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Culture
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner fête the debut of
Men, Women & Children
at Montecito on Adelaide West
The after-party for Men, Women and Children, sponsored by Las Vegas (yes, the city itself), proved an interesting one—not only...
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Culture
Adam Sandler talks Rob Ford at
Men, Women & Children
red carpet
Considering that most of his early comedies are about blubbering, barely coherent man-children flailing to redeem themselves and...
Shopping
Toronto Valentine’s Day Gifts for Men: 15 gift ideas for guys, from simple to extravagant
Guys can be tough to shop for on Valentine's Day: they don’t tend to gush over romantic gestures and sappy cards, and there's no...
Style
Store Guide: MenEssentials, a new guys-only grooming shop on the Danforth
Name: MenEssentials Sells: Grooming products for men, including skin and hair care, fragrances, shaving accessories, manicure kits...
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Style
Lululemon is planning to open men’s-only stores
Lululemon has had a tumultuous year. The stretchy-pant mega-corp issued a massive recall of its signature pants (they were too...
City News
Memoir: after years in denial, I finally worked up the courage to switch genders
In my earliest memory, I am four and it’s bath time. I see my brother’s penis and turn to my mother to ask where mine is. She...
City News
Memoir: how I put an end to my extended adolescence
When I became a father, I decided it was time to make the long-delayed leap into adulthood. The best way to be a grown-up, I...
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Style
Dear Wedding Diplomat: Is it sexist to exclude a close male friend from my bachelorette party?
Dear Wedding Diplomat, My bridesmaids planned my bachelorette party but didn’t invite one of my close friends because he’s a...
Food & Drink
Mantry launches dude-specific food delivery service in Toronto
Mantry, the “Modern Man’s Pantry,” is a new mail-order service from co-founders Reggie Milligan and Kyle Zien which aims to...
Shopping
Vain Glory: a his-and-hers medicine cabinet stocked with everything you need
A his-and-hers medicine cabinet loaded for the kind of people who need more than Ivory and Crest to get through life
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City News
Toronto has more sugar daddies (a.k.a. creepy rich guys) than anywhere else in Canada
Toronto has the dubious honour of being the sugar daddy capital of Canada, according to a dating website that specializes in...
Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 90 of the best presents money can buy
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and we’ve tackled the ever-difficult task of narrowing down a list of items that...
Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 17 eye-grabbing offerings for the finest fellas
The modern man is more complicated than the slipper-wearing, pipe-smoking, paper-reading image of yesteryear. This year’s gift...
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Style
Canada’s first Ben Sherman store is opening for men only this fall
We were somewhat miffed when we found out that J.Crew wouldn’t be stocking their menswear just yet, but when one door...
Culture
American Idiot announces open casting call in Toronto
At long last, every Torontonian who can sing and dance will have the opportunity to become an American Idiot in the Broadway hit's...
Food & Drink
Sloppy, drippy, salty, meaty, fruity, earthy and cheesy: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on M:brgr’s $100 burger
I ate two Kobe beef patties for lunch yesterday, plus a couple slices of bacon, a wedge of foie gras, an ounce of gloopy brie, a...
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Shopping
Good Stuff Cheap: Toronto’s five best vintage stores (no rummaging required)
For Luxury Labels Venture a few blocks north of Yorkville to Haute Classics for immaculate second-hand pieces sourced from very...
Shopping
Good Stuff Cheap: three genuine refuges where guys can get their groom on—cheaply
HAIRCUT Blood and Bandages, $22 This two-chair shop is a dude sanctuary with nary a Vogue to be found (reading material tends to...
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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
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
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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