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Doug Holyday on de-amalgamation and the prospect of no longer being just a deputy

Doug Holyday on de-amalgamation and the prospect of no longer being just a deputy

“Well, if they give me my job back.” That was Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday (apparently no fan of his deputy status) when asked...

Editor’s Letter, October 2011: The Summer of Our Discontent

Editor’s Letter, October 2011: The Summer of Our Discontent

Most of the people I know who voted for Rob Ford did so reluctantly. “He isn’t perfect,” they told me last year in the weeks...

Provincial Election Leaders’ Debate: The Drinking Game

Provincial Election Leaders’ Debate: The Drinking Game

Sure, this hasn’t been the most exciting election in recent memory (that honour has to go to last year’s bizarre municipal...

Toronto Sun publishes glorified “Wanted” poster of a man freeloading on the TTC

The Toronto Sun is seeking the identity of a man photographed clinging to the back of a TTC bus. As impressed as we are with the...

Five notes on tonight’s (likely boring) provincial election debate

Five notes on tonight’s (likely boring) provincial election debate

This snooze of a provincial election will soon be over, but there remains one major piece of business: tonight’s debate (oh, and...

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.

City council meeting is a day of reckoning for some, a manicure for others

City council meeting is a day of reckoning for some, a manicure for others

Depending who you ask, yesterday was either a “day of reckoning” for the city of Toronto, or a day to debate “barely a...

The Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 1

The Conrad Black Book Club: A Matter of Principle, Chapter 1

When we found out that Conrad Black was releasing a book, we smacked our heads and thought, “Of COURSE!” Really, that Black...

My Digital Sabbath: how one writer learned to stop checking Facebook and love life offline

My Digital Sabbath: how one writer learned to stop checking Facebook and love life offline

I can’t say specifically which fabulous new technology made me decide I needed a break from all fabulous new technologies. For...

Transit City is so terrible it ruined Toronto without even existing (or so says Rob Ford)

City councillors began the unpleasant process of debating service cuts yesterday, and the proceedings became nasty quite...

Markham voting study suggests more people vote when voting is easy (as in, voting from your living room easy)

Markham voting study suggests more people vote when voting is easy (as in, voting from your living room easy)

Markham has made voting in municipal elections as easy as indicating your preference for hockey over politics, an experiment that...

Time Travelling 101 on the set of Being Erica

Time Travelling 101 on the set of Being Erica

It has been nine long months without time-travel therapy, Erin Karpluk’ s perfect hair, excessive gay bear jokes and even more...

Mike Harris is running for office—no, really, he is

According to this article in the Toronto Star, Mike Harris is running in the provincial election—as an independent in...

Is Rob Ford finally learning to play nice and compromise with the rest of council?

Is Rob Ford finally learning to play nice and compromise with the rest of council?

No doubt, the mayor is having a tough month. Today, city council begins debating the core services review that has had citizens up...

See, Hear, Read: Our experts from Queen Video, Sunrise Records and Book City offer three red-hot releases

See, Hear, Read: Our experts from Queen Video, Sunrise Records and Book City offer three red-hot releases

They love it. We want it. Three red-hot releases “ Troll Hunter is Norway’s answer to the ‘found footage’ trend. It’s...

David Miller panned mysterious shadow mayor at TEDxToronto last week

Former mayor David Miller took some well-aimed jabs at his successor during his TEDxToronto talk on Friday, while tactfully...

How Matthew Jocelyn tried to revive Canadian Stage but instead ended up scaring audiences away

How Matthew Jocelyn tried to revive Canadian Stage but instead ended up scaring audiences away

As the crowd settled in for an early June performance of Édouard Lock’s Untitled at the Bluma Appel Theatre, Matthew...

Robo-calls allow voters to berate councillors at the press of a button

There has been much sword-rattling and and robo-call–planning in the lead-up to today’s council meeting, where discussion on...

Put Rosh Hashanah, a rabbi and Rob Ford together for two minutes of extreme awkwardness

Rosh HaShana in 6! with Rabbi Moshe Steiner and Mayor Rob Ford from waynekurtz on Vimeo . Rob Ford has a storied history of...

Weekend Reading List: Top stories from our sister sites, including how to achieve that rustic look and Neil Young’s new book

Weekend Reading List: Top stories from our sister sites, including how to achieve that rustic look and Neil Young’s new book

Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family (that’s the company that owns...

Did the Waterfront Toronto controversy diminish Rob Ford and his brother Doug’s indefatigable political allegiance?

Did the Waterfront Toronto controversy diminish Rob Ford and his brother Doug’s indefatigable political allegiance?

While the conventional wisdom around city hall is that Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug are unfailing political allies, an...

Apparently, Rob Ford now loves nurses (but hates job security)

So, it seems that Rob Ford isn’t opposed to free nurses for the city, after all—it’s their job security that concerns...

Adam Giambrone dazzles us with numbers, but stops short of going for the throat

Adam Giambrone dazzles us with numbers, but stops short of going for the throat

In a column in this week’s Now, Adam Giambrone vents some frustrations about the TTC’s plans to pile more passengers onto...

Doug Ford will not bow to political pressure or children brandishing snacks

Remember when Rob Ford threatened to unleash “Ford Nation” on Premier Dalton McGuinty only to clam up about the provincial...

Bilaal Rajan, Jeff Melanson and David Miller are some of the speakers at TEDxToronto today

Look, it’s Friday. You’re probably not going to be that productive anyway, so you might as well waste your time on something...

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