Real Estate News
Food & Drink
City News
Deep Dives
Culture
Style
Newsletters
Membership
Submit a Tip
Subscribe
Sign in
Toronto Public Library
City News
Toronto Public Library now offers free, streaming movies
It's not quite Netflix , but it's free (as long as you've got a library card). Earlier today, Toronto Public Library announced the...
Advertisement
City News
Toronto Public Library is thinking about offering a free-to-use, Netflix-like service
Nothing is finalized yet, but a spokesperson says that Toronto Public Library is in the process of negotiating a deal with Hoopla...
Today in Toronto: A Craigslist Cantata, The Book Lover’s Ball and more
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata This musical by Vancouver singer- composer Veda Hill and CBC host Bill...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for July 9 to 15
Monday, July 9 Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12 Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Farmers’...
Advertisement
City News
Reasons to Love Toronto: No. 24, because our favourite library is stacked
Late last year, ultra-hip book lovers could be seen carrying replica Toronto Public Library tote bags identical to the original...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 30 to May 6
Monday, April 30 Tuesday, May 1 Wednesday, May 2 Thursday, May 3 Friday, May 4 Saturday, May 5 Sunday, May 6
City News
QUOTED: Janet Davis on the addictive properties of selling ads
—Ward 31 councillor Janet Davis , slamming the Toronto Public Library’s recent decision to slap advertisements on the backs of...
Advertisement
City News
In the wake of the budget defeat, Rob Ford compares his opponents to dogs
After a large portion of his proposed budget was dismantled, Rob Ford, ever gracious, did what any classy politician would do: he...
City News
Quoted: Mike Del Grande on Playboy, public libraries and (imaginary) men in trench coats
That’s silver-tongued budget chief Mike Del Grande on the Toronto Public Library’s Playboy magazines and books (and those...
City News
Will freshly proposed library cuts spark the triumphant return of Margaret Atwood?
At the end of last week, Toronto Public Library staff proposed a host of cuts as part of an effort to meet Rob Ford’ s demands...
Advertisement
City News
Libraries win out over lower taxes—at least, according to the relative popularity of Toronto’s duelling essay contests
If the city’s competing essay competitions are any indication, there may just be a new kind of barometer for public opinion on...
City News
Duelling Toronto essay contests pit lunch with Doug Ford against a date with Margaret Atwood
Not to be outdone by the library-loving elite and the Toronto Public Library Workers Union’s “My Library Matters to Me”...
City News
Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood go at it again—but nobody gets called stupid this time
Yesterday, at a fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library union, the ongoing hostilities between Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood...
Advertisement
Today in Toronto: McLuhan 100: McLuhan’s Legacy
McLuhan 100: McLuhan’s Legacy Resident CBC tech geek Jesse Hirsh lauds Marshall McLuhan’s legacy with a seminar focusing on...
City News
Is the mayor’s office stacking Toronto’s boards with lackeys?
A lot of the decision-making that keeps Toronto’s services running doesn’t happen at city hall—it happens at the boards that...
City News
Two more Rob Ford allies pledge their allegiance to Toronto’s new Mayor of the Moment, Margaret Atwood
If the week that was is any indication, the one thing that scares Toronto’s right-leaning councillors more than being caught...
Advertisement
City News
Doug Ford trolls Toronto’s left, press takes the bait
By now it’s pretty clear that Doug Ford is, as Ivor Tossell noted on Twitter , “trolling us and having a great time doing...
City News
Another Toronto Star columnist tries out the whole civic government thing
One more case like this and it’ll officially be a trend. First, Rosie DiManno took over the SIU’s investigation into the...
Today in Toronto: Bjoerling’s Larynx, Good Mourning Mrs. Brown and On Stage: Four Shakespeare Lectures
Bjoerling’s Larynx Don’t miss your last chance to see American photographer David Leventi’s exhibition of the impossibly...
Advertisement
City News
Books, bedbugs and cops all line up for more money from his Fordship
The Toronto Public Library board meetings are not typically hot events. Except for last night, when the room was packed to...
City News
Will Toronto’s rushed 2011 budget have major cuts? Depends on what your definition of “major” is
City staff are busy trying to put a budget together now that the mayor has directed them to find a way to freeze property...
City News
WTF? Man killed with crossbow in Toronto library
At about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Toronto’s news outlets were given the equivalent of happily chummed waters for...
Advertisement
Today in Toronto: Craig Cardiff, Michael Ondaatje
Craig Cardiff Waterloo’s pride and joy (RIM aside) couldn’t be better suited to the college set if he were tailor-made: his...
City News
Austerity, shmausterity: Toronto Public Library asks for a $5.51-million increase
With less than a week before Rob Ford is sworn in, the new powers that be must be looking for major savings in the city budget...
<<
1
2
3
>>
Advertisement
Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Wines of the World
Food & Drink
Wines of the World: Rediscover your favourites from
Toronto Life’s
Best Restaurants
From cabernet and merlot to icewine and chardonnay, these wines are primed to pair and delight
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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!”
Just Listed
Just Listed
For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
Just Listed
For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
Just Listed
For Sale: 50 First Avenue
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
Just Listed
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
Just Listed
For Sale: 75 Queen Street
Guelph is having a moment