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Bloor West Village
Real Estate News
A proposed 16-storey rental tower would be the tallest building in Bloor West Village
The project promises a suite of family-sized units. Locals worry it would tank the neighbourhood’s vibe
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Food & Drink
The owner of a sort-of-secret pierogi place has opened a Ukrainian restaurant
Hoyra Gastrobar, a new sit-down spot near High Park, is from the woman behind Heavenly Perogy
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Bloor West Village detached with two living rooms and a backyard oasis
At 2,500 square feet, the property also comes with a gigantic finished basement, Brazilian hardwood floors and marble galore
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.7-million Bloor West Village house that shows it never hurts to drum up some hype
An advance marketing campaign appears to pay off
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Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.7-million ex-bungalow that shows the economics of flipping a house on Bloor West
Some real estate investors make a tidy profit
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.65-million Bloor West house that shows how much sellers stand to gain by leaving Toronto
Buy, sell, bye
Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The $1.5-million home that shows just how much prices have escalated since 2000
In 17 years, after a few upgrades, a 430 per cent price increase
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Real Estate News
Sale of the Week: The Bloor West Village home that sold for $550,000 over asking
A Bloor West duplex draws a surprising amount of interest from buyers
Food & Drink
What’s on the menu at Awai, Nathan Isberg’s new plant-based restaurant
The Atlantic's convention-defying chef is back at it
Food & Drink
Where the Cheese Boutique’s Afrim Pristine eats comfort food on the west side of the city
His favourite delis, diners and dairy bars
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Food & Drink
Toronto gets its first Thai bakery
Patchmon's Thai Desserts & More , Toronto’s first traditional Thai dessert shop, turns out trays of vibrant sweets and savoury...
City News
The High Cost of Cheap Labour
Union support can be the key to a mayoral victory. Members will put up signs, go door-to-door and get out the vote on election...
Style
Book City is returning to Bloor West Village
Bookstores are dead, long live bookstores! Or one bookstore, at least. BlogTO is reporting that a new Book City is opening in a...
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Food & Drink
Barbecue joint Marky & Sparky’s Smokehouse is opening in Bloor West Village
Butcher by Nature is launching a new smokehouse where co-owner Frank DiGenova and pitman Marcus De Simone are going to turn the...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Black Rabbit, a new family-friendly café in Bloor West Village
Name: Black Rabbit Fresh Food Café Neighbourhood: Bloor West Village Contact info: 2312 Bloor...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.3 million for a family home (with income property potential) in Bloor West Village
ADDRESS: 410 Armadale Avenue NEIGHBOURHOOD: Runnymede-Bloor West Village-High Park North AGENT: Michael Alexander...
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Food & Drink
How Keriwa chef Aaron Joseph Bear Robe would spend a perfect Saturday on Roncesvalles
I work on Saturdays, but my sous chefs hold down brunch so I can spend the day with my family and come in for dinner service. We...
Shopping
The Sell: A Bloor West Village couple reaps the benefits of downsizing in a surging market
The Sellers: Laura Ducharme, the 43-year-old host of Fido and Wine , in production for The Pet Network, and her husband Jason, a...
Food & Drink
Introducing: Earth Bloor West, Ed Ho’s massive new bistro and lounge
Earlier this year we reported on the closure of My Place , the massive Bloor West Village pub that lasted only a year. Many...
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Food & Drink
Top Chef Canada contestants announced; we round up the six Torontonians who made the cut
We’re already on the record as counting down the days until the April 11 debut of Top Chef Canada (it’s 42, in case you were...
Food & Drink
Bloor West Village Guide: our 20 favourite places between High Park and the Humber
Though solidly yuppified, this erstwhile eastern European enclave has held on to its tradition of thriving small...
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...
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Food & Drink
Needles found in sausages from No Frills
Jokes about making sausages are as old as sausage itself. It is rare that people actually want to know what’s in their...
Style
New Bloor West Village shop Periwinkle taps into DIY trend
For years, Cindy Yong juggled a day job with producing her line of enamelled jewellery, called Cupcake, and selling it at weekend...
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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
Just Listed
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