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Editor's Letter (August 2013): the party pooping Parkdale restaurant moratorium

Editor’s Letter (August 2013): the party pooping Parkdale restaurant moratorium

Parkdale on a hot summer night is an exceedingly fun place to be. If you’re lucky enough to snag a seat at Grand Electric, the...

Loblaw is buying Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion

Loblaw is buying Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion

Loblaw Companies announced this morning that it’s buying Shoppers Drug Mart, a high-stakes move that should help it compete with...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do you start a conversation without asking “What do you do?”

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do you start a conversation without asking “What do you do?”

Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a graphic designer, and my husband is a lawyer. He recently made partner at his firm, and we’ve been...

The List: 10 things Indy hotshot James Hinchcliffe can’t live without

The List: 10 things Indy hotshot James Hinchcliffe can’t live without

1. My lighters I’ve been collecting lighters since I was a kid. I have about 80 of them now (just to look at—I don’t...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I rat out parents who abuse the tennis club child care service?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I rat out parents who abuse the tennis club child care service?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a member at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, where they offer a child care service called Kids Klub, the...

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.

Memoir: I thought my husband’s alcoholism was behind us—until he and our marriage spiralled out of control

Memoir: I thought my husband’s alcoholism was behind us—until he and our marriage spiralled out of control

When Andrew and I met five years ago in Yellowknife, we clashed immediately: I thought he was an obnoxious party boy; he thought I...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Are stores allowed to ban customers from taking photos?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Are stores allowed to ban customers from taking photos?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I was recently at a high-end industrial design store in the Distillery District and snapped a pic of a funky...

Q&A: Ripley’s shark wrangler Andy Dehart on staring down a great white

Q&A: Ripley’s shark wrangler Andy Dehart on staring down a great white

You’re the director of husbandry at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, which opens this summer at the foot of the CN Tower. What...

An Etobicoke-based, conservative, Rob Ford ally named Doug is running for a provincial seat

An Etobicoke-based, conservative, Rob Ford ally named Doug is running for a provincial seat

No, not that Doug. Toronto deputy mayor Doug Holyday thrilled Progressive Conservatives yesterday by signing on to run in this...

The Rogers Centre has mysteriously become baseball’s home run capital

The Rogers Centre has mysteriously become baseball’s home run capital

Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista’ s sudden fondness for pitcher R.A. Dickey’ s pants is only the second weirdest thing to...

Reason to Love Toronto: because Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista plays his best ball in R.A. Dickey’s pants

Reason to Love Toronto: because Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista plays his best ball in R.A. Dickey’s pants

Baseball players are a weirdly superstitious lot: Jason Giambi slipped into a golden thong when he struggled at the plate; Wade...

Love and War in the House of McCain: inside the divorce that exposed the famous family’s deepest secrets

Love and War in the House of McCain: inside the divorce that exposed the famous family’s deepest secrets

Two years ago, on a family vacation in Mustique, Christine McCain told her husband that she wanted out of their marriage. Michael...

Trumped: the multi-million-dollar lawsuit over Toronto’s most controversial new condo-hotel

Trumped: the multi-million-dollar lawsuit over Toronto’s most controversial new condo-hotel

In the city’s new five-star hotel landscape, the Ritz represents elegant European classicism, the Shangri-La cool, Asian...

Body Break duo Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod are competing on Amazing Race Canada!!!!!!!!!!

In a stroke of casting genius, Amazing Race Canada has signed up legendarily chipper Body Break pair Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod...

Spotlight: Shay Mitchell is the breakout star of television’s trashiest teen drama

Spotlight: Shay Mitchell is the breakout star of television’s trashiest teen drama

Three years ago, the Mississauga-born actor Shay Mitchell, then a total unknown with zero notable screen credits, suddenly...

Rob Ford suspends staffer David Price for making a really boneheaded phone call

Rob Ford suspends staffer David Price for making a really boneheaded phone call

Here’s what we know about Rob Ford’ s shadowy director of logistics and operations David Price: he was Ford’s high school...

Mayor May Not: John Tory inches towards admitting he wants to replace Rob Ford

Mayor May Not: John Tory inches towards admitting he wants to replace Rob Ford

John Tory upgraded his 2014 mayoral ambitions from “never say never” to “thinking about it” in an interview yesterday. The...

A tour of some of the Toronto Zoo’s cutest, cuddliest animals, including the prize pair of giant pandas

A tour of some of the Toronto Zoo’s cutest, cuddliest animals, including the prize pair of giant pandas

Er Sun and Da Mao, two giant pandas on long-term loan from Chongqing Zoo in China, arrived via FedEx in March (Prime Minister...

Jan Wong: vicious turf wars at dog parks across Toronto have cost taxpayers a fortune

Jan Wong: vicious turf wars at dog parks across Toronto have cost taxpayers a fortune

Once upon a time, happiness reigned in Ledbury Park, a 1.6-hectare expanse of green tucked into a residential area west of Avenue...

Crack Facts: a look at everything we know about the Rob Ford drug scandal

Crack Facts: a look at everything we know about the Rob Ford drug scandal

Six weeks into the Rob Ford crack scandal, the surge of new details has slowed to a trickle, the video is likely gone and the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I stop my neighbours from renting out their front yards as parking spots?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I stop my neighbours from renting out their front yards as parking spots?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I moved near the Gay Village last year and noticed many of my neighbours renting out their front yards as...

Karen Stintz is working on her 2014 mayoral campaign

Karen Stintz is working on her 2014 mayoral campaign

Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls aren’t allowed to officially campaign until January 2014, but preliminary jockeying is well...

Back in the Game: Blue Jays slugger José Bautista’s high-stakes mission to stay on top

Back in the Game: Blue Jays slugger José Bautista’s high-stakes mission to stay on top

It was July 16 of last year, a day game. More than 42,000 people in Yankee Stadium, and a few million sitting on couches at...

Editor’s Letter (July 2013): how can Toronto protect its parks?

Editor’s Letter (July 2013): how can Toronto protect its parks?

One of the nicest ways to spend a summer afternoon is to go to Trinity Bellwoods Park, find a spot on the grass and...

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?