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Food & Drink
Two years after booze came to corner stores, the LCBO is down $780 million
But new moves from Ford could top up its glass
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City News
The Ford government declares BYOB summer
The province is set to allow alcohol consumption at outdoor events—but there’s fine print
TL Insider
What went down at TL Insider’s whisky and food pairing at Stock T.C
The unique tasting menu was inspired by The Glenlivet 14-Year-Old
Created for
The Glenlivet
Food & Drink
A last-minute guide to local beer, wine and booze gifts (or because we could all use a drink right now)
If the Christmas parties are cancelled, these are sure to brighten your spirits
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Food & Drink
Five booze-free sippers to satisfy your Dry January drink cravings
So you can satisfy your cravings without breaking any resolutions
Food & Drink
How Ontario Spring Water Sake turns rice into booze by hand
While Greg Newton was studying microbiology in Japan, he spent a lot of his free time in small breweries, or sakaguras, in...
City News
QUOTED: Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, on Toronto’s nightlife
– Denis Coderre , mocking Toronto's 2 a.m. last call during his announcement of a pilot project that will allow bars on two...
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City News
Memoir: I thought my husband’s alcoholism was behind us—until he and our marriage spiralled out of control
When Andrew and I met five years ago in Yellowknife, we clashed immediately: I thought he was an obnoxious party boy; he thought I...
Food & Drink
Liquor sales are coming to 10 Ontario grocery stores
On New Year’s Eve, the Ministry of Finance announced that, at long last, grocery stores will be able to sell liquor—but not in...
Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide 2012: a cheeky flask for a manly man
A personal supply of hooch can make anything from a freezing cold football game to a niece’s ballet recital a lot more...
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City News
Memoir: when my deadbeat dad had a stroke, I finally learned how to forgive him
In the spring of 2006, I sat in a padded metal chair and watched my 63-year-old father wake up from a Demerol sleep. He was lying...
Food & Drink
Nine vibrant, refreshing rieslings that make for perfect patio sippers
There’s nothing quite like the crack of a crisp riesling on a bright spring evening. That bolt of vibrant, citrusy...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 2 to July 8
Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Friday, July 6 Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Farmers’...
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Food & Drink
David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Niagara red from the region’s best vintage to celebrate Canada Day
Trius 2010 Red $21.95 | Niagara Peninsula | If you want to celebrate Canada Day with a homegrown wine, this Ontario red is the...
Food & Drink
Quoted: Gord Perks on the virtues of a gin and tonic (and a few bowls) on a hot summer’s evening
—Councillor Gord Perks, seconding fellow lefty councillor Adam Vaughan’ s motion to consider allowing city-run lawn bowling...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Luminato, Woofstock and six other items on our to-do list
, woofstock.ca Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd., 416-696-1000, ontariosciencecentre.ca historic, renovated, original and...
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City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: I gave my boss a bottle of fancy scotch after we closed a deal. He’s an alcoholic
Dear Urban Diplomat, My boss and I recently closed a huge deal, resulting in a healthy commission for both of us. I bought him a...
Food & Drink
Is drinking coffee simply too taxing? There’s an inhaler for that
After marvelling (and despairing a little) at breathable chocolate and bacon inhalers, only the latter of which turned out to be...
City News
Memoir: in the online gaming world, I was a champion; in real life, I was a mess
I’m an IT manager . And an occasional photographer. Sometimes an aspiring writer. I’m also a city planner, a weapons...
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Food & Drink
LCBO under fire—once again—from the Star’s Martin Regg Cohn
Remind us never to get in Martin Regg Cohn’ s bad books: this weekend, the Toronto Star columnist followed up his recent screed...
Food & Drink
12 delicious days of Christmas, from candy cane ice pops to yule logs filled with mousse cake
This time of year, it takes a strong will not to indulge, whether it be in the beautiful pastries and cakes spilling out of...
City News
Jonathan Black (son of Conrad) is under house arrest in Toronto
Perhaps in a gesture of solidarity to his jailbird dad, 33-year-old Jonathan Black has landed himself under house arrest for...
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Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 90 of the best presents money can buy
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and we’ve tackled the ever-difficult task of narrowing down a list of items that...
Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 17 eye-grabbing offerings for the finest fellas
The modern man is more complicated than the slipper-wearing, pipe-smoking, paper-reading image of yesteryear. This year’s gift...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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!”
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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
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