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THE SCENE: The Bay and Topshop host an intimate dinner at One in the Hazelton Hotel

THE SCENE: The Bay and Topshop host an intimate dinner at One in the Hazelton Hotel

This week marked the opening of Topshop and Topman at Yorkdale, which we’re certain is already yesterday’s news. Frankly, as...

Michelle Dean: I ♥ N.Y. (Not T.O.)

Michelle Dean: I ♥ N.Y. (Not T.O.)

Dear Toronto: I’d like to say that it’s me, not you, but I’d be lying. It is you. You have no passion, no ambition. You...

Best of Fall #9: Kim Cattrall dazzles as the brittle Amanda in Noël Coward’s Private Lives (proving she’s much more than Carrie Bradshaw’s sidekick)

Best of Fall #9: Kim Cattrall dazzles as the brittle Amanda in Noël Coward’s Private Lives (proving she’s much more than Carrie Bradshaw’s sidekick)

For many people, Kim Cattrall’s body of work begins and ends with Samantha Jones, the ageless, tireless publicist who put much...

Five things we learned from the New Yorker’s look at Toronto’s cash-for-gold showdown

Five things we learned from the New Yorker’s look at Toronto’s cash-for-gold showdown

Over the past year, the heated cash-for-gold feud between Harold Gerstel (a former protege of Cashman Russell Oliver ) and Jack...

The chief vs. the mayor: Bill Blair gets a two-year option for budget cuts (but he isn’t happy about it)

The chief vs. the mayor: Bill Blair gets a two-year option for budget cuts (but he isn’t happy about it)

Bill Blair is either incredibly gutsy or a little bit crazy. At a special police board meeting yesterday, the chief maintained his...

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.

In a microcosm of the entire election campaign, provincial leaders’ views are indistinguishable to the point of confusion on Mississauga power plant

In a microcosm of the entire election campaign, provincial leaders’ views are indistinguishable to the point of confusion on Mississauga power plant

Well, it seems the provincial election campaign has ended essentially the same way it started: with little to no excitement. The...

Financial fraudster Garth Drabinsky continues his valiant struggle against the Man

Professional grifter Garth Drabinsky refuses to just give up and go to jail already. The Toronto Star is reporting that...

Les Misérables returns to Toronto—but will Justin Bieber play the lead?

Les Misérables returns to Toronto—but will Justin Bieber play the lead?

We nearly started to sing in the office when we heard the city’s latest musical theatre news: Les Misérables is coming back in...

Sun News turns literary soft-core porn scandal into Tory election spot

Yesterday, the Toronto Star reported that the official in charge of disciplining troublesome Ontario teachers was moonlighting as...

Sue-Ann Levy calls Hurricane Hazel McCallion a dictator, yogurt

Sue-Ann Levy calls Hurricane Hazel McCallion a dictator, yogurt

Christopher Hume and Sue-Ann Levy aren’t usually on the same side of municipal issues—but they are united in their criticism...

Best of Fall #7: Johanna Skibsrud’s second book is packed with gunshots, ill-timed vacations and terror at the circus

Best of Fall #7: Johanna Skibsrud’s second book is packed with gunshots, ill-timed vacations and terror at the circus

When Johanna Skibsrud snagged last year’s Giller Prize for The Sentimentalists , she edged out, among others, a previous Giller...

Apparently, TTC riders aren’t scared off public transit by things that haven’t happened yet

The TTC recently broke its record for single-day ridership, with 1.71 million rides on September 15, and ridership is expected to...

Justin Bieber’s swagger coach resigns, star’s swag runs wild

Last year Justin Bieber revealed the existence of Ryan Good, his personal road manager or “swagger coach” (presumably his moxy...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can we reclaim our soccer pitch without looking like jerks?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can we reclaim our soccer pitch without looking like jerks?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I play a casual game of pickup soccer with a bunch of other late-30s dads on weekends at Bickford Park. For...

Dear Urban Diplomat: I spotted my under-aged son spotting me at a strip club

Dear Urban Diplomat: I spotted my under-aged son spotting me at a strip club

Dear Urban Diplomat, Last weekend, my buddies and I were at a strip club when my 17-year-old son and two of his friends walked...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How important is dinner party reciprocity?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How important is dinner party reciprocity?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I throw top-notch dinner parties: rib-eyes, good wine, fancy cheeses. We have two...

Hurricane Hazel McCallion: crazy like a fox?

The latest reporting on Hazel McCallion ’ s now painfully obvious conflict of interest in a Mississauga real estate deal makes...

Giorgio Mammoliti says it’s about time Toronto became its own province

City councillor and perpetual distraction from real issues Giorgio Mammoliti thinks the City of Toronto should consider separating...

Rob Ford distracts masses from real issues by making more bad life choices

Yesterday, news broke that police chief Bill Blair could be risking his career—oh, never mind. Rob Ford ’ s been caught using...

Best of Fall #5: How the National Ballet’s Elena Lobsanova is preparing for her big debut in Romeo and Juliet

Best of Fall #5: How the National Ballet’s Elena Lobsanova is preparing for her big debut in Romeo and Juliet

Elena Lobsanova knows disappointment. The Moscow-born dancer began training at the National Ballet School in 1996, when she was...

Can Transit City be revived? Apparently, Josh Matlow thinks so

Councillor Josh Matlow wondered aloud this weekend if Transit City might be resurrected, citing Mayor Rob Ford ’ s recent...

Look out, greedy corporate types—New York’s Occupy Wall Street movement is coming to the Big Smoke to protest you

Word is protesters are planning to camp out on Bay Street in the coming weeks. But because Occupy Toronto organizers didn’t...

The Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 2 (wherein Black drops a lot of names)

The Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 2 (wherein Black drops a lot of names)

We already knew Conrad Black was well connected, but we didn’t know just how well until we read this week’s chapter. Black is...

Greenbuild Conference and Expo makes its Canadian debut this week with Thomas Friedman, Maroon 5 and (for some reason) Kim Campbell

The International Greenbuild Conference and Expo is Toronto from October 4 to 7, marking the Canadian debut of the world’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?