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Dear Wedding Diplomat: Too many guests RSVP’d for our destination wedding. What can we do?
Dear Wedding Diplomat, My fiancé and I are having a destination wedding in Cancún in April. We reserved a villa for 40 guests...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I tell my best friend that his on-court tantrums won’t fly at my tennis club?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m the head of my tennis club’s membership committee, and my best friend is angling to get...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbour roots through my recycling bin. Can I ask her to stop?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My neighbour is a total eco-Nazi. She leads an enviro group and hosts a regular Skype chat on carbon...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our otherwise perfect babysitter that drinking on the job isn’t cool?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I discovered the parenting Holy Grail: a babysitter who’s punctual, affordable and amazing with...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I stop rude drivers from budging at a lane-closure queue?
Dear Urban Diplomat, The left lane is closed about halfway along the off-ramp from the Bayview extension to River Street. Yet...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I obligated to provide a gluten-free option at my kid’s birthday party?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Last week we sent out e-vites for our son’s 10th birthday. The RSVPs started coming back, and in two...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Are bidding wars on rental condos socially acceptable?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I went to a viewing of a rental condo recently—a great place with an office, a fireplace, a gym downstairs...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I be embarrassed that my husband stockpiles free food from the airport lounge?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently bought a chalet at Mont-Tremblant and have been flying Porter back and forth. He is...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: I find the skateboarder memorial outside my building upsetting. What can I do?
Dear Urban Diplomat, A skateboarder was killed by a cab outside my building, and six months later, the sidewalk memorial is still...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: What should I do when my neighbour throws an obnoxiously loud house party?
Dear Urban Diplomat, A new couple on my block dropped by recently to introduce themselves. They said they were planning a...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it sexist to hold an office holiday party in a VIP box at a Raptors game?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I am one of two women in an office of men, most of whom are diehard sports fans. The holiday party this year...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I offer my streetcar seat without offending anyone?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently offered my streetcar seat to a woman I was convinced was a mom-to-be, then smiled cherubically at...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I ask the host of a party to open the wine I brought?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I brought back an excellent champagne from Paris and was waiting for a special occasion to open it. I decided...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I forgive my date for being a litterbug?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently went on a date with a cute girl. After the movie, she suggested we go to McDonald’s. I avoid...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Are cabbies allowed refuse to drive me because I’m carrying my dog?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I read in the Sun about a Muslim cabbie who rejected a passenger carrying a pet, and I thought it was a...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Do television crews have the right to stop traffic on my street?
Dear Urban Diplomat, An episode of Nikita is being filmed outside my condo. Every morning for the last few days, the crew has...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I let my negligent neighbour supervise my son?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My six-year-old went to Cherry Beach with his best friend and his best friend’s mom. She let the boys go...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Who gets dibs on the Moss Park diamond—ball or cricket players?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My friends and I went to play pickup baseball at Moss Park recently, and we encountered a crew of cricket...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do we tell our friends that we’re not going to work (for free) on their new home any longer?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Our friends bought their first house for $100K over their budget, and it needs a ton of work. My husband is a...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbour is a peeper. How do I make him stop?
Dear Urban Diplomat, The houses on my street are close together, and my kitchen looks directly into my neighbours’. I regularly...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: can I lodge a complaint when fellow restaurant patrons start photographing their food?
Dear Urban Diplomat, My wife and I were enjoying our 35-year anniversary at Scaramouche, until the young couple at the table next...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: I’m staunchly against the wave at Toronto Blue Jays games
Dear Urban Diplomat, I hate it when people do the wave at Jays games. I’m a long-time ticket holder, and this year, a group of...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: My neighbours use our back alley for more than just access
Dear Urban Diplomat, I’m sick and tired of my neighbours using the back alley like it’s an extension of their property. Their...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: One of my fellow condo-dwellers is putting on a peep show
Dear Urban Diplomat, I live on the 10th floor of a condo tower that overlooks the Gardiner. I drive out past the building on my...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling