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QUOTED: David Soknacki, on funding for new subways in Toronto

QUOTED: David Soknacki, on funding for new subways in Toronto

—Earlier this morning, former city councillor David Soknacki became the second mayoral candidate to articulate something...

With Friends Like Harper: How Nigel Wright went from golden boy to fall guy

With Friends Like Harper: How Nigel Wright went from golden boy to fall guy

The corporate insider Nigel Wright engineered Stephen Harper’s rise to prime minister and became his closest confidant. As chief of staff, he acted as a conduit between Bay Street and the PMO—until Harper thought he could make the Senate scandal go away by cutting Wright loose

Ashley Madison's legal dispute with a Toronto woman gets even more complicated

Ashley Madison’s legal dispute with a Toronto woman gets even more complicated

What could possibly go wrong at the offices of a website that exists entirely to enable extramarital affairs? Well, this, at...

Karen Stintz wants to sell off part of Toronto Hydro to help pay for the Downtown Relief Line

Karen Stintz wants to sell off part of Toronto Hydro to help pay for the Downtown Relief Line

No Toronto mayoral campaign is complete without at least one candidate promising to sell off Toronto Hydro so the proceeds can be...

QUOTED: Rob Ford vs. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke

QUOTED: Rob Ford vs. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke

— Rob Ford , explaining why , at last week's executive committee meeting, he was the lone vote against contributing $10 million...

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 Toronto Raptors mascot is back from his achilles injury

Some good Toronto sports news, for once: the Toronto Raptors mascot, who was thought to be out for the season because of an...

Speakers Corner is coming back, sort of

No, CityTV won't be restoring the famous booth to Queen and John, but Marketing Magazine reports that the broadcaster will be...

Where have all of Toronto’s editors-in-chief gone?

Toronto newspapers have lost two editors-in-chief in the past two days: first John Stackhouse at the Globe , and then, on...

Kensington blaze destroyed suspected illegal rooming house

Kensington blaze destroyed suspected illegal rooming house

According to the Star , Thursday’s three-alarm fire in Kensington Market ravaged a suspected illegal rooming house located above...

QUOTED: Rob Ford's lawyer, yesterday; Rob Ford, three weeks ago

QUOTED: Rob Ford’s lawyer, yesterday; Rob Ford, three weeks ago

-An excerpt from Rob Ford ’s statement of defence , filed yesterday in the lawsuit brought against him by Scott MacIntyre , his...

Five things we learned at John Tory's campaign launch

Five things we learned at John Tory’s campaign launch

John Tory held his official campaign launch on Wednesday evening, signalling the start of formal hostilities between him and the...

Olivia Chow promises $15 million worth of increased bus service

Olivia Chow promises $15 million worth of increased bus service

The slow reveal of Olivia Chow ’s campaign platform continued this morning with a press conference at Wilson Avenue and Jane...

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...

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...

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