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How buying a home could make you a slave (kind of)
Globe and Mail columnist Rob Carrick wrote another not-very-reassuring column about home ownership today (though he did refrain...
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City News
Casinos are exactly like state-subsidized “smoking palaces,” according to Marcus Gee
We thought Richard Florida’ s disdain for casinos was intense, but the Globe and Mail’ s Marcus Gee may have him...
City News
Royal Bank plays off a major lawsuit like it’s no big deal
The way the Royal Bank of Canada is acting, you’d think the seriously massive lawsuit brought against it by a U.S. regulator is...
City News
Former CEO Tom Glocer gets paid millions not to work at Thomson Reuters
Tom Glocer, who left Thomson Reuters at the end last year after 10 years as CEO, earned $6.7 million in bonuses on top of his...
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City News
Toronto has more sugar daddies (a.k.a. creepy rich guys) than anywhere else in Canada
Toronto has the dubious honour of being the sugar daddy capital of Canada, according to a dating website that specializes in...
City News
York University refuses to take $30 million from Jim Balsillie
After eight months of foot stamping and posturing, York University has backed out of a deal to use a big chunk of Jim Balsillie’...
City News
Former premier Mike Harris ends his stint as a Magna International power broker
Two years ago, Magna International’ s lead director (and Ontario’s former premier) Mike Harris presided over a controversial...
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The Thing: a solid brolly for even the wettest of days
Trying to combat the rain —or the cold half-snow that passes for April rain—with a flimsy corner store umbrella is a futile...
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: how do I explain to my children that we’re not poor?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Every year, my kids’ private school launches a campaign for donations, and parents are expected to give...
City News
Camera: Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Burtynsky host the inaugural Waterkeeper Gala at the Corus Quay
February 7, Corus Quay. Almost 50 years after Camelot, the Kennedy name still draws a crowd. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined...
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City News
TD Bank, like most of Toronto, wants to make it big in New York
Another entry to add to our file of Torontonians looking to make it in New York: Toronto-Dominion Bank, which wants to be the...
Real Estate News
Ludicrously low rates are going up, signalling an end to the mortgage wars (maybe)
The rock-bottom mortgage rates that have characterized Canadian real estate of late are going up, which could help ease...
City News
Jim Balsillie finds giving away $30 million is tougher than he thought
Poor Jim Balsillie. First Research in Motion’ s board wanted some distance, and now over 270 professors at York University...
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City News
Why Roger Martin believes the corporate world needs to be overhauled—starting with excessive CEO compensation
The head of Toronto’s most prestigious business school has a seditious idea, and it might save us from financial catastrophe...
Real Estate News
Five things we learned about Toronto’s real estate bidding wars from the Globe and Mail
Some basic math: one hot Toronto housing market plus several banks offering historically low mortgage rates equals some seriously...
City News
Rob Granatstein: how city hall tries—and fails—to tackle the systemically screwed-up Toronto taxi industry
Toronto’s taxi industry has been a mess for more than 50 years. As a passenger, you feel it as soon as you slide your bum onto...
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GMP, Bay Street’s (struggling) version of Goldman Sachs, cuts salaries and charitable giving
With Canada’s biggest banks becoming ever more dominant, Bay Street’s independent brokerages are finding it harder to keep...
City News
Former TCHC exec Gordon Chu got the city to pay for his car—twice
While Rob Ford wants to sell off Toronto Community Housing homes to raise money for repairs, the TCHC could probably find cash...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $2 million for a custom Etobicoke home with a staircase inspired by the Guggenheim
ADDRESS: 49 Eastglen Crescent NEIGHBOURHOOD: Islington–City Centre West AGENT: Svetlana Carlasuc, Century 21 PRICE: $2,000,000...
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Condomonium: $5.3 million for the entire top floor (and more) of The Morgan on Richmond Street West
ADDRESS: 438 Richmond Street West, Penthouse NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Paul Johnston, Right at...
Real Estate News
Introducing: Trump International Hotel and Tower Toronto, the first Trump property in Canada
The new Trump International Hotel and Tower opened quietly at the end of January (though the official launch won’t take place...
Style
Toronto residents are paying more taxes than they have to—on purpose!
When city councillors floated the idea of voluntary taxes last year, we couldn’t tell if they were making a sincere...
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City News
Jonathan Kay responds to Gawker’s taunts over his Toronto Life feature “Almost Rich”
When you argue that a household income of $196,000 is “positively middle class,” as Jonathan Kay did in an essay from Toronto...
City News
Almost Rich: an examination of the true cost of city living and why rich is never rich enough
An income of $196,000 places you in the country’s top one per cent of earners. But does it make you wealthy? The Western world...
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Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
Deep Dives
Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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Guelph is having a moment
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For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd
A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer