In this issue

The Perilous Lives of International Students

They come here for the promise of an education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs By Simon Lewsen

Bawdy Language

In two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. How Carley Fortune is reinventing the bodiceripper, one blockbuster at a time By Arisa Valyear

The Case of the Missing $30 Million

Before he died, William Waters transferred his considerable fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle By Luc Rinaldi

There will be blood

Bedbugs are-no exaggeration-everywhere in Toronto: our libraries, offices, schools, hospitals, hotels, transit and homes. Inside the always expensive, often traumatic, probably futile battle to eradicate the bloodsucking parasites that are ruining our lives

10+ mins

Work Less, Live More

The 40-hour workweek sucks. Ambition is overrated. Life is short. Confessions from the new and intentionally underemployed labour force

10+ mins

Dinner, Party

Four resto-clubs where you can fuel up then boogie down-all without leaving the premises

3 mins

Urban Diplomat

One of my friends has started policing strangers' social lives online. If he overhears people gossiping, he'll whip out his phone and surreptitiously record.

3 mins

Car Guy

Flavio Volpe built a $20-million concept car to show off Canadian auto parts. Now if only he could get someone to finance production

3 mins

Lighting the way to more efficient treatment

Markham Stouffville Hospital's new GreenLight Laser is reducing hospital stays and wait times for prostate surgeries.

3 mins

Saving Sila

Yara Abualjedian was nine months pregnant when the bombing started in Gaza. Her husband, Ahmad, was in Canada, 9,000 kilometres away, with no way to reach her. Then she went into labour. A story about love and perseverance in a time of war

10+ mins

BRUTE FORCE

Firouzeh Zarabi-Majd always wanted to be a cop, and she loved the job. Even when her fellow officers started harassing her, she said nothing at first. That's the codeyou don't go public, no matter what. But eventually she had to speak up, and it cost her everything

10+ mins

THE GOOD LIAR

Carolyn Krebs (alias Carolyn Goodman, alias Marian Linton) may be the city's most hated landlord. She ignores work orders, falsifies documents and evicts tenants without cause. How one woman is making a killing off a system that's too broken to stop her

10+ mins

THE SECRET CITY

INSIDER TIPS AND TRICKS THAT MAKE LIFE EASIER, CHEAPER, FASTER, SLOWER, TASTIER, SMARTER AND WAY MORE FUN

2 mins

A League of Her Own

Sarah Nurse has won gold, inspired her own Barbie doll and earned a fan in Drake. Now, she faces her biggest test: bringing glory to the Professional Women's Hockey League

3 mins

The Killer in Suite 104

At his luxury high-rise in Vaughan, FRANK VILLI harangued and harassed his neighbours for years. But his greatest vitriol was reserved for the condo's board members, who he claimed wanted him dead. All the while, he was plotting their murder

10+ mins

CHEAT GPT

At the high school Abhinash attended in India, calculators were forbidden. For tests, including the statewide university entrance exams, students wrote out their equations in longhand.

10+ mins

Urban Diplomat

We live near a park that's part of the pilot project for legalized drinking. Usually, my husband is a relaxed guy, but lately he's become that creep peeking from behind the curtain. He notes every time there's any noise in the park and says he's going to send a list of complaints to our city councillor. I swear he knows the date and time of every can that's been cracked within a block of our domicile. Should I be worried?

2 mins

Cost of Living

What Torontonians make and how they spend it

1 min

Q&A - The Greatest Showman

Great Big Sea's Bob Hallett was already a Canadian rock icon. With his purchase of the Regent Theatre on Mount Pleasant, he becomes Toronto's newest impresario

3 mins

Stop the Car!

The best roadside diners and dairy bars serve soul-soothing comfort food with a big dollop of nostalgia. Here, our favourite pit stops 'round these parts

5 mins

BIG LITTLE LIE

Noam Tomaschoff grew up as an only child in a tight-knit family of three. At 31, he discovered that his parents had been keeping a shocking secret-and the surprises just kept coming

10+ mins

LAKE EFFECT

The battle over the future of Ontario Place is pitched—and for good reason. Thousands of Torontonians spent their formative years there, learning the art of play, listening to live music and catching IMAX flicks. A nostalgic tour of the glory years

3 mins

Internet famous

TikTok turned Josh Richards from an ordinary small-town teen into a multimillionaire, CEO and venture capitalist. How to make a fortune via bedroom eyes, 10-second lip syncs and a signature 'do

10+ mins

Q&A: Critics' Choice

Critics’ Choice Before Celine Song was the buzziest filmmaker on the planet, she was an arty kid from Unionville. Here, she talks about what inspired her indie superhit, Past Lives

3 mins

Canine Comforts

Hair extensions, deep-tissue massages and mental wellness sessions-pet care has evolved in leaps and bounds. Here, five Toronto treatments that will leave your furry friend looking and feeling their very best

1 min

Tips From a Show Dog Dad

Striker is a world-famous fluff ball who's won over 100 American Best in Shows and was the runner-up at last year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The most successful Samoyed in history is now retired at age six and living in North Toronto-but he still knows a thing or two about being a pageant pup. We caught up with his co-owner, Marc Ralsky, to talk about the pleasures and perils of raising a show dog

3 mins

Into the Wild

A school rumour made me think I was a bad kid, so I acted like one. Then a canoe trip-and an unexpected encounter-changed everything

4 mins

Cuckoo for Coconut

Toronto bartenders are making creative new concoctions with summer's nuttiest fruit

1 min

Urban Diplomat

Since high school, my best friend and I have talked about seeing Drake live

3 mins

Nevertheless, she persisted

When Niki Grace arrived at Markham Stouffville Hospital, she was given an extraordinary gift: a surgeon who took her endometriosis pain seriously

4 mins

URBS VS BURBS

FIVE FAMILIES FIERCELY DEFEND THEIR CHOICES

10+ mins

The Making of a Superstar

Before she became a global phenomenon, Shania Twain was dreaming big in Toronto while flipping burgers, hawking jeans and fronting cover bands. Today, the queen of country pop is touring the world with a new album, but she's still nostalgic about the city that made her

10 mins

WHO BROKE THE TTC?

Toronto used to have one of the best transit systems in North America. Now it’s crowded, unreliable, underfunded and dangerous. The inside story of what went wrong and who’s to blame

10+ mins

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