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This accountant had to give up her career during the pandemic. Now she designs modular kids' toys

This accountant had to give up her career during the pandemic. Now she designs modular kids’ toys

"I found a product designer based in Paris who could turn my drawings into 3-D foam renderings"

“Students feel like their generation has been shortchanged": How U of T engineering dean Christopher Yip is filling the education deficit

“Students feel like their generation has been shortchanged”: How U of T engineering dean Christopher Yip is filling the education deficit

Making the leap from high school to university is harder than ever this year

Toronto restaurants and stores selling boxes filled with everything you need for a backyard barbecue

Toronto restaurants and stores selling boxes filled with everything you need for a backyard barbecue

The only thing you need to provide is the grill

"I went from making small bowls to doing custom furniture": When her wedding shoots dried up, this photographer started woodworking

“I went from making small bowls to doing custom furniture”: When her wedding shoots dried up, this photographer started woodworking

"I still have those moments when I finish a piece, step back and think, 'Wow. I made that'"

"I knew I could save more money by moving home with my parents": This project manager scored a downtown condo for $638,000

“I knew I could save more money by moving home with my parents”: This project manager scored a downtown condo for $638,000

The condo market was picking up, so he put in an offer over asking

"We’re now booked solid every weekend until mid-July": What reopening is like for the city's busiest patios

“We’re now booked solid every weekend until mid-July”: What reopening is like for the city’s busiest patios

"When we started seating people, everyone in line started applauding"

This Torontonian transformed his coffee truck into a mobile vaccine clinic

This Torontonian transformed his coffee truck into a mobile vaccine clinic

"Our vehicles were 33 feet long, with four fridges and a freezer, and they could hold tens of thousands of vaccines"

"Companies began reaching out to ask for custom orders": This couple started making kitschy beeswax candles during the pandemic

“Companies began reaching out to ask for custom orders”: This couple started making kitschy beeswax candles during the pandemic

Their signature candle is inspired by a 1960s knick-knack they bought for $5 at a pub in Elora

"It's like the ultimate bubble": Camp director Jack Goodman on why kids desperately need overnight camp this summer

“It’s like the ultimate bubble”: Camp director Jack Goodman on why kids desperately need overnight camp this summer

"I've been hearing from parents who say that going to camp is the first thing their child has been excited about all year"

"I guess, in a pandemic, this is what you call nightlife": Scenes from the epic, 32-hour Doses After Dark overnight vaccine clinic in Peel

“I guess, in a pandemic, this is what you call nightlife”: Scenes from the epic, 32-hour Doses After Dark overnight vaccine clinic in Peel

One person described it as "a vaccine rave"

"My sister bought oxygen tanks on the black market": This Toronto psychologist's entire family in India has Covid

“My sister bought oxygen tanks on the black market”: This Toronto psychologist’s entire family in India has Covid

When Tanaya Chatterjee found out that her father had tested positive for Covid, the first thing she wanted to do was jump on a plane. Then she found out her mom and sister had it too

"I can boil it down to three words—golf is safe": A Q&A with the head of Golf Ontario

“I can boil it down to three words—golf is safe”: A Q&A with the head of Golf Ontario

"Golf can provide people with a way to get outside and maybe have a bit of hope during these challenging lockdowns"

"Every shift is like a 12-hour workout": This pharmacist was redeployed to work the front lines at a hospital

“Every shift is like a 12-hour workout”: This pharmacist was redeployed to work the front lines at a hospital

"As a pharmacist, I’ve rarely had to engage that fight-or-flight response"

"People may get sick and die because they decided to wait": Family doctor Ritika Goel on why the NACI's vaccine messaging is so dangerous

“People may get sick and die because they decided to wait”: Family doctor Ritika Goel on why the NACI’s vaccine messaging is so dangerous

"The thing to keep in mind is that this vaccine has been approved by Health Canada, and it is absolutely safe"

"The deaths we're seeing in this third wave were preventable": What it's like to work as an ICU nurse right now

