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VIDEO: Thousands risk frostbite for Justin Bieber and the Today Show (but really, Justin Bieber)
Justin Bieber is milking his success by coming out with a holiday album, which is a smart business decision, but absolutely...
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The Weekender: The Santa Claus Parade, Idina Menzel and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE SANTA CLAUS PARADE This is the one Sunday in the whole year when otherwise adamant proponents of sleeping-in rise with the...
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Gallery: Holt Renfrew unveils its much-anticipated holiday windows
The moment has come, and the Holt Renfrew windows have been unveiled. This year, the folks at Holt’s have decided to go with the...
City News
Just in time for winter Woofstock: 20 adorable winter puppies (and one kitty) in the holiday spirit
On November 19 and 20 at the Direct Energy Centre, dog and holiday lovers are being encouraged to don their gayest apparel (fa la...
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Food & Drink
After years of having polar bears shill holiday cheer, Coca-Cola returns the favour
We’d like to high-five someone over at the World Wildlife Fund for this creative, environmentally friendly and somewhat strange...
City News
Spotted! Ryan Gosling getting his Canuck Christmas on in Burlington
Do we really need more reasons to love Ryan Gosling ? Yeah, yeah, we know he’s dating a Gossip Girl , but let’s just put that...
City News
“Man Sues Toronto Santa Claus Parade” and other Grinchy headlines from this season of peace and joy
Sometimes the holidays bring us closer together and teach us the true meaning of giving and togetherness. Other times, they bring...
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Shopping
Holiday bling: a glittery cocktail ring for the party circuit
The Thomas Sabo wing ring ($369) is a fantastic little gift to yourself. It's made of sterling silver, and the stones are...
Food & Drink
Holiday Gift Guide: 13 edible present ideas
We prefer to pass the holiday season by eating our way through it and forcing loved ones to do the same. So we’ve come up with...
Shopping
Holiday gift idea: a speaker system that doubles as an iPad/iPhone dock
Bang and Olufsen's BeoSound 8 is the one of the few docks/speaker systems compatible with iPads, iPhones and iPods available in...
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Style
Holiday Gift Guide: 10 best bets at the One of a Kind Show
The annual arts and crafts show is back. Running now through next week, the one-stop holiday-gift-buying shop features the works...
Shopping
A jaunty little hat for the holiday party circuit
The popularity of Blair Waldorf-esque headbands has gone the same direction as Gossip Girl: down. This year, fascinators have made...
Style
On-line Holiday Gift Guide: 25 presents you can buy in your PJs
Sure, giving is better than receiving, but buying gifts is better when done from the comfort of your couch—with a glass of...
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Holiday gift idea: for the fickle foodie
Sure, we already gave you 100 present ideas in our annual holiday gift guide, but we know you want more. So we've found this...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts $30 and under
See the slideshow of gifts $30 and under » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts under $100
See the slideshow of gifts under $100 » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts over $100
See the slideshow of gifts over $100 » Other Holiday Gift Guides: (All gift guide images: Christopher Stevenson)
Food & Drink
Apparently, National Vodka Day is October 4 (not every day)
We were surprised to learn that National Vodka Day occurs every year on October 4 (and not every weekday at 5 p.m. as previously...
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Toronto retail staff breathe easy, not working on Christmas
In a city already filled with workaholics, retail workers just got a little reprieve: they (probably) won't have to work on...
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Santa 1, Jesus 0: city one step closer to Christmas Day shopping
Retail lackeys of Toronto, get ready to duke it out for vacation time, because the city’s economic development committee voted...
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And on the seventh day, man created the mall: retailers fight to open on holidays
Apparently there isn’t enough time to shop these days. The Star reports that the question of whether or not to allow stores to...
Food & Drink
Adventures in Candyland: seven astounding gingerbread houses
The Chicago Tribune recently asked four local architects to submit designs for gingerbread houses, then had pastry chef Kimberly...
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Food & Drink
The truth behind turducken, Corey Mintz now cooking for monkeys, the suffering of Roncesvalles
• With the charm of a bloated pit bull and packing a painful 900 calories a slice, turducken might be a “guaranteed show...
Food & Drink
Twelve Treats of Christmas: amazing edible (or drinkable) gifts for the indulgent epicure
Now is the time of year when Toronto’s patisseries and food shops offer a tremendous selection of goodies that cater to the most...
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Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
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’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
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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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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