“I found a split-level unit near the CN Tower for $690,000:” This PR firm owner found a great deal downtown
She juggled several jobs to be able to buy downtown
Memoir
“I saw a one-bed-plus-den in Liberty Village for $575,000, and I scooped it up”: Why this insurance advisor bought an investment property downtown
He's bought two more places since then
Outbreak at Canada Post: a memoir from inside the Gateway plant
When my colleague got Covid-19, I was scared. When 280 others caught it, I was convinced I was next
“The pilot won’t let you on the plane if you’re not dressed for survival”: This Toronto doctor travelled to Northern Ontario to vaccinate people in fly-in Indigenous reserves
"The elders were so funny. They’d say, 'The only thing we want to know is if the vaccine will improve our sex lives!'"
“We work the canning line until 4 a.m. some nights”: How an ex–government employee and a data manager opened the brewery of their dreams
"People were posting photos of our beers and I was in tears. I held up my phone, like, 'People like us! They really like us!'"
Right before the pandemic hit, we quit our Bay Street jobs and moved to Panama to open a hotel
"Everyone's waiting for the vaccine. In the future, we want to host yoga retreats, surf retreats and diving retreats"
“After surviving Covid, I knew I had to help others”: This long-time toymaker is producing 100,000 masks a week
He went from making Yoda figurines to mass-producing PPE
“I kept thinking about all the surgeries being postponed during Covid”: This ex–construction CEO is building surgical units out of shipping containers
"Each unit has two rooms, two anterooms and a nursing station, as well as its own HVAC system so there’s no cross-contamination"
“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
People like me—the hidden homeless—have always been around. The pandemic is only making a bad situation worse
“By the end of the first month, we’d made triple our rent”: This ex–PR pro teamed up with her mom to open a Korean restaurant during Covid
"People thought we were crazy for opening a restaurant during Covid"
Three years ago, I left Toronto to walk across Canada. Now I’m riding out the pandemic in an Arctic community of nine people
"I’m truly in the middle of nowhere, with boreal forest, river valleys and mountain ranges as far as the eye can see. The pandemic and this place have become part of my big adventure"
Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
At Alo, I poured my heart and soul into creating the perfect dining experience: the ambience, the service, the elegantly plated food. Now I make 1,200 burgers a week
A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Livestreamed dance parties, window workouts, really long walks, and other creative ways to stay sane
“We’re beyond capacity, and I expect it will only get worse”: A Scarborough ICU director on what it’s like at hospitals hit hardest by Covid
"Before the pandemic, I would often work 100 to 120 hours straight before getting a week off. During the pandemic, however, there's no such thing as a week off"
“It’s true what they say about exercise: it improves your mood”: How one woman became a distance runner at age 41
Stefanie Purificati had never run a day in her life before she laced up her old sneakers last summer. Here's how it went
