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Western Canadian shoe boutique Gravitypope is opening a Toronto store
Western Canadian transplants will be excited to hear that Gravitypope is setting up shop in Toronto, at 1010 Queen Street West (at...
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Canadian-centric womenswear shop Pho Pa closes
Pho Pa, the women’s boutique that focused on Canadian-designed clothing and jewellery, has closed its doors after seven years on...
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Vintage store updates: Chosen has new digs, Rescue officially opens
A couple of updates from the vintage store nexus around Ossington and Queen West. First, Chosen, Melissa Ball’ s second-floor...
Food & Drink
The Prague on Queen West reopens as Prague European Kitchen
In late August, four months after shutting the doors of The Prague on Queen West, new owner Dejan Lazic (Jump, Czehoski) lifted...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Lewis Black and five other events on our to-do list
1. LEWIS BLACK: RUNNING ON EMPTY If Lewis Black comes across as a shouting man more than a funny man, that’s because there just...
Food & Drink
Best of the City 2012: the top 10 places to go and things to do for a good time in Toronto
Pinball Café 1662 Queen St. W., 416-402-7932 In an era where almost every amusement has been shrunk to fit on a smart phone, this...
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Could Anthropologie be coming to Queen Street West?
Last year, we heard that Daniel Rumack, the new owner of the former church on Queen West at Tecumseth, was looking for a single...
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Queen West men’s store Ruins is closing, but another clothing shop is moving in
Ruins, the kinda-laidback, kinda-edgy lifestyle boutique on Queen West at Shaw, is closing its doors this Sunday after nearly two...
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The Weekender: Sail-in Cinema, Planet IndigenUS and six other events on our to-do list
1. CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION The Ex kicks off Friday without long-time partner Ontario Place (it was shuttered back in...
Food & Drink
Introducing: North of Brooklyn, a new thin-crust, by-the-slice pizzeria on Queen West
Blink as you’re walking by, and you’ll probably miss one of Toronto’s newest pizza spots: North of Brooklyn, a tiny 12-seat...
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The New York Times shows Toronto ever more love
The New York Times seems to have a bit of an infatuation with Toronto of late, and we have to say, we’re liking it. The most...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 23 to 29
Monday, July 23 Tuesday, July 24 Wednesday, July 25 Thursday, July 26 Friday, July 27 Saturday, July 28 Sunday, July 29 Farmers’...
City News
QUOTED: a police traffic spokesperson on the “carmageddon” at Queen and Spadina
—a Toronto Police Traffic Services spokesperson, on how closing the intersection of Spadina and Queen will make for an...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8
Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Friday, July 6 Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Farmers’...
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Introducing: The Dog and Bear, the traditional British pub that took over from The Social
The latest addition to gentrifying Beaconsfield Village is a simple space that’s designed to service the increasing number of...
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Great Spaces: a filmmaker turns a former car repair shop into a killer bachelor pad
Robert Pilichowski’s family emigrated from Gdansk, Poland, in 1980, when he was eight years old. They settled in what was then...
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The Drake Hotel is expanding to Prince Edward County
Jeff Stober , the hotelier behind the Drake, is planning on exporting his brand of Queen West cool to Prince Edward County. Stober...
Food & Drink
Pop-Up Madness: A look behind Toronto’s pop-ups, dinner series and roving restaurants
Rogue chefs are making some of the city’s most creative food in restaurants that are here today, gone tomorrow On a...
Culture
Eight and a Half play a private show for hipsters and real estate developers at a soon-to-be Ossington condo
Last night, a strange brew of Queen West hipsters and condo developers packed into the transitional space at 109 Ossington for an...
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The Conversation: Steven Page and Johannes Debus on making music—both popular and avant garde
The place: the Cameron House on Queen West | The people: singer-songwriter Steven Page and COC music director Johannes Debus | The...
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Introducing: The Big Fish, a new fish and chips shop on Queen West
Taking over the old Bon’s Submarine space at Queen just west of Spadina, the Big Fish is the first foray into western waters for...
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Introducing: Banh Mi Boys, Queen West’s shiny new Vietnamese sub counter
When Banh Mi Boys opened—from early December to mid-January—it was an overnight sensation. Cheap and delicious Asian street...
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Current Obsession: cartoonist Junko Mizuno twists Hello Kitty–style art into something seductively nightmarish
In Japanese culture, Kawaii is the blanket term for the alternately beguiling and disturbing brand of Hello Kitty cutesiness in...
City News
The Anti-Ford: Kristyn Wong-Tam believes Toronto is in better shape than you’re being told
In her first year on city council, Kristyn Wong-Tam hogged the spotlight with proposals to ban shark fin soup, save bike lanes and...
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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
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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
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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?
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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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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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