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The best signs from today's climate strike at Queen’s Park

The best signs from today’s climate strike at Queen’s Park

Thousands showed up to support Mother Earth

Dear Urban Diplomat: How should I respond to "It's just vape, bro"?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How should I respond to “It’s just vape, bro”?

Should I narc on him?

“I feel like I accomplished my mission”: Alek Minassian’s twisted confession interview

“I feel like I accomplished my mission”: Alek Minassian’s twisted confession interview

It wasn't as dark as I expected. It was darker

Inside Shopify's new nine-floor office with plenty of craft beer and a rooftop terrace

Inside Shopify’s new nine-floor office with plenty of craft beer and a rooftop terrace

Oh, and a wall full of dog portraits

The secret life of food couriers

The secret life of food couriers

They risk their lives to deliver your Libretto pizza or Flock salad. They’re the workforce of the future

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Dear Everybody, this is what a sister looks like

Dear Everybody, this is what a sister looks like

If you asked 31-year-old Melissa Ngo what her fondest childhood memory of her brother is, she’d respond with scraped knees and...

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How Safe Is a Toronto School Zone?

How Safe Is a Toronto School Zone?

The City of Toronto is rolling out school safety zones at every public school in the municipality at a time when the need for...

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Highlights of Elevate King West, September 25 and 26

Highlights of Elevate King West, September 25 and 26

For full schedule, see Elevate.ca 1. Movie Night at Belgian Moon Brewery At the west end of the Stackt Market, Belgian Moon...

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Eight innovators pick the next moonshot

Eight innovators pick the next moonshot

In the 1960s, scientific innovation became a mainstream event as the greatest minds from around the globe raced to put a person on...

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Innovation secrets from entrepreneur extraordinaire Sophia Amoruso

Innovation secrets from entrepreneur extraordinaire Sophia Amoruso

Sophia Amoruso hustles. Hard. The acclaimed entrepreneur started Nasty Gal in 2006, at age 22, selling vintage clothes on eBay out...

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See Martha Stewart and Michelle Obama onstage at Elevate

See Martha Stewart and Michelle Obama onstage at Elevate

If the ancient maxim is to be believed, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But apparently, an old Dogg (well, Snoop is 47)...

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Star astronaut Chris Hadfield talks about his role at the 2019 Elevate festival

Star astronaut Chris Hadfield talks about his role at the 2019 Elevate festival

Chris Hadfield is living proof of, well, a lot of things. The first and most obvious is that, regardless of where you come...

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Inside Tim Hortons' new downtown headquarters

Inside Tim Hortons’ new downtown headquarters

With 21 coffee stations, a massive testing kitchen and digital trash cans

Torontonians who are shaking up the tech sector

Torontonians who are shaking up the tech sector

Erin Bury co-founded Willful, an online estate planner

“I’m saving up to buy a house in the next five years”: How a brand strategist spends her money

Her dad sold his Porsche to help her pay the lease on her BMW

My neighbours and I tore down our fence and built a shared outdoor kitchen

My neighbours and I tore down our fence and built a shared outdoor kitchen

This is a story of bad fences making better neighbours

Shania Twain, Alessia Cara and 19 other celebs who congratulated Bianca Andreescu on her U.S. Open win

Shania Twain, Alessia Cara and 19 other celebs who congratulated Bianca Andreescu on her U.S. Open win

The Twitterverse showered the 19-year-old prodigy with praise

Is Google’s smart city stupid?

Is Google’s smart city stupid?

Sidewalk Labs has a PR battle on its hands

Q&A: Joana Vicente, the new co-head of TIFF, on dragging people away from Netflix

Q&A: Joana Vicente, the new co-head of TIFF, on dragging people away from Netflix

She says films are better with a crowd

Everything we know about tennis prodigy Bianca Andreescu

Everything we know about tennis prodigy Bianca Andreescu

The 19-year-old grand slammer has earned herself a spot in Canada’s athletic record book

Eight back-to-school photos from Toronto celebs

Eight back-to-school photos from Toronto celebs

They grow up so fast

18 big thinkers take a critical look at the Sidewalk Labs plan

18 big thinkers take a critical look at the Sidewalk Labs plan

What does Google really want from Toronto?

Toronto is surveillance capitalism’s new frontier

Toronto is surveillance capitalism’s new frontier

The city of Toronto now sits in the crosshairs of a uniquely 21st-century economic model that I call surveillance...

How the Sidewalk Labs proposal landed in Toronto: the backstory

How the Sidewalk Labs proposal landed in Toronto: the backstory

In 2001, when Waterfront Toronto was formed, Mel Lastman was in the waning days of his mayoralty, Vince Carter was the heart of...

Cost of Living

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“We try to maximize our rewards by using various credit cards plus PC Optimum”

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

She gets flowers, gifts and breakfast in bed; I get a lousy grill brush. Am I wrong to feel slighted?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy