Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Saturday 23 October
Taking it out on Toronto
Listening to the candidates running to be Toronto’s next mayor you would think they were campaigning against the city they aspire to run.
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Edits / Neighbourhood Business
The Junction
With its well-preserved streets and redbrick housing, the Junction is home to small shops and galleries and a new generation of residents.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Saturday 12 June
The G20 and the $1bn question
In advance of hosting next week’s G20 summit in Toronto, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has been repeating the words “fiscal sustainability” with mantra-like regularity.
Affairs / Sport
Jock tactics
Everyone loves a good, bad and ugly anti-hero and Canadian ice hockey commentator Don Cherry is just that. At 75, he still enrages and entertains in equal measure with his signature brand of tough talk and strong opinions…
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 8 February
Vancouver’s Winter Olympics turn frosty
Airspace restrictions are in effect, naval frigates are patrolling the coast, and the surveillance cameras have been switched on.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 January
PM gets his big break
It’s no secret that Canadians are a little barmy about their hockey. In his spare time the prime minister, Stephen Harper, is writing a history of the sport.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 24 March
Seal hunt protests
On 15 March, Canadian embassies and consulates around the world were subjected to rare displays of political theatre, much of it both angry and scantily clad.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 12 December
Canada copyright laws reach the 21st century
When Canada last revised its copyright laws in 1997, peer-to-peer file sharing was in its infancy, the first iPod was four years away, YouTube eight years, and people still used fax machines.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 June
Lula conspicuous by his G20 absence
On Friday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva announced he would miss this weekend’s G20 summit in Toronto so that he could supervise relief efforts in Brazil’s flood-stricken northeast.
Business / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 31 May
Crowdsourcing the news
As traditional news media outlets fret over their business models, there’s no shortage of upstarts hot-housing the future of journalism online.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 22 February
Cold comfort for Games hosts
In the run-up to the Vancouver-Whistler Winter Olympics, much of the talk was about the lengths to which organisers were going to stage-manage the image of both these games and the host city itself.
Design / Interior design
Home from home
Following the success of our Hong Kong shop and bureau set up, we’ve replicated the concept in Toronto’s Little Italy – only it’s 20 times the size.
Business / Small Business
Winning team
A former sporting arena has been reborn in the centre of Toronto as the flagship store of Canadian supermarket Loblaws. The city’s traditional home of ice hockey now houses fresh produce. Monocle went to see if the crowds…
Edits / Food & Drink
The Agrarian Kitchen
Three years ago, Australian chef Rodney Dunn and his wife swapped the city for the countryside to start their own farm-based cooking school. It’s a growing concern...
Affairs / Urbanism
Americas Briefing
New York's first bicycle sharing scheme is set to launch into action, a new escalator is improving the lives of Medellin's, Colombia, residents, and Peru invests in its solar energy sector.
Culture / Arts
Art Market Briefing
The new international photography fair in London, a new gallery in Toronto and the Frieze show in New York.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 3 November
Weekend agenda 3/4 November
This weekend check out Korean cinema in London, enjoy art in Toronto and listen to the new album from songwriter Cody Chestnutt.
Edits / Food & Drink
Baking & sweet making
Monocle films heads to Toronto, Lisbon and Thessaloniki to discover some new recipes for success.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 9 September
Weekend agenda: 10/11 September
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes a fashion-week pit-stop in New York, an intriguing German artist in London, and a film festival in Toronto.
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
Toronto plays catch-up with its transport plans, why San Franciscans will be hearing more clearly, and how the Chilean capital is luring residences back to city living.