Covid-19

“Stop being selfish”: Should Torontonians head to cottage country during the pandemic? We asked the mayor of Muskoka Lakes

Locals would obviously prefer to self-isolate at their lakeside retreats. But Phil Harding says that's a bad idea

“My gender-affirmation surgery was cancelled due to Covid”: A student describes what it’s like to live in medical limbo

“I wanted this to be the first summer where I could wear a T-shirt and not feel ashamed of my body. That’s not going to happen anymore”

“The sellers included a Covid-19 clause”: How an accountant and a non-profit worker bought a house during the pandemic

“We were actually the last clients our agent took for an in-person showing”

Five wholesale food distributors that are now open to the public

Buy the same meat and produce served at some of Toronto's top restaurants

“I haven’t held my baby in a month”: Councillor Joe Cressy is living apart from his family while he fights on the front lines

“I’ve seen a lot of his firsts on FaceTime: first solid food, first giggle, first laugh. It's not how I imagined the first months of parenthood”

Toronto restaurants and caterers making Easter and Passover meals to go

For your family Zoom celebrations

“You have minutes, maybe seconds, to get it right, or they’ll die”: A doctor describes what it’s like in hospital emergency rooms during Covid-19

“The media talks a lot about ‘respiratory distress,’ but that’s a euphemism. These patients feel like they’re dying”

Eight Toronto restaurants that have morphed into markets selling groceries, meal kits and food-box subscriptions

Including Buca, Montgomery's and Mattachioni

“These people have to go to work and sweat all day with fear”: A Q&A with Christopher Morgan, the construction worker petitioning the province to shut down job sites

“I do yoga on the balcony”: How a marketer and a pharmacy technician are quarantining in 400 square feet

“I couldn’t imagine what it would be like if we were both working from home”

“We can pack 850 food hampers in two hours”: How the Toronto Public Library turned its branches into food banks

In less than an hour, more than 130 library staff has volunteered to help out

Quarantine Cuisine: Chef Devan Rajkumar’s remixed instant ramen

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“I offered my tenants $100 off their rent. I wish I could have given them more”: How mom-and-pop landlords are coping with the pandemic

Some are unable to pay their bills, others are offering discounts and deferrals to tenants

Six Toronto chefs that are offering mini cooking classes on Instagram

Learn how to make bolognese sauce, butter chicken and babka from the comfort of your own home

“We asked strangers to go online with people they don’t know and eat a meal together”: How one catering company hosted its monthly supper club over Zoom

And there weren't even any awkward silences