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“It’s not as easy as putting two things together”: A Q&A with the Toronto chef who created McDonald’s new Chicken Big Mac
It hits menus March 7
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People are losing their minds over McDonald’s all-day breakfast coming to Canada
A roundup of reactions to the big McNews
Life
A 25-year-old woman’s Tinder date might have soiled himself in McDonald’s
A true story from the frontiers of Toronto's app-enabled dating scene
Food & Drink
McPretenders: seven Toronto takes on the mighty Big Mac
Toronto’s obsession with fancy fast food isn’t new, but it's growing. As the city's snack bars multiply, so too do the options...
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Canada, say hello to McDonald’s poutine (and check out 17 other McOddities from around the world)
McDonald’s Canada sparked a rapturous online love - fest on Tuesday when it announced that its poutine, previously only...
Food & Drink
VIDEO: See inside the super-sized new McDonald’s near Yonge-Dundas Square (it has fireplaces)
At 9,000 square feet, the new McDonald’s outlet at 356 Yonge Street is the burger giant’s biggest franchise in Ontario—and...
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Must-Try: the Bulgogi Torta from A-OK Foods, a Mexican-Korean spin on a fast food classic
The fundamental insight behind the addictive Bulgogi Torta from A-OK Foods: few sandwiches are as satisfying as a...
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Real Estate News
The weirdly cool Bloor Street McDonald’s is out and another condo tower is in
Not even McDonald’s can avoid Toronto’s condo onslaught. The fast food giant sold its property across from the Royal Ontario...
City News
50 Most Influential 2012: the inaugural class of inductees into the Toronto power players hall of fame
For some, being powerful is a chronic condition. These are the long-lived titans who continue to influence the city with their...
City News
The List: 10 things CFL commissioner Mark Cohon can’t live without
1 | My indestructible watch In 1990 I went on an expedition to the Arctic with 30 Soviet and Canadian students. While I was...
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City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I forgive my date for being a litterbug?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently went on a date with a cute girl. After the movie, she suggested we go to McDonald’s. I avoid...
City News
Rob Ford is going to Chicago to meet Rahm Emanuel and watch a Cubs game
Rob Ford isn’t fond of business trips—he thinks they cost too much —but he will be heading south next month to meet former...
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The Bay’s Team Canada Olympics collection includes a teddy bear, a flag and an adorable onesie
The 2012 Olympic Games begin tomorrow, which means that in addition to being bombarded with a lot of McDonald’ s...
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VIDEO: How to make a Big Mac (and other valuable lessons from McDonald’s Canada)
McDonald’s has been the subject of any number of stomach-churning, PETA-offending stories over the years, and it seems that...
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Hemant Bhagwani, the chef-owner of the Amaya empire, on where he goes to splurge and save
(Image: John Cullen)
City News
Ryan Gosling is one of the top 50 sexiest environmentalists
Rodale Inc., owner of Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Running Times and Organic Gardening magazines, has put out its...
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Hold the gravy: fast food chains in Canada among the saltiest in the world
It’s no big secret that sodium levels in fast food can be astronomical, but according to a global study, Canadian fast food may...
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QUOTED: a McDonald’s honcho reflects on the new, breezier atmosphere at his restaurants
— John Betts, CEO of McDonald’s Canada, talking to the Toronto Star’ s Francine Kopun about some of the ways the fast food...
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Grabbing a shawarma for lunch? It might have more fat than a Big Mac
In addition to being a useful tool for economists and fodder for schlocky documentary filmmakers, the Big Mac, with its 540...
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McDonald’s to make treatment of pigs slightly less cruel
For years, animal rights activists have insisted that “gestational crates”—the small boxes used to confine pregnant...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: do people have the right to eat a meal on the streetcar?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I get queasy easily, and I can’t stand it when people eat food on the streetcar. I’ve seen passengers...
City News
Rob Ford embarks upon the most predictable year-end media blitz ever
Rob Ford is wrapping up his year-end interview circuit, having spoken to (most of) the city’s major dailies, along with a few...
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Ryan Gosling hates McDonald’s and asks the company to “stop clowning around”
An undercover video was released in November that documented the cruelty hens face at Sparboe Egg Farms, who, until recently, were...
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Tim Hortons to bring espresso to the 99 per cent
Tim Hortons, that Canadian bastion of par-baked doughnuts and extreme folksiness , announced yesterday that it will soon be making...
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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
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
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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
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