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Jesse Brown: Why music streaming services mean the death of radio—or perhaps its rebirth

Jesse Brown: Why music streaming services mean the death of radio—or perhaps its rebirth

Video never did kill the radio star. Neither did CDs or MP3s or even satellite radio, which tried to take down dusty old AM/FM...

Sex Without Borders: the complicated couplings of Toronto’s pleasure-seeking polyamorists

Sex Without Borders: the complicated couplings of Toronto’s pleasure-seeking polyamorists

Stephane and Samantha’s open marriage includes shared girlfriends, bacchanalian house parties and always asking permission...

The List: 10 things Joy Fielding, the queen of genre fiction, can’t live without

The List: 10 things Joy Fielding, the queen of genre fiction, can’t live without

1 | My mental stimulants I start every day with a coffee and a Sudoku. I’m not good at actual math, but for some reason I’m...

Editor’s Letter (February 2013): public sex, massage parlours and bawdy houses

Editor’s Letter (February 2013): public sex, massage parlours and bawdy houses

I myself have never had sex in public. As it turns out, I’m in the minority. An astonishing 65 per cent of Torontonians claim to...

Gawker Gotchas: the snarky site’s top six takedowns of Toronto journalists

Gawker Gotchas: the snarky site’s top six takedowns of Toronto journalists

Do not ask Rosie DiManno about her weekend. On Saturday, the Internet took aim at one of the Toronto Star columnist’s recent...

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.

Canada’s most valuable brands include a lot of banks and two telecom rivals

Canada’s most valuable brands include a lot of banks and two telecom rivals

Consulting firm Brand Finance Canada released its list of Canada’s top 50 brands earlier this week, and we’d bet the...

Best Bets: unofficial odds for our favourite Toronto Maple Leafs off-the-ice storylines in 2013

Best Bets: unofficial odds for our favourite Toronto Maple Leafs off-the-ice storylines in 2013

NHL hockey is finally here after a 119-day standoff between owners and the players union that robbed fans of nearly half the...

Video: Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford dishes on Torontonians’ sex lives

Toronto Life’ s inaugural sex issue hit newsstands today, and editor Sarah Fulford appeared on CTV to chat about the...

Rob Ford’s friend count is dropping fast

Rob Ford’s friend count is dropping fast

Although Rob Ford is calling it the “best budget in Toronto’s history,” the 2013 budget process has certainly diminished the...

Dumb and Dumber: the most idiotic things Giorgio Mammoliti and Rob Ford did during the budget debates

City council approved the 2013 operating budget just after noon today, and, despite $12-million in last-minute spending...

QUOTED: Rob Ford talks about his personal evolution

QUOTED: Rob Ford talks about his personal evolution

—Inveterate penny-pincher Rob Ford, contending that just because he added $7 million in new spending to the 2013...

Giorgio Mammoliti’s most memorable gaffes, including the one that could end his political career

Giorgio Mammoliti’s most memorable gaffes, including the one that could end his political career

Although Giorgio Mammoliti leapt from Rob Ford’ s lurching bandwagon in November, the two city hall fixtures still have a lot in...

Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain must pay $175,000 to his ex-wife every month

Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain must pay $175,000 to his ex-wife every month

The lesson from the latest, almost uncomfortably intimate details to emerge from the divorce proceedings of Maple Leaf Foods CEO...

Updated: TDSB director Chris Spence has plagiarized his way out of his job

Updated: TDSB director Chris Spence has plagiarized his way out of his job

The scandal over plagiarized passages in Chris Spence’ s latest Toronto Star op-ed escalated today, when the National Post...

What Toronto Maple Leafs brass, players and hockey insiders are saying about Brian Burke’s firing

What Toronto Maple Leafs brass, players and hockey insiders are saying about Brian Burke’s firing

The reactions to the shocking end of Brian Burke’ s tenure as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs —and the slightly...

Adam Vaughan Vs: Paul Godfrey’s hypocritical stance on casino locations

Adam Vaughan Vs: Paul Godfrey’s hypocritical stance on casino locations

Councillor Adam Vaughan is a staunch downtowner, a vocal casino opponent and a master of the well-timed zinger, all reasons why...

Glen Murray hopes his killer lasagna will make him Ontario’s premier

Glen Murray hopes his killer lasagna will make him Ontario’s premier

The backroom politicking ahead of this month’s Liberal leadership convention is now feverishly underway, with rival candidates...

Spotlight: Kristen Thomson depicts a marriage gone pear-shaped in her powerful new play Someone Else

Spotlight: Kristen Thomson depicts a marriage gone pear-shaped in her powerful new play Someone Else

Over a decade ago, Kristen Thomson collaborated with director Chris Abraham to create I, Claudia, the now-classic work about a...

QUOTED: Rob Ford, on whether he thinks he will win his appeal hearing

QUOTED: Rob Ford, on whether he thinks he will win his appeal hearing

—mayor-for-now Rob Ford, on his optimism that a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal will overturn Justice Charles...

The Profile: Calum de Hartog, the Toronto cop behind CBC’s new police drama Cracked

Calum de Hartog has seen some scary things in his job as a frontline Toronto cop. Now, as the co-creator of the new CBC drama...

Memoir: when I moved away from my overprotective parents at age 17, I was primed for trouble

Memoir: when I moved away from my overprotective parents at age 17, I was primed for trouble

I grew up in sleepy, suburban Calgary. My parents are conservative, first-generation immigrants from...

The Moment: the Bill 115 dust-up has been as mature as a cafeteria food fight

The Moment: the Bill 115 dust-up has been as mature as a cafeteria food fight

When a relationship goes sour, both sides tend to behave badly. McGuinty, the self-styled Education Premier, went first: his...

Jose Canseco for Toronto mayor? The pros and cons of the ex-slugger running city hall

Jose Canseco for Toronto mayor? The pros and cons of the ex-slugger running city hall

Toronto city politics hit a new level of crazy at just after one o’clock this morning, when legendary home run hitter and...

Pay Check: the salaries and bonuses of Toronto’s five highest-paid CEOs

Pay Check: the salaries and bonuses of Toronto’s five highest-paid CEOs

While most rankings of the super-wealthy focus on net worth, it’s hard not to also be curious about how much the...

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?