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“I gained one million new followers in a month”: How Toronto’s Saif Shawaf became a viral TikTok star
"Celebrities like Liam Payne and Jason Derulo used my song in their videos"
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Life
Three months ago, Bobby Del Rio joined the audio app Clubhouse. Now he’s making Hollywood movies
"I'm locked down in my Annex apartment, but by any metric my life is blowing up"
Life
“We had two million followers in five months”: How the Basement Gang’s peppy dance videos went viral on TikTok overnight
"A basement dance session was a part of our after-school routine"
Life
“Our videos were getting three times the views after Covid”: How this Toronto-based cleaning business found millions of followers on YouTube
Melissa Maker's household cleaning tips were a huge hit in April
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Culture
Before the pandemic, I was about to graduate from Ryerson with no job prospects. Now, I’m signed to the same agency as Beyoncé
How Boman Martinez-Reid, a.k.a. Bomanizer, got the internet laughing during a pandemic
City News
“Being on Netflix would be a dream”: Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright produce epic renovation shows for YouTube
“We now have four full-time staff that we've continued to employ during the pandemic”
Life
How Maddie Lymburner became YouTube’s premier pandemic fitness guru
“Suddenly, gyms were closing, people were working out at home and my business was exploding”
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“My hair tutorial went viral overnight”: How 16-year-old Destinee Wray gets millions of people to watch her TikTok videos
“I was going down the escalator and people were screaming my name”
Life
“I’m buying a $250,000 McLaren this summer”: How Rizwan “Sunny” Rabbani created a multi-million-dollar fitness business on YouTube
He has a huge international following in India, Pakistan and the Emirates
Life
Internet famous: Why 21-year-old illustrator Amanda Rach Lee dropped out of business school to do YouTube full-time
She bought a condo in downtown Toronto with her YouTube earnings
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Internet Famous: How cake decorator Laurie Shannon (a.k.a. the Icing Artist) bought an $800,000 home with her YouTube earnings
Before YouTube, she worked as a cabinet maker
Life
Internet Famous: How James Hobson (a.k.a. The Hacksmith) brings in six figures a year building superhero props on YouTube
He joined YouTube in 2006 to share parkour videos with his friends
Life
Internet Famous: How Mitch Moffit (a.k.a. AsapSCIENCE) got 9 million followers making science videos on YouTube
He was able to buy a house in Toronto with his income
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business