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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #5. Fur doesn’t have to make you feel bad
After decades of guilt-induced abstinence, we’re reintroducing furs to our winter wardrobes, this time with an ethical...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #13. The sassiest dance parties are on ice
There are bigger rinks and smoother rinks and more famous rinks, like Nathan Phillips Square, where at some point every...
Food & Drink
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #9. Toronto’s gastropubs make the best Sunday roasts
Chef Andrew Carter offers a traditional beef roast at the Queen and Beaver pub near Yonge-Dundas Square. But with a few days’...
Style
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #2. Wood-burning stoves don’t have to cramp your style
Torontonians haven’t quite figured out what Maritimers, Montrealers and, of course, Scandinavians have known for decades:...
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City News
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #14. The Sheraton has an all-season outdoor pool
When the cold has welded your shoulders into a permanent hunch, a steamy soak does wonders. On the third floor of the Sheraton, an...
City News
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #6. Snowshoeing induces bliss
After the dot-com crash, Ted Cordina, a software consultant, turned his passion for kayaking and snowshoeing into an all-season...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #12. A heated driveway (no shovelling!) can be yours for less than two grand
Every generation has its own measures of success: fast cars, good wine, Cubist paintings. For the polar vortex generation, the...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #10. Winter wear for dogs is undeniably cool
Rover Boutique’ s cotton twill pooch peacoat has a double-breasted lapel and a pleat in the back to accommodate the...
City News
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #8. Not all toboggans are created equal
Thick kiln-dried planks of northern birch and extra-thick powder-coated steel runners ensure Mountain Boy’ s heirloom-quality...
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #15. The best festivals happen in winter
Long Winter Once a month, the thrash-rock outfit Fucked Up throw the city’s hottest party at the Great Hall, featuring sets from...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #11. The wovel is the only winter tool you’ll ever need
Shovelling snow is one of the world’s great indignities—you start off freezing, then work up a preposterous sweat under all...
Food & Drink
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #4. Hot chocolate isn’t just for kids
Briotett Crème de Chataigne (that’s French chestnut liqueur) and aged rum are the boozy additions to Colette’ s hot chocolate...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #3. Saunas can fit in condos
A private shvitz might be the ultimate winter indulgence—just ask Rodney Palmer, the former CTV foreign correspondent who...
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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #7. Patios aren’t just for summer
Ceili Cottage’ s giant plastic-wrapped yurt is low on curb appeal, but inside, the 35-seat rotunda is steamy and intimate. The...
City News
Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #1. There’s a
Game of Thrones
–ish ice wall in Ancaster
Stable rock formations and the sheer volume of frozen water make Ancaster’s 21-metre Tiffany Falls the only scaleable waterfall...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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?
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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
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
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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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand