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Toronto’s best new restaurants 2021
It feels redundant to state that it’s been a tough year for restaurants in Toronto. With multiple lockdowns and indoor dining off the table for... -
Jeff Bierk takes friendship to new heights at Contact Photo Fest
Courtesy of Jeff Bierk FOR JIMMY by Jeff Bierk and Jimmy James Evans as part of CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL. At Dupont and Perth and Dupont... -
Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber
RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes; THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am to May... -
Earth Day 2021: Big Oil’s climate cop-out
For sci-fi writers, worldbuilding often means dreaming up the vivid and terrifying settings where dystopian stories unfold. In 2021 amid a global pandemic, however, dystopia... -
Canada’s Rising Screen Stars: Six top film talents open up during lockdown
In an industry that has been locked down for the better part of the last year, you can count on Canada to produce screen stars... -
The top 20 walks in Toronto
Glenn Sumi Over the past year, most of us have upped our walking game. Whether it’s a quick half-hour trip to a dog park or... -
Queens of business: How drag became a career
Samuel Engelking Just under 100 million viewers watched Tynomi Banks glammed up and dressed in gold and white. Playing Medusa in a 15-second Wealthsimple commercial,... -
Scarborough is the last frontier for affordable Toronto real estate
Samuel Engelking Scarborough is having a moment — and not just because the Weeknd headlined the Super Bowl. The cultural and culinary hot spot has... -
The best new bottle shops in Toronto
Samuel Engelking Normally we’d be bringing you our picks for best new bars at this time of year. Though it’s been a tough winter for... -
How the pandemic made sleeping even more complicated in Toronto
Tom Alexander used to sleep just fine before the COVID-19 pandemic. A year ago, the lockdown set in motion events that would lead to a... -
The sound of Toronto in 2021: 20 local musicians you need to hear now
What is the sound of a city with no concerts? Tracking the Toronto music scene has been different this year. There are no live shows...