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Jet Lag: Why Toronto should embrace an expanded Island Airport

Jet Lag: Why Toronto should embrace an expanded Island Airport

If Toronto wants to be a big league city, downtowners should embrace an expanded island airport Let’s just call it Black...

The six hottest players in Toronto’s digital industry

The six hottest players in Toronto’s digital industry

Toronto's burgeoning digital industry has plenty of power players. These six are some of the most influential among them. IVAN...

The Spadina Subway Extension is behind schedule—but at least it's actually being built

The Spadina Subway Extension is behind schedule—but at least it’s actually being built

Here's a phrase you never want to hear from TTC CEO Andy Byford : "The project is facing a serious schedule challenge."...

Reaction Roundup: what Toronto is saying about Friday's shooting at Queen station

Reaction Roundup: what Toronto is saying about Friday’s shooting at Queen station

On Friday night, an 18-year-old man was shot by police inside Queen subway station . The incident conjures unpleasant memories of...

The feud between Conrad Black and Rosie DiManno is bad for newspaper readers, great for the dictionary industry

The feud between Conrad Black and Rosie DiManno is bad for newspaper readers, great for the dictionary industry

Conrad Black and Rosie DiManno have spent the past few days attacking each other in their respective newspaper columns, and it's...

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.

Karen Stintz is giving up her place at the head of the TTC

Karen Stintz is giving up her place at the head of the TTC

Councillor Karen Stintz , who has been the chair of the TTC since the beginning of Rob Ford 's mayoralty, announced on Friday that...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I respond to my neighbour who is threatening my (admittedly very loud) dog?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I respond to my neighbour who is threatening my (admittedly very loud) dog?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I received a note in our mailbox saying, “If you don’t shut your dog up, something bad is...

Indiegogo campaign tries to crowdfund legal fees for Rob Ford

Indiegogo campaign tries to crowdfund legal fees for Rob Ford

Does a guy whose family members can afford to hand out $20 bills to crowds need charity from the internet? The creator of this...

VIDEO: The Toronto Zoo’s new polar bear is approaching peak cuteness

There's a magical time in the months after a polar bear is born when it's too tiny to maul anyone, and yet also large and furry...

QUOTED: ZoomerMedia on being sued by Daniel Dale

— ZoomerMedia , on its decision to stay silent after being served with a notice of libel by Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale...

The Dean Blundell Show is suspended

The Dean Blundell Show is suspended

Well, this is unexpected. 102.1 The Edge 's Dean Blundell Show , a near-constant source of complaints to the Canadian Broadcast...

Q&A: Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, the Toronto shoe salesman who spent five years on Iran's death row

Q&A: Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, the Toronto shoe salesman who spent five years on Iran’s death row

Toronto shoe salesman Hamid Ghassemi-Shall faced charges of espionage in Iran. Now he's home, trying to pick up the pieces. What...

It’s official: Star reporter Daniel Dale is going to sue Rob Ford over “pedophile” suggestion [UPDATED]

It seems as though Rob Ford has earned himself another defamation lawsuit. (He's 1-0 on these things, so far .) Daniel Dale —the...

UPDATED: Doug Ford knows what his constituents want for Christmas: $20 bills from Doug Ford

UPDATED: Doug Ford knows what his constituents want for Christmas: $20 bills from Doug Ford

Rob Ford and Doug Ford have built their reputations on being willing to help out the little guy. Your neighbour's pile of sand is...

Another day, another report on ways to pay for new public transit in Toronto

Another day, another report on ways to pay for new public transit in Toronto

It's been quite a week for lengthy reports on the future of public transit in Toronto. Yesterday's 138-page analysis, written by a...

Taiwanese animators imagine Rob Ford’s death in a creepy amount of detail

Someone at Next Media Animation has an eye for detail and an extremely dark imagination. Previous YouTube videos from the...

The CBC’s Carol Off calls out Conrad Black for appearing to forget how to conduct an interview

The CBC’s Carol Off calls out Conrad Black for appearing to forget how to conduct an interview

By now, pretty much everyone agrees that Conrad Black ’s softball interview with Rob Ford was bad—except for Rob Ford...

Rob Ford invites the media to a Christmas party at his mom's house, and the predictable happens

Rob Ford invites the media to a Christmas party at his mom’s house, and the predictable happens

Don't ask us how we got this impression, but it seems that Rob Ford sometimes says things without first thinking the consequences...

Mommy Porn Goes Global: with 50 Shades of Grey and Gabriel's Inferno, BDSM-tinged bodice-rippers are changing the way we read

Mommy Porn Goes Global: with 50 Shades of Grey and Gabriel’s Inferno, BDSM-tinged bodice-rippers are changing the way we read

In September 2009, a serialized novel called The University of Edward Masen debuted on Twilighted, an online fan fiction forum...

Dean Blundell apologizes for the whole "maybe causing a mistrial" thing

Dean Blundell apologizes for the whole “maybe causing a mistrial” thing

On Monday we found out that Dean Blundell , host of The Edge 102.1 's morning show, may have jeopardized a sexual assault...

Five things we learned from Michael Schabas's critique of Toronto's public-transit plans

Five things we learned from Michael Schabas’s critique of Toronto’s public-transit plans

Arguing about public transit has become a parlour game in Toronto, where every month seems to bring a new proposal for an...

Canada Post is getting rid of home delivery

Canada Post is getting rid of home delivery

Downtown house dwellers can no longer look down upon condo owners and suburban denizens for their tiny, locked mailboxes situated...

QUOTED: Star reporter Daniel Dale on whether he'll sue Rob Ford

QUOTED: Star reporter Daniel Dale on whether he’ll sue Rob Ford

- Toronto Star city hall reporter Daniel Dale , on whether he'll sue Mayor Rob Ford . The conflict stems from an interview between...

Can this family produce three NHL stars? The unlikely rise of Team Subban

Can this family produce three NHL stars? The unlikely rise of Team Subban

It takes a special kind of household to produce an NHL star. Can this family really create three? The unlikely rise of...

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?