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Toronto Life Magazine June 2015
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Weird Science: Hollywood-tested wellness treatments—and where to get them in Toronto
MAGNETIC THERAPY Electromagnetic frequencies are pulsed through the body to treat pain, anxiety and even bad moods. The Science...
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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...
City News
A guide to the city slickers of Prince Edward County
Everyone wants a piece of Prince Edward County, and Torontonians have been colonizing by the boatload. Here, a handful of...
Style
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...
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The Collector: a multicoloured midtown rental bursting with over-the-top opulence
Alex Donovan hoards beautiful things. The 53-year-old decorator bought his first piece of art—a vivid screen print by Ann-Marie...
City News
Memoir: it seemed crazy to buy a house with my in-laws, but I did it anyway
When our daughter, Sharon, was a year old, my husband, Neil, and I faced a major domestic challenge. My maternity leave had just...
Real Estate News
The Chase: A couple blow past their budget to land a Leslieville fixer-upper
When $500,000 just isn't enough
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Food & Drink
Kiwi Coolers: six bottles from New Zealand best sipped on summer nights
New Zealand’s moderate maritime climate produces refreshing wines made for summer sipping New Zealand has more than 700 wineries...
Culture
The Gilded Stage: David Leventi’s photos of the world’s most opulent opera houses
When David Leventi was a kid, his grandfather, a Romanian cantor named Anton Gutman, would sing arias in the family’s...
City News
Ten things Geddy Lee can’t live without
Rosedale’s resident rock god played two sold-out Toronto shows earlier this month as part of Rush’s 40th anniversary...
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Culture
The Sound and the Furor: R. Murray Schafer’s
Apocalypsis
gets an epic production at Luminato
This month, Luminato will mount Apocalypsis, an oratorio by the 81-year-old composer R. Murray Schafer. The production features 24...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: do I still have to donate to my ex-fiancée’s charity challenge?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My fiancée’s brother hit me up for his half-marathon charity challenge, and I agreed to donate a couple of...
Culture
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
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Dear Urban Diplomat: how do we keep our neighbours from hogging all the parking spots?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I live in the west end, where street parking is limited. There are two spaces in front of our...
City News
Editor’s Letter: Toronto trailblazers, then and now
Back in high school, I was friends with the daughter of Bridget Lynch, a pioneering figure in the Ontario midwifery...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the Rogers Centre will rock again
You have to be absurdly starry-eyed to be a loyal Jays fan in Toronto, but soon (and we’re not just saying this) that optimism...
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Culture
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because this guy made CanStage great again
Matthew Jocelyn was born in Toronto’s east end, but everything about him screams European bon vivant: he has a closetful of Yves...
Real Estate News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: Because the Pan Am Games sparked an insta-hood
The Canary District, named after the greasy-spoon diner that sat on the corner of Front and Cherry, is a shiny reimagining of the...
Real Estate News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because swanky rentals are coming soon
Toronto needs more rental buildings. As housing prices continue to climb out of reach, millennials and young families are...
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Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the Toronto Birth Centre makes labour much less laborious
The earth mother craze has reached an apotheosis in Toronto. To accommodate the growing demand for safe, hospital-free...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because John Ruffolo brought the tech industry back from the brink
In the mid-oughties, as Silicon Valley swirled into a nerd-bacchanal of beanbag chairs and IPOs and coding parties, the Canadian...
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because there’s a Toronto app for everything
In the past year, local developers have created dozens of new smartphone apps that help make life in the city just a little bit...
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Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Halal is coming to Yorkville
Between club king Charles Khabouth opening his swish steak house NAO, Rob Gentile launching his seafood-focused Buca, and The...
Culture
Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because our new library is a modern Agora
Just south of the Scarborough Civic Centre is the Toronto Public Library’s 100th branch—a capstone for the busiest urban...
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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
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
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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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Food & Drink
An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
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