Culture
Toronto Life
Brendan Canning's King West
The Broken Social Scene co-founder takes us on a tour of his favourite spots
2 min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
THE $4-MILLION Girlfriend EXPERIENCE
Stephanie Sahler was a cam girl. Ralph Puglisi was a man willing to pay anything for her doting attention. It was the perfect arrangement—until she realized that every penny he sent her was stolen
10+ min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
The Insatiable Political Ambitions of Douglas R. Ford
Is Ontario's pugnacious premier charting a course for Ottawa? He definitely isn't not considering a run for prime minister. A long, hard look behind the curtain
10+ min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
SAVE ME FROM MY SCREEN
Despite the do-not-disturb settings, time-spent reminders and ritual purging of apps, we’re hopelessly addicted to our smartphones—and it’s ruining our lives. Dispatches from the digital minimalist movement
3 min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
Best of the Fests
It's festival season, and the streets are brimming with music, art, theatre and other forms of summer revelry. Here, a roundup of the best bets of the month.
4 min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
Another Second Chance
Six years ago, a kidney transplant saved my life. Now I need a new one
4 min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
Net Worth
Lilly Singh has gone all in with the Toronto Tempo: part owner, chief hype officer and bringer of 14 million potential fans
3 min |
July 2025
Toronto Life
A story collection about parenthood
ANDRÉ ALEXIS immigrated from Trinidad to the small town of Petrolia, Ontario, as a child, eventually settling in Toronto at age 30.
3 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Bespoke Booze
Toronto bars and restaurants are collaborating with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers on custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
2 min |
May 2025
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Urban Diplomat
A private school beside our house just started renting out its pickleball courts, and the noise is maddening.
3 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Kevin Gausman's Midtown
The Blue Jays pitcher takes us on a tour of his favourite spots
2 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Cost of Living
What Torontonians earn and how they spend it
1 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Green Day
Three destinations for golfaholics and their golf-averse companions
2 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Hello, Darkness
David Cronenberg is back with a sexy new techno drama that doubles as a romantic tribute to his late wife. A conversation with the Baron of Blood
3 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
ANCHOR MAN
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for John Roberts, a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven't heard his thoughts on the trade war, the American psyche and POTUS 47
10+ min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
THE HOLD UP ARTIST
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. Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit
10+ min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Into the Wild
Spending time in the wilderness defined my life. Then I found out I had skin cancer, and staying out of the sun became my new normal
4 min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
TRUMP'S LOSS.TORONTO'S GAIN
They're coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with brains and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump.
10+ min |
May 2025
Toronto Life
Funky Cold Martinis
The city's new dirty martinis are easy, breezy and literally cheesy
1 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Dancing Queens
INTERVIEWS BY ALI AMAD, ZIYA JONES, MADDY MAHONEY, JES MASON AND ISABEL B. SLONE
10+ min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Fighting cancer without losing heart
How UHN's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre transforms outcomes for those with cardiac issues caused by cancerCanada's top disease killers
5 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Urban Diplomat
In an effort to stick it to America's belligerent orange despot, I've been buying Canadian-made products at the grocery store and mall, but I can't quite bring myself to give up Netflix, and my friend has been sanctimoniously criticizing me for it. Meanwhile, I recently caught him pouring Kentucky bourbon into a Wiser's bottle. My question is two-fold: How much should I let global politics contort my life? And should I call my friend out on his hypocrisy? -Patriot Games
2 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
DIARY OF A HOTWIFE
THREE MONTHS AGO, I WAS A SUBURBAN MOM IN A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP. NOW I'M SLEEPING WITH PEOPLE I MEET ONLINEWITH MY HUSBAND'S BLESSING-AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. DON'T JUDGE US UNTIL YOU'VE READ OUR STORY
10+ min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Q&A - Kickstarter
The new pro women's soccer league debuts this month, and Jade Kovacevic is Toronto's not-so-secret weapon. Her plan for building the fan base? Dazzle them on the field and off.
3 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Funny Story
They wanted out of the rental market, so they did what comedians do best: they improvised
2 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Wild Ride
In 2023, I was hit by a TTC bus and told I'd never walk without a cane. I thought my thrill-seeking days were over
4 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
Sook-Yin Lee's Kensington Market
The multi-hyphenate artist takes us on a tour of her favourite spots
2 min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
THE SCANDAL, THE FIRING AND THE FALLOUT
NADINE AHN WAS A HIGH-RANKING EXECUTIVE AT RBC. 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
10+ min |
April 2025
Toronto Life
The New Margaritaville
Toronto bars are giving the summer favourite savoury and seasonal twists
1 min |
March 2025
Toronto Life
Here Comes the Sun
Driving to Florida doesn't have to be a slog. Here's how to turn the 2,400-kilometre journey into an epic four-day road trip
5 min |