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Target shoppers tell us about their liquidation “deals” and why they think the American big box flopped
When the news hit that Target would be closing up shop north of the border , there was one teeny tiny silver lining: liquidation...
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Target is closing all its Canadian stores
In a shocking but not altogether surprising move, Target announced this morning that it will be shutting down its entire Canadian...
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Toronto Fashion Week: the best and worst looks from day two (including bigshots Bustle and Target)
The second day of Toronto Fashion Week was crammed full of opposing looks: there were gothic, drapey suits from Thomas...
Shopping
Target Canada’s prices are now lower than Walmart’s
One of the (many) complaints shoppers have had about Target' s north-of-the-border expansion has been higher-than-expected prices...
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HBC’s CEO explains why Target botched its Canadian launch—and why Saks will do better
In hindsight, maybe Target should have hired Richard Baker to oversee its foray into the Canadian marketplace. In an interview for...
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Preview: browse the entire lookbook for Target’s new collaboration with Joseph Altuzarra
Joseph Altuzarra is the latest high-profile designer to create a covetable, affordable collection for Target . (He follows in the...
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VIDEO: Target Canada employees apologize for disappointing shoppers
In a desperate attempt to win back frustrated shoppers, Target Canada, clearly in full crisis-management mode, has created a...
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Shopping
Target debuts a cute new collaboration with Canadian design blogger Poppytalk
Despite embarrassing stories of empty shelves and rumours of closure , Target Canada isn't mailing it in just yet. Case in point:...
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Target went to hilarious lengths to make its Canadian shelves look full
It’s been a disappointing year for Target Canada, the wayward retail stepchild of everyone’s favourite American...
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Target Canada may close, maybe
When Target Canada opened up shop(s) last year, there was much rejoicing. Finally Canadians would be able to take part in the...
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Target is opening a massive flagship store near the Toronto waterfront
Target's dismal financial performance in Canada certainly doesn't seem to have affected the retail giant's north-of-the-border...
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Target is opening nine new Canadian stores—including one in the Junction
Target doesn’t seem to be letting poor earnings and a security scandal hinder its plans for Canadian domination. The American...
Shopping
Target is giving Canadian customers a free year of credit monitoring
Target is offering an olive branch to its Canadian customers after the news broke that they were affected (albeit marginally) by...
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UPDATED: Target’s collaboration with Peter Pilotto hits stores on February 9
Anticipation surrounding Target's new collaboration with London label Peter Pilotto has been building since September . The...
Food & Drink
Superb news for 2014: groceries will probably cost less
Next year may be a thrifty one for Canadian shoppers. The 2014 Food Price Index, an annual report from a team of economic...
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POLL: Are you underwhelmed by Target Canada?
The American retail giant’s dismal third-quarter earnings are yet more evidence that its ballyhooed Canadian expansion missed...
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Toronto Fashion Week: 44 looks you can buy now from Target’s holiday-themed runway show
Toronto Fashion Week runs from October 21-26, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We’re posting...
Shopping
UPDATED: Target’s collaboration with 3.1 Phillip Lim hits stores on September 15
Fast-fashion chains continue to churn out a flood of designer capsule collections, some amazing and some total flops. Target’ s...
Shopping
Target’s next designer collaboration is with 3.1 Phillip Lim—and it’s being sold in Canada
After a reported five year courtship, Target has finally convinced buzzy New York-based designer Phillip Lim to do his first...
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Trend We Love: clothing stores charging the same prices in Canada and the U.S.
Cross-border shopping is getting less and less tempting. First, a raft of American brands opened stores in Toronto, and now a...
Shopping
Best of Target: a guide to shopping at the big-box retailer
Today officially marks the grand opening of 24 Target stores across Ontario after a month in soft-launch mode. The retailer’s...
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Shop Talk: new stores and shopping websites from March 2013
Opened After two years and more than a little controversy, the trendy mass-market giant finally arrived in Canada. Now open:...
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Square One Shopping Centre’s revitalization plans are rumoured to include a Topshop store
Mississauga’s Square One Centre has mostly kept out of the ongoing battle among GTA malls, but Oxford Properties Group, which...
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Three Target stores are now open in Toronto
American superstore Target’ s Canadian invasion took a big leap forward today with the opening of 17 new Ontario...
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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
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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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
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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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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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