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Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because we bleed purple

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because we bleed purple

The Raptors are Toronto’s current great hope of sporting success. For the last two years, they’ve dominated their division and...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the Pan Am Games are leaving their mark

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the Pan Am Games are leaving their mark

For years, Toronto has been a sporting backwater. When our amateur athletes excel, they do so despite meagre funding, anemic...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Gary Slaight is our Warren Buffett

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Gary Slaight is our Warren Buffett

Gary Slaight knows money. His father, Allan, founded his radio empire in 1971 with a single station and grew it into a juggernaut:...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Shay Mitchell is our Instagram star

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Shay Mitchell is our Instagram star

The Toronto-born star of the outrageous teen soap Pretty Little Liars has 6.1 million followers on Instagram—that’s more than...

Why the Gardiner East decision, whatever it is, won’t be “evidence based”

Why the Gardiner East decision, whatever it is, won’t be “evidence based”

Pity the 5,200 souls who drive the eastern stretch of the Gardiner during morning rush hour. They are getting a good whipping in...

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.

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the new Union Station was worth the wait

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because the new Union Station was worth the wait

Some 213,000 GO commuters pass through Union Station every weekday—that’s more than twice the daily traffic of Pearson...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because these teens fought for consent—and won

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because these teens fought for consent—and won

Lia Valente and Tessa Hill love selfies, shopping, and Brenda and Kelly–era 90210 fashion. They’re obsessed with Beyoncé. And...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Chantelle Winnie is redefining beauty

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Chantelle Winnie is redefining beauty

For decades, modelling has been the most exclusive profession on earth, restricting its ranks to underweight women with...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Rachel McAdams got the role she deserves

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because Rachel McAdams got the role she deserves

Back in 2004, when Rachel McAdams wrapped her rain-drenched legs around Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, she was hailed as the most...

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because City Hall is finally getting its act together

Reasons to Love Toronto Now: because City Hall is finally getting its act together

When Torontonians look for leadership, they’re in the habit of turning to just about anywhere other than city hall to find...

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I rat out my disability-scamming colleague?

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I rat out my disability-scamming colleague?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a teacher struggling to find full-time work. I recently got a job at a high school, but it only lasts...

Could Toronto police be made to answer to the city for their out-of-control budget?

Could Toronto police be made to answer to the city for their out-of-control budget?

THE IDEA While other public services are forced to deal with aggressive cuts, policing in Toronto has proven to be...

"We know the city better than they do": Toronto taxi drivers on what makes them better than Uber

“We know the city better than they do”: Toronto taxi drivers on what makes them better than Uber

Uber is in court this week defending its right to flood Toronto's streets with semi-pro drivers, who use its UberX service to hire...

David Price really, really wants you to forget he ever worked for Rob Ford

David Price really, really wants you to forget he ever worked for Rob Ford

David Price' s $130,000-a-year job on Rob Ford’ s mayoral staff was once a total mystery. (When asked why Price was hired, Doug...

How a salvage crew took Captain John's on one last voyage

How a salvage crew took Captain John’s on one last voyage

Wayne Elliott wanted to give Captain John’s a dignified death. In his 40-year career, the senior salvage master with Marine...

John Tory will celebrate his 61st birthday by doing what he loves: working

John Tory will celebrate his 61st birthday by doing what he loves: working

At a speech this morning for the Conference Board of Canada, Toronto mayor and serious person John Tory weighed in on a number of...

The compelling case for forcing Toronto's drivers to slow down

The compelling case for forcing Toronto’s drivers to slow down

Toronto’s roads are the most perilous in the country for pedestrians. The solution is simple, smart and anathema to an already...

I'd pay tolls to drive on the Gardiner—but only if everyone else does, too

I’d pay tolls to drive on the Gardiner—but only if everyone else does, too

I’ve already argued in favour of the hybrid option for the Gardiner Expressway, which would keep the eastern section of the...

Q&A: TDSB trustee Michael Ford on being the newest member of the Ford family’s political dynasty

First things first: Mikey or Michael? It’s Michael. Wow, a very stern look just crossed your face. Haha—well, when you’re...

6 Things You Need To Know About Toronto’s Version Of The Hamptons

6 Things You Need To Know About Toronto’s Version Of The Hamptons

Memoir: I went from ultra-Orthodox yeshiva boy to millionaire poker champion

Memoir: I went from ultra-Orthodox yeshiva boy to millionaire poker champion

The ancient rabbis had a saying about gamblers. “What crime do dice-players commit?” they asked in the Mishnah. “They do not...

Dear Urban Diplomat: should we keep our kid away from his unvaccinated cousin?

Dear Urban Diplomat: should we keep our kid away from his unvaccinated cousin?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife’s sister is a hard-core anti-vaxxer. We’re expecting in three weeks, and we don’t want her...

Ten things Sarah Gadon can’t live without

She’s the new face of Giorgio Armani Beauty, and her upcoming thriller, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, hits screens later this...

Q&A: Joe Pennachetti, the bureaucrat who kept the city running under Rob Ford

Q&A: Joe Pennachetti, the bureaucrat who kept the city running under Rob Ford

During Rob Ford’s four years as mayor, there were times when city hall seemed like a never-ending, all-out brawl. Even when...

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