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The Amazing Adventures of Michael Snow: an uncensored history of Toronto’s most notorious art star

The Amazing Adventures of Michael Snow: an uncensored history of Toronto’s most notorious art star

One afternoon last summer, Michael Snow stood on an upper floor of the Sheraton hotel examining his latest creation from a...

The Toronto Star asks: does Rob Ford have a drinking problem?

The Toronto Star asks: does Rob Ford have a drinking problem?

The Toronto Star took aim at Rob Ford once again this morning with a lengthy story alleging that the mayor struggles to control...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our otherwise perfect babysitter that drinking on the job isn’t cool?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our otherwise perfect babysitter that drinking on the job isn’t cool?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I discovered the parenting Holy Grail: a babysitter who’s punctual, affordable and amazing with...

Introducing: the Toronto Zoo’s new panda couple

Introducing: the Toronto Zoo’s new panda couple

After twelve years of planning, a pair of giant pandas on long-term loan from China’s Chongqing Zoo finally touched down in...

The Argument: Bestselling novelist Claire Messud returns with The Woman Upstairs, a book that dares to make art out of middle age

The Argument: Bestselling novelist Claire Messud returns with The Woman Upstairs, a book that dares to make art out of middle age

I’m over 40, yet much of my pop culture consumption of late has concerned precocious young people. I am surrounded by...

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.

See, Hear, Read: March’s best movie, music and book release

See, Hear, Read: March’s best movie, music and book release

Derek Cianfrance did the small and intimate thing in his acclaimed 2010 film, Blue Valentine, about a relationship going belly-up...

Is the Toronto casino dead? Politicos weigh in

Is the Toronto casino dead? Politicos weigh in

The chances of a splashy Toronto casino slimmed significantly yesterday when premier Kathleen Wynne nixed a plan to give the city...

Q&A: Toronto’s chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat on public transit, The Voice and taking a pay cut

Q&A: Toronto’s chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat on public transit, The Voice and taking a pay cut

You left a rather prosperous job as a partner at a private firm six months ago to become Toronto’s chief planner, and you took a...

Girlfriends for Hire: the rules of Toronto’s new sugar daddy economy

Girlfriends for Hire: the rules of Toronto’s new sugar daddy economy

Olivia dates rich older men in exchange for gifts and money. She doesn’t consider it prostitution. In her mind, and in the minds...

Editor's Letter (April 2013): why the digital age requires new and unorthodox office spaces

Editor’s Letter (April 2013): why the digital age requires new and unorthodox office spaces

Shayne Hughes, the CEO of a California-based business consultancy called Learning as Leadership, recently put a moratorium on...

Quoted: Rob Ford on a horrific consequence of councillor term limits

Quoted: Rob Ford on a horrific consequence of councillor term limits

–Mayor Rob Ford, who served three terms as councillor for Etobicoke’s Ward 2, on one of the reasons he thinks voters, rather...

Quoted: Clayton Ruby isn’t over the Rob Ford conflict-of-interest case

– Clayton Ruby, the high-profile lawyer who nearly got Rob Ford booted from office, on why he’s asking the Supreme Court of...

Already-pricey Maple Leafs tickets are getting more expensive

Already-pricey Maple Leafs tickets are getting more expensive

The Maple Leafs may already have the NHL’s most expensive tickets (by a whopping 50 per cent), but that isn’t stopping Maple...

Party Pages: Jason Priestley searches for poutine at Canadian Stage’s Theatre Ball: Happy 25!

Party Pages: Jason Priestley searches for poutine at Canadian Stage’s Theatre Ball: Happy 25!

March 7, The Carlu. “If there’s poutine, I’m in,” intimated the former Beverly Hills 90210 star as he weaved around...

Battle of the baby polar bears: does Toronto or Buffalo have the cutest cub?

Battle of the baby polar bears: does Toronto or Buffalo have the cutest cub?

Toronto got a lot less adorable in January, when the Toronto Zoo’s young polar bear Hudson left for the Assiniboine Park Zoo in...

Mayor In Waiting: an inside look at Olivia Chow’s political ambitions

Mayor In Waiting: an inside look at Olivia Chow’s political ambitions

Olivia Chow’s public mourning after Jack Layton’s death cast her in a new light: dignified, likeable and, well, mayoral. Toronto wants her to run, but does she want Toronto?

High Rollers: we break down five different billion-dollar plans for a casino in downtown Toronto

High Rollers: we break down five different billion-dollar plans for a casino in downtown Toronto

City councillors could vote on whether to allow a downtown casino as soon as next month, and they, along with the rest of...

Former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson alleges Rob Ford touched her inappropriately

Sarah Thomson says that Rob Ford made a lewd comment at a function at the Arcadian Court last night. She posted an image on...

The Argument: Musical visionary Tod Machover crowd-sourced a symphony for Toronto—now other cities want one too

The Argument: Musical visionary Tod Machover crowd-sourced a symphony for Toronto—now other cities want one too

In early 2011, Peter Oundjian, the music director for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, enlisted Tod Machover to compose a piece for...

Memoir: Michael Redhill on becoming a full-blown hockey dad

Memoir: Michael Redhill on becoming a full-blown hockey dad

As a kid, I never got into organized sport. Today, I’m schlepping my sons through pre-dawn blizzards to far-flung corners of...

1,765 people in Toronto are worth more than $30 million

This just in from the latest in the never-ending series of city rankings : Toronto has 1,765 “high-net-worth individuals,”...

Rob Ford is facing another integrity complaint over his letters to lobbyists

Rob Ford is facing another integrity complaint over his letters to lobbyists

Even after nearly being booted from office for it, Rob Ford continues to send out fundraising letters to registered lobbyists...

Toronto surpasses Chicago to become the fourth-largest city in North America

Toronto surpasses Chicago to become the fourth-largest city in North America

Big news: Toronto pulled ahead of Chicago to become North America’s fourth-largest city behind Mexico City, New York and Los...

Get summer started at the Spring Cottage Life Show

Get summer started at the Spring Cottage Life Show

Kick off cottage season with a visit to the 20th annual Spring Cottage Life Show. Visit our 500+ exhibitors to find...

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?