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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 22 to 24
In this edition of The Weekender: a legendary South African musical group, a double bill from hot young playwright Hannah...
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Five things to do in Toronto on Family Day weekend
In this edition of The Weekender: Family Day fun at the Lightbox, an indie-rock music festival and three more things to do in...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Super Bowl XLVII Party, Tristan und Isolde and five other items on our to-do list
1. KUUMBA Harbourfront kicks off Black History Month with the 17th edition of its annual Kuumba festival (“kuumba” means...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Come Up To My Room, The Stop’s Beer Garden and four other events on our to-do list
Toronto Life online editor talks about the weekend’s top events on The Morning Show 1. COME UP TO MY ROOM (FREE!) Each year, the...
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The Weekender: Dance Weekend, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and four other events on our to-do list
1. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN Just decoding Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s description of their own sound—“psychedelic noh-wave...
The Weekender: The Penelopiad, Canada’s Top Ten and five more events on our to-do list
1. THE PENELOPIAD Following last year’s acclaimed run, Nightwood Theatre’s production of The Penelopiad is back at Buddies in...
The Weekender: Sing-Along Messiah, Wildlife and five other events on our to-do list
1. SING-ALONG MESSIAH That only-used-in-the-shower voice deserves to be heard, so why not join your fellow shower-belters in some...
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The Weekender: The Killers, Beat Nation and six other events on our to-do list
1. BEAT NATION: ART, HIP HOP AND ABORIGINAL CULTURE Beat Nation, a new exhibit at the Power Plant, shines a light on artists who...
The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL For the sixth time in his Soulpepper career, founding member Joseph Ziegler steps into Scrooge’s shoes in...
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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...
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The Weekender: Grey Cup Festival, Terminus and five other events on our to-do list
1. 100TH GREY CUP FESTIVAL The Toronto Argos are going for grey on home turf this weekend, facing off against the Calgary...
The Weekender: Santa Claus Parade, Winter Woofstock and six other events on our to-do list
1. THE FACE-OFF Sure, these SportChek-sponsored exhibition tennis matches don’t actually count for anything, but with the...
The Weekender: Dan Deacon, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROYAL WOOD With a name as smooth as his voice, Canadian crooner Royal Wood brings his signature debonair persona to his upbeat...
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The Weekender: Crystal Castles, The War of the Worlds and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR Canada’s biggest horse and agriculture show celebrates 90 years of bringing the country to the...
The Weekender: James Bond, Kimbra and six other events on our to-do list
1. DESIGNING 007: 50 YEARS OF BOND STYLE The TIFF Bell Lightbox exhibits all things 007 to celebrate 50 years of the...
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The Weekender: Soupstock, Cat Power and six other events on our to-do list
1. SOUPSTOCK In the wake of last year’s wildly successful Foodstock, over 200 chefs from across Canada—among them, Susur...
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The Weekender: The Junction Flea, Ellie Goulding and six other events on our to-do list
1. THE JUNCTION FLEA Presented by Smash and Russet and Empire, this eclectic outdoor market features vintage and kitschy items...
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...
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The Weekender: Nuit Blanche, Paper Bag’s 10th anniversary and six other events on our to-do list
1. SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE From dusk to dawn, the streets of Toronto will be packed with art and art lovers for the seventh...
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The Weekender: Just For Laughs 42, Gallery Hop and six other events on our to-do list
1. JUST FOR LAUGHS 42 Because one week just wasn’t long enough, Just for Laughs spreads this year’s staggering 42 acts across...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Lewis Black and five other events on our to-do list
1. LEWIS BLACK: RUNNING ON EMPTY If Lewis Black comes across as a shouting man more than a funny man, that’s because there just...
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The Long Weekender: Public Enemy, Brazilian Day and six other events on our to-do list
1. ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL The Ashkenaz Festival is the largest international festival of Jewish music and culture in North America—so...
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The Weekender: Buskerfest, Fan Expo and six other events on our to-do list
1. SCOTIABANK BUSKERFEST Last year, over a million people descended upon Front Street to see the world’s top buskers, making...
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The Weekender: Sail-in Cinema, Planet IndigenUS and six other events on our to-do list
1. CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION The Ex kicks off Friday without long-time partner Ontario Place (it was shuttered back in...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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
Guelph is having a moment