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Light-up sneakers are back—and this time, they’re for grown-ups
POP Shoes' new collection of light-up sneakers—which both Justin Bieber and pop supergroup DNCE are currently wearing on tour—are now yours for the buying
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The Find: Beautiful baubles from far-flung locales—no globe-trotting required
Dannijo creates ornate bib necklaces in partnership with Indego Africa, a non-profit supporting the financial independence of...
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Toronto designer Laura Siegel shows us that ethical fashion doesn’t mean ugly hemp hippie clothes
Most people hear “ethical fashion” and think fair-trade Birkenstocks. How do you combat that crunchy granola image? I focus on...
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Three food-free cleanses you may or may not be ready for
In the neverending quest for wellness, guzzling murky green concoctions—and nothing else—for days on end is standard...
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Swallow Your Bliss: five fortifying teas, soups and sippable supplements
In a city suddenly obsessed with wellness, age-old pick-me-ups are making a stylish comeback. Ancient remedies in pretty new...
Style
Magic Dust: an annotated guide to the ultimate powdered exfoliator
Julie Clark is Toronto’s high priestess of organic beauty: her line, Province Apothecary, is carried by retail heavyweights...
Style
Creams of the Crop: our favourite all-natural lotions, potions and goops
In Toronto, we want our meat house-cured and our coffee micro-roasted seconds before we drink it. It was only a matter of time...
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The Bespoke Club
Torontonians are suddenly clamouring for personalized shoes, hand-sewn jackets and one-of-a-kind accessories. A primer on the...
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The Find: a tiny, perfect, Toronto-made clutch
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when big bags ruled the runways, but few things feel more chic—or liberating—than...
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The Thing: striped socks that will make you want to cuff your pants
Stripes are the pattern of the season, and one reason—maybe the only one—to be happy about the end of summer. Here, a dozen of...
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The Thing: a gorgeous bouquet that won’t give you environmental guilt
When everything from computers to pickup trucks is getting the eco treatment, it’s startling to think that the fresh-cuts at...
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The Thing: a speaker that looks even better than it sounds
The Bang and Olufsen BeoPlay A9 plays music wirelessly from iTunes or any music streaming service, and it plays it loudly—a...
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The Thing: an old suitcase gets new life as a swanky chair
In the past few years, upcycling has taken a high-end turn, with a spate of designers transforming trash-bound castoffs into...
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The Thing: the least prissy scented candles ever
Who actually likes the smell of lavender, anyway? Scented candles, once the exclusive domain of frilly spas and tacky...
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The Thing: the Tesla Model S Performance, a car for tree huggers with $100K to spare
In November, the California-based electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors opened its first Canadian store at Yorkdale, finally...
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The Thing: a thermostat that’s just plain cool
The new Nest thermostat is brilliant, in a HAL from 2001 kind of way. Not only does it adhere to commands sent from your smart...
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The Thing: a throw cushion that takes lounging up a notch
Bev Hisey has a mission. The Toronto-based textile designer, who recently converted her Dundas West studio into a gleaming white...
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The Thing: a Japanese ice-maker that ensures your next drink will have some serious balls
In ice, as in everything, there is an ideal form. Contrary to what cheap plastic ice trays and automated ice machines would have...
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The Thing: Lago bookshelves from Suite 22 that get kinetic
Bookcases are not supposed to be fun. The good people at IKEA have been reinforcing that idea for years, mass-producing...
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Happy Glamping: an indoorsy person’s guide to the great outdoors
The woods are supposed to be romantic. Our collective national identity depends on it. Remember those youthful summers at...
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The Thing: the Olloclip, a super-cool iPhone attachment
Why buy a camera? It’s just another gadget that only does one thing—a fatal flaw in the age of multi-tasking, especially when...
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The Thing: a fast bike in summer—the purest form of cool
The Triumph Thruxton is a screaming mass of curves and chrome and undeniable retro cool—the amped-up automotive equivalent of a...
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The Thing: this spring fashion is all about colour, colour, colour
It’s loud and fearless and showy. We like it 2012 is shaping up to be a preposterously fun year. Spring showed up early. Bryan...
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The Thing: a solid brolly for even the wettest of days
Trying to combat the rain —or the cold half-snow that passes for April rain—with a flimsy corner store umbrella is a futile...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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