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Now Magazine
’s adult classifieds may now be illegal
—The number of pages of advertisements for various kinds of sexual services in last week's 95-page issue of Now Magazine . The...
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Survey says: most Canadians think selling sex should be legal
—Percentage of respondents to a Department of Justice online survey who answered "no" when asked whether selling sexual services...
City News
The federal government wants you to talk to it about paying for sex
It's safe to say that very few members of the public have ever wanted to sit down with Stephen Harper for a heart-to-heart about...
City News
QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti on today’s Supreme Court prostitution ruling
-Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti , reacting to today's landmark victory for the human rights of sex workers with a torrent of...
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The Supreme Court strikes down Canada’s laws against prostitution
Yup, that's right. The Supreme Court of Canada issued its long-awaited ruling on the constitutionality of Canada's prostitution...
City News
This 70-something male escort may have the best website in the world
Mesdames, meet Vincent. For a mere $300, the part-time Toronto resident and full-time “Straight Male Escort and Ladies’...
City News
Girlfriends for Hire: the rules of Toronto’s new sugar daddy economy
Olivia dates rich older men in exchange for gifts and money. She doesn’t consider it prostitution. In her mind, and in the minds...
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The Parlour Game: a behind-the-scenes tour of Toronto’s thriving rub ’n’ tug industry
Ivy glows like a 1930s starlet. She’s 27, with high, round cheekbones, rosebud lips and luminescent skin. She has worked at...
City News
Editor’s Letter (February 2013): public sex, massage parlours and bawdy houses
I myself have never had sex in public. As it turns out, I’m in the minority. An astonishing 65 per cent of Torontonians claim to...
City News
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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QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti explains how to have sex with 150 men at once
—Outspoken and often idiotic councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, airing his grievances with the Toronto Police Service’s recent...
City News
A federal government appeal jeopardizes Toronto’s bawdy house plans
All the talk about where to put brothels in the city (and how to make money off them) may have been a tad premature—the federal...
City News
Giorgio Mammoliti has some more ideas on brothels (like how to make money off them)
Giorgio Mammoliti (who seems to be everywhere this week) has a few more thoughts about Toronto-area brothels—specifically, how...
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The famous Bunny Ranch brothel is coming to Toronto
One of the side effects of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision to legalize bawdy-houses: awkward newspaper columns (and even...
Style
QUOTED: Apparently, there are secret bordellos in pretty much all of the city’s condo buildings
— Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada, a 53-year-old former prostitute, explaining to the Toronto Star...
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Now that brothels are legal, Giorgio Mammoliti (once again) wants to put some on Toronto Island
The province’s Court of Appeal legalized brothels in Ontario yesterday , sparking celebration, awkward headlines and some...
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Election sleeper issue #73: who will appoint Canada’s next Supreme Court judges?
Whoever wins the next election is going to have a bunch of things to deal with over the next [insert]...
City News
First prostitution, now pot: Ontario courts keep targeting taboos
The Ontario Superior Court has been busy lately, striking blows against contradictory laws. First there was last fall’s ruling...
City News
Giorgio Mammoliti entertains the press corps with island brothel idea
There are times where a good idea can be spoiled by lousy execution, either because the details are wrong, or because the people...
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The Secret Life of a Bay Street Hooker
The X-rated trade secrets of a Bay Street call girl. She’s sophisticated, smart and open minded. She meets her clients at Le...
City News
Weekend plans ruined: Prostitution still effectively illegal in Ontario
Canada’s record of almost doing interesting things and then chickening out (cough, cough) is unbroken: after an Ontario judge...
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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!”
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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
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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