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Green whine

Council’s executive committee yesterday approved Mayor David Miller’s climate-change plan. But despite the unanimous vote, a...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Reports this morning describe some effective theatrics from the defence. The Globe ’s Paul Waldie writes that Atkinson’s...
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Transit City Revisited

Back when Toronto’s Transit City proposal for a new network of light-rail transit lines was first announced, I and many others...
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June 26 Live Discussion

On Tuesday, June 26, Alan Gold, Roger Martin and myself will be discussing legal and business matters related to the trial. The...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The end is finally and irrevocably nigh. Today the limber-faced Ron Safer, acting for Mark Kipnis, finishes off the summary...

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.

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The black banana

Bad news for Dalton McGuinty: Ontario’s economy is Wall Street Journal . When Ontario’s economy grows slower than those of...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The last day of the trial week (in the final stages of a three-month ordeal) saw a lot of giddy school’s-out behaviour among...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

As the trial rattles toward its denouement sometime on Tuesday of next week and the fate of Black et al. falls into the laps of 12...
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Accessories to an Alleged Crime

We’re finally nearing the end of the Conrad Black trial in Chicago. Jurors will soon be scratching their heads, gnawing on their...
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Make mine 75 litres

I’ve had to go AWOL this week. Alas for me, I missed out as Wall Street Journal they’ve been floating for what feels like...
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Put Your Eds Together

Yesterday was a banner—if somewhat disjointed—day for the defence. Eddie Greenspan’s presentation in the morning had a...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Monday was Ruder’s day, and yesterday and today belonged to the two Eddies—though you wouldn’t know it from Rosie DiManno in...
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End Game

Almost all of my friends are convinced that Black is going to the big house. This is interesting to me. They pretty much think the...
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Ruder Awakening

Yesterday was Julie Ruder’s day. With her dad proudly looking on from the gallery, the 30-something single mother of two gave a...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

This morning the British press was back on the case with a vengeance, the Times , The Telegraph and The Guardian all reporting...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The weekend saw a plethora of wrap-ups and cheap-seats columnizing in the face of the coming summations and deliberations that...
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My new kitchen is almost complete!

And I will not be installing a microwave oven. I have made the proud choice to omit a useless appliance from my life. Apparently...
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Taking a toll on the city

This morning Toronto City Hall released its Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Action Plan , a truly remarkable policy...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

In describing U.S. vs. Conrad Black et al.—fraught as it is with $500-an-hour complexities—the journalistic inclination is...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

In the run-up to summary arguments, the lawyers spent yesterday wrangling before the judge over what the jury can and can’t hear...
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Crash course on the Canadian economy

If you’ve ever bothered to peek at my blogroll down there on the right, you may have wondered why I bother linking to Statistics...
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Court Gestures

Over the course of two days in and around Room 1241, there were several opportunities to view Lord Black in his somewhat captive...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Poor Alan Funk. Bad enough that he be mocked in court for accepting money (admittedly a lot) from the defence to provide expert...
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Prophet Motives

A strange, at times dramatic, at times seriously tedious day started yesterday morning at 7 a.m. Fearful of being shunted off to...
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Cost of Living

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?