“The deaths we’re seeing in this third wave were preventable”: What it’s like to work as an ICU nurse right now

"In some of the bigger ICUs where I’ve worked, we’ve been 10 nurses short"

I lost two family members to Covid. Now I'm on a mission to build vaccine confidence in Scarborough

I lost two family members to Covid. Now I’m on a mission to build vaccine confidence in Scarborough

"Just because the system doesn't care about us doesn’t mean we have to stop caring about each other. I learned from the loss of my cousin and grandmother that I have to do this work or no one else will"

"They're giving out vaccines like candy down there": These Torontonians are travelling to the States to get their shots

“They’re giving out vaccines like candy down there”: These Torontonians are travelling to the States to get their shots

We spoke with four vaccine border-hoppers about why they're making the trip

"I guess you could say it's become an obsession": Meet Bea Serdon, a.k.a. Batman, who's booked more than 120 vaccine appointments for friends, family and total strangers

“I guess you could say it’s become an obsession”: Meet Bea Serdon, a.k.a. Batman, who’s booked more than 120 vaccine appointments for friends, family and total strangers

Earlier this month she posted on Facebook offering to help anyone having trouble with their quest for the shot. Now she spends hours each day scouring the web for vax vacancies

As a Syrian refugee, I lived in a hotel shelter for my first few months in Toronto. Now I work there

As a Syrian refugee, I lived in a hotel shelter for my first few months in Toronto. Now I work there

"I make a point of telling the clients that I'm always free if they want to talk. My job is to be there for them"

"We have entire families coming in with Covid": This Scarborough ER doctor is working in one of the city's raging Covid hot spots

“We have entire families coming in with Covid”: This Scarborough ER doctor is working in one of the city’s raging Covid hot spots

"We’re now seeing younger, sicker people coming in, and they can crash on you quite quickly. There’s a chance you’ll end up doing CPR in the hallway"

"We're driving dangerous behaviour indoors": Epidemiologist Sumon Chakrabarti on why the government needs to reopen parks and other outdoor facilities

“We’re driving dangerous behaviour indoors”: Epidemiologist Sumon Chakrabarti on why the government needs to reopen parks and other outdoor facilities

"When I saw that the government had shut down playgrounds, my first thought was, what are they thinking?"

"At this point, we've probably helped thousands of people book shots": Q&A with Joshua Kalpin of Vaccine Hunters Canada, the viral website for vaccine appointment intel

“At this point, we’ve probably helped thousands of people book shots”: Q&A with Joshua Kalpin of Vaccine Hunters Canada, the viral website for vaccine appointment intel

"Jean Yoon from Kim’s Convenience tweeted that she was able to book her vaccine based on info she got through our Twitter feed"

"I told her the vaccine was the only way to get back to everything she misses": How this scientist convinced her vaccine-fearing grandma to get the jab

“I told her the vaccine was the only way to get back to everything she misses”: How this scientist convinced her vaccine-fearing grandma to get the jab

"I heard my grandmother on the phone with her friend, saying something like, 'Oh no, there is no way I am taking that vaccine.' Of course I was like, whaaaat?????"

“We have 28 people waiting for a bed": Q&A with Michael Warner, the Toronto doctor who's gone viral sharing his patients’ stories

“We have 28 people waiting for a bed”: Q&A with Michael Warner, the Toronto doctor who’s gone viral sharing his patients’ stories

"I want to set the record straight so people understand the severity of the situation, especially when communication from the government has been inconsistent at best"

Best New Restaurants

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in

Big Stories

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight

Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal

Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal

As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down

Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial

Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial

She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in

Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber

Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber

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

Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche

Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche

If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto

Trump's Loss, Toronto's Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. 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

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

The Baroness von Sketch Show alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect

Buy Canadian

An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York

An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York

Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles

This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients

This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients

It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment

A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs

A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs

How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead

"We felt disconnected from the outdoors before": What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home

“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home

And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling