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Lake Ontario
Memoir
“I became the first openly trans person to swim across Lake Ontario. It was euphoric”
Transitioning brought Lev Goldberg a new sense of confidence and belonging in his body. That journey led him to open-water swimming. His recent 51-kilometre swim to Toronto is only the beginning
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“Can I cool off in that children’s splash pad?" Your heat wave questions, answered
Ditch the pool, find a ravine and don’t be afraid to lose your shirt
Memoir
“I fell in love with gliding over the water like Jesus”
After the death of his father, 41-year-old lip-balm company owner Eric Fallon decided to seize each day and stop putting off new experiences. Enter his latest hobby: wing foiling
Memoir
“My grandpa was the oldest person to swim across Lake Huron. He inspired me to take on Lake Ontario”
Seeking a new challenge, Jason Kloss took up his grandfather's old hobby: open-water swimming. Last week, Kloss raised over $55,000 for CAMH by attempting a 51-kilometre swim across Lake Ontario
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Winter surfing in Lake Ontario is brutal, painful and freezing. I can’t get enough
"Lake surfing is defined by disappointment and discomfort, freezing water and horrible weather, garbage waves and garbage floating in the waves. And yet it has become my greatest joy"
Life
I’ve slept in cardboard boxes, vans and trucks. Now I live with my three dogs in a 25-foot sailboat in Humber Bay
Last month, Tate Hill's neighbours in Mimico raised more than $11,000 to help him take care of his dogs and dock his boat in a marina
City News
How a salvage crew took Captain John’s on one last voyage
Wayne Elliott wanted to give Captain John’s a dignified death. In his 40-year career, the senior salvage master with Marine...
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City News
Gone in 60 Minutes: how to get from the office desk to the cottage dock in about an hour
Top down and open road used to be the best way to get to the cottage, but that was before highways became parking lots, crammed...
Real Estate News
A few wealthy Torontonians will soon be able to live in a bridge in the sky
Given the ubiquity of condo construction in Toronto, a new development is generally nothing to gawk at. That is, unless it...
City News
On the Waterfront: five tempting lake- and riverside homes from $245,000 to $11.5 million
With the wall of condos dominating the shoreline, it’s easy to forget Toronto’s a town on the lake. Here are five irresistible...
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The idea of building more islands in Lake Ontario is still kicking around
Dirt: when you dig it up, it has to go somewhere. Aware of this inescapable truth, the city is still considering taking the 1.8...
City News
Q&A: Paul Godfrey, chair of the OLG, is on a mission to bring a Las Vegas–style casino to Toronto
You were a popular politician, brought the Blue Jays to town, resuscitated the National Post and cleaned up the OLG. Does the...
City News
Rouge Valley gets $144 million to become Canada’s first national park in a city
As the federal government promised nearly a year ago, a massive stretch of the Rouge Valley will become Canada’s first urban...
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City council considers turning construction dirt into idyllic islands in Lake Ontario
Yesterday, the city’s public works committee heard a proposal to create a series of islands near the mouth of the Humber River...
City News
The last place to get a nice-sized home on a quiet, leafy street for less than $150,000 in the GTA—Twin Pines trailer park
On a bright morning in August , Judi Lloyd drove through Twin Pines with the air of a visiting dignitary. The preternaturally...
City News
Exodus to the burbs: why diehard downtowners are giving up on the city
The reasons to abandon the overcrowded, overpriced, not-so-livable city are beginning to outnumber the reasons to stay. More and...
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Doug Ford’s waterfront fantasy meets numbers and facts
The buzz-kills over at the Globe and Mail have thrown cold water all over Doug Ford’ s plans for the Port Lands. Chief among the...
Food & Drink
Best of the City 2011: Seven ways to have a great time (bowling and bachelor parties included)
Ten-pin Queue Spot for a bachelor party Spot for a bridal party Yacht rental Saltwater dip Exercise craze Bathurst Bowlerama 2788...
City News
The Globe’s Marcus Gee reminds Toronto about that big body of water just to the south
As we mentioned last week during hotpocalypse, the Globe and Mail ’s Marcus Gee spent Thursday touring Toronto’s beaches and...
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Real Estate News
Pier-less Burlington still waiting for its promised—but seemingly doomed—downtown waterfront attraction
Standing proof that mismanaged construction projects that drag on for years aren’t just the stuff of the 4-1-6, more than eight...
City News
50 Reasons To Love Toronto: No. 13, Sherbourne Common is changing the waterfront
For years, Toronto’s eastern waterfront has been a bit like Amy Winehouse—full of potential but deeply troubled and rife with...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2.1 million for a Scarborough stunner overlooking Bluffers Park
ADDRESS : 27 Drake Crescent NEIGHBOURHOOD : Cliffcrest AGENT : Victoria Ann Ryczko, Coldwell Banker, R.M.R Real Estate, Brokerage...
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In the midst of Japan’s nuclear crisis, demand for iodide pills rises near leaky Pickering plant
With the news that Japan may be on the brink of a serious nuclear crisis, Ontarians living near the Pickering power plant seem to...
Real Estate News
House of the week: $3.9 million for a stone jewel perched on the Scarborough Bluffs
ADDRESS : 41 Hill Crescent NEIGHBOURHOOD : Cliffcrest-Guildwood AGENT : Ken C. Digalakis , Re/Max All-Stars Realty PRICE :...
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Summer Camp Guide
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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!”
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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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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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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