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TRAIN WRECK

Toronto residents in the path of Ontario Line construction are living in a bone-rattling, foundation-cracking, rat-infested hellscape. True tales from the epicentre

The Giver

Media mogul Gary Slaight donates a lot of money$15 million to this, $30 million to that-and he's not above shaming his wealthy friends into doing the same

TURF WAR

For 148 years, the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then an old-money-versus-new-money clash erupted

The Cult of Wellness

A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies

Booksmart

I dropped out of high school because of a learning disability and depression. Public libraries saved my life

Top Shelf

Four drool-worthy home libraries

Repeat after Me

TikTok and Instagram are helping to bring Indigenous languages back from the brink

The Quest to Decode Vermeer's True Colours

New techniques reveal hidden details in the Dutch master’s paintings

Prairie Radical

How conspiracy theorists splintered a small town

The Accommodation Problem

Extensions. Extra exam time. Online everything. Addressing the complex needs of students is creating chaos on campus

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe

Scott Moe rose quietly through the ranks. Now the Saskatchewan premier and his party are shaping policies with national consequences

How Could They Just Lose Him?

The Huronia Regional Centre was supposed to be a safe home for people with disabilities. Then, amid suspicions of abuse at the facility, twenty-one-year-old Robin Windross vanished without a trace

Smokehouse

I WAS STANDING THERE at the corner, the corner where the smaller street intersects with the slightly wider one.

MY GUILTY PLEASURE

MY CHILDREN are grown, with their own partners, their own lives.

Dream Machines - The real threat with artificial intelligence is that we'll fall prey to its hype

Some of the world's largest companies, including Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet, are throwing their full weight behind AI. On top of the billions spent by big tech, funding for AI startups hit nearly $50 billion (US) in 2023.

MY GUILTY PLEASURE

I WAS AS SURPRISED as anyone when I became obsessed with comics again last year, at the advanced age of forty-five. As a kid, I loved reading G.I. Joe and The Amazing Spider-Man.

In the Footsteps of Migrants Who Never Made It

Thousands have died trying to cross into the US from Mexico. Each year, activists follow their harrowing trek

Quebec's Crushing Immigration Policy

Familial separation can have devastating consequences on mental health and productivity

Blood Language

Menstruation ties us to the land in ways we've all but forgotten

The Briefcase

What I learned about being a writer from trying to finish a dead man's book

Pick a Colour

BACK HERE, I can hear a group of women trickle in. Filling the floor with giggles and voices.

The Upside-Down Book

In her new novel, Rachel Cusk makes the case for becoming a stranger to yourself

Marital Arts

Three Toronto couples who celebrated their nuptials in spectacular fashion

On Thin Ice

As a competitive hockey player, I dreamed of playing professionally. When I lost my leg to bone cancer, I thought it spelled the end of my career

WHO EARNS WHAT

Groceries, rent, inflation, shrinkflationToronto has never been more expensive. What better time than now to obsess over other people's incomes?

THE BATTLE FOR Leslieville

Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the opioid crisis rages on

Strings Attached

Country music's barrier-busting cowboy Orville Peck is tearing through 2024 with a new album, new collabs and a new outlook on life

My Guilty Pleasure

"The late nights are mine alone, and I'll spend them however I damn well please"

Invisible Lives

Without immigration status, Canada's undocumented youth stay in the shadows

Vaclav Smil Is Fed Up

The acclaimed environmental scientist is criticizing climate activists, shunning media, and stepping back just when we need him most