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The big potato bailout, binge drinking epidemic, the trials of a Toronto food critic
• Move over, GM . The Canadian spud industry is getting its own stimulus package. Potato farming will be receiving a major...
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Fake food inspectors, some gifts for Toronto, a solution to insane restaurant queues
• On the eve of Hogtown’s 175th birthday , Star urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume has a few gift suggestions for the...
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Starfish’s Shucker Paddy brings some more Irish to the east end
Leslieville must have the luck of the Irish. The east-end neighbourhood will be home to two new Irish pubs this spring: The Roy...
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TV’s boozing imperative, comparing obesity and smoking, fatty meal fetishes
• Food porn Web site thisiswhyyourefat.com is pioneering a new generation of gastronomic infatuation. The site features such...
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Whining and dining: A look back at Winterlicious 2009 with Marc Thuet and Michael Bonacini
The Winterlicious of 2009 was like no other. There was a recession on, new pricing and a two-week extension. Plus, the much loved...
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Parkdale’s new festival, Beerbistro’s free meal giveaway, Starbucks’ breakfast deals
• Consumers are willing to pay much more for ethically produced meat, but who really knows what the label means? Here, a look at...
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Suburban food festivals, the Ritz bites the dust, Ottawa chefs come to Toronto
• David Rocco and Jamie Oliver taught us the importance of nutritious meals for kids, but obsessing over their diets could in...
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Mark McEwan predicts that Torontonians will “get” his North York version of Dean & Deluca
We’ve been hearing about McEwan—Mark McEwan’s proposed gourmet grocery store—for what seems like eons now. News about it...
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The best food and drinks for an Oscar party
If hosting an Oscar-night party is your kind of thing, then we bet kitschy movie-themed drinks and snacks are, too. So, we've...
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Missing restaurateur, Obama’s new brew, a Winterlicious countermeasure
• Police are searching for George Koutroubis, co-owner of Restaurant Makeover -ed Six Steps Restaurant and Lounge , who was last...
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Claudio Aprile’s soon-to-open restaurant will bring liquid caesar salads to King Street East
Soft-serve ice cream and oysters seems like an odd pairing, but not to Toronto’s pre-eminent food renegade, Claudio Aprile. Both...
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Terroni’s culinary masterminds open new downtown restaurant
The new addition to Terroni 's restaurant empire, Osteria Ciceri e Tria, is now open on Victoria Street. Find out what's being...
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Where to eat during Winterlicious round two
As we reported yesterday, Winterlicious is being extended (by two weeks, from February 16 to 28) for the first time. This...
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Winterlicious extended for two weeks
Yes, that's right. The City of Toronto has decided to extend the festival by 14 days; it was originally scheduled to end...
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Ultra Supper Club unveils its make-over tonight—new name, new menu, new design
Recession menus and food giveaways are quickly becoming the norm for Toronto restaurants. It is in the midst of such bad-times...
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Restaurants’ desperate measures, Rob Feenie’s latest venture, the verdict on raw-milk cheese
• Free canapés were only the beginning. As hermitic dining patterns take hold, Toronto’s restaurateurs are going to great...
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Lax organics standards, gardens on the Gardiner, slaughterhouses self-inspect
• The label “certified organic” should spark more questions than confidence, says former food inspector Mischa Popoff , who...
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Perigee’s canapé giveaway, LCBO wine sale, DIY nose-to-tail
• Dinner for two at Perigee runs about $210, so this is the last restaurant we expected to be offering giveaways. Yesterday...
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The dark side of Winterlicious, salmonella scare, recession menus on the rise
• Winterlicious is a godsend for penny-pinchers and generally unadventurous restaurant-goers, but the two-week event can be...
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The patio season battleground is outside Future Bakery’s front door
Being knee-deep in winter , we are just starting to fantasize about Toronto’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it patio season. The time...
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Susur Lee takes Manhattan—sort of
The verdicts are starting to trickle in for Susur Lee’s three-month-old Manhattan venture, Shang. New York magazine sent local...
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Pangaea honoured, grown-up kids’ food, Ontario’s mushroom recall
• The Ontario Hostelry Institute has announced that the owners of Yorkville ’s Pangaea are the 2009 Gold Honourees in the...
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Mr. Sub drug bust, Starbucks downsizes, Pizza Pizza goes west
• Carb-loading may not be the only indulgence attracting Mr. Sub customers after dark. Police uncovered a marijuana stash worth...
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The Local Company: is the Danforth still seeking its sexy hero?
Late last year, there was buzz that the Danforth was primping for some big nights out. The opening of The Local Company , near...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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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
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“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