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Quoted: a sharpy funny fake Rob Ford Twitter account commemorates the mayor’s election win

Quoted: a sharpy funny fake Rob Ford Twitter account commemorates the mayor’s election win

—Mock Rob Ford Twitter account @TOMayorFrod, on an unlikely achievement: the rule breaching, reporter menacing, (alleged) crack...

Police watched Gawker editor John Cook watch the Rob Ford crack video

Police watched Gawker editor John Cook watch the Rob Ford crack video

Here’s a comforting bit of news for Gawker editor John Cook: as he sat in a car outside a Dixon Road housing development last...

PHOTO: Drake’s Toronto-centric birthday cake

PHOTO: Drake’s Toronto-centric birthday cake

The hip hop star celebrated his 27th birthday with a confectionery ode to Toronto. Naturally, the cake highlights the CN...

VIDEO: Relive Joe Carter’s World Series-winning homer which was, unbelievably, 20 years ago this week

This has not been a good year for Toronto baseball. Not only did all the offseason hope and optimism fade almost immediately, but...

No money? No problem. How more and more Torontonians are capitalizing on the barter economy

No money? No problem. How more and more Torontonians are capitalizing on the barter economy

A growing movement of Torontonians barter for dinner, a haircut, a night at a hotel, you name it. They aren’t necessarily...

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.

Why it could soon be more difficult to hail a taxi—and more expensive once you do

Why it could soon be more difficult to hail a taxi—and more expensive once you do

Exactly nobody is happy with Toronto’s screwed-up taxi system. Riders find the $4.25 starting fare exorbitant, while the current...

PHOTO: How Bloor-Yonge station will look if the TTC renames its subway lines

PHOTO: How Bloor-Yonge station will look if the TTC renames its subway lines

TTC spokesman Brad Ross posted a pair of images last night showing the Bloor-Yonge station’s current signage (top), and a spiffy...

Celebrittorney Clayton Ruby’s best media-baiting manoeuvres

Celebrittorney Clayton Ruby’s best media-baiting manoeuvres

Clayton Ruby may not be the winningest lawyer in Toronto, but he gets more ink than a tattoo junkie on a bender. It’s all in his...

Party Pages: Steven Page performs and David Miller makes friends with a bear at WWF Canada’s annual gala

Party Pages: Steven Page performs and David Miller makes friends with a bear at WWF Canada’s annual gala

While no actual furry animals attended the World Wildlife Fund’s Panda Ball at the Four Seasons on Friday night, there was a...

Quoted: Rob Ford’s profanity-littered phone tirade at a Toronto Sun columnist

Quoted: Rob Ford’s profanity-littered phone tirade at a Toronto Sun columnist

— Rob Ford, losing it on the Toronto Sun’ s Joe Warmington after the columnist—and frequent Ford defender— slammed the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: I’m really, really sick of Bob Marley. Can I ask my neighbours to make a new playlist?

Dear Urban Diplomat: I’m really, really sick of Bob Marley. Can I ask my neighbours to make a new playlist?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I live in Kensington Market, so I’ve seen and heard it all. For months, the establishment below my...

How Hudson’s Bay CEO Bonnie Brooks would spend a perfect Saturday in Wychwood Park

How Hudson’s Bay CEO Bonnie Brooks would spend a perfect Saturday in Wychwood Park

“I’ve lived in this neighbourhood on and off for 40 years. I keep coming back for Wychwood Park —a heavenly patch of country...

Q&A: departing National Post columnist Shinan Govani on life with the city’s glitter girls and power players

Q&A: departing National Post columnist Shinan Govani on life with the city’s glitter girls and power players

After 12 years and 6,623 parties, Toronto’s gossip guy of record is parting ways with the National Post. Here, Shinan Govani...

Memoir: I gave up my private medical practice to treat the addicts and thieves in a women’s prison

Memoir: I gave up my private medical practice to treat the addicts and thieves in a women’s prison

When I opened my North York private practice in 1976, I harboured all sorts of idealistic notions about what it meant to be a...

Quoted: Mayor Rob Ford on whether or not he sleeps on the job

Quoted: Mayor Rob Ford on whether or not he sleeps on the job

— Rob Ford telling Toronto Sun reporter Don Peat that an Imgur picture (right) that appears to catch him sleeping on the job...

Eight Halloween costume ideas for the discerning Torontonian, from the Ikea Monkey to the Cronut Burger

Eight Halloween costume ideas for the discerning Torontonian, from the Ikea Monkey to the Cronut Burger

What you’ll need: Darwin is now going clothing free at an animal sanctuary, but you can revisit last winter’s media frenzy...

Slideshow: tour the new Ripley’s Aquarium with 18 exclusive photos

Slideshow: tour the new Ripley’s Aquarium with 18 exclusive photos

Two years of construction and $130 million later, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, the 135,000-square-foot monument to marine life...

The List: 10 things celebrity gossip guru Lainey Lui can’t live without

The List: 10 things celebrity gossip guru Lainey Lui can’t live without

1 | My e-cigarette It’s almost like a hookah pipe, with liquid nicotine that you inhale. It still gives you the throat hit. I...

POLL: Is Rob Ford being a robo-call bully?

POLL: Is Rob Ford being a robo-call bully?

Speeches, radio shows and fridge magnets are no longer enough for Rob Ford, who on Friday found a new way to broadcast his...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I allowed to decorate my house any way I want at Halloween?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I allowed to decorate my house any way I want at Halloween?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Every Halloween, I do up my lawn as a graveyard, scatter body parts around the porch and hang a fake corpse...

The Oracle of Bay Street: finance bad boy Michael Wekerle is back, and his new firm is already the talk of Toronto

The Oracle of Bay Street: finance bad boy Michael Wekerle is back, and his new firm is already the talk of Toronto

When a video game player loads NBA 2K13, say, or Madden NFL on his Xbox, he’s invited to join a social media platform where he...

Star Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland bought a million-dollar house one block away from her NDP rival

Star Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland bought a million-dollar house one block away from her NDP rival

Political rivals Chrystia Freeland and Linda McQuaig have a lot in common: both are successful journalists, both hold views on...

Trend Watch: Basketball is now more popular than hockey

Trend Watch: Basketball is now more popular than hockey

Sayonara, Don Cherry. Toronto’s sports allegiance is quickly changing One hundred and twenty-two years ago, a Canadian gym...

Quoted: The poor guy from New York whose Twitter handle is @Rogers on last night’s nationwide service outage

Quoted: The poor guy from New York whose Twitter handle is @Rogers on last night’s nationwide service outage

—Australian-born Brooklynite Glenn Rogers, holder of the @rogers Twitter handle, on t he hundreds of furious tweets he received...

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