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A Brief History of the Toronto Blue Jays: Five decades, two World Series wins and one unforgettable bat flip
To celebrate the team’s 50th season, we’re looking back at the defining moments that got us here
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City News
Fast-hitting questions with newly minted Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer José Bautista
The Blue Jays legend reveals the secret location of the bat-flip bat and his favourite Toronto player to watch
City News
“Everyone loves bat flips now”: A Q&A with Blue Jays legend José Bautista
The slugger dishes on being inducted into the Level of Excellence, coming to terms with being a villain and how Toronto would be the perfect city if it were closer to the equator
City News
Here’s what we know about Jose Bautista’s wedding
The legendary Blue Jays slugger tied the knot over the weekend
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Life
Some Toronto-related Halloween costume ideas for 2017
Oh-so-topical dress-up concepts
City News
What people were saying about Jose Bautista’s (likely) final home game as a Jay
Joey Bats probably won't be back
Culture
Every Toronto reference (we could find) in Uber5000’s new mural
Drake, Dart Guy, Crane Girl and more
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City News
The super-luxurious getaways where Toronto celebrities escape the winter
The resorts favoured by the city's pop-star elite
Culture
Seven sublime works by Daniel Mazzone, the Toronto artist beloved by Blue Jays and Wall Streeters
How he turns newspaper articles and torn photos into dazzling portraits
City News
“We’ve got to get him back”: Sports fans on whether the Blue Jays should pay up to keep Bautista
Some opinions on the financial value of one J. Bats
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City News
The best (and worst) moments from last night’s Jays vs. Rangers fracas
Some moments you may have missed during Sunday's broadcast
City News
The best, worst and most Drake-filled moments of the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Here's what happens when actors and tennis players try to play basketball
Style
Ugly Christmas sweaters for every possible occasion
Festive odes to Drake, José Bautista and
Star Wars
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City News
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #12, José Bautista
Bautista's three-run homer elevated him from star slugger to cult hero
City News
Six in the Six: half a dozen burning questions for Oscar Wood, better known as “Mini Bautista”
The Blue Jays' unofficial mascot tells us about voodoo, and meeting his hero
City News
Let’s settle this: Was Bautista’s bat flip poor sportsmanship?
You tell us
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City News
The ridiculously elaborate high-fives of the newly victorious Blue Jays
The Blue Jays have had plenty to celebrate lately—and, if you've just started paying attention, you've probably noticed they...
City News
Sports Gods: which Toronto pro athletes are truly worth their salaries?
Paid: $19 million ($37,000 an hour) Bang for Buck: He’s reliable and not injury-prone, but he’s in the twilight of his career...
City News
The Rogers Centre has mysteriously become baseball’s home run capital
Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista’ s sudden fondness for pitcher R.A. Dickey’ s pants is only the second weirdest thing to...
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Reason to Love Toronto: because Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista plays his best ball in R.A. Dickey’s pants
Baseball players are a weirdly superstitious lot: Jason Giambi slipped into a golden thong when he struggled at the plate; Wade...
City News
Back in the Game: Blue Jays slugger José Bautista’s high-stakes mission to stay on top
It was July 16 of last year, a day game. More than 42,000 people in Yankee Stadium, and a few million sitting on couches at...
City News
The Blue Jays—along with the rest of Toronto—are pumped for the season ahead
Toronto’s baseball fans and sportswriters engage in a ritual burst of optimism about the Blue Jays’ chances every April...
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Toronto’s Best Tweeters: top Twitter feeds from local entertainers, athletes and media personalities
Toronto’s Twitter-happy celebrity set supplies a constant stream of bon mots, feuds and photo scandals, so choosing our...
City News
50 Most Influential 2012: a ranking of Toronto’s top tycoons, backroom operators and supersize egos
The people driving the agenda for the city are more likely to come from outside local government than inside. This was the year...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
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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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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