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Liberty Village begins its inevitable slide into poop-covered squalor
The latest salvo in Liberty Village's ongoing war on dog poop was fired in the Parkdale Villager over the weekend. In an article...
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Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: the $1.6-million loft that shows what Toronto’s willing to pay to escape cookie-cutter condos
Address: Neighbourhood: Liberty Village Agent: Colleen Doiron, Royal LePage Your Community Realty, Brokerage The Property: This...
Real Estate News
Condo Showdown: five Liberty Village units for under $550,000
Liberty Village has morphed from an industrial dead zone into an enclave of concrete, glass and brick in just a few years. Since...
Food & Drink
Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Union, Origin Liberty and Aria
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
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Food & Drink
A summer oyster bar is joining the eclectic mix at 99 Sudbury
The sprawling former glass factory at 99 Sudbury St., tucked between West Queen West and Liberty Village, has seen all kinds of...
Food & Drink
Live Market brings healthy lunches and gourmet coffee to Liberty Village
Liberty Village is now one step closer to becoming a yuppie’s dream. Live Market, a collaboration between Jennifer Italiano, who...
City News
The definitive guide to the supporters and opponents of a Toronto casino
After more than a year of debate, Toronto’s still-hypothetical casino will soon face a crucial test. A long-awaited city staff...
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Real Estate News
The Chase: an avowed west-ender takes a chance on a Regent Park condo
The buyer: Abeer Islam, a 29-year-old music producer and owner of Ivory and Hammer Music House. The story: Two years ago, Islam...
Food & Drink
Introducing: PS by Prettysweet, a new custom cake shop and bakery on King West
Name: PS by Prettysweet Neighbourhood: King West Contact info: 848 King...
Food & Drink
Weekly Lunch Pick: Origin Liberty’s $9 daily sandwich
Earlier this year, Claudio Aprile opened Origin Liberty, taking over a spacious corner of what used to be a Bren gun factory. The...
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Food & Drink
Introducing: Monforte on Jefferson, the artisanal cheesemaker’s new Liberty Village shop
Earlier this month, the Stratford-based Monforte Dairy Company opened its first stand-alone store in Toronto on a quaint strip in...
City News
Eight portraits of the affluent, educated professionals flocking to Toronto from around the world
As the global economy fizzles, our city is being inundated with a new cohort of foreign professionals. They’re coming for the...
City News
Penthouse International: how rich foreign buyers are fuelling the condo explosion
The rumours are true: wealthy buyers from Russia, China and the Middle East all want a piece of Toronto. A story about smuggled...
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Real Estate News
The Chase: an aspiring baker looks for a place with a half-decent kitchen close to her day job
The buyer: Michelle Hotchkiss, a 46-year-old payroll manager. The story: Hotchkiss bought a two-bedroom condo at Queen and...
Food & Drink
Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Bestellen, Canoe and Origin Liberty Village
It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation. Still, there’s no need to fret (or waste your night waiting...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: Naomi Watts is a dancing queen at the CAA bash
Watching Naomi Watts shake her groove thang to the sultry sounds of George Michael at the CAA party at Cinema in Liberty Village...
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Culture
TIFF PARTY: Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart hang out in the ultimate tweenage fantasy at Soho House
The party gods smiled on Soho House again last night, which is not at all surprising at this point (though we suspect they’ll...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for September 10 to 16
Monday September 10 Tuesday September 11 Wednesday September 12 Thursday September 13 Friday September 14 Saturday September 15...
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EQ3 opens its Liberty Village location
At the opening of EQ3’ s new store in Liberty Village, servers passed out mini beaver tails and cocktails made from Canadian...
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Food & Drink
Liberty Village Brewing Company to launch first beers next spring
Ontario may still be a decade or so behind the craft brewing revolution that’s been sweeping the U.S. for years now, but...
Food & Drink
New Reviews: Paulette’s Original Donuts and Chicken, Farmhouse Tavern and Origin Liberty
A doughnut shop, a Junction farmhouse and Claudio Aprile’s Origin story Paulette’s Original Donuts and Chicken 913 Queen...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for August 27 to September 2
Monday August 27 Tuesday August 28 Wednesday August 29 Thursday August 30 Friday August 31 Saturday September 1 Sunday September 2...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for August 20 to 26
Monday, August 20 Tuesday, August 21 Wednesday, August 22 Thursday, August 23 Friday, August 24 Saturday, August 25 Sunday, August...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for August 13 to 19
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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
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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
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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