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Lake Shore "sizzle reel" removed from YouTube

Lake Shore “sizzle reel” removed from YouTube

Earlier today, we noticed that the Lake Shore "sizzle reel" had been removed from YouTube due to "a copyright claim by Canadian...

Timing is everything: G20 security bill was so massive because cops were given “short notice”

Timing is everything: G20 security bill was so massive because cops were given “short notice”

In the seemingly endless merry-go-round that is the G20 blame game, we've been presented with numerous scapegoats. Was the huge...

That was fast! The Lake Shore backlash has begun

That was fast! The Lake Shore backlash has begun

Not since “ Sneezing Panda ” has a YouTube video created this much of a stir. First, Toronto hated Lake Shore, then the...

Just like in their old jobs, departing Toronto councillors don’t know what to do with themselves

Just like in their old jobs, departing Toronto councillors don’t know what to do with themselves

The Star has done a decent roundup of what Toronto’s departing councillors are going to do with their lives now that they’ve...

Artist David Hoffos makes the creepy sublime with his tiny houses of horrors

Artist David Hoffos makes the creepy sublime with his tiny houses of horrors

David Hoffos has a knack for finding the eerie in the everyday. The Lethbridge-based artist spent five years building his 20-piece...

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.

Climate skeptic wants Margaret Atwood off PEN board

The last time we checked in with Donna Laframboise , she was dishing about how Kory Teneycke had approached her for a job at Sun...

Rumours fly about another Tory cabinet minister joining the “Toronto elite” (somewhere, John Baird’s ears are burning)

Rumours fly about another Tory cabinet minister joining the “Toronto elite” (somewhere, John Baird’s ears are burning)

Being a Conservative MP must be tough these days. There’s the boss, who doesn’t make winning elections easy. Then there’s...

Reaction roundup: what Snooki and the world are saying about Lake Shore

Reaction roundup: what Snooki and the world are saying about Lake Shore

When the “sizzle reel” for Lake Shore , Toronto's despicable answer to Jersey Shore, went viral this week, American media...

Russell Peters explains how his cars are like boobs

Russell Peters explains how his cars are like boobs

Let's be honest: modesty has never been Russell Peters ' strong suit. So when the Toronto-born, Brampton-raised comedian talked...

U.S. tries to out-gross Canada on cigarette warnings

U.S. tries to out-gross Canada on cigarette warnings

Taking a page from the Health Canada playbook, the American Food and Drug Administration unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for...

The Conversation: Claudia Dey and Bridget Stutchbury discuss sex

The Conversation: Claudia Dey and Bridget Stutchbury discuss sex

The place: Arabesque Café in Little Italy. The people: writer Claudia Dey and biologist Bridget Stutchbury. The subject: the sex...

Maclean’s asks if U of T is “too Asian”

Maclean’s asks if U of T is “too Asian”

Apparently, the arrival of excellent students is a problem in Canada’s universities. The 20th edition of Maclean’s University...

CNN acknowledges Canada’s success, existence

Recent boosts to Canada’s public profile haven’t exactly been polishing the brand: we’ve already mentioned the wretched Lake...

Cast of Toronto’s Lake Shore even more despicable than cast of Jersey Shore

Toronto Facebook news feeds were in a frenzy yesterday, not in response to anything of worth—like Movember or even Keenan Cahill...

Monster jam: Jan Wong on the tear-down real estate trend in Lawrence Park

Monster jam: Jan Wong on the tear-down real estate trend in Lawrence Park

In my neighbourhood, century-old houses are being knocked down to make room for super-sized faux chateaux. Something is lost, and...

Harper’s Conservatives plan national budget tour to listen to Canadians—but will Toronto get a date?

Most national tours make some room in their calendars for Toronto, whether it’s Justin Bieber or Conan O’Brien . In fact, we...

Toronto public school board catches $88,500 fraud without a huge scandal

Toronto public school board catches $88,500 fraud without a huge scandal

A we-assume-formerly respected principal, teacher and baseball coach from Martingrove Collegiate in Etobicoke has been charged...

Revealed! Easy ways to get Jian Ghomeshi's abs

Revealed! Easy ways to get Jian Ghomeshi’s abs

Everyone knows that if you want to work in radio, you have to have a really great body. For all of you would-be hosts puzzling...

Reason to Love Toronto: we’re a safe haven for an anti-terrorist

Reason to Love Toronto: we’re a safe haven for an anti-terrorist

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistan National Assembly member, is an international phenomenon among progressive Muslim...

The app kings: meet the army of tech genius millionaires who are turning Toronto into the new Silicon Valley

The app kings: meet the army of tech genius millionaires who are turning Toronto into the new Silicon Valley

Why bother with a boring office job when you can share code at networking parties, design games for smartphones and sell your idea...

Comparing cab rates: Toronto has the 20th most expensive taxis in the world

Comparing cab rates: Toronto has the 20th most expensive taxis in the world

We all know that taxis are expensive in Toronto, but today’s Globe goes one step further and proves it . According to the paper...

The six things we learned when the mayoral campaign managers met to dish dirt on the election

The six things we learned when the mayoral campaign managers met to dish dirt on the election

Last Friday morning, the former managers of the final three big contestants in Toronto’s mayoral race all got together and...

Kory Teneycke, the now-departed Sun News TV chief, wanted to attack David Suzuki

Kory Teneycke, the now-departed Sun News TV chief, wanted to attack David Suzuki

The odd stories from Kory Teneycke ’s brief tenure as head of the Sun News TV project (a.k.a. Fox News North) just keep on...

Dear Urban Diplomat: what can I do about fighting neighbours that just won’t shut up?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I live in a condo, and the woman in the unit neighbouring mine has a nasty habit of screaming at her...

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