Subscribe

City News

Editor’s Letter (September 2012): real estate crazy

Editor’s Letter (September 2012): real estate crazy

A few blocks down the street from me, in Seaton Village, there’s a beautiful three-storey house with four bedrooms and...

Why Apple’s victory over Samsung is a potential boon for RIM

Why Apple’s victory over Samsung is a potential boon for RIM

With Apple’ s billion-dollar legal victory over Samsung dominating tech news this week, we wondered how the outcome of the...

Best of the City 2012: Toronto’s top 10 services, from wine storage to yin yoga

Best of the City 2012: Toronto’s top 10 services, from wine storage to yin yoga

Fine Wine Reserve 416-593-9463, finewinereserve.com For oenophiles with a collection surpassing their square footage, this...

THE SCENE: socialites and synchronized swimmers at Greta Constantine’s late-summer party

THE SCENE: socialites and synchronized swimmers at Greta Constantine’s late-summer party

The closing days of summer are always a little dreary—thoughts of day drinking and cottage life shift back to work and...

RIM preps for BlackBerry 10’s launch by buddying up to app developers and wireless carriers

RIM preps for BlackBerry 10’s launch by buddying up to app developers and wireless carriers

Research in Motion’ s survival depends almost entirely on whether consumers will buy the BlackBerry 10 smartphones now set to...

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.

How a small group of farmers and wealthy weekenders made the Melancthon mega-quarry protest a cause célèbre

How a small group of farmers and wealthy weekenders made the Melancthon mega-quarry protest a cause célèbre

An unexpected casualty of Toronto’s building boom is the sleepy southern Ontario township of Melancthon, where an American hedge...

Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt are finally getting hitched tomorrow!

Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt are finally getting hitched tomorrow!

After getting engaged back in 2010, Toronto’s Annex-dwelling, star-powered couple Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt are...

SPOTTED: Comedian Dave Chappelle hanging out with Rob Ford

SPOTTED: Comedian Dave Chappelle hanging out with Rob Ford

Dave Chappelle, who is in town for three last-minute shows at the Winter Garden Theatre, stopped by city hall today and visited...

QUOTED: Doug Ford reveals which Ford brother is really in charge

QUOTED: Doug Ford reveals which Ford brother is really in charge

—Councillor Doug Ford, on his younger brother Rob’ s staunch refusal to hire a driver (despite the fact that Doug, the Toronto...

Michael Bryant releases his tell-all book about drinking binges and the worst night of his life

Michael Bryant releases his tell-all book about drinking binges and the worst night of his life

Last October, former Ontario attorney general—and Toronto Life cover boy— Michael Bryant announced he was writing a memoir...

We rate some of Adam Vaughan’s best zingers, in honour of his profile in the Toronto Star

Toronto newspapers can’t help but quote councillor Adam Vaughan with startling regularity, and a Toronto Star article last...

The List: 10 things Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden can’t live without

The List: 10 things Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden can’t live without

1 | My Oakley shades I have dozens of pairs. I know it’s excessive, but I need a different pair for everything I do—mountain...

City hall budget warfare, round two: blanket freeze edition

City hall budget warfare, round two: blanket freeze edition

Last year’s painful budget deliberations may still feel fresh, but it’s already time to start examining the 2013...

Jesse Brown: Why local tech wizards are taking their big brains and bright ideas elsewhere

Jesse Brown: Why local tech wizards are taking their big brains and bright ideas elsewhere

When a University of Waterloo grad used crowdfunding to raise $10 million for his smart watch company, the tech industry took...

Doug Ford comes up with a way to force Rob Ford into accepting a driver

Doug Ford comes up with a way to force Rob Ford into accepting a driver

Sure, ought not to have been reading on the Gardiner, but he also had the bad luck to do it during a very slow news week, meaning...

Toronto (still) sandwiched between Vancouver and Calgary in list of most livable cities

It’s been just over a month since the release of last big livability ranking of the world’s cities by the Economist...

Toronto vs. Chicago: which city reigns supreme?

Toronto vs. Chicago: which city reigns supreme?

Ever since Rob Ford announced his plans to go to Chicago on a rare official visit, there has been a rash of earnest comparisons...

Rob Ford makes evil ideological genius Mark Towhey his new chief of staff

Rob Ford makes evil ideological genius Mark Towhey his new chief of staff

Mark Towhey just signed up for what is, by most inside accounts, the toughest, most thankless political job at city hall: Rob...

QUOTED: Toronto Police beg Rob Ford to hire a chauffeur

QUOTED: Toronto Police beg Rob Ford to hire a chauffeur

—Sergeant Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police, asking Rob Ford to relinquish the driver’s seat after the mayor was snapped...

Into the (Not So) Wild: our look at the summer camps of Toronto’s rich and famous

Into the (Not So) Wild: our look at the summer camps of Toronto’s rich and famous

A sojourn to Northern Ontario used to mean grabbing a sleeping bag and a can of beans and roughing it in the woods, all in the...

A look back at the Brazilian Ball, the annual black-tie extravaganza that taught Toronto to party

A look back at the Brazilian Ball, the annual black-tie extravaganza that taught Toronto to party

During its heyday, the Brazilian Ball was where you’d find drunken CEOs and socialites in a conga line with nearly naked...

QUOTED: Rob Ford’s response to being caught reading while driving on the Gardiner

QUOTED: Rob Ford’s response to being caught reading while driving on the Gardiner

—Mayor Rob Ford, on whether he was reading during his commute, after the above photo taken on the Gardiner Expressway surfaced...

Celebrate Yonge Street for the next month with lane closures and lots of walking space

Beginning Friday, car traffic on Yonge Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Gerrard Street and Queen...

Watch out, Austria: Magna man Frank Stronach is coming for you (with a brand new political party)

We’ve been wondering how Frank Stronach has been passing his days since he took a step back from Magna International and his...

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