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“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

"At Grenville Christian College, we were brainwashed, abused and terrorized"

<em>Toronto Life</em>’s top 10 memoirs of 2020
Memoir

Toronto Life’s top 10 memoirs of 2020

A year of loss, upheaval and a little bit of hope

Classroom confessional: “The kids are scared—not just of Covid itself but of another lockdown”
Life

Classroom confessional: “The kids are scared—not just of Covid itself but of another lockdown”

Laura Thomson, a Toronto middle school teacher, on what it's been like to be back in class during this turbulent time

“I wanted to get out of my condo during the pandemic so I bought a sailboat with a stranger”
Life

“I wanted to get out of my condo during the pandemic so I bought a sailboat with a stranger”

"We split all costs and just text each other whenever we want to use the boat"

“I was stuck at home, craving dishes I had no idea how to make”: How the pandemic inspired one Toronto woman to get cooking
Food & Drink

“I was stuck at home, craving dishes I had no idea how to make”: How the pandemic inspired one Toronto woman to get cooking

I made a stack of glorious pita bread that sent me spinning with nostalgia. I stuffed them full of sheet-pan shawarma, and with each bite I was back in Jeddah

Fourteen days on the Covid Ward at Sunnybrook: a memoir
City

Fourteen days on the Covid Ward at Sunnybrook: a memoir

When the pandemic hit, I was put in charge of all infected non-ICU patients. What I learned will stay with me for the rest of my life

The inside of an ICE detention centre is as horrific as you think. I know because I spent 45 days in one
Memoir

The inside of an ICE detention centre is as horrific as you think. I know because I spent 45 days in one

My only salvation: voluntary deportation. Toronto became my home and my path to redemption

“I went green. Maybe a little too green”
Life

“I went green. Maybe a little too green”

Here’s what happens when you foist extreme eco-consciousness on your unsuspecting family

How I was lured into the nightmarish world of sex trafficking at 15
Life

How I was lured into the nightmarish world of sex trafficking at 15

I grew up in Oakville with everything I ever wanted. During the day, I went to school and took care of my siblings. At night, I turned tricks in seedy motels

I used to own a condo in Toronto. How I ​ended up living in Dufferin Grove Park
Life

I used to own a condo in Toronto. How I ​ended up living in Dufferin Grove Park

I rigged a shelter out of a plastic tablecloth and a beach umbrella

I’m a high school dropout. Here’s how I built an $8-million real estate portfolio
Real Estate

I’m a high school dropout. Here’s how I built an $8-million real estate portfolio

He DJ’d in Japan and worked for Canada Post

As a kid in Regent Park, I was headed for a life of gangs or drugs or worse. My Big Brother saved me
City

As a kid in Regent Park, I was headed for a life of gangs or drugs or worse. My Big Brother saved me

Now I’m in my third year studying neuroscience at U of T

My liver shut down, so my co-worker gave me 70 per cent of his
City

My liver shut down, so my co-worker gave me 70 per cent of his

I was on the brink, and he saved my life

My family’s Griswold-calibre holiday ritual
City

My family’s Griswold-calibre holiday ritual

On Christmas day, you can’t get into our subdivision because of all the cars

I invested my life savings in a digital currency. Here’s how I lost it all
City

I invested my life savings in a digital currency. Here’s how I lost it all

It wasn’t entirely my fault!

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Winter Kit

Toronto&#8217;s best new bottle shops
Food & Drink

Toronto’s best new bottle shops

A breakdown of Toronto-based grocery delivery services
Food & Drink

A breakdown of Toronto-based grocery delivery services

Ten adjustable and easy-to-use fitness essentials that will up your at-home workout game
Shopping

Ten adjustable and easy-to-use fitness essentials that will up your at-home workout game

Every new title coming to Netflix Canada in January
Culture

Every new title coming to Netflix Canada in January

Toronto’s best takeout
Food & Drink

Toronto’s best takeout

Toronto&#8217;s best online fitness classes
Style

Toronto’s best online fitness classes

How to turn your house green
Style

How to turn your house green

Big Stories

&#8220;I lost three patients in 36 hours&#8221;: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

&#8220;My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult&#8221;
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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