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Real Estate News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How can I make sure a contractor is legit?
"Our eccentric architect wants us to go with some obscure contractor he swears by"
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Real Estate News
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I price my place strategically?
"What makes more sense in today’s market: overpricing or underpricing it?"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How can I stop my husband’s parents from moving in next door?
"His parents thought we got a great deal, so they purchased the unit next door as an investment"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: What can I do about my poop-tossing neighbours?
"I saw my next-door neighbour pull the ol’ tie-and-toss"
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I rid my coffee shop of space-hogging stroller moms?
"There’s only one place to grab a decent coffee en route, and it’s always packed with the same gaggle of moms"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I give my Uber driver a one-star rating if he annoys me?
"Last time I delivered a single star, my friend ripped into me for being cruel"
Real Estate News
Dear Urban Diplomat: My chain-smoking neighbours are making it impossible to sell my house
"It’s their property, so we can’t ask them to leave for the day. Or can we?"
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I get my girlfriend to remove her controversial bumper sticker?
"I’m all for free speech, and we agree on the issue, but I don’t want our ride to get keyed every weekend"
Real Estate News
Can my landlord kick me out to renovate and sell my house?
"I had no plans to move out until I finished my studies"
Real Estate News
Does my neighbour owe me money for enhancing her townhouse’s curb appeal?
"When I presented her with a receipt for $2,000, she refused to pay"
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Real Estate News
Can I kick my live-in boyfriend to the curb if we break up?
"I want to make sure it's still
my
place if we break up after he moves in."
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I apologize to my girlfriend for being naked on the Internet?
"In a drunken stupor, I recorded it and sent the video to a few buddies"
Real Estate News
Can I make my landlord show me my roommates’ leases?
"I want to make sure my landlord’s not ripping me off"
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I yell at people in mobility scooters if they deserve it?
"Is there any scenario—and any way to handle it—that doesn’t make me look like a schoolyard bully?"
Real Estate News
Can I get on my no-good neighbour’s property to make repairs?
"Most of the time, we’re happy to avoid each other, but I need to get onto his property to replace some crumbling brick"
Real Estate News
Am I screwed if my pre-construction condo turns into a rental tower?
"What’s at risk if the condo goes the way of landlords and leases after we buy in?"
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Real Estate News
Do I have to tell buyers that someone was murdered in my house?
"It languished on the market because, well, someone was killed in it"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Do I have to let my friends bring their dog to dinner?
"Since they refuse to leave the thing home alone, they say they’re unable to attend"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: What should I do about my neighbours’ foul-mouthed kid?
"I’m concerned her brattiness might rub off on my daughter"
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I flip my cousin’s house?
"When I told my cousin, he went crazy"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Do I have to slow down when pedestrians wander into the bike lane?
"When I swerved around him, I accidentally nicked him with the end of my handlebar"
Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I get the people who live in my building to stop holding the door for strangers?
"I’ve tried putting up friendly notices, but they don’t work"
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Life
Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I scalp my friend’s courtside Raptors tickets?
"I’ve been out of work for a while and could really use some extra cash"
City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: how do I get my paranoid dad to see a doctor?
"My dad is becoming either a survivalist or senile"
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
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
Big Stories
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
Just Listed
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
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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