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Real Estate News
Calling all developers: Toronto’s new island needs housing
Waterfront Toronto has released RFQs to build roughly 700 new homes on Ookwemin Minising
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Real Estate News
A curvy new pedestrian bridge will link the central waterfront to the Port Lands
It’s planned for 2028 and will be shipped on a barge from Nova Scotia
Real Estate News
A giant technicolour sculpture inspired by a Greek god is coming to the Port Lands
The “magical tree-like” behemoth will call the Lassonde Art Trail home in 2027
Deep Dives
Where to Buy Next: Twelve Toronto neighbourhoods destined for big things
It takes an absurd amount of money and mettle to purchase real estate in this city. Why not stack the deck? Our comprehensive guide for property hunters and gawkers alike
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City News
A brand-new 98-acre island in the Port Lands is ready for its close-up
Toronto’s latest treasure, Ookwemin Minising, will be loaded with parks, public art, housing, zip lines and a place to park for your canoe
City News
Here’s what a $1.25-billion urban regeneration project looks like
Ten photographs documenting the massive overhaul of the Port Lands
City News
How the Sidewalk Labs proposal landed in Toronto: the backstory
In 2001, when Waterfront Toronto was formed, Mel Lastman was in the waning days of his mayoralty, Vince Carter was the heart of...
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Real Estate News
What Toronto’s real estate market will be like in 50 years
The future of Toronto’s housing market will be rentals, towers and outrageous land prices
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Cherry Street Bar-B-Que, a massive new smokehouse
Coming soon: Sunday pig roasts
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...
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City News
Free idea: do something like this to the Hearn Generating Station
Last week, Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners (architectural firms sure have a lot of partners) released renderings of the...
City News
Reaction Roundup: Oxford’s $3-billion development proposal for Front Street (which includes a casino)
The city’s councillors and columnists are now debating the benefits and drawbacks of the second downtown mega-plan to be...
City News
Toronto now has a park in an underpass (and Rob Ford hopped on a jungle gym to celebrate)
Rob Ford usually makes news for acting belligerent or defensive, so it was nice to see news agencies covering his enthusiastic...
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City News
Q&A: Paul Godfrey, chair of the OLG, is on a mission to bring a Las Vegas–style casino to Toronto
You were a popular politician, brought the Blue Jays to town, resuscitated the National Post and cleaned up the OLG. Does the...
City News
Port Lands planning is delayed another three months (surprise, surprise)
Amid all the Ferris wheel and monorail talk last fall, one thing council could agree on was that the Port Lands revamp should be...
City News
The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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City News
The casino debate turns to location, location, location (and Torontonians disagree with MGM’s choice)
Even though Toronto hasn’t agreed to host a casino—and may not even decide until 2014—the rampant speculation as to where it...
City News
QUOTED: Doug Ford explains how a new study on the Port Lands proves how smart he is
– Doug Ford, on how the results of a new study on kick-starting the Port Lands development are pretty much exactly what he and...
City News
Maria Augimeri avoids a by-election; Rob Ford avoids the referendum he probably doesn’t want anymore
Thanks to the Superior Court of Ontario, Maria Augimeri avoided the crushing indignity of a by-election. The court ruled last...
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City News
Market realities continue to ruin all of Doug Ford’s waterfront fun
Carnival-loving Torontonians probably won't be riding a Ferris wheel anytime soon—at least not until long after we get tired of...
City News
Rob Granatstein: why the city should sell off its assets—slowly but surely
To close the budget gap, Rob Ford wants to sell city assets. Good idea, bad timing. Even a novice real estate investor knows to...
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Freewheeling anti–Ferris wheeler Glen Murray (smartly) wants to slow down the Port Lands development
Apparently, the responsible and efficient development of the Port Lands is more complicated than simply taking the reins away from...
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City News
Sole-sourced contracts uncovered behind that Ford Ferris wheel
A report by Patrick White of the Globe and Mail has revealed that the city-owned Toronto Port Lands Company spent over $50,000 on...
City News
Port Lands development may be on the fast track (but no word if that track is a monorail)
One product of Doug Ford ’s failed attempt to turn the Port Lands into a waterfront amusement park is a commitment to expediting...
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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
Big Stories
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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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
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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