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Dear Urban Diplomat: The local vagrant is plucking bottles from inside our gate. Should I call the cops?

Dear Urban Diplomat: The local vagrant is plucking bottles from inside our gate. Should I call the cops?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I built a porch at the front of our house, and we moved our recycling bins to the back. The guy...

Is Rachel McAdams getting married in Paris?

Is Rachel McAdams getting married in Paris?

In what Hollywoodlife.com is calling an exclusive, the site reports that Michael Sheen is planning to propose to Rachel McAdams...

Poll fever hits Toronto newspapers—and Rob Ford’s looking good

Poll fever hits Toronto newspapers—and Rob Ford’s looking good

A recent poll suggests that 64.7 per cent of Torontonians love reading news stories about polls. Actually, we made that up, but...

Dear Urban Diplomat: I gave my boss a bottle of fancy scotch after we closed a deal. He’s an alcoholic

Dear Urban Diplomat: I gave my boss a bottle of fancy scotch after we closed a deal. He’s an alcoholic

Dear Urban Diplomat, My boss and I recently closed a huge deal, resulting in a healthy commission for both of us. I bought him a...

Rob Ford really, really hates graffiti (but likes smartphone apps)

Rob Ford really, really hates graffiti (but likes smartphone apps)

Roughly one year after Rob Ford began his war on graffiti in a St. Clair West alley, the mayor was back in Corso Italia with a...

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.

Ex-Royal Bank advisers admit to forging client signatures—for 10 years

More shady shenanigans in connection with the Royal Bank of Canada: the Toronto Star reports that two Toronto-based investment...

How the Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators could cripple the CBC

How the Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators could cripple the CBC

We’d bet no one—not even these guys —is watching the Stanley Cup playoffs more closely than CBC execs. Already contending...

For once, the courts give Conrad Black reason to be “delighted”

For once, the courts give Conrad Black reason to be “delighted”

The courts have delivered everybody’s second-most despised media supervillain something of a moral victory. The Supreme Court of...

Tony Keller: why the obvious fix for the country’s collective pension problem is being ignored

Tony Keller: why the obvious fix for the country’s collective pension problem is being ignored

Last fall, the Royal Bank of Canada—with $27 billion in annual revenue, $752 billion in assets and 74,000 employees, the biggest...

VIDEO: Rob Ford goes to KFC. That is all.

We actually feel sorry for Rob Ford on this one. After a mirth-filled citizen caught the dieting mayor heading into a west-end...

Memoir: two young protesters find love among the tents at Occupy Toronto

Memoir: two young protesters find love among the tents at Occupy Toronto

I’m a 28-year-old film editor, and I don’t want for much. I live in a spacious apartment on a quiet street off Queen West. I...

Reaction Roundup: the fallout over Rob Ford’s decision not to march in the Pride Parade—again

Reaction Roundup: the fallout over Rob Ford’s decision not to march in the Pride Parade—again

It feels like déjà vu: despite getting tons of flak for not attending any Pride Toronto events last year, Rob Ford has once...

Our May issue cover photographer explains why he keeps Rob Ford’s business card in his wallet

Wondering what it’s like to get right up in Rob Ford’ s face? Photographer John Cullen went to the mayor’s headquarters to...

Who Worships Where: an agnostic assessment of Toronto’s most formidable flocks

Who Worships Where: an agnostic assessment of Toronto’s most formidable flocks

Religious attendance might be in free fall across the city, but over the years a handful of Toronto congregations have managed to...

RIM debuts a pretty lame handset—on purpose

In an attempt to stay alive until it’s finally ready to release the BlackBerry 10 platform, Research in Motion launched a...

Ryan Gosling is one of the top 50 sexiest environmentalists

Ryan Gosling is one of the top 50 sexiest environmentalists

Rodale Inc., owner of Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Running Times and Organic Gardening magazines, has put out its...

Giorgio Mammoliti has some more ideas on brothels (like how to make money off them)

Giorgio Mammoliti has some more ideas on brothels (like how to make money off them)

Giorgio Mammoliti (who seems to be everywhere this week) has a few more thoughts about Toronto-area brothels—specifically, how...

Rob Ford’s chief enforcer Mark Towhey admits to being evil

Apparently, Rob Ford’ s policy director, Mark Towhey—widely referred to as the mayor’s Rasputin—got hold of the latest...

The casino debate turns to location, location, location (and Torontonians disagree with MGM’s choice)

The casino debate turns to location, location, location (and Torontonians disagree with MGM’s choice)

Even though Toronto hasn’t agreed to host a casino—and may not even decide until 2014—the rampant speculation as to where it...

The famous Bunny Ranch brothel is coming to Toronto

The famous Bunny Ranch brothel is coming to Toronto

One of the side effects of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision to legalize bawdy-houses: awkward newspaper columns (and even...

Rob Ford reminisces about the time when he was totally awesome

In the face of a flurry of questioning about his leadership, Rob Ford reminded his executive committee of the good ol’ days at...

Giorgio Mammoliti wants to cut down on, well, cuts

Giorgio Mammoliti wants to cut down on, well, cuts

Giorgio Mammoliti may be one of Rob Ford ’s most avid supporters (some even say he’s Ford’s fall guy), but it looks like...

Las Vegas heavyweight MGM sends agents into Toronto’s casino debate

Las Vegas heavyweight MGM sends agents into Toronto’s casino debate

Reports of Toronto’s ongoing should-we-or-shouldn’t-we casino debate have made their way to Nevada. Gaming giant MGM Resorts...

Where is Rob Ford? (Even his former press secretary wants to know)

Where is Rob Ford? (Even his former press secretary wants to know)

The Ford brothers and former mayoral press secretary Adrienne Batra had a bit of a verbal spat over the weekend—ostensibly over...

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