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What the world is saying about the Yonge Street van attack
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Real Estate News
Here’s what a developer wants to build at Yonge and Gerrard
What it is: A pair of condo towers, linked by an elevated bridge. They'd be 73 and 62 storeys in height, and they'd sit atop a...
Wander Bloor and Yonge streets without dodging traffic
Don’t be discouraged by the event's critics: it turns out there’s more to Open Streets TO than just the streets it...
Culture
Backstory: the grisly Yonge Street murder behind Anthony De Sa’s new novel
A sadistic true-life murder becomes part of Toronto’s painful coming-of-age in the Canadian novelist’s gritty new book On July...
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Food & Drink
Indian street food spot Kathi Roll Express opens at Yonge and Bloor
Kathi Roll Express is the latest ethnic street food shop to open in Toronto. Delhi-native and owner Sumit Kohli’ s new...
Food & Drink
Tabülè opens a new eatery in Riverside
Food & Drink
The Kathi Roll Express is bringing Indian street food to Yonge Street
Coming soon to Yonge and Bloor: The Kathi Roll Express , a new restaurant specializing in Kathi rolls, a Kolkata street snack that...
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Real Estate News
The Toronto Star’s old parking lot could soon house Canada’s two tallest condo towers
The plans for a large-scale development at 1 Yonge Street, currently home to a set of low-rise buildings and the Toronto Star’ s...
Style
Bed, Bath and Beyond opens its largest store in Canada at Yonge and Gerrard
Less than a month after Marshalls opened at John and Richmond, another big American chain has launched its first downtown Toronto...
Food & Drink
Banh Mi Boys announces their second location: a former milkshake shop at Yonge and Gerrard
Cheap, delicious Vietnamese street food purveyors Banh Mi Boys have finally revealed the location of their highly anticipated...
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City News
Celebrate Yonge Street for the next month with lane closures and lots of walking space
Beginning Friday, car traffic on Yonge Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Gerrard Street and Queen...
Style
A One Direction pop-up shop is coming to Toronto
British boy-band sensation and global tween heartthrobs One Direction are opening up their first-ever pop-up shop in North...
Real Estate News
Condo gossip: three towers could be coming to the Toronto Star’s parking lot
Up to three condo towers could soon sprout from the parking lot of the Toronto Star building at Yonge and Queens Quay, according...
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City News
Women accuse G20 police of equating unruly leg hair with unruly behaviour
During the G20 Summit in Toronto, being a lady with hairy legs was enough to attract police attention—that’s what a group of...
Food & Drink
Captain John’s Restaurant succumbs to the stormy seas of unpaid back taxes
The ongoing debt and legal issues at Captain John’s Harbour Boat Restaurant, the iconic marine eatery docked at the foot of...
City News
Falling concrete and glass seem to have a grudge against luxury vehicles
Though city officials insist it’s safe to drive under the Gardiner Expressway in a convertible, the concrete-raining highway...
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City News
And the 10 most traffic-addled streets in Toronto are...
Sheppard Avenue commuters now have the dubious honour of spending hours on one of the most congested streets in one of the most...
City News
Blame station construction and absurd rainfall for the Union Station flood
Apparently, the flood of rainwater and sewage that shut down Union Station and complicated commutes last Friday was not the...
City News
Gallery: our 10 favourite Photoshopped pics of the Union Station flooding
We are beyond tickled to live in a city where a subway station flooded with water and sewage during rush hour sparks not only the...
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Flooding (and a little sewage) shuts down Yonge subway from Osgoode to Bloor
Dramatic flooding at Union Station has shut down the Yonge Street subway from Osgoode to Bloor stations. Apparently, the mixture...
Real Estate News
The tallest condo in the country could be coming to Bloor Street
Property firm Morguard is pushing to build Canada’s tallest condo building on top of the Holt Renfrew at Bloor and Yonge, and...
City News
Rob Ford will privatize the east end’s garbage collection—as soon as he’s re-elected
On his Newstalk 1010 show this week, Rob Ford signalled that he intends to fulfill his campaign pledge to outsource garbage...
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City News
Major traffic disruptions on the Gardiner this summer (and the nine summers after that)
While construction on Toronto’s highways and roads is as much a sign of summer as a smog alert or a crowded patio, the next 10...
City News
The weirdest mayoralty ever—the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall
On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then...
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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
Almost
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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand