Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Neighbourhoods
Newsletters
Membership
Subscribe
Sign in
Montreal
City News
“It’s like hiring an army of sloths”: Councillor Josh Matlow on the city’s excruciatingly slow snow removal
The councillor for Toronto–St. Paul’s discusses his ire over Toronto’s $1.5-billion privatized snow plows, what we could learn from Montreal and his personal shovelling saga
Advertisement
Life
48 hours in Montreal
A new age has dawned over the City of Saints, and it skews more posh than poutine
City News
QUOTED: Councillor Peter Milczyn, on Montreal versus Toronto
—Councillor Peter Milczyn , chairman of Toronto’s planning and growth committee, responding to Montreal mayor Denis Coderre...
Style
Store Guide: Montreal knitwear label Ça Va De Soi opens a Yorkville shop full of beautifully made sweaters
Name: Ça Va De Soi Sells: High-quality knitwear for women, with a few pieces for men Contact: 138 Cumberland Street, Unit 5, Old...
Advertisement
City News
Bixi Toronto is having major financial problems
Despite attracting thousands of subscribers, Bixi Toronto is still having trouble covering its operating costs two years in. The...
Food & Drink
Foodie Find: a pair of James Beard–nominated cookbooks from Canada
The nominations for the 2013 James Beard Awards were announced last week, and the two Canadian cookbooks that made the cut could...
The Weekender: Dance Weekend, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and four other events on our to-do list
1. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN Just decoding Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s description of their own sound—“psychedelic noh-wave...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Introducing: Kupfert and Kim, a new takeout spot in the Path that’s both vegan and gluten-free
Kupfert and Kim is a bright new kiosk under First Canadian Place that’s been drawing long lineups of health-conscious (and...
Style
Zellers is keeping one Toronto store open
In January 2011, trendy low-cost giant Target took over 220 leases from not-so-trendy low-cost giant Zellers, and ever since, the...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Buonanotte, Charles Khabouth’s Toronto version of the Montreal night-life fixture
After 21 years on Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal supper club Buonanotte has expanded to Toronto courtesy of Charles...
Advertisement
Style
Ports 1961 marks the closure of its Bloor Street store with a blow-out sale
Sadly, Ports 1961, the upscale ready-to-wear label owned by Toronto-founded fashion powerhouse Ports International, is shutting...
Food & Drink
The Toronto outpost of Montreal’s Buonanotte is open
After a series of friends-and-family dinners, and a raucous New Year’s Eve party, Buonanotte, the Montreal late-night fixture...
City News
Air Canada’s new low-cost airline has cheaper fares, more crowded seating and lower-paid staff
Air Canada has finally made good on its promise to open a discount airline, commencing ticket sales for its new low-cost...
Advertisement
Food & Drink
Charles Khabouth to open a branch of La Société in Montreal
Fresh off the openings of Weslodge, Patria and Uniun, Charles Khabouth has announced plans to expand his Ink Entertainment empire...
City News
The Collector: How Ash Prakash became the preeminent art dealer for the country’s wealthiest families
A look at the reclusive art collector renowned for his connections, his discretion, and his secret stash of multi-million-dollar...
Food & Drink
Maclean’s anoints The Grove Canada’s best new restaurant
Maclean’s is getting into the restaurant ranking game: as a prelude to its first special edition covering the best restaurants...
Advertisement
City News
Stephen Marche: the case for a downtown gambling palace at Ontario Place
A Toronto casino is inevitable. Will it be an ugly box built where nobody can see it, or a glorious five-star island of fun?...
Food & Drink
A look at the pork-mad garden party that was the Group of Seven Hogtown Throwdown
What do you get when you give eight chefs a Perth Pork pig, some beer and wine and an open-air venue to host an event? A...
Culture
Luminato 2012 guide: 20 must-see events at this year’s arts festival
Luminato begins this Friday, and it can be a bit of a whirlwind. Everything from a Philip Glass opera about Einstein’s life to a...
Advertisement
City News
Postmedia hopes cutting jobs and Sunday editions can save journalism
In another sign of print journalism’s bleak future (and bleak present as well), Toronto-based newspaper publisher Postmedia...
City News
Concrete keeps falling off the Gardiner Expressway
Driving downtown in rush hour is already nerve-racking, and now drivers have the added bonus of worrying about concrete falling...
City News
Torontonians pay higher Bixi fees than...well, everyone
Living in Toronto has been getting pricier and pricier, and the city’s rap for being expensive extends to its Bixi...
Advertisement
City News
How did Bixi do in its first year in Toronto?
Like proud parents, we can’t believe Bixi, the bike rental service and bona fide reason to love Toronto, is a year old already...
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...
1
2
3
4
5
6
>>
Advertisement
Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
Big Stories
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
Buy Canadian
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
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