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In this issue

Young and Retired
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians work multiple jobs and save every cent they earn. The upside: they’re retiring decades before the average Canadian By Andrea Yu

Street Fight
If this city stands any chance of managing the housing crisis, it will need multiplexes in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!” By John Semley

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver
The tow truck industry is dominated by criminals and ingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone By Simon Lewsen

293 Days Without My Son
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him By Camila Vilas Boas

The Diplomat

Canada's new UN envoy, David Lametti, is a Liberal vet and one of Mark Carney's oldest friends. How a son of Port Colborne found himself repping Canada on the biggest stage

3 mins

Number Cruncher

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

2 mins

Power Play

How this hockey head beat the market

2 mins

YOUNG & RETIRED

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. THE UPSIDE: they're scrimping and saving their way into retiring decades before the average Canadian

10+ mins

STREET FIGHT

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need multiplexes in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

10+ mins

THE VIOLENT LIFE OF A TOW TRUCK DRIVER

The tow truck industry is dominated by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

10+ mins

293 DAYS WITHOUT MY SON

WHEN VALENTINO WAS ABDUCTED, I KNEW THREE THINGS: HE'D BEEN TAKEN BY HIS FATHER, HE WAS SOMEWHERE IN INDIA AND I WOULD NOT REST UNTIL I FOUND HIM

10+ mins

Souvankham Thammavongsa's Entertainment District

The Giller-winning author takes us on a tour of her go-to spots

2 mins

The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto

THEATRE British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard—or Suzy, if you prefer—has been defying boundaries for her whole career: first as a gender-fluid comedian whose multilingual stand-up sets brought her international fame and more recently as a would-be candidate for the UK Labour Party.