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Right before the pandemic hit, we quit our Bay Street jobs and moved to Panama to open a hotel
"Everyone's waiting for the vaccine. In the future, we want to host yoga retreats, surf retreats and diving retreats"
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Life
An occasionally cringe-inducing look at Toronto’s past tourism-boosting videos
The city's efforts to promote itself haven't always worked out that well
Real Estate News
Happy Holidays: where to get deals on vacation homes
Seven emerging regions that deliver the perfect blend of allure and affordability Parry Sound What you'll pay: A three-bedroom...
City News
Wanted: 10 sand tiger sharks for the Ripley’s Aquarium at the CN Tower
Now that construction is well underway on the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada at the base of the CN Tower, it’s time for step two:...
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City News
Toronto wants to snag some of New York City’s tourists
Councillor Michael Thompson wants to co-promote New York and Toronto in order to get tourists to visit both cities in tandem...
City News
Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Niagara Falls tonight is being live-streamed
Tonight, would-be Niagara Falls high-wire walker Nik Wallenda will find out if all the government lobbying, fundraising and...
City News
Nik Wallenda makes walking across Niagara Falls sound like no fun at all
Nik Wallenda’ s high-wire act across Niagara Falls is supposed to rake in $120-million for the local economy, but it would seem...
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City News
Ontario Place will remain a casino-free zone, thanks in part to John Tory
So far, much of the Toronto casino chatter has focused on which locations are preferred by the Las Vegas heavies, but it’s worth...
City News
Risks of wire-walking across Niagara Falls: mist, falcon attacks, weird newspaper stories
Stunt artist Nik Wallenda’ s fast-approaching attempt to walk a steel cable strung across Niagara Falls has given rise to any...
Style
Confirmed: a brave (or foolhardy) tightrope walker will cross Niagara Falls in June
Having finally convinced the Niagara Parks Commission that he’s not going to fall to a watery death, a date has been set for...
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Style
QUOTED: hotelier Steve Gupta on why tourists get bored in Toronto
—Steve Gupta , CEO of Ontario hotel chain Easton’s Group, both explaining why he supports a downtown mega-casino and...
City News
Forbes asks how Toronto can sustain four new luxury hotels
The folks at Forbes were curious as to how Toronto will sustain four new luxury hotel towers at a time when hotel development is...
Style
Stunt artist gets the green light to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope
Back in December, Canada cemented its reputation for being both a bore and a buzz kill when officials nixed an American...
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City News
Reason to Love Toronto: four new five-star hotels are about to make staycations super-luxe
Toronto is a great place to visit. Just ask the people who live nearby. Residents of Halton Region, a mere 30-minute drive down...
City News
Microsoft announces it’s coming to Toronto next year—we hope to avoid the blue screen of death
It’s probably best to think of this as a warm-up for the Pan Am Games: Office and Windows giant Microsoft announced this week...
City News
50 Reasons to Love Toronto: Nos. 18 and 19, Tourist town and solar schools
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Real Estate News
CN Tower launches EdgeWalk, for people who think skydiving is boring
This summer, the CN Tower is introducing a new attraction called EdgeWalk , allowing thrill-seekers to take a hands-free walk on a...
Real Estate News
New details about CN Tower “behemoth” aquarium emerge
As we reported last March, Toronto has been in talks with Ripley Entertainment to bring an aquarium of epic proportions to the CN...
City News
Pride Toronto’s severe case of TGIF: how the gay and lesbian festival ended up having one of its worst weeks ever
This has been a nasty week for Pride Toronto. The bad news started on Wednesday, when it came out that Pride had overspent its...
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City News
Pride Toronto almost bankrupt, thanks to pulled federal funding and QUAIA fiasco
Last year wasn’t one of the best on record for Toronto Pride. It had the controversy around Queers Against Israeli Apartheid...
City News
For the second time, a Virgin airline cuts Toronto out of its list of destinations
Back in April, we were so hopeful about Virgin America’s new flights to San Francisco and L.A. That hope proved wasted last...
Culture
Martin Sheen joins Royal York Hotel picket line for 20 minutes
His son may have been spotted at the Drake's rooftop patio, but Martin Sheen seems to prefer a more street-level approach to...
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City News
Why didn’t we think of that? Stratford’s Justin Bieber maps are a huge success
Maybe Tourism Toronto is on to something by using the Scott Pilgrim movie, which features Toronto landmarks, as a marketing ploy...
City News
Toronto’s six most memorable neighbourhood naming smackdowns
Toronto: city of neighbourhoods, multiculturalism and, to a lesser extent, bureaucracy. These three attributes collide most often...
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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
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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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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