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QUOTED: Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke, on losing two key reporters to the Globe and Mail

QUOTED: Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke, on losing two key reporters to the Globe and Mail

– Michael Cooke , boss of bosses at the Toronto Star , in a dour staff memo on the departures of sports columnist Cathal Kelly...

For bandwagon jumpers: five phrases that will make fans think you've been a Raptors supporter all along

For bandwagon jumpers: five phrases that will make fans think you’ve been a Raptors supporter all along

The Toronto Raptors have just finished the best regular season in the club's two-decade history, and are now one game into a...

QUOTED: diehard Toronto Raptors fan Nav Bhatia, to the New York Times

QUOTED: diehard Toronto Raptors fan Nav Bhatia, to the New York Times

– Nav Bhatia , a Mississauga car dealer who (by his own reckoning) has never missed a regular-season Raptors home...

Drake is being sued over a beating at Rob Ford's favourite nightclub

Drake is being sued over a beating at Rob Ford’s favourite nightclub

Drake is now the second Tononto-area music superstar to have recently been taken to court over an alleged assault in Toronto—the...

Six things we learned at Rob Ford's campaign launch

Six things we learned at Rob Ford’s campaign launch

Rob Ford held his official campaign launch at the Toronto Congress Centre on Thursday night, and it was quite a party. Here, six...

Inside the Latest Issue

The June issue of Toronto Life features the best new restaurants of 2026. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week everyone solved gridlock

Toronto Election 2014 Power Ratings: the week everyone solved gridlock

Gridlock has been the major theme of the campaign for the past few days, with three candidates releasing separate—and not always...

Rob Ford holding an owl Photoshop battle lights up Reddit

Rob Ford holding an owl Photoshop battle lights up Reddit

Ah, Reddit: the so-called “front page of the internet.” It’s not just for Shrek jokes and doxxing pedophile trolls . It’s...

VIDEO: this new Raptors ad is kind of amazing

VIDEO: this new Raptors ad is kind of amazing

Suddenly, Drake ’s "global ambassador" deal with the Toronto Raptors makes perfect sense. The video below, released on YouTube...

Adam Vaughan is running for Olivia Chow's federal seat

Adam Vaughan is running for Olivia Chow’s federal seat

The by-election race to decide who succeeds Olivia Chow as MP for Trinity-Spadina just got a whole lot more interesting. The Star...

Mark your calendars: TCHC’s next major scandal is scheduled for Tuesday

The Toronto Community Housing Corporation has gone nearly a year without a headline-grabbing scandal, but the Star says that...

Dear Urban Diplomat: what do I do about my wife's erotic CBC fan fiction?

Dear Urban Diplomat: what do I do about my wife’s erotic CBC fan fiction?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I discovered my wife’s erotic fan fiction starring a certain personality from CBC’s The National. It’s...

Free idea: do something like this to the Hearn Generating Station

Free idea: do something like this to the Hearn Generating Station

Last week, Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners (architectural firms sure have a lot of partners) released renderings of the...

The Star ’s Robyn Doolittle is moving to the Globe

The Star’s Robyn Doolittle is moving to the Globe

Robyn Doolittle ’s reporting on Rob Ford —especially Crazy Town , her book-length treatment of Ford's political and personal...

PHOTO: last night's power outage

PHOTO: last night’s power outage

Last night's three-hour power outage was an inconvenience to anyone trying to get somewhere on public transit or watch New Girl on...

Sin City with snow: secrets of Toronto's VIP club scene

Sin City with snow: secrets of Toronto’s VIP club scene

When hip-hop and NBA stars want a good time, they call party queen Mona Halem. Inside a decadent world of $700 champagne, secret guest lists and hordes of beautiful women

Donald Trump wants to keep Jon Bon Jovi from moving the Buffalo Bills to Toronto

Donald Trump wants to keep Jon Bon Jovi from moving the Buffalo Bills to Toronto

The probability of the Buffalo Bills ever relocating to Toronto may come down to a simple question: of , which one is richer and...

TDSB trustee Sam Sotiropoulos suggests the Pride parade is a haven for nudist pedophiles

TDSB trustee Sam Sotiropoulos suggests the Pride parade is a haven for nudist pedophiles

When TDSB trustee Sam Sotiropoulos launched his ultimately unsuccessful bid to ban nudity at the Toronto Pride parade, his...

QUOTED: Ontario transportation minister Glen Murray, on whether the province will pay to operate new transit

QUOTED: Ontario transportation minister Glen Murray, on whether the province will pay to operate new transit

—Ontario transportation minister Glen Murray , telling CBC's Matt Galloway that although the province has announced $15 billion...

Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy has an unintended consequence: a lawsuit against Justin Trudeau

Olivia Chow’s mayoral candidacy has an unintended consequence: a lawsuit against Justin Trudeau

It's not Olivia Chow ’s fault that Justin Trudeau is being sued by a would-be federal candidate—but, at the same time, it's...

Semi-important question: what do 2014’s mayoral candidates like to drink?

Semi-important question: what do 2014’s mayoral candidates like to drink?

We might not typically judge a candidate for public office based on his or her drink of choice, but considering how much we know...

See a sign of springtime? Send us a picture

See a sign of springtime? Send us a picture

Unless this year's brutal winter has completely deadened your senses—and we've all been there—you've probably noticed that the...

Kathleen Wynne explains how she'll pay for new transit in the GTA, except not really

Kathleen Wynne explains how she’ll pay for new transit in the GTA, except not really

During a speech earlier today for the Toronto Region Board of Trade, premier Kathleen Wynne slammed the opposition NDP and...

Black cubes, cryptographic puzzles and dizzying jargon: a day at Toronto's first Bitcoin expo

Black cubes, cryptographic puzzles and dizzying jargon: a day at Toronto’s first Bitcoin expo

The strange future of electronic money was in Toronto over the weekend at Canada’s first-ever Bitcoin expo. A handful of...

VIDEO: Jimmy Kimmel makes a cringe-inducing appearance on Rob Ford's YouTube show

VIDEO: Jimmy Kimmel makes a cringe-inducing appearance on Rob Ford’s YouTube show

This week, on a very special episode of Ford Nation , Rob and Doug fawn over a late-night comedian who continues to humiliate them...

Cost of Living

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”

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

“My family taught me to invest. It’s probably the wisest advice they’ve ever given me”

Urban Diplomat

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

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can't see the appeal

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can’t see the appeal

How does one cut loose in a well-lit room while the sun is shining and no one is even a little intoxicated?