Subscribe

Proudly Canadian, obsessively Toronto. Subscribe to Toronto Life!

City News

Jan Wong: Why aren’t schools teaching kids about the pleasures and perils of sex?

Jan Wong: Why aren’t schools teaching kids about the pleasures and perils of sex?

The answer is simple: our curriculum is shamefully outdated, and the Liberals are too scared to fix it Adam and Eve nibble an...

Not even superheroes (especially not these ones) can make the BlackBerry cool

Not even superheroes (especially not these ones) can make the BlackBerry cool

Research in Motion has fallen into a classic high school Catch-22: the harder the BlackBerry maker tries to be cool, the less cool...

Vampire Diaries heartthrob Paul Wesley, one-time sexy borg Jeri Ryan and more at this year’s Comic-Con

Vampire Diaries heartthrob Paul Wesley, one-time sexy borg Jeri Ryan and more at this year’s Comic-Con

Like cosplay? Like observing people who dress like Sailor Moon, Enid Coleslaw and Rebecca Doppelmeyer, Halo characters, Princess...

Top Chef Canada’s Lisa Ray gets engaged in Napa Valley (proving, once again, that wine + diamonds = romance)

Top Chef Canada host, actress and beautiful person Lisa Ray took to Twitter this week to announce her engagement to her consultant...

QUOTED: Doug Ford on what city agency could do with a good, um, rectal cleansing

—Councillor Doug Ford telling the Globe and Mail that four or five unelected citizens could soon be appointed to the...

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.

Both brothers Ford end up on the integrity commissioner’s bad side

Like blonde hair, an obsession with football and a love for public weight loss campaigns, it appears the ability to piss off Janet...

Camera: a snow globe, Rockettes-inspired leg kicks and more at the Ronald McDonald House Gala at the Carlu

Camera: a snow globe, Rockettes-inspired leg kicks and more at the Ronald McDonald House Gala at the Carlu

December 8, The Carlu . The ballerina pirouetting inside a giant snow globe and the Flintstonian bone-in beef main course...

Oscar, Shmoscar! Ryan Gosling proves he has bigger fish to fry, like recreating Logan’s Run

Oscar, Shmoscar! Ryan Gosling proves he has bigger fish to fry, like recreating Logan’s Run

Ryan Gosling is busy in Thailand preparing to film Only God Forgives, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn— it’s a job that has...

Alec Baldwin lets it slip that Justin Bieber will host SNL this year, children seek later bedtimes

Alec Baldwin lets it slip that Justin Bieber will host SNL this year, children seek later bedtimes

Justin Bieber seems to adhere to the Justin Timberlake school of publicity: date cutesy pop stars, and if all else fails, change...

City issues preemptive explanation for a lockout: CUPE made us do it

Despite the February 5 deadline for an agreement in the labour negotiations between the city and CUPE Local 416, Doug Holyday...

Rob Ford’s powers as mayor may not be as grand as he thinks they are

Rob Ford’s powers as mayor may not be as grand as he thinks they are

With Rob Ford’ s transit plans poised to grind to a rather embarrassing halt after a local law firm, solicited by Councillor Joe...

Rob Ford’s new press secretary is (appropriately) a former Toronto Sun journalist

Rob Ford’s new press secretary is (appropriately) a former Toronto Sun journalist

The revolving door between the mayor’s office and the Toronto Sun keeps on turning. Former Toronto Police communications...

Q&A: Patrick Dovigi, the NHL-goalie-turned-entrepreneur who won Toronto’s lucrative garbage contract

Q&A: Patrick Dovigi, the NHL-goalie-turned-entrepreneur who won Toronto’s lucrative garbage contract

Your company, Green for Life, has multi-million-dollar contracts in Oshawa, Whitby and Hamilton—and now one for 165,000 homes...

Mike Del Grande jokes about millions of dollars just for a few LOLs

Mike Del Grande jokes about millions of dollars just for a few LOLs

Last week, silver-tongued Mike Del Grande asked the executive committee to redirect $16.4 million in funding from Regent Park to...

Bay Street bigwigs, including Mark Mobius and David Bissett, share the secrets of finance

Bay Street bigwigs, including Mark Mobius and David Bissett, share the secrets of finance

Finance types aren’t known for their reticence (the fast-talking Gordon Gecko stereotype exists for a reason), but still, the...

Why hasn’t Metrolinx conducted a benefit case analysis for the most expensive transit project in the country?

Here’s a bit of underreported news, courtesy of the folks over at Spacing: while Metrolinx usually conducts benefit case...

RIM hopes NHL players (including one Maple Leaf) can make the PlayBook look cool

Hockey players and Research in Motion now have more in common than a tendency towards bouts of unresponsiveness —RIM has managed...

Rob Ford’s belly hits the big time (the New York Times Magazine, that is)

Rob Ford’s belly hits the big time (the New York Times Magazine, that is)

Forget transit turmoil and labour talks—the Toronto battle that’s gaining traction outside city limits is Rob Ford’ s fight...

Rob Ford didn’t have the authority to cancel Transit City (lawyers say so)

Rob Ford didn’t have the authority to cancel Transit City (lawyers say so)

Apparently, it takes more than a mayoral “because I said so” for the city to kill an extensive public transit plan. Rob Ford...

Editor’s Letter (February 2012): why Ontario schools should talk about homosexuality in the classroom

Editor’s Letter (February 2012): why Ontario schools should talk about homosexuality in the classroom

When I was in the sixth grade , a health instructor employed by the board of education was parachuted into my classroom to talk...

Rob Ford tells Facebook why his transit plan is the one Toronto transit users want

Rob Ford tells Facebook why his transit plan is the one Toronto transit users want

Presented with a transit plan from TTC chair Karen Stintz that would save $1.5 billion on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, contribute...

Savvy rich guy Prem Watsa doubles his stake in RIM

As the tech and finance pundits sink their teeth into Research in Motion , Fairfax Financial CEO Prem Watsa is sinking his money...

Linda Lundström and other Toronto entrepreneurs will bring art supplies (and a yurt!) to Attawapiskat

Toronto fashion designer Linda Lundström (famous for her LaParka coats in the late ’80s) has been gathering sewing...

Rob Ford and co. fall back on the same old transit talking points (subways, subways, subways)

In the face of mounting dissent around his transit plan, Rob Ford and his inner circle are dusting off their trusty set of talking...

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?