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“My parks are nicer than your backyards”: An architect explains why young families should live downtown
Real Estate

“My parks are nicer than your backyards”: An architect explains why young families should live downtown

"Being in the city buys me more time with my loved ones—as opposed to being stuck in traffic for three hours"

Twelve things you missed from Hot Docs’ Author Talks with Matthew Perry
Culture

Twelve things you missed from Hot Docs’ Author Talks with Matthew Perry

Including how he doesn’t want to be remembered only for Friends

We fell in love at Scarborough Town Centre. Nine years later, we found our dream home down the street
Real Estate

We fell in love at Scarborough Town Centre. Nine years later, we found our dream home down the street

We're close to our parents, we love the diversity and it's so easy to get downtown

Adventures in real estate: I finally cracked Toronto’s housing market—by buying a place with my parents
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: I finally cracked Toronto’s housing market—by buying a place with my parents

My husband and I were living happily as Annex renters. Then, in 2020, we got pregnant and needed a place to raise a family

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir
Memoir

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir

Ten years ago, I fled the only home I’d ever known to escape a violent regime and wound up in a detention centre for 1,284 days. Here's how I found my way to Toronto

“I didn’t think my commute would be that bad. I was very wrong”: Why I returned to Toronto
Real Estate

“I didn’t think my commute would be that bad. I was very wrong”: Why I returned to Toronto

Leaving the city made perfect sense during the pandemic. Then I was told to come back to the office

“No matter how long you take, you can’t be prepared for something like this”: After six years and one pandemic, Matty Matheson’s Prime Seafood Palace is finally open
Food & Drink

“No matter how long you take, you can’t be prepared for something like this”: After six years and one pandemic, Matty Matheson’s Prime Seafood Palace is finally open

How the culinary and architectural gem came to be

“They can stay as long as they need”: This woman took in a family of strangers from Ukraine
Memoir

“They can stay as long as they need”: This woman took in a family of strangers from Ukraine

Catherine Mack, a 56-year-old real estate agent, is hosting four Ukrainians in her three-bedroom bungalow in Oshawa

“The most difficult part was looking into the eyes of the children”: This Brampton volunteer spent a week helping refugees in Poland
Memoir

“The most difficult part was looking into the eyes of the children”: This Brampton volunteer spent a week helping refugees in Poland

"The refugee building reminded me of the International Centre in Mississauga"

“We knew we might not see each other again for years”: When this teacher fled Ukraine for Toronto, she had to leave her husband behind
Memoir

“We knew we might not see each other again for years”: When this teacher fled Ukraine for Toronto, she had to leave her husband behind

She's now living with two other Ukrainian families in an old friend's house in Mississauga

“I just want to have breakfast without the fear of bombing”: How a Ukrainian family reconnected with an old friend to escape the war
Memoir

“I just want to have breakfast without the fear of bombing”: How a Ukrainian family reconnected with an old friend to escape the war

Twenty years ago, Alla Galych helped two Ukrainian orphans get into university. When Russia attacked, she stepped up again to help them escape

“I had half an hour to gather my things and leave”: How a visually impaired retiree made it out of Ukraine
Memoir

“I had half an hour to gather my things and leave”: How a visually impaired retiree made it out of Ukraine

"When I landed in Toronto, someone suddenly ran over and hugged me. I was frightened at first, but then I realized it was my daughter"

“I long to see my husband again”: Inside one family’s heartbreaking decision to flee Ukraine
Memoir

“I long to see my husband again”: Inside one family’s heartbreaking decision to flee Ukraine

For Anna Gutta-Ustymenko, fleeing to safety also meant leaving her spouse behind

“We’re effectively priced out of our hometown”: After losing out on their dream home, this Uxbridge couple is living in his parents’ basement
Real Estate

“We’re effectively priced out of our hometown”: After losing out on their dream home, this Uxbridge couple is living in his parents’ basement

"I try not to pay attention to soaring costs in my hometown too closely. It just brings me down"

“We ran for cover as the air raid sirens blared”: A retiree on his week-long journey out of Ukraine
Memoir

“We ran for cover as the air raid sirens blared”: A retiree on his week-long journey out of Ukraine

"Our sons were waiting for us when we arrived at Pearson. We started crying as soon as we saw them"

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House of the Week

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto
Real Estate

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto

Big Stories

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

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

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

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023
Food & Drink

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer
Deep Dives

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate
Real Estate

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex
Deep Dives

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah
City

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong
Deep Dives

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected
Life

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected

<em>Star</em> Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country&#8217;s largest newspaper
City

Star Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country’s largest newspaper

After my husband tried to kill me, I was forced to flee Kenya. Eight years later, I&#8217;m still fighting for justice
Memoir

After my husband tried to kill me, I was forced to flee Kenya. Eight years later, I’m still fighting for justice

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy
Culture

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy

Inside the Ontario years of Elon Musk, the world&#8217;s most absurd billionaire
Deep Dives

Inside the Ontario years of Elon Musk, the world’s most absurd billionaire

<em>Toronto Life</em>’s top longreads of 2022
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2022

&#8220;I spent five years in a white-power gang&#8221;: Inside the twisted world of Toronto&#8217;s white supremacist movement
Memoir

“I spent five years in a white-power gang”: Inside the twisted world of Toronto’s white supremacist movement

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it&#8217;s going&nbsp;up
City

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it’s going up

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice
Memoir

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022
City

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good
Culture

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings
City

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings

Cost of Living

This Etobicoke couple makes $157,000 a year. How do they spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Etobicoke couple makes $157,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This mortgage broker makes $240,000 a year. How does he spend it?
City

This mortgage broker makes $240,000 a year. How does he spend it?

These Dufferin Grove parents make $240,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

These Dufferin Grove parents make $240,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This project manager makes $86,000 a year. How does she spend it?
City

This project manager makes $86,000 a year. How does she spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $2.6 million for a Christie Pits classic sporting a twist on the bay and gable
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.6 million for a Christie Pits classic sporting a twist on the bay and gable

House of the Week: $3.9 million for a saltbox in the Blue Mountains with an off-grid bunkie
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.9 million for a saltbox in the Blue Mountains with an off-grid bunkie

House of the Week: $1.5 million for a furnished Pape Village semi perfect for showing off art
Real Estate

House of the Week: $1.5 million for a furnished Pape Village semi perfect for showing off art

House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Riverdale detached with a kitchen fit for TV
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Riverdale detached with a kitchen fit for TV

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a Lawrence Park century home built by the man behind Casa Loma
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a Lawrence Park century home built by the man behind Casa Loma

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