covid

“People were yelling and calling me names”: What it’s like for health care workers to walk through hospital anti-vax protests

One ER doctor staged his own counter-protest

“Your body can only take you so far working in a kitchen”: Why a Toronto pastry chef left restaurants to become a paralegal

Cora James climbed to the top of the pastry profession before she started looking for an exit

“I’m a small business owner trying to run an event, and I’m going to do it safely”: A Q&A with the organizer of BeerFest, which will require attendees to be vaccinated

It was among the first fall festivals to announce such a policy

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"

“I made 8,000 candles in my apartment”: How one woman transformed her Instagram side hustle into a bricks-and-mortar store

"When we opened registration for our first candle-making class, it sold out in half an hour"

“She showed them her new shoes and her big-girl backpack”: This seven-year-old reunited with her grandparents after nearly two years of separation

They threw her a llama-themed birthday party

We bought a ramshackle 1970s motel in Thornbury for $1.2 million. Now it’s a boutique roadside destination

"The first night, my eyes welled up with tears. I was seeing this vision come to life"

“Our director dialled into rehearsals on Zoom”: After six months of delays, this theatre producer finally opened his show

"Each audience member downloads an app and listens to the dialogue on their headphones"

I transformed a parking lot rooftop into a full-service gym

"Clients have showed up with champagne and doughnuts. One even brought us a new Nespresso coffee machine"

“It’s pretty magical to be here”: Scenes from Canada’s Wonderland, which is open again after almost two years

People drove in from across Ontario to hit up the Leviathan and Behemoth

“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

“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

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

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

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"