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The Twilight Zone

Today in Room 1241, things were more or less as we left them last time we met. In the morning, there was a guy in shackles and an...

Black Talk: A Live Discussion

Please join me live tomorrow, August 2, at 2 p.m. ET as Alan Gold and I discuss the current legal fallout.

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Well, the plot thickens. After yesterday’s steamy love letter from Greenspan to Mark Steyn, this morning finds Andrew Harris of...

John Tory: The early years of a born politician

From the archives

John Tory: The early years of a born politician

John Tory has cashed in years of political capital in his bid to become premier. But there’s more at stake than his personal ambition. He may be Progressive Conservatism’s last hope

The great tax debate heats up

Ever since he lost that vote on the vehicle-registration and land-transfer taxes, mayor David Miller has been saying all the right...

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.

With Friends Like These...

Last Friday, we reported on Mark Steyn’s assertion, published in Maclean’s , that the Eddies had asked Lord Black for an...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

While we await what will surely be the last public act of the post-trial period (before sentencing, that is), I offer the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

However optimistic Lord Black may feel now that he’s settled on A-list appellate lawyer Andrew Frey to carry on his fight at the...

Collateral Damage

As the long days in Room 1241 stretch out behind him, and the immediacy of the trial gives way to the ambiguities of appeal and...

How Toronto will eventually tax cigarettes

Funny thing happened back when the city was still mulling over its many new revenue-taxing power-tools. One of the powers under...

The axe that fell down on Mike Colle’s head

… can be found here . To sum up the week’s events in provincial politics, then: McGuinty apologizes after a member of cabinet...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

In reading Black’s staunchest media allies you get the feeling they’re still fighting the last battle, while the war has moved...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

One of the more bizarre spectacles in the Black debacle has been the revolving door in the executive offices of the Hollinger...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Only a couple of items of note in the press this morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that Black has added sentencing expert...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With the verdict behind us and Conrad Black’s freedom (restricted though it may be) assured until his sentencing four months...

The sound of bureaucrats laughing

The sound of bureaucrats laughing

When she met with the media on Friday, City Manager Shirley Hoy, city hall’s top bureaucrat, didn’t mince words about the...

Conversations With a Juror

What follows is an e-mail string over the past couple of days between Douglas Bell and Jean Kelly, a juror in the trial of Conrad...

Perfectly clear?

Mayor David Miller says he’s been clear all along about the consequences of failing to adopt the proposed new revenue...

All About Eve

Lawyers like to argue and judges like to adjudicate, and in Room 1241 this afternoon, there was a whole lot more of one than the...

So like I was saying about manufacturing a crisis

The mayor is belatedly with the program .

Travelling Circus

The waiting area at Pearson’s gate 61 wasn’t a far cry from the alcoves of the Dirksen building this morning. Paul Waldie and...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

If there’s one thing that distinguishes British journalists, it’s their willingness—hell, their eagerness—to gouge out a...

The defining issue of our time…

… is of course climate change. But I have been sounding alarm bells on this blog about economic prosperity for a while now. And...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

“Hell,” said Sartre, “is other opinions.” (Actually, he said hell was other people, but six of one, half a dozen of the...

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