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Toronto Star can't decide if city's dismal Earth Hour showing is "bright" or "dark"

Toronto Star can’t decide if city’s dismal Earth Hour showing is “bright” or “dark”

In a blow to empty-but-well-meaning symbolic gestures everywhere, Toronto’s involvement in Earth Hour last weekend saw a...

George Smitherman attends enemy-choosing ceremony in Scarborough

George Smitherman attends enemy-choosing ceremony in Scarborough

The six most recognizable (read: sanest) of the 26 mayoral candidates gathered for the first time last night so that front-runner...

Justin Bieber: sexier than we thought, makes us uncomfortable

Justin Bieber: sexier than we thought, makes us uncomfortable

Slate’s review of Justin Bieber’ s first album somehow makes us feel uncomfortable. We had no idea he was so...

Toronto has worse gridlock than New York, Montreal, Berlin, London and L.A.

Toronto has worse gridlock than New York, Montreal, Berlin, London and L.A.

Sure, there's some good news in the latest Toronto Board of Trade report: Toronto is among the most prosperous of global...

Matt Galloway: 10 things I can't live without

Matt Galloway: 10 things I can’t live without

The new host of Metro Morning, the city’s top-rated wake-up show, shares 10 things he can’t live without Soccer season I’ve...

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.

Toronto's water main nightmare: how we got into this mess and what it will cost to get us out

Toronto’s water main nightmare: how we got into this mess and what it will cost to get us out

This winter in Toronto, as many as 70 water mains ruptured every week, causing blackouts, flooding basements to the rafters and...

Sign of the apocalypse #4529: CEOs think taxes should be raised

Sign of the apocalypse #4529: CEOs think taxes should be raised

According to a Report on Business survey, a majority of Canadian executives are in favour of raising taxes. “Almost three out of...

Suzanne Rogers delivers Oscar de la Renta to Toronto

When our favourite sparkly socialite, Suzanne Rogers, is in the news, it’s usually for one of two reasons: to praise her fashion...

Raptors’ Hedo Turkoglu caught partying in Yorkville when he should have been vomiting at home

Apparently Hedo Turkoglu' s parents didn’t teach him that if one is too sick to go to school, one is too sick to go out. We...

Art community searches for the next generation of philanthropists

Art community searches for the next generation of philanthropists

The National Post took a look at Toronto’s philanthropist-in-training clubs, like the AGO’ s Next and the ROM’ s Young...

Hometown boy David Frum sacked after speaking his mind

Prominent Toronto-born conservative David Frum is going to have to find another tank in which to do his thinking. Last week, after...

Adding a $4-billion insult to injury: Dalton McGuinty kicks the TTC while it's down

Adding a $4-billion insult to injury: Dalton McGuinty kicks the TTC while it’s down

Dalton McGuinty and Dwight “The Blight” Duncan dealt a huge blow to GTA public transit in their budget yesterday. Provincial...

Rob Ford is running for mayor, crazy bar has been set

After much speculation, Rob Ford is now in contention to have the craziest mayoral campaign. Sure bands may have cancelled their...

If elected, Mammoliti will propose 11 p.m. curfew for tweens

Following the brouhaha over bands dropping out of a Giorgio Mammoliti campaign concert, we decided to check out Mammoliti's...

Toronto G20: all the security of the Olympics, no cool fashion trends

Toronto G20: all the security of the Olympics, no cool fashion trends

G20 organizers have released more details about security for the summit. Right now, it sounds intense. There will be an inner...

A made-up music review? Anatomy of a Twitter scandal

A made-up music review? Anatomy of a Twitter scandal

Rollie Pemberton, better known by his musical moniker Cadence Weapon, played a show during Canadian Music Fest, which was reviewed...

Q&A: Don Cherry on the CBC biopic Keep Your Head Up Kid

Q&A: Don Cherry on the CBC biopic Keep Your Head Up Kid

Don Cherry spends a lot of time talking but rarely opens up about himself. This month’s Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry...

Toronto the shafted: when it comes to MPs, cities are getting ripped off

Toronto the shafted: when it comes to MPs, cities are getting ripped off

A report released this week reminded Canadians that the current makeup of Parliament is designed to skew whiter, older and more...

Ann Coulter will help Canada be “cool again” by launching human rights complaint against Canada

In an effort to milk the controversy around her cancelled speech on Tuesday for even more media attention, Ann Coulter has hired...

Globe's home page hijinks: intentional or just hilarious?

Globe’s home page hijinks: intentional or just hilarious?

Looking at the Globe 's home page today, we weren't sure if these sequential snaps of a giraffe, a terrier and Ann Coulter were...

The Ryerson revolution: how the once dumpy polytechnic is redrawing downtown

The Ryerson revolution: how the once dumpy polytechnic is redrawing downtown

Sheldon Levy, Ryerson’s fiercely ambitious president, persuaded students, politicians and Bay Street to bankroll his big...

Ann Coulter stands up to protestors by giving them exactly what they want—her absence

Ann Coulter stands up to protestors by giving them exactly what they want—her absence

Despite the presence of dozens of protestors—or maybe hundreds or thousands or squillions depending on who’s reporting—and a...

U of T students shell out $30 million for Pan Am sports complex

U of T students shell out $30 million for Pan Am sports complex

Students at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus have perplexed people city-wide by agreeing to help pay for a new...

Rock bands cancel campaign gig when they find out it’s for Mammoliti

Rock bands cancel campaign gig when they find out it’s for Mammoliti

Mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti' s camp is scrambling to find a new lineup for next Wednesday’s Rock the Vote night at...

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