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Food & Drink
Toronto spent tons of money on food and drinks during the World Cup (Montreal, not so much)
—The percentage that debit and credit card sales at Toronto restaurants, pubs and fast-food outlets increased during game time...
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City News
A collection of Toronto’s top cricket talent announced: cue corpo-political schmoozefest
Amid all the Bollywood hoopla leading up to Saturday’s International Indian Film Academy Awards , another celebration of another...
City News
TSN lands rights to Toronto FC, staking its claim in sports broadcast wars
TSN won another battle in the ongoing war for sports coverage supremacy in this country, once again snatching a coveted property...
Culture
Steve Nash wants to make Pelé documentary
Fresh off the Canuck pomp and circumstance surrounding his Terry Fox documentary Into the Wind , Steve Nash is game for another...
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Style
Louis Vuitton wins World Cup of product placement
Perhaps the real winner of yesterday’s final World Cup game wasn't Spain at all—it was Louis Vuitton. In one of the most...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Summerlicious begins, Metric performs and six other weekend must-dos
1. SUMMERLICIOUS Some of the 150 restaurants participating in this annual prix fixe festival have probably been fully booked since...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Pride, the Fringe and six other ways to enjoy the city
1. PRIDE PARADE Get decked out in sequins, body paint and a boa or two, grab a rainbow flag and get ready to party at the Pride...
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City News
The List: Rocco Rossi
Ten things the Liberal strategist and mayoral candidate can’t live without 1. My favourite book I first read Man’s Search for...
City News
World media not really bothering with Toronto’s G20 riots
Canadians will have to wait and see if Jon Stewart picks up the G20 story tonight, but so far the international media's attention...
City News
Hogtown versus the world: how does Toronto’s G20 compare with previous summits?
The G20 summit has mostly wound down, and the result is pretty mediocre: for billions in spending and a few torched police...
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City News
Can the G20 jam credit card transactions? The Rovers Pub thinks so
Despite the rain, the Rovers Pub on the edge of Koreatown was packed this morning. South Korean and Uruguayan fans raucously...
City News
Wave of boredom hits downtown Toronto as it waits for G20 chaos
Compared to the ruckus caused by World Cup revellers on College Street this morning, the area around the G20 security zone was...
City News
Workers at French-owned hotel strike just before French G20 delegates arrive
If anyone knows a Toronto hotel with any rooms left, the French G20 posse could use your help. Workers at the downtown...
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City News
Toronto hating gets an embossed stamp: U.S. State Department says stay away during the G20
Torontonians woke up this morning to find that the U.S. State Department had put our fair city on the same list as Jamaica and...
City News
Be a celebrity tour guide: Katy Perry looking for advice on Toronto trip
Katy Perry’ s in Toronto and appealing for local intel via Twitter. Beaver Tails and Canada’s Wonderland are on her list, but...
Culture
Q&A: Talking World Cup with Brendan Canning
Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning is also a footie fanatic. With the World Cup just underway and Canning’s squad playing...
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City News
Footie Fanatic: John Doyle reveals that soccer, not the tube, is his one true love
In his new book, John Doyle, the Globe’ s sardonic TV critic, reveals that soccer, not the tube, is his one true love Soccer is...
City News
Five suggestions for where G20 visitors should watch World Cup games
As the list of logistical concerns surrounding the G20 continues to grow, the Summit Management Office is now trying to figure out...
Food & Drink
Fever pitch: five ideal places to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup—soccer’s ultimate series—offers a riotous excuse to cut loose and bend your elbow before 11...
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Food & Drink
10 a.m. drinking passes: city councillors officially become our enablers
Finally, change we can believe in. City council has officially rolled back the time at which people can start drinking by one hour...
Food & Drink
City may allow soccer fans to drink at 10 a.m. during World Cup
City hall is considering letting bars serve alcohol an hour earlier this June, all thanks to time zones and soccer. World Cup...
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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