discovering smaller is better Just three years ago, Australian wines were...
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’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
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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!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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