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“For my 98th birthday, I zip-lined over Niagara Falls”
Joan Thomlinson, a retired taxi driver from Cambridge, raised over $2,000 for SickKids in the process
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Goat yoga, boozy yoga and a few other wacky ways to get your zen on this summer
Plus: under Niagara Falls, in a bar and in an aquarium
Culture
Here’s what it’s like to zipline at (but not over) Niagara Falls
The view is terrific and the height, while modest, is a bit dizzying
Culture
A running rave, a beachy colour explosion and the rest of this summer’s wildest outdoor events
Including a zombie mud run, a bike rave and more
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Food & Drink
Niagara: The Western Front
Forget the typical swirl-and-sip tasting tour. Niagara’s hands-on fun and gluttonous delights include DIY foraging, boozy...
City News
Slideshow: awesome Toronto landmarks made of Lego at the Legoland Discovery Centre
The Legoland Discovery Centre inside Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre opens Friday, providing a condensed, indoor version of a...
City News
Q&A: Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera, the man that’s battling big telecom
He’s been trading punches with the three big telecom companies for years. He’s just won a huge battle. Here’s what’s in it...
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Food & Drink
A new craft beer competition challenges local brewers to use local hops
Despite the recent peak in interest (and consumption) of Ontario craft beers, one crucial component of those brews is seldom made...
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?...
City News
Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Niagara Falls tonight is being live-streamed
Tonight, would-be Niagara Falls high-wire walker Nik Wallenda will find out if all the government lobbying, fundraising and...
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City News
Nik Wallenda makes walking across Niagara Falls sound like no fun at all
Nik Wallenda’ s high-wire act across Niagara Falls is supposed to rake in $120-million for the local economy, but it would seem...
City News
Risks of wire-walking across Niagara Falls: mist, falcon attacks, weird newspaper stories
Stunt artist Nik Wallenda’ s fast-approaching attempt to walk a steel cable strung across Niagara Falls has given rise to any...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Windows by Jamie Kennedy, the locavore chef’s new Niagara Falls venture
Jamie Kennedy (Gilead Café , formerly of Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar and JK Rom, etc.), describes his new venture, Windows by Jamie...
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Confirmed: a brave (or foolhardy) tightrope walker will cross Niagara Falls in June
Having finally convinced the Niagara Parks Commission that he’s not going to fall to a watery death, a date has been set for...
City News
Rob Ford’s Sheppard Line could be built solely by casino-money—500 years from now
Metro blogger and noted Rob Ford critic Matt Elliott attacks the idea of a Toronto casino today (and without invoking the future...
Style
The Sun’s homepage has a bit of news, and a lot of scantily clad ladies
The Toronto Sun’ s website is never dull (remember this? And this?), but today marks the first time we’ve felt the need to...
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Stunt artist gets the green light to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope
Back in December, Canada cemented its reputation for being both a bore and a buzz kill when officials nixed an American...
Food & Drink
Windows by Jamie Kennedy set to open in Niagara Falls this February
Back in May, we reported that Jamie Kennedy was lending his expertise (and perhaps more importantly, his name) to a fine dining...
City News
How Deadmau5—a.k.a. DJ Joel Zimmerman—came to make $100,000 a show and have four million Facebook fans
A steady August downpour drenched Chicago’s Grant Park on the final night of the Lollapalooza music festival. The rain and the...
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Food & Drink
In a bid to stop the “mega-quarry,” Michael Stadtländer rallies (nearly) every chef we’ve ever heard of for Foodstock
Michael Stadtländer has rallied 100 of the best chefs from across Canada to participate in Foodstock, an epic, pay-what-you-can...
City News
Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?
Tim Hudak is riding in the back of an RV, a big, bouncy RV wrapped in an enormous picture of his smiling face, and he’s coming...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 48, A Queen West company is developing mind-control computing
Much more conveniently located than a galaxy far, far away, a small tech company called InteraXon on Queen West is developing...
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Jamie Kennedy back in expansion mode with new Niagara Falls restaurant
A few months ago, Jamie Kennedy told us that for him, 2010 was a year for consolidation and rebuilding. Now, the busy chef—who...
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Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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