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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

In the lull between the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end, coverage today is notable only for a headline webbed in...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

It’s Memorial Day in America, and trial coverage has slowed to a trickle. What there is points to the opening of Conrad...
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The International Brotherhood of Con Men

So I’m out in front of my house at 3:30 am the other night, chasing some noisy raccoons off my front porch, when I’m...
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Look Who’s Talking Now

In light of Black’s recent inflammatory statements in the British press, the National Post and CBC News report that Judge Amy...
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If You Can’t Say Something Nice…

When you’re a communications consultant, watching the Blacks’ attempt to stay afloat in muddy waters means evaluating how they...

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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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Named for the bravest and most gallant knight in King Arthur’s court, security guard Lancelot Bloomfield testified yesterday...
Planning without money
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Planning without money

This Saturday, May 24, People Plan Toronto, a coalition of residents’ associations, will be hosting a Neighbourhood Planning...
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Ford against fornication!

Yesterday at city council, when a motion was brought forward regarding the City of Toronto’s support for Pride Week, Rob Ford...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With the introduction of Conrad’s note to The Donald asking his assistance in quelling the shareholder revolt, the trial entered...
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Paul Bedford’s modest proposal

I had a chat yesterday with Paul Bedford, former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto and all-around civic eminence grise . I...
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Frequent Liar Points

For the second week, I was left disappointed as star prosecution witness David Radler came and went with nothing interesting to...
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Steyn’s Bait & Tackle

Rising to Maclean’s blogger Mark Steyn’s bait is rarely a good idea. Steyn is a careerist and an ideologue and therefore...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The New York Post , famed for its outrageous headlines (who can forget “Headless Body in Topless Bar”?), crystallized our...
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Writerly news
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Writerly news

Two things. First, a quick reminder about a previous post : Write Aid, the fundraiser in support of Derek Finkle’s battle to...
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Class Dismissed

Writing in Monday’s Ottawa Citizen , philosopher and social theorist Andrew Potter touched on an aspect of the Conrad Black...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Now that David Radler is reviewing the essentials list for his upcoming trip to summer camp, and Toad has divested himself of his...
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Black Watch: The Weekend’s Top Stories

With Victoria Day just past, Canadians can be forgiven for letting Lord Black’s every squib and squiggle escape their...
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Trial Style

Fashions for the penitent come down to a few options. There are the classics: the hair shirt, in bristly goat, or anything in...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

The idea that a free press is available to anyone who can afford it is one of those too- clever-by-half throwaways that sounds...
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Print’s Rupert

Discovering ironies amid the life and times of Conrad Black is like finding gold in California circa 1849. The stuff’s there at...
Green with consumer envy
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Green with consumer envy

Two bits of wonderful news! One: the June issue of Toronto Life —the Green Edition, featuring a catalogue of...
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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

David Radler is turning out to be a veritable gusher for the defence. Since Monday, his stumblings and “clarifications” have...
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Rabbit season? Duck season? Trauma season!
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Rabbit season? Duck season? Trauma season!

Victoria Day is coming up, which, in the intensive care units and operating rooms of hospitals across Ontario, marks the start of...
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The Big Snore

It was amusing to watch the hotshot audit committee members competing with one another to see who could look more foolish on the...
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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?