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Culture
Slideshow: a preview of “The Forbidden City,” the ROM’s new exhibition of artifacts from China’s imperial palace
As part of the ROM ’s centenary, the museum is renewing its Far East focus by bringing in an extensive collection of over 200...
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Food & Drink
Toronto Taste 2013: We sample dishes from the chefs of Buca, Splendido, Scaramouche and more
More than 60 restaurants and other food purveyors took part in the 23 installment of Toronto Taste at the ROM on Sunday, offering...
Style
Slideshow: the wonderfully peculiar Viktor & Rolf Dolls at the ROM
For years, lookalike Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have chosen one or two iconic looks from each collection and...
Style
Wedding Guide: 34 of Toronto’s best wedding venues
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas St. W. (at McCaul St.), 416-979-6634 For a truly magnificent celebration, Frank Gehry’s...
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Real Estate News
The weirdly cool Bloor Street McDonald’s is out and another condo tower is in
Not even McDonald’s can avoid Toronto’s condo onslaught. The fast food giant sold its property across from the Royal Ontario...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: The Toronto Christmas Market, Molly Johnson and six other events on our to-do list
1. LOWE’S TORONTO CHRISTMAS MARKET Each year, the Distillery District gets a makeover and transforms into a traditional European...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $1.25 million for a Bloor Street suite with a protected view over downtown
ADDRESS: 175 Cumberland Street, Unit 1407 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Yorkville AGENT: Brian Gerstein, Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd. PRICE:...
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City News
Best of Fall 2012: ten of the season’s top gallery shows
The art world’s most anticipated shows from upstarts and old masters See all ten shows »
The Long Weekender: Sister Act The Musical, Toronto Oktoberfest and six other events on our to-do list
1. SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL Singing nuns. ’Nuff said. While Whoopi and Maggie aren’t making appearances this time around (we...
Food & Drink
Weekly Lunch Pick: a rib-sticking sandwich on a breezy patio at Museum Tavern
Outdoor lunch spots with a nice view are few and far between, which makes the newly opened Museum Tavern, looking onto the ROM...
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City News
Current Obsession: Larry Towell’s haunting photographs from the ruins of Afghanistan
The Canadian photographer’s images capture the human side of an unwinnable war Larry Towell was in New York for a meeting when...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Doors Open Toronto, Bonnie Raitt and six other items on our to-do list
1. DOORS OPEN TORONTO This long-running design event is really the architectural equivalent of a peep show. For one weekend of...
Real Estate News
125-year-old Bloor Street United Church to sprout glass condo tower
The 125-year-old Bloor Street United Church near Huron could soon be a 125-year-old church connected to a massive, modern condo...
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Culture
Art Attack: Luminato set to lose $3.5 million in funding
On Tuesday, the provincial government handed down its proposed budget, and the arts received some pretty heavy blows. The Luminato...
Today in Toronto: ROM Sleepover: Maya
ROM Sleepover: Maya Night at the museum: Mayan style. Kids get to sleep over in the after-hours quiet of the ROM while learning...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: The Tsar’s Cabinet, The Nutcracker and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE POLAR EXPRESS PJ PARTY Most children love slumber parties and Christmas movies, which makes the decision to combine the two...
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The Weekender: The Santa Claus Parade, Idina Menzel and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE SANTA CLAUS PARADE This is the one Sunday in the whole year when otherwise adamant proponents of sleeping-in rise with the...
City News
The Loaded List: we catalogue the astronomical salaries of Toronto’s ruling class
It’s not particularly polite to ask rich people what they earn. But tact is overrated, and we wanted to know, so we asked...
Culture
The ROM learns from a study that people hate being gouged, cuts prices
The Royal Ontario Museum slashed its admission prices last week in an effort to draw more visitors—apparently the “Sitting...
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City News
A $10-million diamond, and other rare pieces of jewellery, will be auctioned off at the ROM
The largest diamond to ever be sold in Canada is set to be auctioned off at the Royal Ontario Museum on November 13, and the...
City News
The Argument: David Hockney’s iPad paintings show that a cool device can’t rescue bad art
David Hockney’s Fresh Flowers exhibition has been touring Europe in advance of its only Canadian stop, at the ROM’s Institute...
City News
How Kent Monkman—a half-Cree illustrator from Winnipeg—sexed up the exploitation of First Nations people and conquered Toronto’s art world
Pink high heels. Heartthrob pink. These are dream shoes, shoes to break your heart. Shoes that are up to no good, shoes to dance...
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Culture
David Hockney’s iPad art to begin showing at the ROM on Oct. 8
David Hockney once said, “Inspiration, she never comes to the lazy,” so it’s a bit curious that the works from his most...
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Food & Drink
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
Best New Restaurants
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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Food & Drink
An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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