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Rob Ford Photo LOLz: An Etsy Tote That Slams The Mayor While Carrying Your Organic Veg

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: An Etsy Tote That Slams The Mayor While Carrying Your Organic Veg

Torontonians are expressing their outrage over the scandal engulfing city hall in ways both creative and cute. Graffiti artists...

Six defences of Rob Ford, from somewhat reasonable to completely crazytown

Six defences of Rob Ford, from somewhat reasonable to completely crazytown

In a show of Ford Nation’s loyalty, Rob Ford still has more-or-less the same approval rating as before he became the world’s...

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: an arrest, a rap song and what Rob Ford knew about the crack video

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: an arrest, a rap song and what Rob Ford knew about the crack video

Rob Ford has skated through some humiliating situations and emerged relatively unscathed. The crack-smoking scandal, though, has...

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: Rob and Doug Ford Become Bob and Doug McKenzie

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: Rob and Doug Ford Become Bob and Doug McKenzie

Like many Canadians of a particular vintage, we have a nostalgic love for the fictional pair of classic Canadians Bob and Doug...

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: the Toronto Sun screws up and Ford’s football coach is scrutinized

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: the Toronto Sun screws up and Ford’s football coach is scrutinized

Rob Ford has skated through some humiliating situations and emerged relatively unscathed. The crack-smoking scandal, though, has...

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.

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: The Mayor Gets The Saddest Birthday Cake Ever

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: The Mayor Gets The Saddest Birthday Cake Ever

Mayor Rob Ford turned 44 yesterday. Instead of getting a big bag of crack, a new high school football coaching job or a respite...

It’s Rob Ford’s birthday: 10 gifts for the man who has everything (and by everything, we mean a crack scandal)

It’s Rob Ford’s birthday: 10 gifts for the man who has everything (and by everything, we mean a crack scandal)

Rob Ford probably didn’t want to spend his 44th birthday dodging the media, walking past vacant desks where trusted advisors...

Five things you didn’t know about the National Ballet’s Heather Ogden, star of this June’s super-sultry Carmen

Five things you didn’t know about the National Ballet’s Heather Ogden, star of this June’s super-sultry Carmen

1. She’s a total Karen Kain fangirl “When I joined the company in 1998, Karen was already retired from dancing. She came in to...

A cheat sheet on Rob Ford’s freefall, from his shrinking staff to the latest on the crack video

A cheat sheet on Rob Ford’s freefall, from his shrinking staff to the latest on the crack video

In the 11 days since Gawker broke the story that mayor Rob Ford (allegedly) likes to smoke a little crack in his drug dealer’s...

Two of Rob Ford’s senior staffers, including his press secretary, have quit

Two of Rob Ford’s senior staffers, including his press secretary, have quit

Only four days after the mayor’s chief of staff Mark Towhey was fired , two more of Rob Ford’ s close advisors have quit. The...

QUOTED: Rob Ford finally speaks up about whether he smokes crack cocaine

QUOTED: Rob Ford finally speaks up about whether he smokes crack cocaine

—Embattled mayor and meme-maker’s best friend Rob Ford on the Toronto Star and Gawker’ s allegations that he was caught on...

The List: 10 things Stratford’s new artistic director Antoni Cimolino can’t live without

The List: 10 things Stratford’s new artistic director Antoni Cimolino can’t live without

1. My heroes In 1992 I played Romeo opposite Megan Follows. I love this photo from opening night. I really admire the other three...

Rob Ford fires Mark Towhey—his chief of staff and most trusted advisor

Rob Ford fires Mark Towhey—his chief of staff and most trusted advisor

Rob Ford’ s crazy week just got crazier. Mark Towhey, the mayor’s chief of staff and according to many the brains behind team...

Philip Preville: Does Toronto really need a $1-billion police force?

Philip Preville: Does Toronto really need a $1-billion police force?

Zulfiqar Khimani holds the distinction of being Toronto’s most prolific parking enforcement officer. In the last five years he...

Rob Ford has been turfed as coach of Don Bosco’s high school football team

Rob Ford has been turfed as coach of Don Bosco’s high school football team

The Toronto Catholic District School Board is ditching Rob Ford as the volunteer coach of the Don Bosco Eagles. The news—which...

Q&A: Porter CEO Robert Deluce on his plans to vanquish the anti–Island airport faction

Q&A: Porter CEO Robert Deluce on his plans to vanquish the anti–Island airport faction

There’s been relative peace on the island due in part to the ban on jets. Recently you announced you’d made a conditional...

Videos: watch Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno weigh in on the Rob Ford crack allegations

Rob Ford has studiously avoided addressing his alleged proclivity for smoking crack for four days, though pundits, councillors and...

MLSE fires Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo—but asks him to stay as president

MLSE fires Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo—but asks him to stay as president

This could get awkward: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment brass axed Bryan Colangelo as general manager of the Toronto Raptors...

How close is Gawker to publishing the Rob Ford crack video?

How close is Gawker to publishing the Rob Ford crack video?

Though it’s possible the buzz behind Crackstarter could fizzle out, the fund was still growing at a furious rate today (over...

Five things you didn’t know about Nina Dobrev, the star of the teen fangst phenomenon The Vampire Diaries

Five things you didn’t know about Nina Dobrev, the star of the teen fangst phenomenon The Vampire Diaries

1. She’s a little rusty on her hometown hot spots “I realized how much I missed Toronto when I came to TIFF for The Perks of...

The Top 10 Most Amazing Things About the Rob Ford Crack-Smoking Story (Assuming All Allegations Are True and All Videos Are Fully Authenticated)

The Top 10 Most Amazing Things About the Rob Ford Crack-Smoking Story (Assuming All Allegations Are True and All Videos Are Fully Authenticated)

Below, a countdown of the 10 craziest things about the Rob Ford crack-smoking brouhaha. 10. Gawker broke the story. 9. The Toronto...

Watch Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford discuss our fifth annual edition of Reasons to Love Toronto Now

Feel giddy about your city? Us too! We love that the Jays are back in the swing of things, we love that our new premier isn’t...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Our neighbours’ barbecue fills our backyard with unpleasant smoke. Can we complain?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Our neighbours’ barbecue fills our backyard with unpleasant smoke. Can we complain?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I have new neighbours who love to barbecue, which is fine, except that it’s almost always...

Editor’s Letter (June 2013): Regent Park proves that big, visionary projects can get off the ground

Editor’s Letter (June 2013): Regent Park proves that big, visionary projects can get off the ground

We all have places in Toronto we like to show off to guests from out of town. In the summer, I take my visiting friends to...

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?