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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...

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.

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...

PHOTO: a midcentury fighter jet travels the streets of Toronto

PHOTO: a midcentury fighter jet travels the streets of Toronto

Early this morning, an 85-foot-long replica of the Avro Arrow was moved from its former home at Downsview Park to the...

PHOTO: A woman drives her car into wet cement on Queen’s Quay

PHOTO: A woman drives her car into wet cement on Queen’s Quay

Empirical proof that someone is having a worse day than you. [@jm_mcgrath]

Talk of mass layoffs at Blackberry completely upstage the company’s massive new phone

Talk of mass layoffs at Blackberry completely upstage the company’s massive new phone

Dear Urban Diplomat: Someone posted an embarrassing video of me on YouTube. Can I ask them to remove it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Someone posted an embarrassing video of me on YouTube. Can I ask them to remove it?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I wore my Boston Bruins jersey to a Jays game recently and some drunk guy threw a hot dog at me. I freaked...

Could Toronto have free public Wi-Fi by the end of next year?

Could Toronto have free public Wi-Fi by the end of next year?

Something Milan and Taipei—and even Fredericton and Moose Jaw—have in common: free Internet hotspots in parks, squares and...

Toronto’s three lady elephants are moving to California in a month (for real this time)

Toronto’s three lady elephants are moving to California in a month (for real this time)

Finally, after years of bickering and delays , Toronto’s prolonged pachyderm saga is drawing to a close. Shortly after...

Justin Trudeau turns his attention to the journalist vs. journalist showdown in Toronto Centre

Justin Trudeau turns his attention to the journalist vs. journalist showdown in Toronto Centre

For the first time in a long time, the rest of Canada might just care about downtown Toronto. The by-election fight for Bob Rae’...

Kensington’s indie shop owners versus the big bad capitalists: a blow-by-blow breakdown

Kensington’s indie shop owners versus the big bad capitalists: a blow-by-blow breakdown

There’s a gentrification war brewing in the market. On one side are the landlords, many represented by commercial real estate...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Neighbourhood dogs love peeing on my front lawn. Is it rude to complain?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Neighbourhood dogs love peeing on my front lawn. Is it rude to complain?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My house is on a corner lot that’s very popular with dogs. Thankfully, most owners pick up number twos, but...

Medieval Times is on the hunt for a new king

Medieval Times is on the hunt for a new king

Attention Game of Thrones fans: Medieval Times, the kitschy, themed dinner show, is looking for a new king. An online job ad lists...

UPDATED: George Smitherman’s husband found alive near Landsdowne and Dupont

UPDATED: George Smitherman’s husband found alive near Landsdowne and Dupont

Well, this is troubling: Christopher Peloso, the husband of former health minister and mayoral candidate George Smitherman , has...

Glass falls from the Shangri-La onto a man’s head

Glass falls from the Shangri-La onto a man’s head

Although glass regularly falls from downtown’s towers, it’s rare for someone to actually get clocked (the most-frequent...

Get the facts about Billy Bishop Airport

As the only commercial airport within Toronto’s city boundaries, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport provides unprecedented...

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