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A Cultural Revolution: the AGO’s Ai Weiwei exhibition proves why the Chinese artist is such a threat

A Cultural Revolution: the AGO’s Ai Weiwei exhibition proves why the Chinese artist is such a threat

Ai Weiwei is the most famous artist on the planet, and like many who have held the title before (van Gogh, Picasso), his personal...

A primer on Rob Ford’s latest troubles, from nocturnal wanderings to a jailhouse visit

A primer on Rob Ford’s latest troubles, from nocturnal wanderings to a jailhouse visit

Just when we thought Rob Ford’ s public relations problems were petering out, there’s a spate of new allegations, each...

Memoir: what I learned from working the graveyard shift at the Rogers Centre

Memoir: what I learned from working the graveyard shift at the Rogers Centre

On my first night, I picked up a beer-soaked five-dollar bill and shoved it into my pocket. Some of my co-workers were high; some...

Best of the City 2013: a league for urban lumberjacks yearning to throw axes

Best of the City 2013: a league for urban lumberjacks yearning to throw axes

The quirkiest tenant on Sterling Road’s warehouse row is the Backyard Axe-Throwing League, which has become a heraldic...

The List: 10 things Eb Zeidler, the influential architect behind the Eaton Centre, can’t live without

The List: 10 things Eb Zeidler, the influential architect behind the Eaton Centre, can’t live without

1 | My hats The summer straw hat has become my signature, but I have one for every season—a black wool hat with a peacock band...

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.

Last Holyday: the highs and lows of Doug Holyday’s career in city politics

Last Holyday: the highs and lows of Doug Holyday’s career in city politics

City hall will be a different place without Doug Holyday. After 28 years in municipal politics, the deputy mayor joins the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbour holds a yard sale every weekend. Is there anything I can do?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbour holds a yard sale every weekend. Is there anything I can do?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My neighbour holds a yard sale every weekend. She prices everything way too high and won’t negotiate, like...

Doug Holyday beats out fellow city councillor Peter Milczyn to win a seat at Queen’s Park

Doug Holyday beats out fellow city councillor Peter Milczyn to win a seat at Queen’s Park

Following a campaign full of petty swipes and arguments over photo ops, deputy mayor Doug Holyday triumphed over Liberal candidate...

Spotlight: Dion Johnstone is an Othello you don’t want to mess with

Spotlight: Dion Johnstone is an Othello you don’t want to mess with

Six years ago, while Dion Johnstone was rehearsing a duel for a production of King Lear, the show’s fight choreographer told him...

The Toronto Star names the man who tried to hock the Rob Ford crack video

The Toronto Star names the man who tried to hock the Rob Ford crack video

The Rob Ford crack scandal is all but dead. Gawker has given up on buying the video; Ford has replaced all his departed...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How should I respond to overzealous street fundraisers?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How should I respond to overzealous street fundraisers?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I was shopping on Queen West recently and was accosted in three separate instances by those relentlessly...

Best of the City: our indispensable list of all that’s excellent in 2013

Best of the City: our indispensable list of all that’s excellent in 2013

City hall is a circus, our roads are chronically clogged and the Stanley Cup continues to elude us, but our economy is booming...

The Constant Travellers: six local jet-setters give their tips for New York, Bangkok, St. Petersburg and more

The Constant Travellers: six local jet-setters give their tips for New York, Bangkok, St. Petersburg and more

We rounded up a group of the city’s brightest artists, entrepreneurs and professional tourists and asked them for insider intel...

Reaction Roundup: what protestors, police and pundits are saying about Sammy Yatim’s death

Reaction Roundup: what protestors, police and pundits are saying about Sammy Yatim’s death

Early Saturday morning, 18-year-old Sammy Yatim brandished a knife on the Dundas West streetcar, ordering everyone to get off. A...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our neighbour that we can hear him watching porn?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our neighbour that we can hear him watching porn?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I live in a semi, and every night around midnight our neighbour, a single guy in his...

Toronto according to Drake: in which we assess the hip-hop star’s hometown obsession

Toronto according to Drake: in which we assess the hip-hop star’s hometown obsession

Drake likes Toronto. A lot. He raps about it. Talks about it. Etches its landmarks into his flesh. That’s mostly a good thing:...

Five things we learned about cocky new MLSE boss Tim Leiweke and his plans to overhaul Toronto’s sports teams

Five things we learned about cocky new MLSE boss Tim Leiweke and his plans to overhaul Toronto’s sports teams

MLSE’ s new president and CEO Tim Leiweke is an accomplished sports exec who lives at the Ritz-Carlton and can out-ego Brian...

High times at Appleby College: inside a bitter legal dispute over discipline at the posh private school

High times at Appleby College: inside a bitter legal dispute over discipline at the posh private school

When the prestigious private school expelled a 12th grader named Gautam Setia for lighting a bong in his dorm on the night before...

Five things you didn’t know about Douglas Coupland, who has a cool new exhibition and a novel on the way

Five things you didn’t know about Douglas Coupland, who has a cool new exhibition and a novel on the way

1 | He’s not a morning person “I sleep in every single day until 11. As long as I sleep in, I will be creative. If I get up...

Toronto Public Health takes a stand against Jenny McCarthy

Toronto Public Health takes a stand against Jenny McCarthy

Toronto’s public health department is all riled up over The View's decision to hire former Playmate and anti-vaccination...

The King of Spooky: Linwood Barclay’s rise from suburban dad to Canada’s biggest fiction export

The King of Spooky: Linwood Barclay’s rise from suburban dad to Canada’s biggest fiction export

Linwood Barclay’s thrillers have been translated into 40 languages and published in 30 countries, making him a...

Gawker gives up on buying the Rob Ford crack video

Gawker gives up on buying the Rob Ford crack video

Gawker has officially called off its quest for the infamous Rob Ford crack video—which doesn’t come as a big surprise since...

Philip Preville: Ford Nation is not who you think it is

Philip Preville: Ford Nation is not who you think it is

Crackgate revealed that the city’s crippling political divide isn’t between downtowners and suburbanites—it’s between the...

Q&A: Robyn Doolittle, the Star’s Ford-stalking, video-watching, hate mail–receiving journalist du jour

Q&A: Robyn Doolittle, the Star’s Ford-stalking, video-watching, hate mail–receiving journalist du jour

You were a little-known reporter covering the municipal beat. Then the mayor does crack—or not—you watch a video and you’re...

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?