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Real Estate News
Before and After: How a $300,000 reno transformed a stuffy Leaside craftsman into a vision of black and white
Goodbye, tiny kitchen, dated dining room and forgotten fireplace. Hello, airy spaces, modern bar and cute powder room
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House of the Week: $5.4 million for a custom home in Leaside with a half-tonne fireplace
The 3,700-square-foot property also comes with American walnut all over, 21-foot ceilings, multiple decks and a sauna
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
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $3.2 million for a detached Leaside home with a wine cellar and a virtual driving range
The 3,000-square-foot home also comes with five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, heated floors, and plenty of marble and quartz
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Food & Drink
What’s on the takeout menu at Conspiracy Pizza’s new Leaside location
Pizza, of course. (But also wings, patties and ice cream.)
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a renovated home on a Leaside cul-de-sac
Dog not included
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House of the Week: $4.3 million for a Leaside house with a rooftop garden and a backyard pool
See inside a modern home in midtown
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House of the Week: $3.7 million for a heritage home in Leaside
See inside an old home with a new interior
Real Estate News
How a couple prepped their Leaside house for Airbnb—and how much they’re making
Under new city rules, anyone can turn their home into a part-time hotel
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $5 million for a completely rebuilt Leaside house
See inside a modern new-build with some high ceilings
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Sale of the Week: The $2.4-million Leaside house that proves a low asking price is still catnip to buyers
Well, relatively low, at any rate
Food & Drink
Amsterdam Brewing is opening a new Leaside location, and it’s going to be pretty funky
Expect barrel-aged beers and a 300-seat restaurant with a wood-fired grill
Food & Drink
Who’s lining up for Adamson Barbecue at 10:30 on a weekday morning?
Inconvenient hours are no obstacle for these meatheads
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Real Estate News
House of the Week: $3 million for a modern Leaside new-build with lots of skylights
See inside a brand-new home in a mid-century neighbourhood
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Adamson Barbecue, a true Texas-style smokehouse
It's all about the meat
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.2-million Leaside semi that proves bully offers are sometimes best
Take a look inside an updated semi that was on the market for practically no time at all
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Indian Street Food Co., Hemant Bhagwani’s new tip-free spot in Leaside
The more casual restaurant has replaced Amaya the Indian Room
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: the $1.3-million Leaside home that shows the power of a well-timed bully offer
Address: 81 Bessborough Drive Neighbourhood: Leaside Agent: James LaPointe , Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage The...
Food & Drink
The Cupcake Girls open their first Toronto shop
The first Toronto franchise of the popular Vancouver-based Cupcakes chain had its grand opening yesterday in Leaside, until now a...
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House of the Week: $3.5 million for a 110-year-old home owned by ex-NHL player Nick Kypreos
ADDRESS: 33 Heather Road NEIGHBOURHOOD: Leaside-Bennington AGENT: Charlene Kalia and Erin Ashby, Chestnut Park Real Estate...
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An attractive big-box centre—the unicorn of developments—could be coming to Leaside
First it was Kensington Market that was spooked by big-box talk; now Leaside residents are gripped with fear that Walmart is...
Style
Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most cheaters?
Ashleymadison.com, the “infidelity dating site” (and, it would seem, Centreville zoo fan ) has revealed that, in Toronto, the...
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The Chase: a professional couple ditches their downtown condo for a house in Leaside
The Buyers: Viet Nguyen, a 35-year-old lawyer with Devry Smith Frank LLP, and Donna Chui, a 32-year-old veterinarian at Laird...
City News
Almost Rich: an examination of the true cost of city living and why rich is never rich enough
An income of $196,000 places you in the country’s top one per cent of earners. But does it make you wealthy? The Western world...
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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
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
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand