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“Early on in this wave, we had 1,000 staff members off work every day”: UHN’s head of critical care on how ICUs are coping with the hospital crisis
City

“Early on in this wave, we had 1,000 staff members off work every day”: UHN’s head of critical care on how ICUs are coping with the hospital crisis

"Everybody’s exhausted. We’ve had people break down in tears in the middle of their shifts"

“We’re seeing triple the number of Covid patients as we did in previous waves”: A Toronto General emergency doctor on what it’s like in the ER right now
City

“We’re seeing triple the number of Covid patients as we did in previous waves”: A Toronto General emergency doctor on what it’s like in the ER right now

"We're seeing younger and healthier patients who feel truly awful with Covid"

“Staff are calling in sick every day”: How this ER nurse is coping with the Omicron surge
City

“Staff are calling in sick every day”: How this ER nurse is coping with the Omicron surge

"We're running, we're short-staffed, there are children screaming and crying. It's chaotic"

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

“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

“I kept thinking about all the surgeries being postponed during Covid”: This ex–construction CEO is building surgical units out of shipping containers
Memoir

“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"

“To some people, I’m not what a doctor is supposed to look like”: U of T’s med school valedictorian shares her story
City

“To some people, I’m not what a doctor is supposed to look like”: U of T’s med school valedictorian shares her story

“Maybe a young person who looks like me is watching my address and thinking that she would like to be a doctor one day”

“There aren’t enough doctors up there”: A finance worker turned ER doctor flew to the Northwest Territories to work the front lines
City

“There aren’t enough doctors up there”: A finance worker turned ER doctor flew to the Northwest Territories to work the front lines

On April 19, I left Toronto for Fort Smith, via Edmonton. My journey was bizarre

Doctors are rebelling against Ontario’s crumbling healthcare system

Doctors are rebelling against Ontario’s crumbling healthcare system

There's no easy cure for a system as sick as ours

QUOTED: Prime-Minister-in-Waiting Rob Ford thinks public-funded healthcare is stupid
City

QUOTED: Prime-Minister-in-Waiting Rob Ford thinks public-funded healthcare is stupid

A Life Interrupted: Hassan Rasouli’s journey from an earache to a high-stakes battle over end-of-life decisions
Life

A Life Interrupted: Hassan Rasouli’s journey from an earache to a high-stakes battle over end-of-life decisions

The Argument: Why is quintessentially American writer Richard Ford’s new novel about Canada?
City

The Argument: Why is quintessentially American writer Richard Ford’s new novel about Canada?

City
A report recommends three safe-injection sites in Toronto, but the province doesn’t agree
Are Rob Ford’s proposed 2012 budget cuts essentially equivalent to health care cuts?
City

Are Rob Ford’s proposed 2012 budget cuts essentially equivalent to health care cuts?

Michelle Dean: I ♥ N.Y. (Not T.O.)
City

Michelle Dean: I ♥ N.Y. (Not T.O.)

Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?
City

Tim Hudak spent his life climbing the Tory ladder and now he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park—but can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris lite?

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The Holiday Bar Cart

Festive drinks to celebrate the season
Food & Drink

Festive drinks to celebrate the season

Big Stories

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat
Deep Dives

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat

Why Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about AI
Deep Dives

Why Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about AI

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023
Deep Dives

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023

Toronto’s 25 Rising Stars of 2023
Deep Dives

Toronto’s 25 Rising Stars of 2023

The New Face: How unnatural beauty standards became a multibillion-dollar medical industry
Deep Dives

The New Face: How unnatural beauty standards became a multibillion-dollar medical industry

Merchant of Death: The case of Kenneth Law and the shadowy online network that helps people end their lives
Deep Dives

Merchant of Death: The case of Kenneth Law and the shadowy online network that helps people end their lives

Toronto Neighbourhood Rankings: The best places to live in 2023
Real Estate

Toronto Neighbourhood Rankings: The best places to live in 2023

Bad Builder: Inside Toronto’s epidemic of renovation fraud
Deep Dives

Bad Builder: Inside Toronto’s epidemic of renovation fraud

The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto’s most consistent restaurateur
Deep Dives

The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto’s most consistent restaurateur

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud
Deep Dives

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars
Deep Dives

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting
Deep Dives

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus
Deep Dives

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster
Deep Dives

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”
Deep Dives

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer
Deep Dives

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto
Deep Dives

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos
Deep Dives

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt
Deep Dives

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt

Cost of Living

This Upper Beaches writer makes $80,000 a year. How does he spend it?
City

This Upper Beaches writer makes $80,000 a year. How does he spend it?

This West Rouge couple makes $275,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

This West Rouge couple makes $275,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This server and event cook makes $24,500 per year on minimum wage. How does she spend it?
City

This server and event cook makes $24,500 per year on minimum wage. How does she spend it?

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $5.4 million for a custom home in Leaside with a half-tonne fireplace
Real Estate

House of the Week: $5.4 million for a custom home in Leaside with a half-tonne fireplace

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a technicolour Georgian in Moore Park surrounded by gardens
Real Estate

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a technicolour Georgian in Moore Park surrounded by gardens

House of the Week: $4 million for a steel-framed detached in Trinity Bellwoods with 36-foot ceilings
Real Estate

House of the Week: $4 million for a steel-framed detached in Trinity Bellwoods with 36-foot ceilings

House of the Week: $3.5 million for a Summerhill century home built for a life of leisure
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.5 million for a Summerhill century home built for a life of leisure

House of the Week: $4.8 million for a Parisian townhouse by Bellwoods with too many chandeliers to count
Real Estate

House of the Week: $4.8 million for a Parisian townhouse by Bellwoods with too many chandeliers to count

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