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Canada Strong, but How About Toronto? • The splashiest ideas in Mark Carney’s strategy to protect the Canadian economy get the headlines, naturally: new international trading partners, mining of critical minerals, decreased reliance on US trade. But the single most important element, the giant problem that must be addressed if any other part of the plan is to succeed, gets comparatively less attention, and that’s the critical dearth of housing in Toronto.

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE • A routine cancer screening provided the early detection Julie Atkinson needed

Too Much Information • The proliferation of data centres has the GTA riled up

Red Alert • Chrystia Freeland’s spicy new memoir, Unreliable Boyfriend, tackles Trump, Trudeau and Canada’s place in the new world order

Floating Downstream • This couple ventured west of the west end to land their first house

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IDEAS for Solving the Housing Crisis That Are So Crazy They Just Might Work • Despite efforts from all levels of government, agencies, developers and not-for-profits, Toronto still has a critical shortage of affordable, livable homes. So we asked a bunch of big thinkers to give us their boldest proposals for how to turn things around

CLASH OF THE TITANS • Harold Peerenboom and Isaac Perlmutter were both wealthy, brash and accustomed to getting their way. When they moved into the same luxury oceanside community, they quickly turned a minor squabble into a full-scale war, complete with poison pen letters, private investigators and multimillion-dollar lawsuits.

PARADISE LOST • Florida and Arizona used to be a refuge for winter-hating Ontarians—until Trump launched his 51st-state tirade and MAGA nuts started keying out-ofcountry cars, brandishing guns on the golf course and blaming Canadians for pretty much everything. The nine people in the pages ahead had enough: they sold their condos, pulled up stakes, and decamped to Mexico, Jamaica and other warm-weather destinations

ANATOMY OF A REAL ESTATE CON GONE WRONG

BLOOR street ENTERTAINS

HOUSING IS HEALTH CARE

HOW TORONTO IS BECOMING A GLOBAL SUPERPOWER IN CANCER RESEARCH

Inner Beauty • Five new restaurants with interiors as stunning as their menus

Sunday Best • A delicious dish-by-dish breakdown of the Dorset’s weekly roast special

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Seaton Village • The acclaimed actor, author and playwright takes us on a tour of her favourite spots

The Hot List • A cheat sheet for everything cool (and occasionally cringeworthy) on our radar this month

What went down at Toronto Life’s 2026 Best Dressed party • The city’s most stylish partied the night away at the University Club

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Twin Shadow • I wanted to be a father more than anything. The process to get my infant daughters back to Canada nearly broke me