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Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

If scathing contempt for this mockery (or whatever) is your bag, there’s plenty to hold your interest this morning. Where to...

Ken and Barbie

Yesterday morning, The New York Times ran one of those on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand articles meant to reinforce the idea that...

Who to believe?

Who to believe?

Who would you rather buy soap from? Salesman A, a decent, trustworthy man flogging a damaged brand? Or Salesman B, an inept guy...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Oh, what might have been. I remember having the same giddy feeling at the prospect of seeing Emerson Lake & Palmer back-to-back...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Reports today focused on Joan Maida, the Black secretary who couldn’t keep her story straight as to who packed the boxes and for...

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.

Conflict Resolution

One of the stranger moments in the trial arrived yesterday, when Maclean’s editor Ken Whyte took the stand as a witness for the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With the prosecution rested and the money-laundering charge dropped, Edward Genson came out with the line of the trial: “OK, I...

The Riverdale Con Caper

So I’m over at a friend’s Riverdale home for dinner last night, maybe 20 blocks away from my place, and I start to tell him my...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

British papers lead their trial coverage this morning with the testimony of security guard Shahab Mahmood and the case of the...

Life without appliances

Life without appliances

As I write in the confines of my basement office, directly above my head a contractor is ripping my kitchen apart, preparing to...

Biting the Hand That Feeds You

It’s one of those fabulous little ironies that points to the underlying absurdity of just about everything. In an otherwise...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Planning without money

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

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...

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...

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...

Frequent Liar Points

For the second week, I was left disappointed as star prosecution witness David Radler came and went with nothing interesting to...

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...

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...

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