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Did Councillor Pam McConnell mess up by buying a condo in the Regent Park redevelopment?

Some well-placed folks may have broken the rules when they scored brand-new condos in a redevelopment partly financed by the...

Ryan Gosling volunteers as tribute for the Hunger Games (not really, but someone is pretending on the Internet)

Ryan Gosling volunteers as tribute for the Hunger Games (not really, but someone is pretending on the Internet)

The Hunger Games film made $155 million in its opening weekend, and we recently discovered that feminist, typographer and Etsy...

See what Rob Ford's subway pie chart might have looked like

See what Rob Ford’s subway pie chart might have looked like

Last week, Rob Ford ’ s refusal to outline financing plans for his Sheppard subway scheme had councillors complaining and Josh...

Inside workers will hold a deal-or-no-deal vote on Wednesday (without Howie Mandel, sadly)

Inside workers will hold a deal-or-no-deal vote on Wednesday (without Howie Mandel, sadly)

Doug Holyday, the mayor’s point man in the negotiations with CUPE Local 79, is proclaiming victory, telling reporters that the...

Municipal election spoiler: Rob Ford wants a full slate of candidates in 2014

Municipal election spoiler: Rob Ford wants a full slate of candidates in 2014

The next municipal election is still more than two years away, but Rob Ford is already talking strategy. Speaking on his radio...

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.

Jim Balsillie finds giving away $30 million is tougher than he thought

Jim Balsillie finds giving away $30 million is tougher than he thought

Poor Jim Balsillie. First Research in Motion’ s board wanted some distance, and now over 270 professors at York University...

How a strike by Toronto’s inside workers would make your life suck

Going on strike seems to be the thing to do these days, and we’re wondering if the city’s inside workers will be next to get...

Q&A: Mark Ferguson, the trash-talking Buddhist at the head of CUPE Local 416

Q&A: Mark Ferguson, the trash-talking Buddhist at the head of CUPE Local 416

When he wins, the public hates him. When he loses, his members hate him. As CUPE 416 president, you spent 16 weeks locked in...

Air Canada workers stage short-lived wildcat strike and ruin at least one childhood

Air Canada workers stage short-lived wildcat strike and ruin at least one childhood

Having apparently decided Toronto’s librarians look pretty cool walking the picket lines, Air Canada workers launched a wildcat...

Return of the Dads: one Scarborough father’s simple solution to his community’s most taboo problem

Return of the Dads: one Scarborough father’s simple solution to his community’s most taboo problem

The most taboo question in Toronto’s Caribbean and African communities is why half of black fathers refuse to help raise their...

Reaction Roundup: what the pundits are saying about Rob Ford's humiliating Sheppard defeat

Reaction Roundup: what the pundits are saying about Rob Ford’s humiliating Sheppard defeat

Though Rob Ford did everything he could think of (short of making a pie chart, at least), his dream of a Sheppard subway extension...

Watch Hitler react to the death of the Sheppard subway extension

In the end, the death of Mayor Ford 's subway promise was both fast and inevitable. So too was its adaptation into the Downfall...

Council votes for LRT on Sheppard Avenue, Rob Ford stalks off to his office to sulk

Council votes for LRT on Sheppard Avenue, Rob Ford stalks off to his office to sulk

After months of debate and some memorable hissy fits from Rob Ford, city council has voted 24-19 in favour of an LRT line on...

QUOTED: Doug Ford engages in a little monkey business during the Sheppard subway debate

QUOTED: Doug Ford engages in a little monkey business during the Sheppard subway debate

—The reliably voluble Doug Ford earlier today, expressing frustration with his fellow councillors as the Sheppard Avenue transit...

Friends sell art to save author Derek McCormack’s life

Friends sell art to save author Derek McCormack’s life

Novelist Derek McCormack was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the appendix last fall, and on April 10, a group of writers, artists...

Nazim Gillani of the Jaffer-Guergis scandal is in trouble again (no busty hookers this time, though)

Toronto businessman Nazim Gillani , famous for bragging about his connections in the prime minister’s office —and his supposed...

Staring defeat in the face, Rob Ford does the honorable thing and stalls, stalls, stalls

Staring defeat in the face, Rob Ford does the honorable thing and stalls, stalls, stalls

Some last-minute stalling by Rob Ford and company yesterday meant council broke for the evening before voting on transit for...

Want to drive like Justin Bieber? Now you can for $102,000

Want to drive like Justin Bieber? Now you can for $102,000

It wasn’t too long ago that Justin Bieber turned 18 and received a Fisker Karma on Ellen, and now it has been announced that...

The Toronto Star heads to St. Clair disaster zone and finds condos and trendy restaurants

The Toronto Star heads to St. Clair disaster zone and finds condos and trendy restaurants

For months, Rob Ford has been characterizing LRTs as streetcars and characterizing streetcars—like the one on St. Clair—as...

Inside workers union says it won’t strike—but if it does, it’s the city’s fault

Inside workers union says it won’t strike—but if it does, it’s the city’s fault

Showing some PR smarts, CUPE Local 79 is proclaiming that its 23,000 members won’t strike this weekend —unless the city makes...

Allah in the Cafeteria: Inside the school prayer scandal at Valley Park Middle School

Allah in the Cafeteria: Inside the school prayer scandal at Valley Park Middle School

When the principal at Valley Park Middle School allowed 400 Muslim students to pray in the lunchroom, he thought he was being...

Rob Ford’s allies go rogue just ahead of the Sheppard transit vote

Rob Ford’s allies go rogue just ahead of the Sheppard transit vote

As city council heads into the big Sheppard transit vote, we bring you some final evidence that Rob Ford has lost control of his...

The Conversation: authors Linden MacIntyre and Kyo Maclear on relationships, family and deception

The Conversation: authors Linden MacIntyre and Kyo Maclear on relationships, family and deception

The place: The Rooster Coffee House on Broadview | The people: authors Linden MacIntyre and Kyo Maclear | The subject:...

Why Roger Martin believes the corporate world needs to be overhauled—starting with excessive CEO compensation

Why Roger Martin believes the corporate world needs to be overhauled—starting with excessive CEO compensation

The head of Toronto’s most prestigious business school has a seditious idea, and it might save us from financial catastrophe...

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