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Hear Rufus Wainwright pay tribute to his folk-legend mom
Before the Canadian folk legend Kate McGarrigle died of cancer five years ago, she spent her final days championing Patients...
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Ten things Ron Sexsmith can’t live without
The melancholy singer-songwriter releases his new album, Carousel One, next month. Here, the 10 things he can’t live without My...
Food & Drink
See solo stars come together at the New Pornographers gig
The New Pornographers are busy people. Dan Bejar is also the prolific front man of the indie-pop band Destroyer . Neko Case has...
Watch Owen Pallett reinvigorate pop music with a pair of Saturday shows
Owen Pallett is Canada’s most sought-after musician: he’s created orchestral arrangements for Taylor Swift and R.E.M. , played...
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See your favourite local artists play their favourite tunes
The one-night-only Cover Me Impressed showcase features a goldmine of local roots-rock talent performing their favourite...
Check out Austra’s thrilling, trilling pop operatics
No one sounds quite like Austra. The Toronto synth-pop trio has cultivated an innovative sound that blends theatrical vocals with...
Get chills at Cold Specks’s haunting hometown show
The Etobicoke-born singer-songwriter Cold Specks was barely in her 20s when she first caught the attention of producers with a set...
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Join a riot at Death From Above 1979’s Sound Academy show
After an acrimonious split in 2006, Sebastien Grainger and Jesse Keeler —known collectively as Death from Above 1979 —have...
Catch up with Caribou at the Danforth Music Hall
Whether Dan Snaith is creating retro-pop, shoegaze or dance music, the Ontario-bred, England-based DJ and producer—who at...
City News
Belle and Sebastian unveil a new Toronto-shot music video
Belle and Sebastian , a band way too cool for obvious choices like Los Angeles or New York, looked to Toronto for help shooting a...
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Dionne Osborne, Drake’s vocal coach: “He is exactly what you see”
— Dionne Osborne , Drake ’s vocal coach, speaking with a reporter from Jezebel . Among other shocking details of the...
Find your winter soundtrack at Ryan Hemsworth’s Opera House show
Ryan Hemsworth seemingly came out of nowhere. Though the Halifax-bred producer has been incredibly busy for the past four years...
Go see a haunting new musical by John Mellencamp and Stephen King
Like all great ghost stories, this one begins with a haunted house. In 1996, John Mellencamp , the singer-songwriter known for...
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Join a high-concept dance party with A Tribe Called Red
Toronto's infamously apathetic live-music crowds are no match for the relentless energy of A Tribe Called Red . The Ottawa-based...
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The El Mocambo may not be closing, after all
On the very day the El Mocambo was supposed to be hosting its farewell show, the National Post reports that the legendary club has...
Pretend Weezer only ever made two albums at Sheezer’s Halloween show
Twenty years ago, Weezer released its self-titled debut, perhaps better known as the Blue Album. “Say It Ain’t So,” “My...
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Take your tyke to see Yo Gabba Gabba!—a kids’ show you’ll love too
Barney, Kermit the Frog and Big Bird were once gods to children, but it’s hard to say whether the parents of yesteryear shared...
Welcome The Wooden Sky home at Lee’s Palace
There’s a lot on Let’s Be Ready , the fourth album from Toronto folk-rock outfit The Wooden Sky , that could convince a...
Get over your break-up blues with Lykke Li
Whether or not you’ve heard of her, Lykke Li is in your iTunes library. Well, sort of. The Swedish pop siren is the female...
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The El Mocambo is close to being sold, and its days are probably numbered
The owners of the El Mocambo are planning the music hall's farewell show. A buyer has made a conditional offer on the legendary...
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See Arcade Fire and Constantines on the same stage
It’s been a good few years for Arcade Fire . When The Suburbs snagged Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2011, hardly anyone...
Let Robyn and Röyksopp teach you what a dance show should sound like
No need to dance on your own anymore, Robyn fans. The Swedish siren is making a rare visit to Toronto, this time alongside...
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Discover your song of the summer at Alvvays’s album-release show
Attention anyone still searching for this year’s song of the summer (no, we’re not settling for Iggy Azalea ’s “Fancy”):...
Culture
The Drake Effect
The rap superstar has amassed a flock of musical disciples who guest on his albums, record on his label and perform at OVO...
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Summer Camp Guide
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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