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Sarah Thomson is running for mayor again, dreadlocks and all

Sarah Thomson is running for mayor again, dreadlocks and all

This morning, Sarah Thomson pulled up to city hall in a horse-drawn carriage ( seriously ) and registered to run for mayor for the...

VIDEO: this is what it looks like when Rob Ford tries to get some exercise at city hall

This video comes courtesy of CBC's Steven D'Souza , whose camera captured it at some point last night. Now we know how the mayor...

Pickup Artists: outsourcing half the garbage collection was brilliant—privatizing the rest would be disastrous

Pickup Artists: outsourcing half the garbage collection was brilliant—privatizing the rest would be disastrous

The map of Toronto’s curbside waste collection operations, which is split into four districts, two east and two west, looks like...

Globe editor John Stackhouse is out of a job

Globe editor John Stackhouse is out of a job

The Globe —clearly the authoritative source on this story— reports that John Stackhouse , its editor-in-chief since 2009, is...

Why is the mayor chumming around with British food critic Giles Coren?

Why is the mayor chumming around with British food critic Giles Coren?

City Hall was at its zoo-ish, three-ring-circus best today, what with the release of more documents tied to Project Brazen 2 , the...

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.

VIDEO: Olivia Chow mock-debates Mark Critch on 22 Minutes

Between her recent “interview” (read: long-form ad) with campaign booster Warren Kinsella on Sun News and last night’s mock...

UPDATED: Newly released Project Brazen 2 documents say Ford declined a chance to watch the crack video

UPDATED: Newly released Project Brazen 2 documents say Ford declined a chance to watch the crack video

Media lawyers were in court this morning arguing for the release of yet another batch of search warrant documents related to...

VIDEO: this 9/11 truther ad is running on TTC screens

Great American tragedies always seem to spawn great American conspiracy theories. This has proven to be especially true in the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: what should I do with neighbours who still have their tacky Christmas decorations up?

Dear Urban Diplomat: what should I do with neighbours who still have their tacky Christmas decorations up?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Christmas 2013 is long gone, and yet the house on my corner remains festooned with yuletide paraphernalia: a...

Watch a ridiculously optimistic video of a new water park proposed for Toronto

A company called MarbleLive announced today that it's hoping to build a new indoor-outdoor water park in Toronto by fall of...

Federal finance minister and Ford-family pal Jim Flaherty resigns from Harper's cabinet

Federal finance minister and Ford-family pal Jim Flaherty resigns from Harper’s cabinet

Several news outlets are reporting that federal finance minister Jim Flaherty , MP for Whitby-Oshawa, is resigning his post in...

The Agenda ’s Steve Paikin to women: Call me

The Agenda’s Steve Paikin to women: Call me

Women! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em, and can't book 'em as guests on your public-television talk show, at least if...

Rob Ford’s stumbling, swearing St. Patrick’s Day weekend makes Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Rob Ford no longer has most of his mayoral powers, but he clearly has some kind of mystical, muse-like power over Jimmy Kimmel...

Toronto still doesn't know what to think about Porter's jet proposal

Toronto still doesn’t know what to think about Porter’s jet proposal

With city council's executive committee gearing up for next week's debate on Porter Airlines ’ bid to bring jets to the island...

Election Issue Watch: city services à la carte

Election Issue Watch: city services à la carte

David Soknacki seems determined to turn himself into the of 2014 mayoral candidates, with a policy tool for every one of Toronto's...

QUOTED: Doug Ford, today; Rob Ford, four months ago

QUOTED: Doug Ford, today; Rob Ford, four months ago

- Doug Ford earlier today, at a St. Patrick's Day charity luncheon, explaining to reporters how it's possible that Rob Ford, who...

Kathleen Wynne promises a magical mystery money source for public transit in Toronto

Kathleen Wynne promises a magical mystery money source for public transit in Toronto

After announcing last week that her Liberal government is ruling out the possibility of using HST and gas-tax hikes to fund...

Better than an autograph: "star-struck" 13-year-old witnesses Rob Ford stumbling and swearing

Better than an autograph: “star-struck” 13-year-old witnesses Rob Ford stumbling and swearing

For those who spent the weekend avoiding the internet: good job. All you missed were some incremental developments in Crimea...

Charity runs amok in new “random act of kindness” video

Charity runs amok in new “random act of kindness” video

Ripped from the Possibly Well Intentioned But Oh My Gaaaaaaaaawwwwwwd files, three Toronto men have created a fun twist on the...

Who's getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?

Who’s getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?

Sometimes, on Twitter, it's hard to tell whose opinion to take at face value, and whose opinion is dictated by the terms of a...

Put down that hookah: the Toronto Board of Health wants to crack down on shisha bars

Put down that hookah: the Toronto Board of Health wants to crack down on shisha bars

The Toronto board of health loves nothing better than stirring up a little bit of controversy, and this latest proposal seems...

Olivia Chow takes her mayoral campaign to the Toronto Sun

Olivia Chow takes her mayoral campaign to the Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun, the tabloid that helped create Rob Ford ’s public persona, propelling him to the mayoralty in 2010, is now...

Five things we learned from Rob and Doug Ford's latest batch of Ford Nation YouTube videos

Five things we learned from Rob and Doug Ford’s latest batch of Ford Nation YouTube videos

Four episodes in, someone should just post a crier with an old cowbell in the streets of Toronto, issuing a weekly-ish...

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I let my son's 18-year-old friend drink while he's travelling with us in Mexico?

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I let my son’s 18-year-old friend drink while he’s travelling with us in Mexico?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I are taking our son and our good friends’ son to the Mayan Riviera. They just told us their...

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?