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Happy anniversary: celebrating 10 years of gay marriage in Canada with Jack Layton and Peter Tabuns

Happy anniversary: celebrating 10 years of gay marriage in Canada with Jack Layton and Peter Tabuns

Last Friday was the 10th anniversary of the first legal gay marriages in the world, and the two married couples responsible for...

How much does Marilyn Monroe’s face cost? The Torontonian who just bought the rights to her image isn’t telling

How much does Marilyn Monroe’s face cost? The Torontonian who just bought the rights to her image isn’t telling

The Toronto-based head of Authentic Brands Group, Jamie Salter , recently purchased the rights to Marilyn Monroe ’s name, image...

Who’s afraid of the big, bad provinces? Stephen Harper, that’s who

Who’s afraid of the big, bad provinces? Stephen Harper, that’s who

Timidity isn’t something Stephen Harper and his government stand accused of very often. But some of the news this week did bring...

City hall to raise user fees: marriage, swimming and summer camp more pricey, but lawn bowling is now free

City hall to raise user fees: marriage, swimming and summer camp more pricey, but lawn bowling is now free

When he was running for mayor, and well before that, Rob Ford said repeatedly that city hall didn’t have a revenue problem, it...

Michael Cera ♥ Who’s the Boss: awkwardlicious star spotted eating fro-yo with Tony Danza

Michael Cera ♥ Who’s the Boss: awkwardlicious star spotted eating fro-yo with Tony Danza

Yesterday, WENN got its hands on some photos of local boy Michael Cera catching up with a highly unlikely pal (the shots are...

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.

Maple Leafs fined for offering a $600 cash incentive to players to beat San Jose

Maple Leafs fined for offering a $600 cash incentive to players to beat San Jose

The National Hockey League has fined the Toronto Maple Leafs an undisclosed amount for violating article 26 of the current...

Oshawa mayor wanted Toronto’s Transit City money to fund expansion of the 407

Oshawa mayor wanted Toronto’s Transit City money to fund expansion of the 407

The city of Oshawa, fresh from electing a man to city council without knowing he couldn’t take the job, is now in an uproar over...

Toronto looking at ending failed pet-licensing program

Toronto looking at ending failed pet-licensing program

Here’s a new entry in the “good in theory, not in practice” file. Toronto brought in a pet-licensing system to help control...

A sad end to 30 bizarre, horrible hours in Toronto

Starting yesterday morning and moving on into today, Toronto has had a 30-hour period that can only be described as tragic and...

Justin Bieber to reprise role on CSI

Justin Bieber to reprise role on CSI

Justin Bieber will be guest starring in another episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation this February 17, just in time for...

January riots are smaller than June riots: “Islamaphobic” founder of English Defence League causes a ruckus when he speaks to Toronto group, but it’s no G20

Sometimes people think it’s a bright idea to bring divisive, extremist people from outside the country to lecture us on what...

Chris Bosh Watch: Toronto all-star to Miami nobody

Chris Bosh Watch: Toronto all-star to Miami nobody

For five straight seasons with the Toronto Raptors , Chris Bosh was a lock as a National Basketball Association all-star. That’s...

Confidence-inspiring TTC budget found $24 million with haste and blue pen

Confidence-inspiring TTC budget found $24 million with haste and blue pen

The way that Rob Ford and Karen Stintz hastily announced and then de-announced the TTC fare hike left a lot of city hall observers...

Dwight Duncan: the HST is saving Ontario’s economy—no, really!

Dwight Duncan: the HST is saving Ontario’s economy—no, really!

The Harmonized Sales Tax may be one of the Liberal government’s biggest weaknesses in the coming election, so they’ve opted to...

A passage to India: how Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter became an unlikely best-seller

A passage to India: how Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter became an unlikely best-seller

Secret Daughter , a debut novel by an untested author, went supernova after just four days on the shelves at Costco t’s amazing...

Gerrard Street East Guide: our nine favourite places along Little India’s main drag

Gerrard Street East Guide: our nine favourite places along Little India’s main drag

The shop lights on Gerrard Street East stay on till nine—a late-night tradition that started out with the old Bollywood movie...

Sure, Toronto topped L.A., but the Maple Leafs are definitely no Kings

Sure, Toronto topped L.A., but the Maple Leafs are definitely no Kings

The Toronto Maple Leafs may have won a hard-fought road battle with the Los Angeles Kings last night, but they’re still losing...

Now we’re the bad guys: boorish Canadian hockey fans leave Buffalonians unimpressed and under-tipped

Now we’re the bad guys: boorish Canadian hockey fans leave Buffalonians unimpressed and under-tipped

During the World Junior Hockey Competition in Buffalo earlier this month, things got a bit out of hand—and we’re not just...

The best Blue Jay ever: two Star writers slug it out

The best Blue Jay ever: two Star writers slug it out

The best thing about sports journalism may be that verbosity is not just acceptable, it's encouraged. This is especially true in...

TTC fare hike dead in the water: city finds cash to freeze riders’ transit costs

Yesterday we said the optics of cutting taxes on motorists while raising the price of public transit are “so bad it’s hard to...

This week in whining: holdout provinces say Ottawa’s securities regulator can’t have a logo

In the ongoing family feud between Ottawa and some recalcitrant provinces over whether to have a national securities regulator or...

Scandal alert: Katie Holmes’ Kennedy movie canned

Scandal alert: Katie Holmes’ Kennedy movie canned

Seeing the words “Kennedy” and “scandal” in the same sentence is old pillbox hat, if you will. “Scandal” and...

Ontario commits $5 million to war on bedbugs

Ontario commits $5 million to war on bedbugs

We’re sure it has nothing to do with it being an election year in which Toronto’s vote- and bedbug-rich ridings will be a...

Proposed TTC fare hike works out to pretty much the same amount as cutting the vehicle registration tax

Proposed TTC fare hike works out to pretty much the same amount as cutting the vehicle registration tax

Rob Ford ’s first budget as mayor says a lot about where the city is heading over the next four years. The list of cuts...

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?