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Real Estate
The state of the condo market
A real estate roundtable
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City
Q&A: Hank Idsinga on the pressure of leading the highest-profile serial killer case since Bernardo
He’s the detective spearheading the Bruce McArthur investigation
City
Q&A: Dan Doctoroff on building the neighbourhood of tomorrow
He’s the head of Sidewalk Labs, the Google sister company creating an Internet-based smart community on the waterfront. Privacy watchdogs aren’t pleased
City
Q&A: New Bachelor Canada Chris Leroux on his televised search for a soulmate
He thought the concept was absurd. Then he met the women
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City
Some takeaways from Barack Obama’s $10,000-a-table visit to Toronto
The ex-POTUS was at the convention centre, and he had some stuff to say
City
This guy is accused of swindling millions of dollars out of unsuspecting Torontonians
The inside story of a $10-million Toronto fraud syndicate
City
Q&A: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen on being the country’s gatekeeper
As a boy, he fled Somalia for Canada. Now he has the unenviable job of deciding who gets in and who doesn’t
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City
Q&A: Pride Toronto director Olivia Nuamah on the politics of parades
She'll have to manage the desires and demands of BLMTO, councillors, police and countless revellers. Things could get complicated
Life
At home with Josh Donaldson, the Blue Jays’ resident hothead
He’s a superstar with one goal in mind: to win a World Series, no matter how many enemies he makes along the way
City
Q&A: Alex Dagg, the super-lobbyist who’s trying to get city council on board with Airbnb
The woman with the tricky task of getting Airbnb the regulations (or lack thereof) it desires
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City
Q&A: Paul Godfrey, the CEO who’s presiding over the Postmedia newspaper chain’s rapid decline
He says he’s trying to save journalism. It’s not working
City
Q&A: Doug Ford, whose new book aims to set the record straight on his brother’s disastrous mayoralty
His bombast hasn’t faded since he left city hall—and he wouldn’t mind an opportunity to show them all how it’s done
City
Q&A: Kellie Leitch, the potential future prime minister who wants to bring President-elect Trump’s message to Canada
A conversation with the Conservative leadership contender about her upbringing, her risky political strategy and what happens next
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City
Q&A: Mitzie Hunter, the new cabinet minister in charge of Ontario’s unruly school system
On sex ed, and Black Lives Matter
City
Q&A: David MacNaughton, Justin Trudeau’s man in Washington D.C.
A talk with Canada’s new ambassador to the U.S.
City
Q&A: Tracey Cook, the licensing and standards chief who took on the cab industry
She helped legitimize Uber. Now pot dispensary operators are feeling her wrath
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City
Q&A: Mary Ann Turcke, president of Bell Media
On combatting rogue viewers of U.S. Netflix, navigating the new unbundling landscape and reluctantly rubbing elbows with celebs
City
Q&A: John Tory, one-year veteran of the mayor’s chair
The mayor on his shifting transit strategy and Toronto's fractious police force
Q&A: Anastasia Lin, the Canadian beauty queen on China’s black list
Her criticism of China’s human rights record is putting her father in danger, but she won’t back down
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City
Q&A: Bill Morneau, new finance minister and the face of Canada’s deficit deep-dive
What it’s like to lead the biggest financial gamble in recent memory
Q&A: Gretta Vosper, the United Church minister who doesn’t believe in God
Some of her superiors want to kick the natural-born agitator out of the church. She refuses to go quietly
City
Q&A: Leen Al Zaibak, Lifeline Syria board member
She worked at Queen’s Park and the World Bank. Her real ambition: to make life better for Syrians. Now thousands of Torontonians are pitching in
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Q&A: Jim Karygiannis, the anti-Uber crusader
Councillor Jim Karygiannis made his reputation as a strident defender of the traditional taxi. Yet he received thousands of dollars from that same industry. Conflict? He says nah
City
Q&A: Marco Mendicino, who beat Eve Adams to the nomination, on staying in Justin Trudeau’s good books
You trounced Eve Adams, whom Justin Trudeau parachuted into Eglinton-Lawrence , to win the Liberal nomination. How’d that go...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Fall 2024
Browse through Canada’s top independent and private schools to find the right fit for your child
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
Deep Dives
Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
Deep Dives
Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
Deep Dives
The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel
In just two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. Here, she talks anti-romance snobbery, what makes a good sex scene and how sudden fame has changed her life
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
Deep Dives
My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
Deep Dives
The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
Cost of Living
City
This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
City
This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
City
This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
City
This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.3 million for a quirky detached near Yonge and Eglinton that was won in a lottery
The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two laundry rooms, a three-tier backyard and four bedrooms
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.7 million for a whimsical custom-built home backing onto an Etobicoke ravine
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with a sauna, a hot tub, cave-like walls and nature all over
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a new build by the Humber with a fireplace in a closet
The 3,900-square-foot property also comes with an elevator, a powder room with a swoosh sink and a playful blue laundry room