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Get off the Road: Toronto street festivals take the whole city hostage. Jan Wong says that it’s time we learn to say no

Get off the Road: Toronto street festivals take the whole city hostage. Jan Wong says that it’s time we learn to say no

One of Toronto’s biggest, most aggravating problems is traffic. In a recent poll about the upcoming mayoral...

You be the judge: the Shaq and Justin Bieber dance-off

You be the judge: the Shaq and Justin Bieber dance-off

So Kazaam, er, Shaq has a reality show called Shaq Vs. in which he's pitted against celebrities in various challenges, making his...

City hall now with fewer erection jokes: Howard Moscoe is retiring

City hall now with fewer erection jokes: Howard Moscoe is retiring

Long-time city councillor Howard Moscoe is best known for his mouth: whether slagging Mel Lastman (something Moscoe started doing...

India gets RIM to cry uncle, Google and Skype up next

India gets RIM to cry uncle, Google and Skype up next

The big news in the tech world today is that Waterloo-based Research in Motion seems to have struck a deal to keep Blackberrys...

Latest mayoral debate features duelling Roccos, melanin and group shouting at Rob Ford

Latest mayoral debate features duelling Roccos, melanin and group shouting at Rob Ford

Last night's mayoral debate at St. Lawrence Hall featured the first new face since Rob Ford entered the race: candidate Rocco...

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.

Hot or not? Shirtless men shilling Stayfree pads

Check out the creepy new Old Spice –influenced viral marketing campaign for Stayfree (at left), done by the Toronto ad firm...

Listen to Kanye West’s remix of Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love”

The Kanye West and Raekwon remix of “Runaway Love” (as promised via Twitter) has been released. It’s a blend of Justin...

Dalton McGuinty joins Twitter, insomniacs everywhere see a cure

Dalton McGuinty joins Twitter, insomniacs everywhere see a cure

Remember when it was just reporters, celebrities, drunken teens and people pretending to be David Hasselhoff blasting their...

Total Recall: Rocco Rossi wants Torontonians to be able to sack their councillors by petition

Total Recall: Rocco Rossi wants Torontonians to be able to sack their councillors by petition

We'll be the first to acknowledge that election campaigns are fun. There's shouting, polls, shouting, the occasional policy...

Darcy Allen Sheppard’s dad joins memorial bike ride, calls Toronto “toxic”

One year after his death, friends and family gathered in downtown Toronto to remember Darcy Allan Sheppard , the bike courier...

Strategist extraordinaire Warren Kinsella grabs a bucket, starts bailing out the SS Rocco Rossi

As Toronto's mayoral campaign enters the home stretch, it's looking worse and worse for Rocco Rossi 's campaign. A Toronto Star...

Q&A with Doug Saunders, City Slicker

Q&A with Doug Saunders, City Slicker

Why Doug Saunders, a foreign correspondent for the Globe and Mail , could have called his new book The Torontoification of the...

A week in Toronto council: flagpoles, ice rinks and doubling down on crazy

Racing to meet a deadline—that pesky election that we've heard so much about—Toronto's city council is hard at work trying to...

From the “hilarity ensues” files: suburban councillor insults her suburban voters in election year

From the “hilarity ensues” files: suburban councillor insults her suburban voters in election year

Here's a lesson a councillor shouldn't need after their 22nd year in office: don't insult constituents when heading into the most...

Rob Ford's frenemies on council eager to emphasize the “fre” part

Rob Ford’s frenemies on council eager to emphasize the “fre” part

Mayoral front-runner Rob Ford doesn't have a lot of people he could call friends on council, or so the story goes. Just yesterday...

Mammoliti will not be endorsing Sarah Thomson; Thomson seems OK with it

One of the great prerogatives of running for office and then quitting the race is that you get to shop your influence around and...

From the Archives: a look back on TIFF’s most memorable moments

From the Archives: a look back on TIFF’s most memorable moments

Oh, Snap 1978 Festival judge Robbie Robertson orders the Plaza II Hotel’s entire stash of Dom Perignon within an hour of...

Sum 41 members tell Ajax residents to vote, voter turnout looks even less promising

We suspect the whole categorical imperative logic is lost on the makers of a new video imploring Ajax residents to vote in the...

Rob Ford campaigns against city council lunches (insert ironic joke about Ford's waistline here)

Rob Ford campaigns against city council lunches (insert ironic joke about Ford’s waistline here)

Next up on Rob Ford’s chopping block: lunch. The mayoral candidate continued his legacy of bottom-line nitpicking (and pissing...

Stephen Harper engages in human pastime of “dancing”

Stephen Harper engages in human pastime of “dancing”

First it was Michael Ignatieff dancing outside MuchMusic during Caribana . Now, from the Prime Minister's trip to the arctic, we...

As Rob Ford is punished again, councillors contemplate the Mayor Ford era, plan coup

As Rob Ford is punished again, councillors contemplate the Mayor Ford era, plan coup

Another day, another report from the integrity commissioner that Rob Ford did something he shouldn't have. In this case, Ford...

Battle of the columnists: Mallick, Blatchford and Goar take on Rob Ford

Last Friday, Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford wrote a piece calling Rob Ford “the gadfly Toronto needs,” and today...

Pandas in Toronto: city caught between wanting cute things and wanting to cut spending

Pandas in Toronto: city caught between wanting cute things and wanting to cut spending

In a time of tightened belts and mayoral candidates trying to out-parsimony one another, it's kind of surprising to see the city...

Shocker! Jack Layton endorses Joe Pantalone

Shocker! Jack Layton endorses Joe Pantalone

We don't imagine there were that many NDP voters in the city who were wondering which candidate, exactly, was the left-most choice...

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