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Please let Mark Carney continue to be right about the Blue Jays - Toronto Life

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says that last night’s victory—and Springer in particular—reminded him of Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series–winning home run

Earlier this month, the prime minister confidently predicted the Jays would make the World Series

$3.3 million for a modernist marvel uptown with poolside change rooms and a wine cellar that glows - Toronto Life

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This mid-century classic in North York features an in-ground pool and a firepit in a jumbo backyard that backs onto a forested ravine

The 5,495-square-foot property also comes with 10 parking spots and a backyard that looks like Muskoka

This new Harbord Village pizzeria makes a real nice slice - Toronto Life

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Nice Slice is a new pizza counter that just opened on an increasingly clutch culinary stretch of Harbord

It’s right in the name

Jays fans are donating to the Seattle Children's Hospital - Toronto Life

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Blue Jays fans on Reddit have been making donations to the Seattle Children’s Hospital—a friendly gesture after the Jays knocked the Mariners out of World Series contention

“For use in situations that are beyond the game of baseball,” read one of their receipts

"I have 40 Blue Jays group chats": How Torontonians feel about heading to the World Series - Toronto Life

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The Jays are going to the World Series and Toronto is partying like it’s 1992

Four more to go

This Jays fan caught George Springer's home run ball while wearing a Springer jersey - Toronto Life

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Jays fan Michael Angeletti caught Springer’s home run ball in a state of sports-induced euphoria. To say he came prepared would be an understatement

Dress for the ball you want

Q&A with George Springer, the brand-new, very expensive and finally healthy Toronto Blue Jay - Toronto Life

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From the archives, an interview with George Springer: "Since the Jays are the only major league team in Canada, we’re playing for an entire country. It’s an honour"

His record-setting deal marks a turning point for the Blue Jays from pretenders to contenders

This Toronto Blue Jay's favourite pizza topping will floor you - Toronto Life

Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 2d

Vladdy is doing a Pizza Pizza promo—and his go-to topping is just plain weird

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is doing a Pizza Pizza promo—and his go-to topping is just plain weird

The best outfits worn by Blue Jays fans at game six, ranked - Toronto Life

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At game six, the biggest Jays fans wore merch signed by their favourite players, vintage memorabilia and 'fits they designed themselves

Bandwagoners could never

A Toronto legend is retiring—and this could be his last day - Toronto Life

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Rockin’ Rick, a beloved figure in Jays fandom, will be packing it in at the end of this season

Rockin’ Rick has been drumming outside Jays games since 1989

This stretch of Gardiner construction is about to finish early - Toronto Life

Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 5d

In a rare twist, Gardiner Expressway construction is projected to finish early

We can’t believe it either!

The Toronto Reference Library's new shopping bag exhibition is gloriously nostalgic - Toronto Life

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The Toronto Reference Library’s Retail Retrospective exhibition showcases a range of vintage shopping bags, with much of the collection dating back to the 1960s

Today’s mundane minimalism could never

House of the Week: $2.4 million for a Baby Point detached inspired by Pinterest - Toronto Life

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This Baby Point home comes with a leafy sunroom, an olive kitchen and a brand-new gym in the garage

The 2,000-square-foot property comes with a leafy sunroom, an olive kitchen and a brand-new gym in the garage

A mini city planned for Cloverdale Mall has been cancelled - Toronto Life

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The proposed 32-acre Cloverdale Mall redevelopment in Etobicoke has been cancelled after only 10 per cent of pre-construction units sold

Ten per cent pre-sales spelled doom for the Etobicoke condo complex

The Ford government ordered the city to double housing density in Liberty Village - Toronto Life

Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 5d

Despite long-standing traffic issues in Liberty Village, the Ford government is overriding city zoning rules on one of the neighbourhood’s proposed residential complexes

Already struggling with congestion, the west-end neighbourhood is holding on to new transit hope

A churchyard homeless encampment was cleared less than 24 hours after the priest received the Toronto Book Award for writing about it - Toronto Life

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Reverend Maggie Helwig called the churchyard encampment clearing a “very sad moment”

Reverend Maggie Helwig called the eviction a “very sad moment”

Five of Toronto’s best steakhouses for fresh takes on an old-school indulgence - Toronto Life

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These restaurants are reinvigorating the city’s steakhouse scene

Toronto’s steakhouse scene is sizzling with fresh new takes on an old-school indulgence

This data scientist mapped every parking ticket issued in Toronto over the past 16 years - Toronto Life

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This website maps approximately 37 million parking tickets given to drivers around Toronto

It’s fun to see how many millions your street has racked up

Thousands of people are in a Toronto Public Library queue waiting to borrow one audiobook - Toronto Life

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They say patience is a virtue, and 2,042 Torontonians are actively embracing that on the wait list for a single audiobook

It’s giving Ticketmaster

A Lord of the Rings cast reunion is coming to Toronto - Toronto Life

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Major news for Hobbit-heads: this summer, Toronto will be hosting a Lord of the Rings cast reunion

We look forward to welcoming a torrent of cosplaying Ringers to our fair city

“We met, fell in love and merged our families in a housing co-op. Now, we’re starting a co-op of our own” - Toronto Life

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Co-op housing is making a comeback. For all the potential friction of sharing a mortgage with your neighbours, it can be a beautiful thing. Here, one family shares their story

Co-op housing is making a comeback. For all the potential friction of sharing a mortgage with your neighbours, it can be a beautiful thing. Jan Champagne and...

Who is Cheese Hat Man? In search of the Blue Jays’ cheesiest super fan - Toronto Life

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Who is the Jays fan wearing a cheese hat? A hero? A villain? A plant from the Dairy Farmers of Canada?

A hero? A villain? A plant from the Dairy Farmers of Canada?

Editor’s Letter: The city’s insatiable appetite for real estate stories - Toronto Life

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Whether they’re in the market or not, Torontonians are obsessed with real estate. So we devoted an entire issue to it: the next hot neighbourhoods, what to do about the affordability crisis, alternative housing options, and more

Torontonians are obsessed, whether they’re in the market or not, so we devoted an entire issue to real estate: the next hot neighbourhoods, what to do about...

Justin Trudeau is definitely a KatyCat - Toronto Life

Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 8d

Were Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry hot and then cold, and are they now hot again?

Newly published photos show the former prime minister hugging the pop superstar on a boat