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Editor’s Letter (June 2013): Regent Park proves that big, visionary projects can get off the ground
We all have places in Toronto we like to show off to guests from out of town. In the summer, I take my visiting friends to...
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City News
Editor’s Letter (May 2013): is Rob Ford a folk hero or an international embarrassment?
Rob Ford has many fans. According to a poll conducted by Forum Research a couple of days after Sarah Thomson accused Ford of...
Food & Drink
Recipe: Cava’s killer octopus, chicken and clam paella
PREP TIME: 25 minutes COOK TIME: 1 hour 45 minutes Serves 4 to 6 SOFRITO ¼ cup olive oil 1 large white onion, chopped 2 cloves...
City News
Editor’s Letter (April 2013): why the digital age requires new and unorthodox office spaces
Shayne Hughes, the CEO of a California-based business consultancy called Learning as Leadership, recently put a moratorium on...
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Food & Drink
Our annual Where to Eat Now issue, including the city’s best new restaurants, is on newsstands
The perennially popular April issue, featuring our 31st annual Where to Eat Now package, is out today. Pick it up for 15 pages of...
City News
Toronto Sex Poll: the titillating results of our peek into the city’s bedrooms
We were curious about a few things. How often Torontonians are having sex, with whom they’re having it, and how satisfied they...
City News
Editor’s Letter (March 2013): interracial marriages, multiculturalism and the mixed-race generation
In grade school, I was taught that Canada embraces multiculturalism, whereas the United States is a melting pot. The notion was...
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Food & Drink
Winterlicious 2013 opens today—see our top picks, recommended restaurants and more
After two weeks of ’Licious lovers jockeying for tables at Splendido and Canoe, the winter instalment of Toronto’s semi-annual...
City News
Editor’s Letter (February 2013): public sex, massage parlours and bawdy houses
I myself have never had sex in public. As it turns out, I’m in the minority. An astonishing 65 per cent of Torontonians claim to...
City News
Gawker Gotchas: the snarky site’s top six takedowns of Toronto journalists
Do not ask Rosie DiManno about her weekend. On Saturday, the Internet took aim at one of the Toronto Star columnist’s recent...
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City News
Video: Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford dishes on Torontonians’ sex lives
Toronto Life’ s inaugural sex issue hit newsstands today, and editor Sarah Fulford appeared on CTV to chat about the...
City News
Year in Review: Read all of Toronto Life’s cover stories from the past 12 months
In the past year, Toronto Life rated the city’s best new restaurants, talked to Rob Ford’ s inner circle and examined...
City News
We launch our new commenting system—now comments are easier to make and conversations are better
Late last week, we launched Disqus, a discussion platform for our blog posts that will make it even easier for you to weigh in...
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Toronto’s Best Dressed 2012: the city’s 25 most stylish people
Toronto is a good-looking town, with no shortage of beautiful people in beautiful clothes. But only a few are bona fide...
Food & Drink
We fête the launch of the Toronto Life Cookbook with sample recipes from top Toronto chefs and mixologists
Last night, we celebrated the launch of our newest special interest publication, the first-ever Toronto Life Cookbook— the urban...
Food & Drink
The first-ever Toronto Life Cookbook is on newsstands—get it now
Ever wonder how The Harbord Room makes the best burger in the city? Or what goes into the insanely addictive crab dip Geoff...
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Food & Drink
Bon Appétit lauds Toronto’s new “era of culinary adventure”
Earlier this week, Bon Appétit published a short online guide penned by sometime Toronto Life contributor Ben Leszcz that’s...
Culture
VIDEO: Watch Toronto Life’s online editor talk star-spotting and celebrity gossip at TIFF 2012
Our online editor Andrew Wallace appeared on Global’s The Morning Show bright and early yesterday morning to talk all things...
Culture
Spotted: Tom Green (with Kenny Hotz) at the Shangri-La
Last night, Toronto Life threw an exclusive party at the Shangri-La to celebrate the city’s 25 most stylish people (profiled in...
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Style
Introducing: Andrew Coimbra, Toronto Life’s most stylish reader
Last month, in honour of our 2012 Stylebook (now available for purchase on newsstands and online ), we embarked on a hunt for...
Style
VOTE: Choose Toronto Life’s most stylish reader
Our 2012 Stylebook hits newsstands this Thursday, and in its pages we’ll reveal who made our second annual list of Toronto’s...
Style
CONTEST: we’re looking for Toronto Life’s most stylish reader
Just under a year ago, we debuted our Stylebook complete with our inaugural list of the city’s “Most Stylish,” which...
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City News
Watch Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford discuss our annual “Best of the City” issue—on newsstands now!
Toronto Life’ s “Best of the City” issue hit newsstands today, and editor Sarah Fulford appeared on The Morning Show earlier...
Style
Toronto Life nominated for 24 National Magazine Awards
The nominations for the 35th annual National Magazine Awards were announced this week, and we’re very pleased to report that...
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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
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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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
Deep Dives
“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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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
Food & Drink
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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative