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Amex cardholders will get fast-tracked past the riffraff at Pearson airport security

This week, American Express announced a marketing partnership with Pearson airport that should make cardholders happy and other...

The idea of building more islands in Lake Ontario is still kicking around

The idea of building more islands in Lake Ontario is still kicking around

Dirt: when you dig it up, it has to go somewhere. Aware of this inescapable truth, the city is still considering taking the 1.8...

Toronto Police demand that everyone stop moaning about the heat

Toronto Police demand that everyone stop moaning about the heat

Brace yourselves: Toronto should hit a scorching, sweaty, ice cream-melting temperature of 34°C today, with a humidex near...

SPOTTED: Jake Gyllenhaal hanging out with a gay power couple—again

SPOTTED: Jake Gyllenhaal hanging out with a gay power couple—again

Just last week, at Luminato, Jake Gyllenhaal took in the Rufus Wainwright concert at David Pecaut Square, hanging out with gay...

The coroner’s office wants Ontario to pass a mandatory bike helmet law

The coroner’s office wants Ontario to pass a mandatory bike helmet law

Ontario’s coroner’s office has revived the idea of a mandatory helmet law for all cyclists, rather than just riders younger...

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.

The principal of Toronto’s Africentric school has decided to leave

There are changes afoot at Africentric Alternative, Toronto’s controversial school-within-a-school geared toward black...

Toronto FC players go to Houston, get drunk and get arrested

Toronto FC players go to Houston, get drunk and get arrested

It’s tough being a Toronto FC fan these days. Not only is the team holding down the last-place spot in MLS, with a single win in...

Toronto’s housing forecast according to Garth Turner, the Dr. Doom of real estate

Toronto’s housing forecast according to Garth Turner, the Dr. Doom of real estate

If the Toronto real estate market has nine lives, so, too, does its most famous prophet of doom, Garth Turner. Over a 40-year...

QUOTED: Doug Ford’s daughter Krista on whether she’ll be the third Ford at city hall

— Krista Ford, a personal trainer and former Lingerie Football League player, on whether she’d ever join her dad, Doug...

An afternoon shooting in Little Italy fuels the gun control debate

An afternoon shooting in Little Italy fuels the gun control debate

Another shooting in a crowded public place has rattled downtown residents—and ensured that the debate over gun control in...

Perez Hilton makes suckers of Carly Rae Jepsen fans at his MMVA after-party

Perez Hilton makes suckers of Carly Rae Jepsen fans at his MMVA after-party

Fans hoping to have an intimate moment with Carly Rae Jepsen at Perez Hilton' s MMVA after-party last night were made fools of, as...

Rob Ford’s weight-loss challenge comes to a fittingly cringe-worthy end

Rob Ford’s weight-loss challenge comes to a fittingly cringe-worthy end

Rob and Doug Ford’ s public weight loss spectacle is officially over, ending five months of public mockery and depressing or...

A city panel will answer a question that has eluded art critics for a century

A city panel will answer a question that has eluded art critics for a century

Toronto’s so-called “war on graffiti” has taken a turn for the philosophical, with more talk of what constitutes art and...

Flooded Union Station meme passes for a shark tank collapse in Kuwait

Flooded Union Station meme passes for a shark tank collapse in Kuwait

Torontonians can share a collective chuckle today: a Photoshopped picture of sharks swimming around a flooded Union Station is...

Bill Blair sounds pretty skeptical about banning guns in Toronto

Bill Blair is the latest city personality to voice doubts about Adam Vaughan’ s suggestion to ban guns and bullets. On...

QUOTED: Toronto Police made an example of Perez Hilton last night

— Sergeant Tim Burrows used Perez Hilton’ s visit to the MMVAs as an opportunity to remind people that social media...

Car2Go—a popular Zipcar and Autoshare competitor—is coming to Toronto

Car2Go—a popular Zipcar and Autoshare competitor—is coming to Toronto

Car2Go, a well-liked car-sharing service in Europe, the U.S. and Vancouver, wants in on Toronto’s booming short-term rental...

PARTY PAGES: Power Ball, where you will never run out of meat, alcohol or pretty things to look at

PARTY PAGES: Power Ball, where you will never run out of meat, alcohol or pretty things to look at

A party like the Power Plant gallery fundraiser Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis hasn’t happened in Toronto since the Dangerous...

QUOTED: Doug Ford on why he may quit city politics by July

—Councillor and would-be MPP Doug Ford, on why he may make his leap to provincial politics as soon as this summer, rather than...

Rob Ford got asked whether he owns a gun

Rob Ford got asked whether he owns a gun

With the recent talk of gun and bullet bans, one Toronto Sun reporter started wondering: is ban opponent Rob Ford packing heat?...

And the 10 most traffic-addled streets in Toronto are...

And the 10 most traffic-addled streets in Toronto are...

Sheppard Avenue commuters now have the dubious honour of spending hours on one of the most congested streets in one of the most...

These celebrities will be in town this weekend for the MMVAs

These celebrities will be in town this weekend for the MMVAs

It’s that time of year again. Children have already waited in line (overnight, in tents) for wristbands for the MMVAs, and the...

Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Niagara Falls tonight is being live-streamed

Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walk across Niagara Falls tonight is being live-streamed

Tonight, would-be Niagara Falls high-wire walker Nik Wallenda will find out if all the government lobbying, fundraising and...

Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 1, because boom times are back

Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 1, because boom times are back

Toronto is the rare city experiencing a construction frenzy (185 high-rises, to New York’s 80), a hiring spree (in the last...

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