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Culture
Ten historic snapshots of Drake, the Weeknd and WondaGurl from Toronto’s burgeoning hip-hop scene
Plus, the stories behind their early performances and studio sessions
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City News
Historical photos of Toronto’s pride parades over the years
Including images of the '70s picnics on the Toronto islands
City News
Here’s what a $1.25-billion urban regeneration project looks like
Ten photographs documenting the massive overhaul of the Port Lands
Culture
Ten bewitching Toronto concert photographs of Lady Gaga, Kurt Cobain and Rush
Photographer Richard Beland has been shooting world-famous musicians for over three decades
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Culture
A look inside the Rolling Stones’ legendary secret shows at the El Mocambo
The rock stars are finally releasing the live albums, almost 50 years later
Culture
A closer look at the otherworldly art installations taking over Woodbine Beach
Including a whale-sized cheese grater and an origami-inspired cardinal
Life
Fifteen nostalgic photos of Toronto’s most historic buildings
Including Simpsons department store, a short-lived bank and a burlesque theatre
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Culture
Apocalypse now
The stories behind superstar photographer Edward Burtynsky's end-of-days images
Culture
Thirteen beautiful shots that upend our notions of traditional family portraits
Yannick Anton's Contact exhibit, Limited Edition, unpacks the class and cultural implications of portraiture
Culture
Inside Power Ball co-chair Gareth Brown-Jowett’s quirky personal art collection
His at-home gallery reflects an interest in text-based works on paper—with an element of quirk or charm
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Culture
This photographer celebrates Toronto’s diversity with beautiful portraits of mixed families
On now at Contact, Mick M.'s Toronto: A Family Portrait is a testament to the city's unique cultural mosaic
Culture
Ten intimate photos that show the private lives of LGBT families
Our favourite shots from Queering Family Photography, on now at Contact
Culture
This Toronto artist takes uncanny, unsettling portraits of celebrity wax figures
You won't believe they're not the real thing
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Culture
Nine eye-popping exhibits to see at this year’s Contact festival
This year’s highlights include daring fashion portraits, forgotten histories and local heroes
Life
This Toronto man is on a quest to visit every country in the world
So far, he’s at 166
Culture
Ten amazing basketball pictures by Jamal Burger, the Toronto photographer who just shot DeMar DeRozan for the cover of
Slam
magazine
Including shots of Giants of Africa and Kobe Bryant’s retirement
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Culture
Majestic landscape photos that will make you want to move to Prince Edward County
Our favourite pictures by Toronto-bred, Belleville-based photographer Mark Hopper
Life
Thirty-six amazing photos from Mario Rigby, the Queen West-er who walked 12,000 kilometres across Africa
Our favourite shot from his two-and-a-half-year trek from Cape Town to Cairo
Life
The fascinating stories behind the Hanlan’s Point hotel, High Park mineral baths and seven other lost Toronto landmarks
Our favourite shots from historian Doug Taylor's book
Lost Toronto
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Culture
This Toronto photographer takes stunning portraits that celebrate female friendship
Our favourite shots from Natalia Dolan's
Girl Friends
project
Culture
This photographer takes moving portraits of his 95-year-old mother to help fight her dementia
Eight beautifully playful pictures from
Mamma,
photographer Tony Luciani’s series about his 95-year-old mother
Culture
These strange and stunning art installations just showed up on Toronto’s beaches
Including one giant pussy hat
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Culture
Take a look at some of the items in the Stratford Perth Museum’s insanely popular Justin Bieber exhibition
Here’s what thousands of Beliebers will see on their pilgrimage to Stratford
Culture
This artist paints Chinatown and Etobicoke in the style of the Old Masters
Our favourite works from
Light Passage,
Keita Morimoto's new show at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
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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
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
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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
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