Culture
Toronto Life
Globetrotter
This marketer moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success
1 min |
March 2026
Toronto Life
MAN VS.MACHINE
For three weeks last spring, ChatGPT convinced Allan Brooks he'd discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory that would change everything. Now he's suing OpenAl, claiming its product dragged him down a rabbit hole of lies, caused him to spiral into delusion and destroyed his reputation
10+ min |
March 2026
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IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A 20SOMETHING
Kennedy Lashley was pummelled by pandemic high school. Then she faced an emaciated post-secondary system. Now she's trying to find work in a market determined to replace her with Al, and she's one of many. TALES FROM THE LOST GENERATION
10+ min |
March 2026
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Beauty Spot
How the owner of a Yorkville salon found a gorgeous apartment right downtown
2 min |
March 2026
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THE HIGH PRICE OF HOPE
In clinics across Toronto, desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises. Welcome to the white-hot fertility market
10+ min |
March 2026
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Hammer Time
Ten new restaurants, bars and cafés that are worth the drive to Hamilton
6 min |
March 2026
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Peaches' Parkdale
The electroclash icon takes us on a tour of her go-to spots
2 min |
March 2026
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The Best Cellar List
Four wine lovers whose private collections are as impressive as the rooms that contain them
4 min |
March 2026
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My Wheelhouse
I was an Olympic-track long jumper when I tried on my dad's old skates. I've been rolling through life ever since
3 min |
March 2026
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Running Man
In the new mockumentary Hate the Player, Shamier Anderson portrays Ben Johnson-not as a disgraced cheater but as a Scarborough boy shafted by the system
3 min |
March 2026
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Souvankham Thammavongsa's Entertainment District
The Giller-winning author takes us on a tour of her go-to spots
2 min |
February 2026
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Raising Hope
My daughter was born with a disease so rare that it took seven years to get a diagnosis
3 min |
February 2026
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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.
7 min |
February 2026
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Number Cruncher
How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money
2 min |
February 2026
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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+ min |
February 2026
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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 min |
February 2026
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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+ min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
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+ min |
February 2026
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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+ min |
February 2026
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Power Play
How this hockey head beat the market
2 min |
February 2026
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Funny Money
Policy analyst by day, stand-up comedian by night: how a 28-year-old midtowner spends her income
1 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
THE INCREDIBLE EDIBLE BUCKET LIST
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DISHES TO TRY BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT-OUR DISH-A-DAY GUIDE TO EATING SPECTACULARLY WELL IN 2026
5 min |
January 2026
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Beginner's Luck
When the condo market went cold, these 20-somethings pounced to buy their starter home
4 min |
January 2026
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BATTLE FOR THE BAY
How the country's oldest corporation came to its bitter end
10+ min |
January 2026
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Last Call
The Imperial Pub was a beloved local haunt for more than 80 years. I spent my entire life behind the bar
4 min |
January 2026
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Gym Dandy
Five new fitness clubs that are hard-core, exclusive and ready for their close-ups
6 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto
Amil Niazi's bracingly honest essays on work and motherhood (“The Mindfuck of Midlife” comes to mind) have made her a cult favourite in certain corners of the web.
3 min |
January 2026
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Renata Fast's Liberty Village
The Olympic gold medallist shares her go-to spots
2 min |
January 2026
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KEVIN SUPREME
KEVIN O’LEARY IS MANY THINGS: REALITY TV BULLY, TRUMP APOLOGIST AND, NOW, LAUDED ACTOR. IN MARTY SUPREME, HE PLAYS A SUPERVILLAIN— IN OTHER WORDS, HIMSELF. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OSCAR RACE, HIS AI OBSESSION AND HIS QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION
10+ min |
January 2026
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The Hybrid Evangelist
As the union boss of Ontario's civil servants, Dave Bulmer has a few choice words for Doug Ford and his back-to-office mandate
3 min |