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Style
The best-dressed guests at UHN’s ritzy new gala, A Night Out
Attendees were manifesting spring with plenty of floral dresses
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City News
Did Prince Harry and Doug Ford go on a dinner date?
The rumoured location is Nobu, obviously
Culture
Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro get mobbed at the Sicario pre-party
“Look,” exclaimed a PR agent to a circle of colleagues and journalists. “It’s Jean-Marc Vallée, the director.” Turns...
Real Estate News
Tower of Power: who lives where at One Bedford, the new downtown address of choice for uptown potentates
In the three years since it was completed, One Bedford, the 32-storey monolith above, has become de facto HQ for tastemakers in...
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Spotted: Reese Witherspoon at Nota Bene
Shinan Govani tweeted Sunday night that Reese Witherspoon had been spotted enjoying an informal dinner at Nota Bene. There's been...
City News
Q&A: departing National Post columnist Shinan Govani on life with the city’s glitter girls and power players
After 12 years and 6,623 parties, Toronto’s gossip guy of record is parting ways with the National Post. Here, Shinan Govani...
Food & Drink
The Harbord Room team is taking over neighbouring Messis
Shinan Govani broke the news that the team from The Harbord Room is tightening its grip on Harbord Street with the acquisition of...
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Food & Drink
Parisian macaron creator Ladurée may (or may not) be opening a Toronto location
National Post society and gossip columnist Shinan Govani set Twitter a-titter yesterday after dropping one of his signature random...
City News
THE SCENE: Legendary models and Toronto’s fashion elite at Joe Mimran’s bash at the ROM
Leave it to Joe Mimran to throw the ultimate pre-Fashion Week shindig. A private screening of Versailles ’73 at the ROM on...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: The annual George Christy luncheon attracted an impeccably turned-out crowd of stars and power brokers
It must be a precondition of being wealthy, famous or otherwise fabulous to look perfectly fresh the morning after a night on the...
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Culture
TIFF PARTY: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson and other celebs revive a flagging Seven Psychopaths party
It’s odd when a party with not one but two VIP areas (a ground-floor zone and another on the second level) suffers a noticeable...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have a threesome with a moose at Soho House
At long last, the much-anticipated, members-only, super-impossible-to-sneak-into Soho House opened its permanent Toronto location...
City News
Party Pages: The Dark Knight Rises premiere after-party at Wayne Manor
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Christopher Nolan’ s The Dark Knight Rises, premiered last night at Scotiabank...
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City News
Party Pages: The Worthy 30, where people weren’t afraid to run their mouths about pretty young things
The National Post’ s Worthy 30 list came out in late June, but the celebration for the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes took...
Food & Drink
These Booths Were Made for Gawking: who sits where at La Société
The cuisine is supremely so-so, but the glitzy atmosphere and A-plus people-watching at La Société—the crown jewel of...
City News
PARTY PAGES: Power Ball, where you will never run out of meat, alcohol or pretty things to look at
A party like the Power Plant gallery fundraiser Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis hasn’t happened in Toronto since the Dangerous...
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Food & Drink
Joanne Kates to leave the Globe after 38 years (UPDATED)
If the Twitterverse is to be believed (and no less a figure than Shinan Govani has confirmed it, so it must be...
City News
The Scene: Fashion Cares 25 launches without Elton John and Jeanne Beker
Last night at Charles Khabouth’ s La Société, Fashion Cares event co-chair Michael King and artistic director Philip Ing...
Style
Joe Fresh knocks it out of the park for ladies with his fall/winter 2012 collection, but what about the fellas?
It was a strange scene at last night’s Joe Fresh show. Not only was there no gargantuan lineup to get into the runway room, but...
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Food & Drink
Nota Bene team to open new restaurant at Queen and Church
Yesterday evening, Shinan Govani broke the news that the team behind Nota Bene Yannick Bigourdan, Franco Prevedello and chef David...
City News
Toronto’s well heeled celebrated The Obamas author Jodi Kantor at Victoria Webster’s Rosedale home
Fabulous Rosedale homes are meant for more than just real estate porn and housing Toronto’s aristocracy—they also provide a...
Food & Drink
The cat’s out of the bag: Daniel Boulud to open restaurant at the new Four Seasons
Back in April, we reported that Daniel Boulud was another in the growing group of Michelin-starred chefs to snub Toronto in favour...
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Style
Greta Constantine draws a big crowd at Century Room (yes, that Century Room) for the kick-off to Rogue Fashion Week
Rogue Fashion Week is upon us, and Greta Constantine kicked it off last night with a show and after-party at King West’s Century...
City News
THE SCENE: The Bay and Topshop host an intimate dinner at One in the Hazelton Hotel
This week marked the opening of Topshop and Topman at Yorkdale, which we’re certain is already yesterday’s news. Frankly, as...
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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
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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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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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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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