22 h. ago Huge harvest market to take over Toronto park for two weekends this fall

Fall is officially slowly creeping in on us, and with that comes pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters galore, and events in the city like the free Fall Harvest Market taking over Toronto's Queens Quay later this month.If an autumn-themed market is something you're looking forward to experiencing during the upcoming season, then mark your calendars and get ready to explore a specially curated vendor market, live music, delicious food, and more to celebrate the arrival of fall.Presented by Street Eats Market and the Waterfront BIA, festival highlights also include a pumpkin patch (cue aesthetic photo opps for your socials), a fire pit and s'mores zone to please your sweet tooth, and an apple bobbing competition (a seasonal staple).A complete list of things to do at the market is available on the event website.Part of the Water/Fall Festival — an attraction that presents art installations, entertainment, food markets, and more, over a span of two weekends in the c...

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29 h. ago New pub replaces Toronto bar that closed after 16 years in business

A Toronto bar with a cult following closed down last winter after 16 years, and it's finally been replaced.It's been eight months since cult-favourite Dundas West sports bar (and former home of Slammie Sammies), Opera Bob's, closed its doors after 16 years, much to the disappointment and dismay of its devoted regulars.The pub was a local staple for a casual drink, lively night out, and especially for Manchester City football match screenings, as the Manchester City Football Club Toronto has called the bar home for nearly as long as it's been around.Last year, during the Premier League championships, it even got a considerable shout-out from the New York Times.Alas, as Nelly Furtado once said, all good things come to an end, and, in the winter of 2024, the pub closed its doors for good, setting its devoted fanbase adrift, searching for somewhere new to take root.Now, at long last, the space has officially gotten a new lease on life, and Opera ...

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32 h. ago Footage of violent road rage assault right in front of Toronto Police station goes viral

A violent road rage incident caught on camera is generating shock online, not least of all because it occurred directly in front of a Toronto Police station.The footage shows the driver of a black Dodge Ram pickup with the licence plate "LEUTY" violently slamming his car door into the driver of an e-bike, exiting the vehicle while delivering an expletive-laced tirade, and angrily throwing the e-bike to the ground before speeding away.Making the incident all the more shocking, the incident occurred directly in front of the Toronto Police 55 Division building at the corner of Dundas St. E. and Coxwell.The video shared on various social media platforms this week has amassed roughly 800 comments in one Reddit post alone, and countless more in reshares across the internet.War on bikes continuesbyu/Aggressive_Driver416 inTorontoDrivingThe clip shows the assailant screaming at another road user, "Move your f***ing car, move your f***ing bike out the f***ing way, get the...

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61 h. ago Toronto hospital just outranked the most prestigious facilities in the world

A Toronto hospital was just recognized as the best in its field, beating out some of the top medical facilities worldwide.Among Newsweek and Statista's newly-released lists of the best specialized hospitals across the globe in various categories for 2026, T.O.'s own Hospital for Sick Children (a.k.a. SickKids) took the very top spot for pediatrics, coming above a whopping 249 other centres of its kind.Other Toronto hospitals with notably high placements within the top 25 were Sunnybrook (9th in obstetrics & gynecology, 25th in urology) and The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (9th in oncology).JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comAlso honoured for its research and care was UHN's Toronto General Hospital, which was ranked 15th in the field of cardiac surgery, 15th in gastroenterology, 21st in pulmonology, 23rd in endocrinology, and 24th in cardiology more generally, along with landing further down on some of the other lists (46th in urology, s...

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2 d. ago Top Toronto pitmasters launching new barbecue restaurant this weekend

There's a new barbecue restaurant opening in Toronto this weekend, and it's helmed by two of the city's top pitmasters.When two of the top Toronto talents on the local barbecue scene join forces, there's bound to be some smoke. The type of smoke that renders brisket juicy and makes ribs fall off the bone, that is.That's exactly what's going down at the intersection of Dupont and Christie as Golden Horseshoe BBQ, the lovechild of 24-year-old barbecue savant Andrew Golden and Carbon Bar Executive Chef Kris Hansen.The pair are setting up shop in the former home of an oft-bemoaned Popeye's location in a historic building in The Annex, transforming it into a semi-quick-service spot with a collection of enormous smokers in the parking lot.A Depression-era bank building that has since been home to a revolving door of various concepts, the space, paired with the team of Golden, who made his name running pop-ups at local breweries, and Hansen, ...

