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Anthony Milton

Anthony Milton is a freelance journalist based in Toronto specializing in long-form magazine writing. He previously worked as an assistant editor at Toronto Life, where he launched the Front Row newsletter. He regularly contributes all sorts of stories to the magazine, including deep dives on sports, business and housing as well as short-form commentary on our ever-changing city, from its obsession with cherry blossoms to its maddening NIMBYism. His work has also appeared in Maclean’s, Ricochet, TVO, the Trillium and more.

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WNBA players are getting a huge raise, and it's great news for the Toronto Tempo

WNBA players are getting a huge raise, and it’s great news for the Toronto Tempo

Now all the team needs is some players

Two Toronto Loblaw stores have been fined for mislabelling imported food as Canadian

Two Toronto Loblaw stores have been fined for mislabelling imported food as Canadian

How are we supposed to buy local under these conditions?

Russell Peters is suing his tax advisers over a $2.9-million tax bill

Russell Peters is suing his tax advisers over a $2.9-million tax bill

The comedian is seeking $6 million in damages

An OPP investigation finds the TPS officers accused of lying in the trial of Umar Zameer innocent

An OPP investigation finds the TPS officers accused of lying in the trial of Umar Zameer innocent

A bombshell report denies a judge’s allegation that three officers colluded to lie under oath

The Ford government declares BYOB summer

The Ford government declares BYOB summer

The province is set to allow alcohol consumption at outdoor events—but there’s fine print

Canada's 2026 FIFA World Cup jerseys are here

Canada’s 2026 FIFA World Cup jerseys are here

And they're giving bold and brash

The GO trains are falling apart, a leaked report says

The GO trains are falling apart, a leaked report says

And that could mean big delays

An Ontario town is trying to ban a man’s pet tigers

An Ontario town is trying to ban a man’s pet tigers

An exotic animal lover must get his two big cats out of Wainfleet, the town has declared

The Hudson's Bay landlords who fought Ruby Liu just won $2.4 million—sort of

The Hudson’s Bay landlords who fought Ruby Liu just won $2.4 million—sort of

The Bay's old landlords can recover their legal costs, if the company has any cash left

Hudson Williams brought his girlfriend and a $20 fan to the Oscars

Hudson Williams brought his girlfriend and a $20 fan to the Oscars

When your show has “heated” in its name, it’s tough to keep cool

Toronto's developers are furious over FIFA building restrictions

Real Estate News

Toronto’s developers are furious over FIFA building restrictions

New city rules are pitting condo builders against soccer fans

Could city-run grocers be the answer to Toronto's high food costs?

Could city-run grocers be the answer to Toronto’s high food costs?

One city councillor thinks so—and he’s taking a page from Zohran Mamdani

The province is giving elementary teachers $750 for school supplies

The province is giving elementary teachers $750 for school supplies

Doug Ford says he came up with the idea in a Dollarama

“It’s a sport at a crossroads, and that’s an interesting place”: Director Hubert Davis on remaking the hockey classic Youngblood

“It’s a sport at a crossroads, and that’s an interesting place”: Director Hubert Davis on remaking the hockey classic Youngblood

The refreshed take on the 1986 Rob Lowe film—a project started by the late filmmaker Charles Officer—tackles racism on the ice

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

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

“I don’t have a dead name and I don’t have a dead career”: Eddie Izzard on gender-fluid theatre and playing every role in Hamlet

“I don’t have a dead name and I don’t have a dead career”: Eddie Izzard on gender-fluid theatre and playing every role in Hamlet

Ahead of her new production of the Shakespearian tragedy, the legendary British comedian talks blazing trails, memorizing 30,500 words and her surprising connection to small-town Ontario

The AGO presents a photography exhibition by none other than Paul McCartney

The AGO presents a photography exhibition by none other than Paul McCartney

Turns out the legendary musician dabbled in another art form besides hit-making

A sports betting company could be suspended in Ontario over the Jontay Porter scandal

A sports betting company could be suspended in Ontario over the Jontay Porter scandal

PointsBet is staring down a costly five-day ban in the province

“Getting information out of Metrolinx is like pulling teeth”: Blogger Steve Munro has been calling out Toronto’s transit problems for 20 years

“Getting information out of Metrolinx is like pulling teeth”: Blogger Steve Munro has been calling out Toronto’s transit problems for 20 years

The so-called Yoda of Toronto transit nerds explains the TTC budget woes and how streetcars got so bad

"The more I give away, the better the bar does": Why Danu Social House wants to become the city's first community-owned watering hole

“The more I give away, the better the bar does”: Why Danu Social House wants to become the city’s first community-owned watering hole

Joshua Zachariah dreams of handing over his Parkdale business to its employees, volunteers and patrons. Here’s how he plans to do it

A timeline of every single Eglinton Crosstown disaster, from 2010 until today

A timeline of every single Eglinton Crosstown disaster, from 2010 until today

It’s a long list

What to see, do, read and hear in Toronto this February

What to see, do, read and hear in Toronto this February

Including a Palestinian coming-of-age novel and an inconceivably good orchestral score

"Indigenous people are a necessary enzyme for a healthy civilization": Tantoo Cardinal is a living legend

“Indigenous people are a necessary enzyme for a healthy civilization”: Tantoo Cardinal is a living legend

The actor, who stars in Soulpepper’s Witch, talks art as activism and her five-decade career

FIFA's former president is supporting a boycott of the US portion of the World Cup

FIFA’s former president is supporting a boycott of the US portion of the World Cup

It seems this won’t be all fun and games

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

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

Dead Reckoning: The executor of the Suomalainens’ estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it

Dead Reckoning: The executor of the Suomalainens’ 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

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

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

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

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

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

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

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

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

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

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

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

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

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

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

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

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

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

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

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

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

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

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

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

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

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

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

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

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!”

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

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

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

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

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer