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Condominium Connect-the-Dots

So here we are: condominium sales have overtaken home sales for the first time ever. But I will refrain from crowing about the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

There’s something spectacularly beside the point in Theresa Tedesco’s opus in this morning’s Post . Tedesco reports that...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

It’s a theme that runs through our collective take on Canada’s great and not so great. McCall and Clarkson on Trudeau: “He...

I wouldn’t mind an increase in my water bill…

… such as the 9 per cent hike proposed by council’s executive committee yesterday , if Toronto Water was not in the habit of...

The Science of Sentencing

Reading the mind of Judge Amy St. Eve when it comes to sentencing Conrad Black falls somewhere between deciphering tea leaves and...

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.

Where’d that Star headline go?

Sorry for going AWOL on the blog. Long story. Anyway, the front-page headline in this morning’s Star —“PM to cities: Drop...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

A careful parsing of his Lordship’s interview with Tom Moroney of Bloomberg Radio offers further evidence that despite his...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

This morning’s offerings include the usual assortment of Brits playing catch-up on Conrad Black’s most recent travails. Among...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Plenty to mull over today in light of Amy St. Eve’s entirely expected ruling quashing Conrad Black et al.’s efforts to elicit...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Down the years, Conrad Black’s efforts at both practising journalism and owning the presses that print it have met with mixed...

Timing is Everything

As a businessman, Conrad Black’s successes were invariably put down to impeccable timing. In landing Argus and The Daily...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

While Canadians turn their attentions to the alleged misdeeds of Conrad Black’s old pal and confidant Brian Mulroney (see pages...

Transit’s Gaping Maw

You know how Queen’s Parkies like to observe that health care costs eat up more and more of its budget, to the point where they...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

This morning’s coverage features a relentlessly snide and obvious piece in the arts section of the Globe , taking as its hook...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

In the first of what is certain to be an avalanche of like-minded stories leading up to Black’s sentencing, Steve Brearton wrote...

Not Exactly 12 Angry Men

If you have a taste for grinding clichés and soap opera storylines, then you probably enjoyed Mark Kelley’s debriefing of...

Uploading the TTC

Persistent rumour holds that Queen’s Park is willing to take over all or part of the TTC. At least one councillor favours the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

All sorts of reports on the doings and proceedings of Lord Black today, what with juror Jean Kelly’s two-night star turn on...

This tax debate brought to you by MasterCard

Those among you with Globe access should read John Barber’s column this morning. He’s right on the mark. The only way to paint...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Goodness but British journalists can be arch—mean, even. After all that goodwill generated by Crossharbour’s contribution to...

Today’s Tax Vote: Five unanswered questions

Today city council holds a final vote on whether to adopt Mayor David Miller’s proposal for a land-transfer tax and a...

Look Who’s Talking II

While the Canadian press snoozed through an excellent opportunity to confront his Lordship Monday eve, Men’s Vogue arrived on...

Why a panel of experts?

Today’s big city hall news is that Mayor David Miller has named an independent fiscal review panel , comprised of six...

Blacked Out

Adding to the generally strange atmosphere surrounding Conrad Black’s LongPen event Monday evening was the absence of just about...

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