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2 d. ago This $5 million townhouse in an old Toronto mansion is pure class

Most townhouses in Toronto are narrow new builds with more stairs than anyone should reasonably have to climb.But the townhomes at 35 Rosedale Rd.? They feel like they should come with a British title, a butler, a trust fund, and maybe a tiny dog named Winston. Basically, it's old money meets modern luxury.Originally a grand single-family home, this mansion is known as the Captain Samuel Crangle House.The covered front porch. Built in 1891 in the Queen Anne Revival style by architects Henry Gordon and Grant Helliwell — the duo behind several University of Toronto buildings and some of the city's most beautiful churches — it's a stunner.The foyer. Think bay windows, ornate trimwork, warm hardwood floors, and classic brickwork that transports you straight to Victorian England.One of the bedrooms with built-in storage. Eventually, the mansion was converted into condo townhomes, and they almost never hit the market.A little office nook. In fac...

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3 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Second Toronto teen charged with attempted murder after shootout

A second Toronto teenager is facing charges, including attempted murder, after a shootout in the city’s west end. Toronto Police said officers responded to a shooting in the area of Keele St. and Donald Ave. just before noon last Wednesday. Cops said two groups of individuals exchanged gunfire across Keele St., in front of a […]

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3 d. ago Nuit Blanche returns to Toronto next month with huge lineup of all

The fall season wouldn't be complete without Toronto's largest contemporary arts festival, Nuit Blanche 2025. This year, it returns on October 4 for a full night of galleries, installations, and exhibitions spread across the city.Now in its 19th year, Nuit Blanche attracts more than one million visitors annually, drawing art lovers from across the GTA. The festival is concentrated in three different areas of the city — Downtown Toronto, North York, and Etobicoke — where public spaces are transformed into extraordinary art venues. For 2025, over 85 works will be on display.Each year, the festival explores a unique theme, and this year's is Translating the City. Paying tribute to urban life and concrete jungles, the City of Toronto notes that the displays will examine "how art can translate the complexities of cities."The Bentway - Seeing Celcius, Nuit Blanche 2025. Photo by Mila Bright Zalatnovic. Highlights include Diatomic State...

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4 d. ago Mayor of Barrie, Ont., declares state of emergency over homeless encampments

Alex Nuttall said in a news release that the residents of Barrie, a city of nearly 150,000 people north of Toronto, 'have had enough' of what he described as 'lawlessness.'

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4 d. ago Chef left one of Toronto's top restaurants to start his own place and it opens soon

A Toronto chef who cut his teeth at one of the city's Michelin-recommended restaurants is finally breaking out on his own later this month.It's been nine months since a devastating fire forced Vela, a celebrated eclectic restaurant with an affinity for Asian flair, to close its doors, and there's still little word on when it'll make its comeback.While such a roadblock could easily be enough to thrust even the most time-hardened of chefs into despair, for Vela's then-executive chef and partner, Marvin Palomo, it marked a new beginning.No, we won't use a phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes analogy here, but if ever there were a time for it, it would be now.Palomo told us that after the fire at Vela, the opportunity to open a restaurant of his own presented itself, and he immediately "jumped at it."Now, Palomo's next chapter is nearly ready to open. It's called Liliana, and it's due to be a perfect nexus of all his career experience thu...

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4 d. ago Toronto's salmon run is back and you can see fish leaping high in the air

Fall is fast approaching, and that means that the salmon run is officially back and in full swing in Toronto. You'll notice an influx of these silvery, pink, and/or green and shiny fish in the city's rivers as they make their way upstream to lay their eggs in shallower shores.For anyone new to the salmon run — don't worry, you're probably not alone — Various species of this particular fish, notably Chinook, Coho, Atlantic, and Brown Trout, migrate upstream along Toronto rivers around this time of year, to lay eggs at spawning sites rich in oxygen for their young to hatch and grow.These fish can often be seen leaping over weirs, fish ladders, and river rocks in plain sight, and there are plenty of hotspots along waterways like the Humber River where you can get quite an exciting view of this natural spectacle.Jack LandauOne Reddit user goes to the lengths to declare that salmon are "one of the coolest animals, if not the coolest animal,...

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4 d. ago Guillermo del Toro’s very human monster movie earns its buzz

Director who has filmed many films in Toronto, calling relationship with the city ‘a complete marriage,’ was honoured last month with the key to the city by Mayor Olivia Chow

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4 d. ago Multiple Toronto speed cameras ‘vandalized’ overnight, city says

The City of Toronto says multiple automated speed enforcement cameras were 'vandalized' overnight Tuesday.

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5 d. ago Toronto is the only major Canadian city where 'rental burden' is easing

If you couldn't tell by all of the rent incentives and declining monthly rates, tenants in Ontario are breathing a little easier lately as the market cools down, especially in Toronto.Condos in particular are no longer the boon to investors that they once were, and it seems that the downturn of the city's real estate market is translating over to rentals, too, with ample supply, far less fervent demand and other factors continuing to push prices lower pretty much across the board.Multiple reports have outlined how the cost of an ordinary unit in the 6ix (and other parts of the region) has gradually decreased, most recently to $2,618 — marking a 3.3 per cent drop from this time last year — according to the most recent numbers from Urbanation and Rentals.ca.The two firms crunch the numbers each month in their joint National Rent Report, and the recently released September edition bolsters a point that other authorities have recently made: that&n...

