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Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from March 2013
Opened After two years and more than a little controversy, the trendy mass-market giant finally arrived in Canada. Now open:...
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Dolce and Gabbana, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade are all coming to Yorkville
Three high-profile stores are headed to the Mink Mile in the coming months. The biggest: a 9,000-square-foot Dolce and Gabbana...
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A One Direction pop-up shop is coming to Toronto
British boy-band sensation and global tween heartthrobs One Direction are opening up their first-ever pop-up shop in North...
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Introducing: Ben Sherman, the latest shop just for the fellas on Queen Street West
The place: Near some of Queen Street’s best menswear shops, like Sydney’s and the former location of Klaxon Howl, the brand...
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Joe Fresh confirms rumour that it’s about to open in New York City
Joe Fresh , the Canadian staple of affordable basics, has confirmed the long-standing rumour that it will be opening its first...
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Circa nightclub becoming Marshalls store
The former site of Circa nightclub is going to be one of the first Canadian locations of Marshalls, the U.S. counterpart to...
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Shopping on-line this holiday season? CB2 is now shipping to Canada
Crate and Barrel's hipper, more modern spin-off, CB2, is in the middle of opening its first Toronto store on the beleaguered Queen...
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Introducing: Oliver Spencer, Queen West’s new menswear boutique
The place: British tailor turned menswear impresario Oliver Spencer has opened his first Canadian outpost (his third shop; the...
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Introducing: Jacob and Sebastian, where bathtime is for adults
The place: As the giant tub in the centre of the store and the glass ducks floating around the perimeter would suggest, bath...
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Introducing: 6 By Gee Beauty, Rosedale’s new travel boutique
The place: Sisters Celene, Natalie and Stephanie Gee and mother Miriam have opened a travel-essentials shop two doors down from...
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Introducing: the Lomography shop, where digital cameras are so 2009
The place: Formerly the cluttered Red Indian Deco, 536 Queen Street West is now home to Lomography’s only Canadian store. First...
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Introducing: Ruins, a new men’s store at Queen and Shaw
The place: Impresario turned storekeeper Mikey Apples’ résumé lists several vocations: band manager, wardrobe assistant and...
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Introducing: The Future of Frances Watson, Parkdale’s new menswear shop
Smart money would have been on a store opening in Parkdale this fall to clothe the patrons of neighbourhood hotter-than-hot spot...
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Introducing: Frye’s pop-up shop
The place: The latest in the city's string of pop-up shops is Frye, which has taken up residence inside Ron White's swanky Bloor...
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Just Opened: Avenue Road’s new Leslieville showroom
The place: For the Avenue Road team, 415 Eastern Avenue was a worthy fixer-upper. The store's previous showroom—a go-to spot for...
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Just Opened: Topshop makes its Toronto debut at Jonathan and Olivia
The place: Fast-fashion chain Topshop enjoys a cult-like following in Britain and the U.S. thanks to its collaborations with...
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Haute Classics brings designer consignment to south Rosedale
The place: This charmingly crowded, walk-in-closet-size shop is stuffed with authentic designer clothing that's sold on...
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Just Opened: Junction shopping gets even better with Metropolis Living
The place: Adding to the Junction’s growing rep as a design destination, this furniture and decor shop lives up to its tag line:...
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Just Opened: Drake Hotel’s third General Store
The place: The Drake Hotel expands its General Store empire with its third location in as many years. The new shop is a...
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Michael Kors store coming to the Eaton Centre
Added to the slew of summer store launches in Toronto, a Michael Kors "lifestyle" shop is set to open in the Eaton Centre at the...
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Stuart Weitzman coming to the Eaton Centre
This August, Stuart Weitzman will open its first Toronto stand-alone boutique in the Eaton Centre (there are already two locations...
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Juicy Couture opening first Toronto store next week
Uptown girls passionate about velour tracksuits can rejoice in the news that Juicy Couture is opening its first stand-alone...
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Kimberley Newport-Mimran to open first Pink Tartan store in Toronto
In an interview with the Toronto Star, Pink Tartan designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran revealed that she's opening the label's first...
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Just opened: Tabula Rasa gives vintage hunters a new reason to cross the Don
The place: On the edge of Greektown sits Toronto’s newest cheap and cheerful clothing hub: a reason for west-end vintage hounds...
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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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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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