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Hot to Trot-sky: Jay Baruchel looking fine in GQ

Hot to Trot-sky: Jay Baruchel looking fine in GQ

We had a Princess Diaries moment this morning when we saw this photo shoot of Jay Baruchel in GQ . Remember that awkward tween...

Welcome to the redesigned Toronto Life

Welcome to the redesigned Toronto Life

Welcome to the August issue of Toronto Life , which has a fresh new look and more stories and photos than ever before. We’ve...

Hogweed hits Hogtown: plant oozing blindness-causing goo spreads through Toronto

The G20 summit may be over, but now Toronto faces a new calamity in the form of hogweed, a gigantic poisonous plant that’s...

Dan Levy: Hot or Not, part two

Dan Levy: Hot or Not, part two

Last week’s post on the ambiguous hot-or-not-ness of MTV golden boy Dan Levy came close to causing an on-line riot. Clearly, one...

Crushed Out: Carl Wilson on how Justin Bieber is changing the shape of celebrity for the worse

Justin Bieber changed the shape of teen celebrity. He needs to change it back, before it’s too late here are times when it’s...

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.

Toronto's deal to preserve green space by using golf courses keeps out the unwashed masses

Toronto’s deal to preserve green space by using golf courses keeps out the unwashed masses

Councillor Adrian Heaps and the Toronto Star have found the outrage of the day (well, the second one): apparently, a number of...

Nightmare on Queen Street: casting the Toronto mayoral race

Nightmare on Queen Street: casting the Toronto mayoral race

With new polls putting Rob Ford in a dead heat with George Smitherman, the mayoral race is finally getting a much-needed infusion...

Toronto Star nervously reports that Rob Ford might sometimes be unpleasant

Toronto Star nervously reports that Rob Ford might sometimes be unpleasant

There’s an odd story in the Star this morning. Given a place of honour on the front page, the piece is tepidly headlined...

Taiwanese company’s illustration of Justin Bieber’s syphilis rumour is creepily hilarious

Thanks to language barriers and cultural divides, it is sometimes difficult to understand news coming from another...

Surprise! Toronto’s beaches are not revolting

Surprise! Toronto’s beaches are not revolting

The shores of Lake Ontario are slowly, sometimes grudgingly, coming out of their industrial past. Still, most Torontonians would...

TTC might actually avoid a PR debacle: senior couple gets reprieve

TTC might actually avoid a PR debacle: senior couple gets reprieve

Tokens, mess and headaches: things the TTC has more than enough of. At the very least, the transit agency may have extricated...

Island airport to get tunnel, money, passengers and Air Canada

The shortest ferry ride in the world is about to be sidestepped by a $45 million investment from the Toronto Port Authority: an...

Take that, Bay Street: no securities regulator headquarters for you

Take that, Bay Street: no securities regulator headquarters for you

Chalk one up for passive-aggressive politics. One of Stephen Harper’s signature projects since taking office has been the...

Huffington Post notes Canada’s existence, job numbers

Huffington Post notes Canada’s existence, job numbers

In a post voiced somewhere between a zoo plaque for children and a swindling travel brochure, U.S. news site HuffPo tells its...

TTC delays about to get even more aggravating as cell reception comes into the subways

Here’s an idea we’re putting into the wait-and-see category: the TTC wants to add cell phone service to its subway...

Barely understood “Supercorp” plan dies of terminal complexity

Barely understood “Supercorp” plan dies of terminal complexity

For almost a year now, the Liberals at Queen’s Park have been mulling the idea of semi-privatizing the profit-making crown...

New service allows riders to text the TTC to learn how late streetcars will be

New service allows riders to text the TTC to learn how late streetcars will be

The service's stickers went up in May, but those texting for TTC schedules via the new streetcar notification system have been...

New Kingwest magazine beautifully illustrates why people don’t like King West

New Kingwest magazine beautifully illustrates why people don’t like King West

A recently launched quarterly about the fabulousness of life in the King West area is, as expected, a thinly veiled condo...

Canada’s new governor general: thinker, educator, rapper

Move over, Drake. There's a new guy about to steal the gangsta spotlight in Canada, and he just happens to be our new governor...

Spadina subway expansion might be delayed because of obscure rule; city council appears to lose its mind

Spadina subway expansion might be delayed because of obscure rule; city council appears to lose its mind

It's bad enough that a much-needed expansion of Toronto's transit system is being delayed because the province can't cough up the...

Hot child in the city: Drake is on the patio at One

Hot child in the city: Drake is on the patio at One

Drake is apparently over his fear of rough-and-tumble Toronto, because he's on the patio at One , the oh-so-exclusive Yorkville...

Actually, that G20 security fence cost nearly twice what was projected

Remember that security fence that nobody was supposed to go near unless they had papers (and not the fun kind)? Then it turned out...

@chrisbosh is out. Let the #dinosaur jokes begin

“Before anything else. Thank you Toronto. I wouldn't be here without you all and I will miss you. Your support and love kept me...

Island Airport update: Porter-Air Canada throwdown heats up

Island Airport update: Porter-Air Canada throwdown heats up

Air Canada has taken to the courts to whine about the Toronto Port Authority's allotment of takeoff and landing spots at Toronto's...

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?