“I used recipes from my great-grandmother’s handwritten cookbook”: This receptionist gave up her job to become a takeout chef during Covid
"I spent all of September working on recipe development: I cooked and ate butter chicken every day for weeks"
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“I had clients offering to pay cash under the table”: This woman petitioned the government to declare dog-walking an essential service
Many of Nicola Smith's dog-walking clients are front-line workers who can't be at home with their pets during the day
“Two weeks after I started my job in long-term care, I tested positive”: a PSW tells her story
"I lost one co-worker to Covid and I know many more who tested positive"
“With enough food and water, I could keep walking forever”: This software engineer takes 30-kilometre walks around the city to keep calm during Covid
Sometimes he's strolling for 10 hours a day
“My first client was an 84-year-old grandma”: This yoga instructor teaches classes outside her clients’ windows
Ashley McEachern came up with her Covid-friendly fitness business in October
Winter surfing in Lake Ontario is brutal, painful and freezing. I can’t get enough
"Lake surfing is defined by disappointment and discomfort, freezing water and horrible weather, garbage waves and garbage floating in the waves. And yet it has become my greatest joy"
As a nurse at Toronto Western, I thought I was ready for the pandemic. Then a Covid outbreak hit my ward
How this veteran nurse kept it all together during a Covid wave at her hospital
A Toronto financier wanted a (post-Covid) winter party pad. He found this $1.2-million Blue Mountain retreat
Koel, who lives in Little Italy, wanted a secondary property close to the Craigleith Ski Club, where he's been a member for the last five years
“I’ve seen people dancing on their balconies”: This nurse and saxophonist plays outdoor concerts for locked-down seniors’ homes
When Ivgeni Kriger moved from Israel to Toronto in 2016, he combined his two passions: music and nursing
“The borders closed after our second date”: How this cross-border couple kept their romance alive during the pandemic
"As soon as I saw Silvia, I thought, 'Okay, this is my human right here'"
“I often feel like adrenalin is the only thing getting me through my classes”: A Toronto high school teacher on his classroom experience so far
"There are some students I still haven’t seen since last March, and I’m worried about them"
How a $500,000 laneway house went from a Hollywood rental to a no-cost retreat for nurses
Pre-demic, Zeke Kaplan rented his laneway house to Hollywood types for $5,000 a month. But when the virus hit and hospitals needed housing for health care workers, Kaplan had an idea
“I play ‘O Canada’ in the mornings, which helps with the regular school vibe”: What it’s like to run a learning pod during Covid
In Covid times, some parents are keeping their kids home from school and hiring teachers to run so-called learning pods. Here, one Toronto pod teacher describes how it all works
“People have been in tears at our shows because they miss live music”: How the Royal Conservatory is forging ahead with in-person concerts this fall
Even the world-famous pianist Angela Hewitt is flying in to play a show—and quarantining for two weeks first
“My biggest fear is losing my apartment and being priced out of the city”: 10 Torontonians on what they’re going to do now that CERB has ended
"My entire CERB cheque was going toward my rent"
