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Where magazine names Acadia Toronto’s best new restaurant
This morning, Where announced its annual picks for the best new restaurant in each of the regions the travel magazine covers in...
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City News
Can gondolas bridge the gap (heh) in Rob Ford’s transit plan?
Back in October, urban planner Steven Dale argued that gondolas—sort of like the ones you find at ski resorts—could serve as a...
City News
Why three prominent Chinese-Canadian writers launched a $10-million plagiarism suit against Ling Zhang
A tale of death threats, tarnished reputations and literary jealousy The streets near Scarborough’s Confederation Park curve and...
City News
Research in Motion and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
It was an especially bad week in an especially bad year for Research in Motion. The battered company announced this morning that...
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Food & Drink
Toronto takes first and second place in this year’s best washroom competition; see why
After losing out to Vancouver last year, Toronto has ascended the, erm, throne in Cintas’s annual Canada's Best Restroom contest...
City News
Rob Ford’s transit strategy is costing, not saving, the city a lot of money
Seizing on the opportunity to run a photo of Rob Ford in a goofy hard hat, the Globe and Mail takes the mayor to task for his...
Culture
Recipe to Riches Reviewed: Episode 5, The Smart Cookie
Last things first: at the end of this week’s episode (the sweet and savoury snacks challenge), the producers flashed a...
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Food & Drink
The cat’s out of the bag: Daniel Boulud to open restaurant at the new Four Seasons
Back in April, we reported that Daniel Boulud was another in the growing group of Michelin-starred chefs to snub Toronto in favour...
Real Estate News
Toronto ranked middle of the pack by Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards
Publishing powerhouse Condé Nast recently released the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards—an annual roundup of the...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Fusia Dog, Dinah Koo’s return to downtown
Dinah Koo makes no bones about her new hot dog joint: “We’ve got a pretty upscale dog—it’s certainly no street meat!”...
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City News
Michelle Dean: I ♥ N.Y. (Not T.O.)
Dear Toronto: I’d like to say that it’s me, not you, but I’d be lying. It is you. You have no passion, no ambition. You...
Culture
Top Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay to launch new restaurant (sadly not in Toronto) and spice line
We don’t usually cover Vancouver restaurant news here at the Dish, but for Top Chef Canada we’ll make an exception. Shortly...
Real Estate News
A standard Toronto household can’t even afford a standard Toronto condo
A recently released report from RBC on the state of Canadian real estate has prompted the Toronto Star to direct homebuyers to...
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City News
How Matthew Jocelyn tried to revive Canadian Stage but instead ended up scaring audiences away
As the crowd settled in for an early June performance of Édouard Lock’s Untitled at the Bluma Appel Theatre, Matthew...
Food & Drink
The vodka backlash backlash is here, apparently
Today’s Globe and Mail has a piece about the anti-vodka movement, championed by people like the Black Hoof’ s Jen Agg, and the...
Real Estate News
Financial blogger looks even deeper into Canada’s real estate market and doesn’t like what he sees
The sense of foreboding that’s lurking around Toronto’s real estate market can be distilled down to one relatively simple...
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City News
Could the London riots happen in Toronto? The Star’s Christopher Hume says yes
Aside from the obvious, it’s difficult to know what, exactly, to say about the riots in London. But it’s on the top of...
Real Estate News
Vancouver’s real estate prices drop—will Toronto’s be next?
With repeat warnings that Toronto, like Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and other Canadian cities, may (emphasis on may) be trapped...
City News
Recent fact-checking spree reveals that no, Etobicoke doesn’t have more libraries than Timmies, contra Doug Ford
We suspect that “fact-checking the Fords” will be a growth industry for city hall watchers, especially after Ed Keenan ’s...
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City News
The Toronto Kiss Map—funded by the awesome Awesome Foundation—shares stories of the city’s sweet embraces
We enjoy a good interactive map , and we suspect you probably do too. So, just for fun, we think you should check out the...
Style
Louis Vuitton and Burberry awarded $2.5 million in a record-setting settlement, courtesy of Canadian fake-makers
Back in March, we wrote about a case that was brewing between luxury brands— Louis Vuitton and Burberry — and...
City News
G20 aftermath: it’s rough being a cop in Toronto this summer
We’ve spent a bunch of time and pixels blogging about how the city has recovered (or not) from the G20— and...
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City News
Does the city really need to start a letter-writing campaign in support of a second Toronto hockey team?
Last week, Josh Colle presented a motion to Toronto council urging the city to pursue bringing a second National Hockey League...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 48, A Queen West company is developing mind-control computing
Much more conveniently located than a galaxy far, far away, a small tech company called InteraXon on Queen West is developing...
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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
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Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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
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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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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