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Scarborough’s Harvey Lin is the new Milk Tea King
Toronto’s Harvey Lin upset over 350 experienced milk tea masters from a handful of countries to win the enviable Milk Tea King...
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Introducing: Moo Milk Bar, the Beach’s new spot for milk and cookies
There are few ills in this world that can’t be ameliorated with a crisp, chewy cookie and a cold glass of milk. The Beach’s...
Food & Drink
Three new “micro-dairies” split from the great big Ontario milk pool
Lovers of fine dairy (and those brought up on farms) have long complained that the lion’s share of milk available in Ontario is...
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Michael Schmidt to take his raw milk saga to the Ontario Court of Appeal
Durham’s raw milk champion Michael Schmidt is back in the limelight after a judge ruled that his case will be heard by the...
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Rob Ford’s weight-loss challenge comes to a fittingly cringe-worthy end
Rob and Doug Ford’ s public weight loss spectacle is officially over, ending five months of public mockery and depressing or...
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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
Food & Drink
Batch of Neilson milk recalled due to cleaning solution contamination (yikes!)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency sent out an alert this morning warning people not to drink Neilson Trutaste 2% microfiltered...
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Raw milkman Michael Schmidt ready to die over spilled milk
Still defiant in the third week of his hunger strike, dairy farmer Michael Schmidt told the Toronto Star yesterday he is willing...
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Following new conviction, raw milkman Michael Schmidt begins hunger strike—again
The saga of raw milk advocate Michael Schmidt continues. Last week the courts overturned their initial verdict, which had found...
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Two Canadian productions recognized at the James Beard Awards
Two Canadians earned top prizes last Friday at the James Beard Awards for Books, Broadcast and Journalism, which were handed out...
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Well, that didn’t last long: authorities confiscate breast milk ice cream
Last Friday we told you about the London scoop shop that was serving up ice cream made from human breast milk. Yesterday, local...
Food & Drink
An Oedipal feast: human breast milk ice cream
Remember that that chef in New York who made cheese out of his wife’s breast milk? Well, now a London store owner has also taken...
Food & Drink
Toronto’s six best local cheeses
Canada’s cheeses are competing against Old World classics at the city’s finest cheesemongers. Here, six stinky stunners...
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Introducing: Junction Fromagerie, the latest addition to the Junction foodscape
At Fromagerie, the latest culinary addition to the ever-evolving Junction foodscape, the wide-plank floors, exposed brick and...
Food & Drink
Best of the City 2010: 14 picks for the top food in Toronto
Korean feast Owl of Minerva 700 Bloor St. W., 416-538-3030 The trendy Asian cuisine of the moment is at its most authentic when...
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Five spots that are revolutionizing old-school milkshakes and ice cream floats
Nostalgia is big at Toronto's dairy bars and restaurants right now. Old-fashioned milkshakes and ice cream floats have been...
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Warm weather calls for ghetto lattes
The Toronto Star is celebrating the arrival of spring with a short instructional video on how to make a ghetto latte. The process...
City News
How an Oakville toddler caused Lindsay Lohan’s latest scandal
To avoid litigation, we will make this post as clear as possible: Lindsay Lohan, an "actress," "model" and "designer," has been...
Food & Drink
Chef redefines “locavore” by making cheese out of his wife’s breast milk
A popular New York chef has managed to push the boundaries of the culinary world and the locavore movement at the same...
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Meet the “Claudia Schiffer of cows,” Canada’s $1.2-million superbovine
Popular Mechanics has provided a thorough analysis of why Missy, a P.E.I.-bred supercow alternately known as the Claudia Schiffer...
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Bagged milk hits U.K., continues world domination
Just when we thought bagged milk was a one-off story during a slow news day, British supermarket chain Sainsbury's announced this...
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Water buffalo cheese is the latest in artisinal dairy
Two years ago, Martin Littkemann and Lori Smith were tired of milking cows, so the couple purchased 40 young water buffalo for...
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Milk in bags: that’s so Canadian
Today’s viral hit is a YouTube video made by Sheryl Ng, a York University student who explains the concept of drinking milk from...
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Raw milk advocate Michael Schmidt found not guilty
The unpasteurized saga of the Durham farmer charged with distributing raw milk a year ago ended today when a Newmarket court found...
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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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
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“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
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand