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Ford against fornication!

Yesterday at city council, when a motion was brought forward regarding the City of Toronto’s support for Pride Week, Rob Ford...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With the introduction of Conrad’s note to The Donald asking his assistance in quelling the shareholder revolt, the trial entered...
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Paul Bedford’s modest proposal

I had a chat yesterday with Paul Bedford, former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto and all-around civic eminence grise . I...
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Frequent Liar Points

For the second week, I was left disappointed as star prosecution witness David Radler came and went with nothing interesting to...
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Steyn’s Bait & Tackle

Rising to Maclean’s blogger Mark Steyn’s bait is rarely a good idea. Steyn is a careerist and an ideologue and therefore...

Inside the Latest Issue

The June issue of Toronto Life features our annual ranking of the best new restaurants. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The New York Post , famed for its outrageous headlines (who can forget “Headless Body in Topless Bar”?), crystallized our...
Writerly news
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Writerly news

Two things. First, a quick reminder about a previous post : Write Aid, the fundraiser in support of Derek Finkle’s battle to...
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Class Dismissed

Writing in Monday’s Ottawa Citizen , philosopher and social theorist Andrew Potter touched on an aspect of the Conrad Black...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Now that David Radler is reviewing the essentials list for his upcoming trip to summer camp, and Toad has divested himself of his...
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Black Watch: The Weekend’s Top Stories

With Victoria Day just past, Canadians can be forgiven for letting Lord Black’s every squib and squiggle escape their...
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Trial Style

Fashions for the penitent come down to a few options. There are the classics: the hair shirt, in bristly goat, or anything in...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The idea that a free press is available to anyone who can afford it is one of those too- clever-by-half throwaways that sounds...
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Print’s Rupert

Discovering ironies amid the life and times of Conrad Black is like finding gold in California circa 1849. The stuff’s there at...
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Green with consumer envy
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Green with consumer envy

Two bits of wonderful news! One: the June issue of Toronto Life —the Green Edition, featuring a catalogue of...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

David Radler is turning out to be a veritable gusher for the defence. Since Monday, his stumblings and “clarifications” have...
Rabbit season? Duck season? Trauma season!
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Rabbit season? Duck season? Trauma season!

Victoria Day is coming up, which, in the intensive care units and operating rooms of hospitals across Ontario, marks the start of...
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The Big Snore

It was amusing to watch the hotshot audit committee members competing with one another to see who could look more foolish on the...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Another day, another analogy to an arcane courtroom drama. This time it’s The Caine Mutiny . What with David Radler going all...
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“Truth” or Consequences

Much has been made of the fact that David Radler is testifying before his own sentencing, which can have a negative impact if the...
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Keep your children leashed

As an addendum to this story about unleashed dogs in parks, allow me to direct readers to the City of Toronto’s instructions on...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The ping-ponging wisdom of the press was once described to me, sensibly I thought, as similar to that of a school of fish. Since...
For whom the road tolls
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For whom the road tolls

In a worthy piece in today’s Globe , John Barber fires the latest salvo in what is fast becoming a hot-button issue: congestion...
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Fell on Deaf Ears

As we near the end of Radler’s testimony, and both sides madly sow the seeds of what each hopes will, in the decisive...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With Radler’s cross-examination set to finish today and the defence contemplating the possibility of a rebuttal from Black, we...
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Cost of Living

This piano teacher and wedding musician makes $170,000 a year. How does she spend it?
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This piano teacher and wedding musician makes $170,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Loblaws is ridiculously expensive. I avoid it completely”
This Corktown couple makes $140,000 a year. How do they spend it?
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This Corktown couple makes $140,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“We used to spend $2,500 a year on Uber Eats. Now it’s zero”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: I think my neighbours might be exhibitionists
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Dear Urban Diplomat: I think my neighbours might be exhibitionists

I'm forever trying to keep my son away from the windows. How can I impose some privacy?
Dear Urban Diplomat: The co-worker I share a hot desk with is a total slob
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Dear Urban Diplomat: The co-worker I share a hot desk with is a total slob

I've tried to bring it up with him politely, but nothing has changed. Is it time to go over his head?
Dear Urban Diplomat: I lied to my partner about my fear of heights—then he bought us EdgeWalk tickets
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Dear Urban Diplomat: I lied to my partner about my fear of heights—then he bought us EdgeWalk tickets

I just wanted to seem adventurous. Now, I'm scared the truth will break us up
Dear Urban Diplomat: I was excluded from my best friend's wedding shower for having Covid
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Dear Urban Diplomat: I was excluded from my best friend’s wedding shower for having Covid

I had to stay home alone while all my friends partied in an undisclosed location