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Reason to Love Toronto: because the Blue Jays made a blockbuster trade

Reason to Love Toronto: because the Blue Jays made a blockbuster trade

Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it rude to order dessert when there’s a line of people waiting for a table?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it rude to order dessert when there’s a line of people waiting for a table?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently waited for two hours to get a table at a new restaurant at Dundas and...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I go barefoot on the treadmill at the gym?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I go barefoot on the treadmill at the gym?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m a physiotherapist, and I recently started running barefoot on the treadmill at my gym. To my...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My sister gave me opera tickets. Am I obligated to take her as my date?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My sister gave me opera tickets. Am I obligated to take her as my date?

Dear Urban Diplomat, For my 40th birthday, my sister bought me season’s tickets to the Canadian Opera Company—two seats in the...

QUOTED: Rob Ford humbly shares his personal experience with bullying

QUOTED: Rob Ford humbly shares his personal experience with bullying

— Mayor Rob Ford, speaking candidly about being tormented as a child at a publicity event for Bullying Awareness Week...

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.

Liberal Watch: The six contenders for the Ontario Liberal party leadership so far

Liberal Watch: The six contenders for the Ontario Liberal party leadership so far

Although leading the struggling Ontario Liberal party may be the worst job in the province (just ask Dalton McGuinty ), another...

The Argument: Why Frida Kahlo is the patron saint of Internet–enabled narcissism

The Argument: Why Frida Kahlo is the patron saint of Internet–enabled narcissism

On September 17, 1925, Frida Kahlo, then an 18-year-old aspiring medical student, was riding a bus in Mexico City when it collided...

RIM sets a launch date for BlackBerry 10

Research in Motion has, at very long last, announced it will launch BlackBerry 10 on January 30, an entire year later than the...

Eight portraits of the affluent, educated professionals flocking to Toronto from around the world

Eight portraits of the affluent, educated professionals flocking to Toronto from around the world

As the global economy fizzles, our city is being inundated with a new cohort of foreign professionals. They’re coming for the...

Michael Ignatieff makes doomsday predictions about the death of democracy

Michael Ignatieff makes doomsday predictions about the death of democracy

After retiring from federal politics last year, Michael Ignatieff has been on an intellectual crusade against political...

The Moment: Rob Ford’s football team brings home the trophy

The Moment: Rob Ford’s football team brings home the trophy

For Coach Ford, the Don Bosco Eagles’ walloping of the Senator O’Connor Blues, 26-14, was a kind of vindication. Ever since...

SPONSORED CONTENT: See Great Britain through 50 years of James Bond

James Bond isn’t only from Great Britain—he is Great Britain. Capitalizing on the hubbub surrounding the release of the latest...

Frank Stronach officially steps down as a director of Magna International

Our favourite Austrian megalomaniac and multimillionaire, Frank Stronach, left his position as a long-time director of Canadian...

QUOTED: Andy Byford to Rob Ford, “Don’t Call Me [Maybe]”

QUOTED: Andy Byford to Rob Ford, “Don’t Call Me [Maybe]”

—TTC chief Andy Byford, asking Rob Ford to take him off his speed dial in the wake of the brouhaha surrounding a TTC bus that...

Q&A: Milos Raonic on his plans for world domination and his crush on Taylor Swift

Q&A: Milos Raonic on his plans for world domination and his crush on Taylor Swift

He doesn’t just want to dominate the tennis world. He’s already busy plotting his corporate takeover Two years ago, no one had...

Penthouse International: how rich foreign buyers are fuelling the condo explosion

Penthouse International: how rich foreign buyers are fuelling the condo explosion

The rumours are true: wealthy buyers from Russia, China and the Middle East all want a piece of Toronto. A story about smuggled...

Glen Murray and Kathleen Wynne are running for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership

Glen Murray and Kathleen Wynne are running for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership

The race to be the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is now, finally, an actual race. Three weeks quietly passed following...

See, Hear, Read: our experts pick the movie, music and book release of the month

See, Hear, Read: our experts pick the movie, music and book release of the month

They love it. We want it. Three red-hot releases “I’m a big fan of science fiction films with decent storylines and character...

The Celtic Invasion: why the arrival of hundreds of Irish construction workers benefits Toronto’s building boom

The Celtic Invasion: why the arrival of hundreds of Irish construction workers benefits Toronto’s building boom

In the mid-1990s, companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Apple, attracted by Ireland’s well-educated workforce, tax...

Spotlight: Crystal Castles, Toronto’s supremely anti-social techno-punk duo

Spotlight: Crystal Castles, Toronto’s supremely anti-social techno-punk duo

Alice Glass and Ethan Kath are grade A shit disturbers. As Crystal Castles, the two former Torontonians (they currently live on...

The List: 10 things curmudgeonly comedian Rick Mercer can’t live without

The List: 10 things curmudgeonly comedian Rick Mercer can’t live without

1 | My grandfather’s pipes He died in 1982, when I was 12. I can’t picture him not smoking a pipe. You can still smell the...

The 10 best Toronto Halloween costumes this year (including what Karen Stintz and Margaret Atwood wore)

The 10 best Toronto Halloween costumes this year (including what Karen Stintz and Margaret Atwood wore)

Although one Maple Leaf had trouble finding an appropriate Halloween costume, there were still plenty of great disguises this...

Sorry seems to be the hardest word: four lame city council apologies

Sorry seems to be the hardest word: four lame city council apologies

Given the number of times Rob Ford has had to say he’s sorry over his political career, it’s odd that he doesn’t yet have it...

The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club

The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club

On Wednesday, July 25, a group of 30 people gathered for a secret meeting in the boardroom of a nondescript office building on...

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