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Shoppers Drug Mart writes an awesome, dystopic response to a customer email

Shoppers Drug Mart writes an awesome, dystopic response to a customer email

Shoppers Drug Mart showed this week that, like Samsung Canada and Morton’s Steakhouse, it knows how to have some fun with its...

David Miller lands a new high-profile job at WWF-Canada

Former mayor David Miller is taking over as president and CEO of WWF-Canada (that’s the World Wildlife Fund, not the wrestling...

Jesse Brown: Will smartphones make cash and credit cards obsolete?

Jesse Brown: Will smartphones make cash and credit cards obsolete?

With just one tap, you’ll soon be able to use your smartphone to make a purchase, redeem a coupon, earn Air Miles and receive a...

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: Yard Art With A Very Literal, Very Anti-Ford Message

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: Yard Art With A Very Literal, Very Anti-Ford Message

When the Rob Ford crack story first broke, we saw this discarded toilet sitting on a Riverdale home’s front lawn. The blunt...

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: Mark Towhey’s leaked email and pictures of fish

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: Mark Towhey’s leaked email and pictures of fish

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

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.

Reasons to Love Toronto 2013: Our fifth annual mash note to the city

Reasons to Love Toronto 2013: Our fifth annual mash note to the city

When the news came that Toronto had breezed past Chicago in population count, adding another 38,000 people in a single year and...

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: eager, new hires and money laundering

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: eager, new hires and money laundering

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

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: The Mayor’s Smiling, Suspender-Clad Staff Before The Exodus

Rob Ford Photo LOLz: The Mayor’s Smiling, Suspender-Clad Staff Before The Exodus

Last Halloween, former Rob Ford staffer Brian Johnston tweeted this pic of the mayor’s entire team, who had a good-natured go at...

Rob Ford’s Official Tweets Vs. Reality: a day-by-day comparison of the last two weeks

Rob Ford’s Official Tweets Vs. Reality: a day-by-day comparison of the last two weeks

In the two weeks since news broke that Rob Ford (allegedly) smokes crack, the mayor has lost his temper, nearly a third of his...

Rob Ford resigns!

Rob Ford resigns!

Well, a Rob Ford resigned—State Senator Robert Ford from South Carolina. Psych! (Sometimes a joke is so good you just have to...

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: more staffers quit and the mayor has a lookalike named Slurpy

Rob Ford Crack-o-Meter: more staffers quit and the mayor has a lookalike named Slurpy

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

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...

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...

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