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Ten reasons to send your son to an all-boys' school

Ten reasons to send your son to an all-boys’ school

Few parenting decisions are as important as selecting a school for your child. As children, we are at our most malleable and...

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A close-up look at Toronto's most intimidating automotive export: the armoured Knight XV

A close-up look at Toronto’s most intimidating automotive export: the armoured Knight XV

In an industrial building out by the 401 and Martin Grove, a team of engineers and mechanics are building behemoths. The Knight XV...

Toronto Life kicks off TIFF with its annual Stylebook event

Toronto Life kicks off TIFF with its annual Stylebook event

On September 10, Toronto Life celebrated the fifth annual fall edition of special issue Stylebook and the annual list of the...

How Noel Biderman and Avid Life Media hoodwinked us—and why we didn't know until now

How Noel Biderman and Avid Life Media hoodwinked us—and why we didn’t know until now

In late 2012, I signed up at Ashley Madison’s naughty sister site, Established Men, to research a feature I was writing for...

Dear Urban Diplomat: is my real estate agent trying to scam me?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I are selling our starter home. Our agent pitched us on the fancy-sounding notion of an...

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.

The Sex Ed Revolution: A portrait of the powerful political bloc that's waging war on Queen's Park

The Sex Ed Revolution: A portrait of the powerful political bloc that’s waging war on Queen’s Park

Azeem Mohammed, a 38-year-old stay-at-home dad from East York, is the school council chair at Thorncliffe Park Public...

How a Toronto 3D printing studio makes lifelike miniatures of real people

How a Toronto 3D printing studio makes lifelike miniatures of real people

About four years ago, just for the hell of it, Steve Cory, president of the three-dimensional printing company Objex...

Dear Urban Diplomat: should my guests offer to split the bill when we eat takeout together?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I invited another couple over for dinner, and we agreed to order in from Amaya, with each of us...

Q&A: Marco Mendicino, who beat Eve Adams to the nomination, on staying in Justin Trudeau's good books

Q&A: Marco Mendicino, who beat Eve Adams to the nomination, on staying in Justin Trudeau’s good books

You trounced Eve Adams, whom Justin Trudeau parachuted into Eglinton-Lawrence , to win the Liberal nomination. How’d that go...

The Nanny Diaries: Toronto's Filipino caregivers talk about low wages, long days and immigration delays

The Nanny Diaries: Toronto’s Filipino caregivers talk about low wages, long days and immigration delays

SINCE 1992, some 75,000 Filipinos have become permanent residents of Canada through the federal government’s caregiver...

Doug Ford says he'll take Stephen Harper's job, but only if he has to

Doug Ford says he’ll take Stephen Harper’s job, but only if he has to

Months after deciding not to run for leadership of the Ontario Tories, Doug Ford is once again openly musing about assuming...

Memoir: after my mother died, I found solace in her religion

Memoir: after my mother died, I found solace in her religion

My mother used to compare Buddhism to a boulder in a rushing river: something you could grab onto whenever you needed it, an...

The ridiculously elaborate high-fives of the newly victorious Blue Jays

The ridiculously elaborate high-fives of the newly victorious Blue Jays

The Blue Jays have had plenty to celebrate lately—and, if you've just started paying attention, you've probably noticed they...

Dear Urban Diplomat: what should I do with my back-seat cab-driving boyfriend?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Every time I take a cab with my boyfriend, he guides our driver using the Waze app, which plots out the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I worry about my daycare worker’s outburst?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Our experience with the staff at my son’s daycare has been very positive. But recently, I went to pick him...

The Double Life of Ben Levin: His depraved online world, and the sting that brought him down

The Double Life of Ben Levin: His depraved online world, and the sting that brought him down

Benjamin Levin dazzled everyone around him. He was the second of four brothers, born in 1952 to a warm, loving, staunch NDP family...

How blind soccer works at the Parapan Am Games

How blind soccer works at the Parapan Am Games

Five-a-side soccer at the Parapan Am Games is very much like soccer anywhere else: it's fun, it's fast and the Brazilians always...

How Parapan Am wheelchair rugby player Zak Madell girds for battle

How Parapan Am wheelchair rugby player Zak Madell girds for battle

Wheelchair rugby, better known as murderball, is a Canadian invention: the full-contact sport for quadriplegic athletes first...

Troublemaker: Why Jennifer Keesmaat may be exactly what Toronto needs right now

Troublemaker: Why Jennifer Keesmaat may be exactly what Toronto needs right now

The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway runs for 18 kilometres. From the sky, it’s a snaking schism dividing the waterfront from...

Dear Urban Diplomat: what should I do after accidentally sexting a co-worker?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Due to an iPhone autofill snafu, I accidentally sent a sexually explicit text message to a co-worker with the...

Q&A: New Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown on what he stands for (and what Snoop Dogg thinks of him)

Q&A: New Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown on what he stands for (and what Snoop Dogg thinks of him)

In private text messages that were leaked to the Globe and Mail , Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown claimed that, in this...

Jennifer Pan's Revenge: The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead

Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead

Read this article in Mandarin Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan were classic examples of the Canadian immigrant success story. Hann was...

女儿的复仇

女儿的复仇

Read this article in English Bich Ha和Huei Hann...

Memoir: I was addicted to starving myself

Memoir: I was addicted to starving myself

I grew up in an upper-middle-class Toronto neighbourhood, with a loving family and supportive friends. Despite my privileges, I...

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