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Embarrassment of glitches: undercover RCMP officer planted at student paper can’t fool Ryerson students

Embarrassment of glitches: undercover RCMP officer planted at student paper can’t fool Ryerson students

Fresh off their coup of exposing explosive stores in Forest Hill and finding drugs in proximity to hippies , the G20 security...

Canadian rappers issue danceable call to arms, fuel G20 protestors’ unspecific rage

The music video for “Crash the Meeting” by local artists Test Their Logik is making the rounds on protestor sites. We see it...

Toronto's Path system already bled of business, busyness

Toronto’s Path system already bled of business, busyness

With a huge decrease in pedestrian traffic, several access points closed off, hordes of police with riot gear and the possibility...

Smitherman calls for more amalgamation: merger of fire department, paramedics

Smitherman calls for more amalgamation: merger of fire department, paramedics

If merging Scarborough and Etobicoke was the kind of thing that only a hard-headed provincial politician could do, maybe this is...

Google can basically show the street address of the earthquake

Google can basically show the street address of the earthquake

Amid hilarious speculation that Quebec is literally separating from the rest of Canada, there is some actual news coming out about...

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.

G2OMG: Toronto momentarily not hated by rest of Canada, fabric of reality at risk

G2OMG: Toronto momentarily not hated by rest of Canada, fabric of reality at risk

If there's one thing Canadians outside of the GTA know, it’s that Toronto sucks. Critics say that this city is...

Toronto Star offers G20 fashion guide, demonstrates its discomfort with irony

Toronto Star offers G20 fashion guide, demonstrates its discomfort with irony

With G20 fever gripping the city, it seems as though an article can’t get published without having a summit angle. (We admit...

EARTHQUAKE! Toronto media takes collective sigh of relief as they briefly get to stop reporting on the G20

Many people are reporting via Twitter that yes, indeed, there was an earthquake in Toronto about five minutes ago. CityNews had...

Ford adviser: stop funding the TTC

Ford adviser: stop funding the TTC

Like most Torontonians, we hadn't heard of Mark Twohey until today, but that all changed when the Toronto Star 's bloggers dug up...

Margaret Atwood on the future of books

Margaret Atwood on the future of books

Margaret Atwood has spoken on the future of books, and her predictions aren’t as grim as you might think. She is the creator of...

Canada struts its stuff in million-dollar purchase of every ad in the New Yorker

Canada struts its stuff in million-dollar purchase of every ad in the New Yorker

As the G8 and G20 summits loom, now is apparently the time to remind Americans that we’re not backward hicks who while away the...

Doth protest too much? Rating the threat levels of anarchists, anti-capitalists and other G20 haters

Doth protest too much? Rating the threat levels of anarchists, anti-capitalists and other G20 haters

The big dailies are issuing their warnings about the onslaught of G20 protesters, many of whom are already converging on our...

Karl Rove stops by Toronto for G20

Karl Rove stops by Toronto for G20

Protesters are going to have an embarrassment of riches this weekend when the G20 circus rolls into town. What's an...

Yet another mayoral debate: Mammoliti is sensible, Pantalone is lonely and Tory’s Hamlet act gets old

The latest debate featured Rob Ford and George Smitherman sniping at each other—what else is new? We're turning our gaze to some...

"Cougars prowl in Ontario"

“Cougars prowl in Ontario”

This story on the Star 's site probably got more page views last night when the headline was "Cougars prowl in Ontario." That was...

Snap Happy: Caitlin Cronenberg breaks from the family film business

Snap Happy: Caitlin Cronenberg breaks from the family film business

Caitlin Cronenberg breaks from the family film business with her first book of photography, due out in July If there were a...

Latest debate sees Ford, Smitherman compete for irrelevance to black community

Latest debate sees Ford, Smitherman compete for irrelevance to black community

Given that they're signed up for literally dozens of debates, it's easy to believe that the mayoral candidates run out of things...

Harper lamer than Mulroney suggests Harper minister Peter Van Loan

Harper lamer than Mulroney suggests Harper minister Peter Van Loan

Peter Van Loan is now a minister in Stephen Harper 's cabinet, but back in 1988, he was a young volunteer helping out with what...

Torontonians looking to make a quick buck from the G20 are SOL

Downtown apartment dwellers trying to make a quick buck by renting out their space to G20 reporters are, apparently, wasting their...

Revisiting Aqsa Parvez: Q&A with Mary Rogan

Revisiting Aqsa Parvez: Q&A with Mary Rogan

The author of “Girl, Interrupted”— Toronto Life ’s cover story about the life and death of Aqsa Parvez—discusses honour...

Supreme Court slightly restricts scope of future government cover-ups

Reporters across the land are filled with ambiguous cheer as the Supreme Court of Canada has modestly, incrementally, fractionally...

Toronto hating gets an embossed stamp: U.S. State Department says stay away during the G20

Toronto hating gets an embossed stamp: U.S. State Department says stay away during the G20

Torontonians woke up this morning to find that the U.S. State Department had put our fair city on the same list as Jamaica and...

Bedbugs be gone: G20 preparations now extend to insect world

Bedbugs be gone: G20 preparations now extend to insect world

Since the feds certainly haven’t skimped on security spending for the G8 and G20 summits, we’re hoping that officials have the...

Thompson Hotel opening: pillow fights, pool parties and an hour wait for the rooftop

Thompson Hotel opening: pillow fights, pool parties and an hour wait for the rooftop

By 10 p.m. last night, the wait for the elevator was an hour long, and the rooftop patio was at capacity. We shouldn't have been...

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?