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tech package 2017
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Welcome to the new Silicon Valley
We have hungry entrepreneurs, deep-pocketed investors, next-level start-ups and an infinite supply of brilliant ideas. Inside Toronto’s tech revolution
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We asked 140 start-up founders about Toronto’s tech scene. Here’s what they said
Toronto’s top entrepreneurs on start-up stereotypes, wild investor stories and who they admire most
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Toronto tech gurus start young
A Q&A with Tanmay Bakshi, a 13-year-old techy YouTube star who has built apps for the App Store and written a coding textbook
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These companies are revolutionizing health care
Figure 1, OpenCare and other apps that are taking telehealth into the future
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U of T is banking on the future of quantum computing
At U of T's Creative Destruction Lab, tech wizards are banking on the quantum future
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This doctor is making Star Trek dreams come true
A Q&A with Julielynn Wong, a doctor who 3-D prints medical supplies in remote rural areas, in war zones and even in space
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The Financial District has a glittery tech playground
Inside the Deloitte Greenhouse, featuring an adorable AI robot, VR headsets and 3D printers
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A handful of RIM escapees are leading the Toronto tech scene
Five ex–RIM staffers turned tech tycoons
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People are shelling out thousands to learn HTML
HackerYou, Lighthouse Labs and Bitmaker are pumping out tech geniuses
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Investors are paying attention
Five deep-pocketed American venture capitalists that are pouring millions into Toronto start-ups
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Augmented reality is a reality
These companies are building Matrix-like virtual smartphone adventures
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The big banks are finally entering the digital age
Guess which of the Big Five banks has a neon-lit bowling alley and a speakeasy bar
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Waterloo has its own wearables factory
Inside Thalmic Labs's secret wearables warehouse
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CAMH is using futuristic brain science to cure depression
Everything you need to know about neuroinformatics
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Women are in charge
Huda Idrees, Candice Faktor and three other women rocking the tech sector
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A little town west of Toronto is doing big things
How Stratford, a town known for staging Shakespeare, became a hub for self-driving cars
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The godfather of artificial intelligence is a Torontonian
Geoffrey Hinton and the Vector Institute are helping to make Toronto the AI capital of the world
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Self-driving cars are storming the streets
Uber's Raquel Urtasun is revolutionizing the automobile at U of T
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Tech giants are setting up shop in Toronto
The lowdown on Okta, Slack, Amazon and Thomson Reuters's new digs
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There’s a tech champion at city hall
A Q&A with Toronto’s chief innovation advocate Michelle Holland
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The Norwegians want to learn from us
Why a bunch of Scandinavian start-up founders spent a week touring Toronto
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High-speed travel is going places
Getting from Toronto to Waterloo is about to get much easier
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These three companies are about to go supernova
Everything you need to know about Wealthsimple, Hubba and League
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A Geordi La Forge visor and other cool do-gooder gadgetry
Glasses that help the blind see, a device that lets the disabled use smartphones and 3D-printed prosthetics
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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
Best New Restaurants
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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
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
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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
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