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Party Pages: Toronto’s high society attends a Flo Rida concert

Party Pages: Toronto’s high society attends a Flo Rida concert

Last night at the Liberty Grand, Flo Rida and Mia Martina performed at a truly bumping party for the Bay Street Grand Prix, a...

Karen Stintz meets with Rob Ford’s staff and brings OneCity back from the brink

Karen Stintz meets with Rob Ford’s staff and brings OneCity back from the brink

Another day, another twist in the OneCity saga. On Wednesday, TTC chair Karen Stintz publicly mused that she didn’t have the...

Pan Am Games organizers litter Toronto with...pianos?

The three-year countdown to Toronto’s 2015 Pan Am Games has started and, though the budget and athletic venues are still the...

Rob Ford’s allies fight Adam Vaughan in an epic battle of words, tweets and blurry photos

Rob Ford’s allies fight Adam Vaughan in an epic battle of words, tweets and blurry photos

Rob Ford supporters clashed with Councillor (and likely 2014 mayoral candidate ) Adam Vaughan yesterday, in an...

Police find three crystal meth labs in a Scarborough condo tower

Add meth-producing neighbours to the list of condo owners’ worries—police discovered three crystal meth labs in a Scarborough...

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.

Karen Stintz wishes she hadn’t been so secretive about OneCity

Karen Stintz wishes she hadn’t been so secretive about OneCity

OneCity may have launched a thousand op-eds and fired up Torontonians, but the ambitious transit plan is losing momentum after...

Toronto has another new car app—and this one summons regular-fare taxis

Toronto has another new car app—and this one summons regular-fare taxis

Toronto has yet another new smart phone app to help stranded urbanites find a ride. Tap’n Ride, the brainchild of Rosedale...

The Toronto Zoo figured out that people like baby animals

The Toronto Zoo figured out that people like baby animals

The Toronto Zoo has done really, really well this year by capitalizing on the near-universal soft spot for cuddly baby...

Toronto is the world’s eighth most livable city (if you don’t count Vancouver)

As the news cycle slows for the summer, reporters are leaning heavily on a pair of old standbys: polls and lists (a close cousin...

How does rock legend Neil Young maintain his street cred? By relentlessly undermining his every success

How does rock legend Neil Young maintain his street cred? By relentlessly undermining his every success

Ever since Neil Young’s days playing Yorkville clubs and coffee houses in the 1960s, the iconic singer-songwriter with the...

Rob Granatstein: Toronto hydro rates are skyrocketing and politics are to blame

Rob Granatstein: Toronto hydro rates are skyrocketing and politics are to blame

Toronto has a dearth of power plants and an aging grid. By the end of 2013, we’ll have the highest hydro rates on the...

Current Obsession: Larry Towell’s haunting photographs from the ruins of Afghanistan

Current Obsession: Larry Towell’s haunting photographs from the ruins of Afghanistan

The Canadian photographer’s images capture the human side of an unwinnable war Larry Towell was in New York for a meeting when...

Rob Ford says a TTC driver “accosted” him for doing something perfectly legal

Rob Ford says a TTC driver “accosted” him for doing something perfectly legal

Rob Ford’ s dislike of streetcars had until now mostly been limited to speechifying and pamphlets on LRT crashes, but now he’s...

GALLERY: the liveliest revellers at the 2012 Toronto Pride Parade

GALLERY: the liveliest revellers at the 2012 Toronto Pride Parade

The 2012 Toronto Pride parade brought out a lot of different feelings: confusion (as to why GO Transit was there, and how its bear...

Spotlight: angsty synthpop band Metric has one foot on Ossington and one in Hollywood

Spotlight: angsty synthpop band Metric has one foot on Ossington and one in Hollywood

Synthpop quartet Metric aims for the horizon with a new album and a high-profile gig writing music for David Cronenberg Ever since...

QUOTED: Thorsten Heins thinks RIM is just fine, thank you very much

— Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins, on his company’s current predicament. Heins waved off all the talk of death...

Dear Urban Diplomat: I’m staunchly against the wave at Toronto Blue Jays games

Dear Urban Diplomat: I’m staunchly against the wave at Toronto Blue Jays games

Dear Urban Diplomat, I hate it when people do the wave at Jays games. I’m a long-time ticket holder, and this year, a group of...

The province doesn’t like OneCity (but Torontonians really, really do)

The province doesn’t like OneCity (but Torontonians really, really do)

Now that OneCity, the mega-proposal that promises transit for all, has been ceremoniously unveiled, it turns out the province...

VIDEO: Steve Jobs as a drug-dealing murderer (in this news cartoon about RIM)

This animated slap in Research In Motion’ s face comes courtesy of Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese studio also responsible...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbours use our back alley for more than just access

Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbours use our back alley for more than just access

Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m sick and tired of my neighbours using the back alley like it’s an extension of their property. Their...

Dear Urban Diplomat: One of my fellow condo-dwellers is putting on a peep show

Dear Urban Diplomat: One of my fellow condo-dwellers is putting on a peep show

Dear Urban Diplomat, I live on the 10th floor of a condo tower that overlooks the Gardiner. I drive out past the building on my...

Forget Canada Day, this weekend is all about the end of the plastic bag fee

Forget Canada Day, this weekend is all about the end of the plastic bag fee

While most Torontonians will be scurrying to the cottage, attending Pride or setting off fireworks in their backyard this Canada...

A house in the Junction partially collapses, in the ultimate renovation nightmare

A house in the Junction partially collapses, in the ultimate renovation nightmare

A lot of things can go wrong for a Toronto homeowner these days, but this really sucks: a house in the Junction partially...

QUOTED: a Toronto tech watcher, on the RIM catastrophe that would flummox even Steve Jobs

QUOTED: a Toronto tech watcher, on the RIM catastrophe that would flummox even Steve Jobs

—Kerry Morrison, of Toronto software developer Endloop Mobile, on the general pessimism about Research in Motion’ s...

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?