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Billy Bishop Airport – An Economic Driver

Billy Bishop Airport is proud to be an economic driver in our city. According to a recent Economic Impact Study, the airport...

Quoted: Raptors forward Amir Johnson spouts a verbal love letter to Toronto

Quoted: Raptors forward Amir Johnson spouts a verbal love letter to Toronto

—Raptor Amir Johnson, on his deep affection for his adopted city in general, and its residents’ courteousness in...

Slideshow: our favourite wacky and witty painted utility boxes across the city

Slideshow: our favourite wacky and witty painted utility boxes across the city

See our favourite painted boxes »

Editor's Letter (October 2013): the best of the artisanal food invasion

Editor’s Letter (October 2013): the best of the artisanal food invasion

Before the cronut burger arrived at the CNE and poisoned 200 people with the staphylococcus aureus toxin, the cronut—sans beef...

INFOGRAPHIC: A revealing, zoomable map of Toronto’s racial distribution

INFOGRAPHIC: A revealing, zoomable map of Toronto’s racial distribution

This summer, a dot map showing the race and location of every person living in the U.S. sparked plenty of chatter about enduring...

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.

Quoted: Rob Ford holds a press conference at a gas station to address his friend’s drug charges

Quoted: Rob Ford holds a press conference at a gas station to address his friend’s drug charges

—A “very surprised” Rob Ford, not quite commenting on the drug charges against buddy and occasional driver Sandro Lisi...

VIDEO: Margaret Atwood has a plan to improve the lyrics to “O Canada”

Should Canada’s anthem be gender-neutral? Literary goddess Margaret Atwood and former PM Kim Campbell think so. Their proposed...

Rob Ford’s friend is arrested on drug charges; reporters rejoice

Rob Ford’s friend is arrested on drug charges; reporters rejoice

Whenever the Rob Ford crack rumour machine starts to slows down, a crazy new development gives the media a chance to rehash all...

Stealing cell phones just got a lot less lucrative

Stealing cell phones just got a lot less lucrative

The newest tool in the war against phone snatchers: a country-wide blacklist to help deny cell service to stolen devices. Anyone...

Q&A: Malcolm Gladwell on why it pays to be an underdog

Q&A: Malcolm Gladwell on why it pays to be an underdog

In Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, David and Goliath, the bestselling pop sociologist Gladsplains the art of beating the odds The...

Drake and Rob Ford team up to try to make the Raptors cool again

Drake and Rob Ford team up to try to make the Raptors cool again

Today in weird match-ups: at a Toronto Raptors press conference this morning, Drake and Rob Ford together announced that the team...

Philip Preville: Why Kathleen Wynne needs Rob Ford

Philip Preville: Why Kathleen Wynne needs Rob Ford

If Kathleen Wynne is to achieve anything for Toronto—and transit is top of the list—she needs Rob Ford to knock around Back in...

Best of Fall 2013: our indispensable guide to the season’s hottest movies, theatre, concerts, art, books and more

Best of Fall 2013: our indispensable guide to the season’s hottest movies, theatre, concerts, art, books and more

Thirty years ago, in the song “Modern Love,” David Bowie told us he knows “when to go out, when to stay in.” That’s easy...

Best of Fall 2013: the five local stars gracing TVs this season

Best of Fall 2013: the five local stars gracing TVs this season

By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...

Best of Fall 2013: the season's three best auteur films

Best of Fall 2013: the season’s three best auteur films

Summer is for blockbusters, autumn is for auteurs. This fall, three acclaimed directors bring their signature visions to the big...

Best of Fall 2013: five books by Toronto writers you absolutely must read

Best of Fall 2013: five books by Toronto writers you absolutely must read

By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...

Best of Fall 2013: the six best art exhibitions in Toronto this autumn

Best of Fall 2013: the six best art exhibitions in Toronto this autumn

By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...

Best of Fall 2013: six Toronto concerts that are totally worth the lineup

Best of Fall 2013: six Toronto concerts that are totally worth the lineup

By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...

Best of Fall 2013: five can't-miss theatre productions that bring sex, romance, dance and the apocalypse to Toronto stages

Best of Fall 2013: five can’t-miss theatre productions that bring sex, romance, dance and the apocalypse to Toronto stages

By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...

POLL: The design for Canada’s Olympic hockey jersey has leaked. What do you think?

POLL: The design for Canada’s Olympic hockey jersey has leaked. What do you think?

In this hockey-mad country, a lame Team Canada jersey is a calamity surpassed only by a failure to bring home the gold. Hence the...

Soulpepper’s Albert Schultz on eating beetles and the one thing he thinks Conrad Black is lying about

Soulpepper’s Albert Schultz on eating beetles and the one thing he thinks Conrad Black is lying about

Five things you didn’t know about the Soulpepper head honcho, who plays the title role in a marathon production of the comic...

Quoted: Tim Hudak admits that Toronto voters exist, stuck on Gardiner

Quoted: Tim Hudak admits that Toronto voters exist, stuck on Gardiner

—Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak on his master plan for convincing Toronto voters to vote Progressive...

Toronto-based Fairfax Financial is set to buy BlackBerry for $4.7 billion

Toronto-based Fairfax Financial is set to buy BlackBerry for $4.7 billion

Canadian insurance company Fairfax Financial, which already owns approximately 10 per cent of BlackBerry’ s shares, has struck a...

Memoir: a notorious Upper Canada College teacher ruined my life

Memoir: a notorious Upper Canada College teacher ruined my life

Almost 40 years ago, Doug Brown repeatedly sexually assaulted me. Only now do I understand how profoundly he marked my life I was...

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?