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Margaret Atwood designs Halloween costumes for Detroit doctor

Margaret Atwood designs Halloween costumes for Detroit doctor

If you haven't been paying attention to our literary matriarch lately, you may be unaware that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter , and...

Swing to the right: it’s a whole new Toronto as Rob Ford and many right-wingers win offices at city hall

Swing to the right: it’s a whole new Toronto as Rob Ford and many right-wingers win offices at city hall

The election spanned 11 months, but counting the ballots took only a few minutes. At 8:08 p.m.—480 seconds after polls...

Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity to American politics is attracting its share of Canadians

Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity to American politics is attracting its share of Canadians

The 10-month run-up to Toronto’s municipal election has been rife with contradictory statements, nutty promises and faulty...

Ban the bag: London MP wants Canada to be more like Toronto

Toronto introduced its five-cent bag fee more than a year ago, and people are still grumbling about it (most recently, Mel Lastman...

Actor Randy Quaid seeks Canadian refugee status

Actor Randy Quaid seeks Canadian refugee status

Sometimes famous people do crazy things, and sometimes they do it in Canada; when that happens, we'll be there to slap on a pair...

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.

End-game: in last hours of election, things get even uglier

Like February 29th for the perpetually cynical, election day is that one moment every four years when municipal politics junkies...

The power of love: Céline Dion has more babies

The woman who struggles to write a song without the word “love” in the title has two more reasons to be all mushy-gushy:...

Social media in Toronto’s election: a sampling of blunders

Social media in Toronto’s election: a sampling of blunders

One of the much talked-about aspects of Calgary’s recent election has been how Naheed Nenshi successfully transformed social...

Toronto Police axe special constables after TTC’s security goes mad with power

Toronto Police axe special constables after TTC’s security goes mad with power

The TTC’s special constable program is more than 10 years old and certainly seemed like a good idea at the time. Instead of...

Mo Problems, Mo Money: Ford’s scandals brought in a ton of cash, but less than Pantalone

Mo Problems, Mo Money: Ford’s scandals brought in a ton of cash, but less than Pantalone

Politicians spend a lot of time and money trying to avoid scandals, except, of course, for when they don’t . The latest...

“Rob [Ford] could commit murder on the steps of city hall and they would still vote for him”: Doug Ford, campaign manager

Doug Ford , describing the support his brother Rob Ford has in Etobicoke North, was quoted thusly this morning by the Toronto Sun...

Officer Bubbles takes on the Internet; Internet laughs ruefully

These days, almost everyone knows Adam Josephs , a.k.a. Officer Bubbles. The Toronto cop famously threatened a bubble-blowing G20...

Presto chango! The TTC’s payment war with the province is over (sort of)

Presto chango! The TTC’s payment war with the province is over (sort of)

One of the more maddening fights between the city and the province has been the argument over rolling out the Presto payment...

134 tons of pot set ablaze by Mexican government, Cheetos sales spike downwind

Burning giant piles of drugs isn’t exactly new in the history of media relations, but we can’t think of anything else quite on...

Privacy commissioner: Google Street View cars have been collecting Canadians' personal data via Wi-Fi networks

Privacy commissioner: Google Street View cars have been collecting Canadians’ personal data via Wi-Fi networks

Turns out those adorable Google Street View cars that have been driving around Canadian cities haven’t just been taking...

Head versus heart: Toronto’s lefties grapple with their choice—Pantalone or not-Ford?

Head versus heart: Toronto’s lefties grapple with their choice—Pantalone or not-Ford?

As the campaign enters its final five days, the basic divide doesn’t seem to be changing much: Rob Ford and George Smitherman...

Final TV debate of the mayor’s race features even more shouting than normal

Last night, the three front-running candidates for the mayor’s office— Rob Ford , George Smitherman and Joe Pantalone —sat...

Should graphic Russell Williams photos go on the front page?

Torontonians picking up their morning papers today didn’t really have much of a choice: the nastiness of the Russell Williams...

Bixi bike-share program has 1,000 members, thanks to…a car company?

Bixi bike-share program has 1,000 members, thanks to…a car company?

Toronto has been pushing to get 1,000 people to sign up for the Bixi bike-sharing program before November 1, or Bixi would lose...

Calgary humiliates Toronto with its election results

With all the hubbub around Toronto’s municipal election—and it has received attention far beyond our little hamlet—we'd...

The Chase: A six-month search rewards two Annex renters ready to buy their first home

The Chase: A six-month search rewards two Annex renters ready to buy their first home

THE BUYERS: Taimi-Leigh Wood, a 33-year-old wine sales agent, and Hart Massey, a 34-year-old filmmaker. THE STORY: After seven...

One week out, Toronto’s election gets crazier by the day

The polls will close in just over a week, but the election race in Toronto keeps getting odder and odder. Here’s a roundup of...

Toronto’s weekend of entirely unsurprising mayoral endorsements

While the Globe was getting into some trouble Saturday morning with its Ford-is-fat story, the Toronto Sun and Toronto Star both...

Globe and Mail calls Rob Ford fat, hilarity ensues

Globe and Mail calls Rob Ford fat, hilarity ensues

It’s official: after a 10-month mayoral campaign, the papers are running out of political things to talk about, and the media...

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?