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Style Watch: Dressing Down

After the first five days, looking at the Conrad Black trial through awards-show glasses becomes difficult. I simply can’t read...

Business Brief: Who’s the Boss?

In Chicago, the trial of Conrad Black will turn on whether the jurors blame the context or the man. The numbers are, of...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

It’s all starting to run together. Either Eddie Greenspan shone yesterday (the Sun ) or he was a dud (the Star , The Daily Mail...

The Toronto Lexicon, Entry No. 4

Budget day (bud’jet daë) n 1. The day of the year when a government discloses how it spends its money, following which, for the...

Blog, interrupted

This weblog goes on vacation all next week. Back again first week of April. Then we get to tackle yet another budget — the...

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.

Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord

While the lawyers for the alleged co-conspiring defendants argue which of their clients is the wider-eyed innocent seduced and...

Spin Report: Bite That Tongue

Spin Report: Bite That Tongue

Even though the trial is actually starting to have some content for media beyond Conrad’s moods and Barbara’s outfits, the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

With the arrival on the witness stand of Gordon Paris—the Hollinger exec who succeeded Conrad Black as CEO and, according to...

The Simple Life

The ever-popular rats-off-a-sinking-ship trial narrative raises its well-worn head as Ron Safer, lawyer for former Hollinger...

Steyn for the Defence

Steyn for the Defence

So the trial is underway in earnest and to no sentient creature’s surprise prosecutor Jeffrey Cramer told the jury: “Bank...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Both sides got in their opening shots, and the interested world press continues to throw the kitchen sink into their coverage. The...

Toronto the gullible

Toronto the gullible

Let me get this straight. Last Friday, Mayor David Miller and his TTC Chair Adam Giambrone unveil Transit City, a laudably...

Right Back Atcha, Babs

Right Back Atcha, Babs

Barbara Amiel, it seems, cannot leave bad enough alone. This morning on her way into the courthouse, she explained her startling...

Libel Thumper

What with yesterday’s delay (due to some deft manoeuvring by Eddie Genson), now’s not a bad time to look at some marginal...

Legal File: Can Black beat 17 charges?

Canadian indictments are usually a page or a few pages long, rarely more. They set out the criminal charges, generally in the...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Sluts, vermin, countrymen lend me your ears as we run down the insidestories of jury foul-ups (the Sun ), Barbara Black's acid...

Eddie Earns His Keep

Sunday’s late-night settlement between Sun-Times Media (formerly Hollinger International) and David Radler riled Black’s...

Speaking of budgets...

Speaking of budgets...

This morning’s Star featured a good piece by Donovan Vincent about city councillors’ annual expense tallies, naming...

Roughing it in Chicago

With opening arguments from Jeffrey Cramer and Eddie Genson delayed until tomorrow and former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka out...

Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

For a Press Baron, a Showdown in a City He Barely Knew [ NY Times ]The Conrad Black watch [Toronto Star]Motion seeks names of...

Get thee north of Steeles!

Get thee north of Steeles!

Peter Kent has switched ridings. Last time, he ran in the heart of Old Toronto and lost . This time he’s hightailed it to the...

But did he buy a helmet?

But did he buy a helmet?

This is silliest twist on tradition since this guy wore these back in 1979. Wonder if he’ll actually wear them in the House. The...

Jury Doodie

With opening arguments due on Monday and a shroud of deadly earnest sure to descend, the days of jury selection (both of them)...

Style Watch: Black in Blue

Style Watch: Black in Blue

If you were a factory worker and showed up at the warehouse in a suit and tie, teasing colleagues might guess that you were...

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