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City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 8, because we’ll traipse anywhere for conceptual art
Not too long ago, the intersection of Bloor and Lansdowne was best known for a decent Value Village, two competing strip clubs and...
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City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 21, because CAMH is Queen West’s hottest address
Over the last decade or so, West Queen West has transformed from actually grungy to artfully grungy, but even as designer pooches...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Pinball Café, a bit of arcade nostalgia on Queen West
Before the hands of every kid were glued to their iPod touches and Nintendo DSes and before two Italian plumbers fought to save...
The Weekender: Private Lives, Queen West Art Crawl and six other events on our to-do list
1. PRIVATE LIVES This 1930s comedy by Noël Coward is responsible for about three quarters of romantic comedies today. Just look...
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Real Estate News
Seven-year itch: the Drake Hotel announces plans for expansion
Since the day its current incarnation opened—Valentine’s Day, 2004—the Drake Hotel has been the restless centre of West...
Food & Drink
The Best of Winterlicious 2011: Toronto Life’s 62 favourite restaurants
January is upon us, and for many hungry Torontonians, that means one thing: Winterlicious . The menus are less predictable than...
Food & Drink
Introducing: The Big Guy’s Coffee Shop, Queen West’s latest coffeemonger
With a name like The Big Guy’s Coffee Shop , it’s tempting to think of Parkdale’s latest café as some kind of ironic jab at...
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Food & Drink
Cowbell is the first restaurant in Toronto to get LEAF certification for its green ways
When it comes to providing environmentally sustainable cuisine, locavore haven Cowbell walks the walk, according to Leaders in...
Real Estate News
Dufferin Street jog is fixed: finally, the bus ride to the Ex is not scarier than the rides at the Ex
Two things happened under a rail bridge in Parkdale yesterday: Dufferin Street was straightened out after a century, and mayor...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Churchill, the latest lo-fi bar on “destination” Dundas West
Remember West Queen West before it was a zoo? The folks at Churchill, Little Portugal’s newest bar, sure do. The owners of the...
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Style
Introducing: Ruins, a new men’s store at Queen and Shaw
The place: Impresario turned storekeeper Mikey Apples’ résumé lists several vocations: band manager, wardrobe assistant and...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Bar Salumi, an aperitif bar by the owners of Local Kitchen
Inside Queen West’s new Bar Salumi —under hanging Berkshire prosciutto, garlands of hot peppers and a wild boar’s...
Culture
The 75 must-know TIFF hot spots
From Yorkville to West Queen West, here are the 75 restaurants, bars, clubs, cinemas and party venues that every festival-goer...
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City News
Risk Assessment: a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guide to the safest places to buy real estate in Toronto
No neighbourhood will react the same way to a burst bubble. We talked to market watchers, economists, mortgage brokers and...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto
While the Great Recession battered other cities, Toronto has emerged triumphant—Bay Street is bullish, our real estate market is...
Culture
Toronto’s east vs. west debate fuelled by iPad-toting Star reporter
For those who believe the hype, the iPad is capable of doing just about anything. Well, it can’t make phone calls, but...
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Food & Drink
Next target in city’s war on fun: West Queen West
There was the moratorium on new restaurants on Ossington, the end of community pizza nights at Christie Pits and the brouhaha over...
Food & Drink
Just Opened: El Almacen brings authentic yerba mate to Queen Street West
Along the still-evolving stretch of West Queen West between Dovercourt and Ossington, Silvio and Estela Rodriguez have quietly...
Food & Drink
Joe Pantalone swoops in to limit west-end nightlife—again
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Toronto’s would-be mayor Joe Pantalone is coming down hard on one of the city’s most...
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Shopping
West Queen West shopping event launches with deals at Jacflash, Cabaret, Carte Blanche, Morba and more
Still not tired of post-holiday sale shopping? The West Queen West BIA is launching First Thursdays, a monthly shopping event held...
Style
Opening soon: The Drake Hotel General Store in Rosedale
The Drake Hotel launched its General Store in 2008, garnering oodles of media attention for its kitschy Canadiana. This...
Food & Drink
Twelve new indie cafés: Toronto’s thirst for coffee poured by hipsters proves unquenchable (for now)
As Starbucks attempts to boost profits with its instant coffee and Tim Hortons ’ profits tumble , Toronto’s indie café craze...
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Shopping
Sales roundup: Nuit Blanche sales, denim trunk show at Lileo, Jeremy Laing sample sale
FASHION AND BEAUTY AXI SPA In Yorkville, Nuit Blanche means late-night shopping (and a little bit of art). Save on products (until...
Food & Drink
Cuban festival turns Queen Street into Castro Street—sort of
This weekend, West Queen West goes Cubano with the second annual Havana Cultura Festival. There will be music, cigar rolling...
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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!”
Just Listed
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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