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Leafs fans are peeved that Phil Kessel just won back-to-back Stanley Cups—on Toronto’s dime
The Maple Leafs have paid Kessel $2.4 million to win two Cups for the Pittsburgh Penguins
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Sports Gods: which Toronto pro athletes are truly worth their salaries?
Paid: $19 million ($37,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: He’s reliable and not injury-prone, but he’s in the twilight of his career...
City News
Jersey Shore Meets the Lake Shore
Cabana Pool Bar, Charles Khabouth's Vegas-style oasis in the Port Lands, is a star-studded playground for the buxom, Botoxed and...
City News
Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke returns to his youth movement
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ front office has had a busy few weeks. No, they didn’t empty the bank for coveted free agent centre...
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RIP: Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff chances (2010-2011)
Hey, it was a great while it lasted. Yesterday evening, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ late-season bid for playoff glory officially...
City News
More than just wins and losses on the line as Leafs-Bruins rivalry builds
The Toronto Maple Leafs kept their playoff hopes alive with another thrilling victory Thursday—a 4-3 shootout triumph over the...
City News
Why the Leafs’ post-season push is more important than actually making the playoffs
Had the Toronto Maple Leafs’ improbable run at the playoffs been a touch more magical and a touch less realistic, Tuesday...
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Screw the playoffs: here are five Leafs that promise Toronto a brighter hockey future
With last night’s 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche , the Toronto Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to three games...
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Some decent hockey from Kessel and Phaneuf put Leafs within striking distance of post-season
For once, the Toronto Maple Leafs ’ best players played their best on the same night. And, by no coincidence, the Leafs came out...
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Maple Leafs in the playoffs? Media play the numbers game; we play the reality game
The local dailies played the numbers game today, engaging in a veritable math-a-thon to figure out if the Toronto Maple Leafs...
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Trading Spaces: Maples Leafs Makeover Edition, part 2
Uh-oh. The Toronto Maple Leafs are flirting with disaster. All the silly talk of making an improbable push for the postseason is...
City News
Trading Spaces: Maple Leafs Makeover Edition
Poor Phil Kessel . The beleaguered sniper spent all of last week in the media limelight, getting grilled about his lack of...
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Youth movement provides sense of intrigue Leafs have been missing
After making the first of what Brian Burke promises will be many trades, the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager announced a youth...
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Brian Burke’s cult of youth: Leafs trade a tarnished present for a (possibly) shiny future
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke pulled the trigger on a deal that sacrifices the current season at the altar of...
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He may be scoreless for 11 games, but Phil Kessel isn’t as bad as he seems
With Phil Kessel , you have to celebrate small victories. Though the Toronto Maple Leafs highest-paid didn’t record a point in...
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Dear Toronto Maple Leafs, nobody likes you. Here are four examples
It takes a special kind of sports team to have a bad week even when there aren’t games on the schedule. Well, it just so happens...
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The Leafs’ five worst faults—and how every one of them contributed to their 7-0 loss to the Rangers
Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs definitively answered an important question: will the NHL’s most profitable franchise...
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Sure, Toronto topped L.A., but the Maple Leafs are definitely no Kings
The Toronto Maple Leafs may have won a hard-fought road battle with the Los Angeles Kings last night, but they’re still losing...
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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
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?
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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?
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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
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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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