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6 d. ago Here's how to see the biggest planes land at Toronto Pearson Airport

Plane-spotting near Toronto Pearson International Airport has never been more popular thanks to daily incoming flights from some of the largest planes in the world, offering regularly scheduled spectacles in the sky.More and more people are flocking to the major flight hub to get up close and personal with enormous planes landing low overhead — including daily departures/landings by the mighty Airbus A380, which is the largest class of passenger plane in the world, and the majestic Boeing 747, known among aviation enthusiasts as the "Queen of the Skies."So, if you still think of Pearson as a place to trudge through in sweatpants on your way to a destination, I am here to convince you that you are overlooking the airport as a destination in its own right.Why you love plane watching and just don't know it If you have ever been stopped in your tracks in complete awe of large machines or roaring engines, you may not need much convincing about this exhilarat...

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7 d. ago Breathtaking sunset light show will illuminate Toronto destination next month

Toronto's beloved open-air pavilion under the Gardiner Expressway, The Bentway, will transform into something unreal this fall, with SOLAR, a one-of-a-kind sunset light show by Italian artist Quayola.The Bentway is set to transform into a glowing dreamscape for four nights in October, where Toronto residents can catch a city sunset like never before. This installation combines high-tech robotics, contemporary art, and an atmospheric soundtrack curated specially by the artist.The light show utilizes a robotic arm that directs hundreds of beams of light, choreographed into arcs that shift and change across The Bentway's vast canvas. The piece projects the sun's daily journey, turning the transition from day to night into a futuristic ensemble of impeccable colour and sound.The work first wowed audiences this summer at Rome's Videocittà festival, but the Toronto edition has been custom-built for the unique setting under the Gardiner. Visi...

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8 d. ago U.K. trend of loaded baked potatoes has crossed the pond to Toronto

A new restaurant in Toronto puts spuds on centre stage, serving up loaded baked potatoes with a range of international inspirations.If you're as chronically online as we are, there's no way you've missed them: steaming baked potatoes served out of a truck piled high with baked beans, cheese, and whatever other stereotypically British fixings one could dream up.English Jacket Potatoes have been making their rounds on social media for ages now, and loaded baked potatoes can be found on various pub and steakhouse menus across the city. But Toronto has, by and large, been devoid of restaurants that put potatoes in the spotlight.Until now, thanks to the good people behind Yonge Street’s new "creative potato" restaurant, Spotato.Located north of Yonge and Eglinton in a space that formerly housed Japanese pancake joint Fluffy Fluffy, Spotato stretches the concept of loaded baked potatoes far beyond its U.K. roots.Here, you'll be able to find p...

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1 week ago National park in Toronto just got a huge shoutout from National Geographic

An urban park in Toronto just received a special mention from the American magazine, National Geographic, thanks to its accessibility, plant and animal biodiversity, and mixed-surface trails. The article, titled "Here are 10 national parks in Canada you need to visit," released on Tuesday, spotlights the 37 national parks, 11 national park preserves, and 168 national historic sites within Canada. Noting that all 10 provinces and three territories are represented within the National Park System, the publication writes that the country has a "bounty that can feel overwhelming to visitors choosing where to start," although there are 10 distinct parks that are worth a shoutout, including Toronto's very own Rouge National Urban Park. Listed at #5, the 19,521-acre park was recognized for its accessibility year-round and described as "nature on the city's edge." National Geographic highlights the fact that it is ...

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1 week ago Fengate breaks ground on new rental tower in Mount Dennis Neighbourhood

TORONTO, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fengate Asset Management (“Fengate”) celebrated the official groundbreaking of The Dennis, a new purpose-built rental community located in the Mount Dennis neighbourhood in Toronto, and one of the first approved projects to break ground under the City of Toronto’s Purpose-built Rental Housing Incentives Stream. The Dennis is a […]

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1 week ago Dua Lipa casually pops in to dine at Ontario restaurant and staff were shocked

The owners at an Ontario restaurant were levitating with excitement after pop star Dua Lipa visited for lunch during a tour stop in Toronto.Toronto is riddled with celebrity hot spots; those places that simply don't surprise you when so-and-so A-lister swings by for a bite to eat. Heck, we even put together a whole list of them.There's something extra special, then, when the stars grace decidedly less sceney spots with their presence, and that's exactly what happened for Unionville Mediterranean restaurant, Watercolour, on Tuesday, Sept. 2.You heard that right, not only was Lipa spotted dining among the normal folk at a local restaurant, but she even ventured beyond Toronto city limits to do so.On a break between two lively nights at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, Lipa ventured out to do a little sightseeing of her own, which, evidently, included delving into the area's culinary scene at the chic GTA fine dining restaurant.A representative f...

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