This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

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

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

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

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

A ranking of our top feature stories of the year

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

The tangled story of the American real estate tycoon who stripped HBC for parts, the eccentric Chinese billionaire who lobbed a half-baked Hail Mary bid and the Canadian plutocrats who hatched their own backroom deal

Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich. When a friend got in the way of their plans, they combined forces and pulled off a murder plot so preposterous that one of their lawyers used stupidity as a defence

Our annual list of the up-and-comers shaping our city and the world

For defending Canada in a time of turmoil, the PM is Toronto Life’s most influential person of the year

Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it

Tech CEO Mandle Cheung was willing to hand over big money to conduct a symphony. The TSO said yes. Its musicians said, Seriously? A story about outsized ambitions, cash-strapped arts organizations and the limits of wish fulfillment

The legendary filmmaker had always planned to leave his $30-million fortune to his three children. Then, in a will signed two months before his death, he bequeathed the bulk of it to his second wife

Aubrey Cottle helped start the notorious hacker collective in the early aughts. Now, the Texas GOP is trying to put him in jail. But he doesn’t regret starting the movement. Hacking can be a powerful weapon against corruption—and we need it now more than ever

Guelph is having a moment

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer

Tucked at the meeting point of Dufferin Grove and Little Portugal, Suite 601 at 130 Rusholme Road is the kind of west-end home you don’t come across often: a modern sub-penthouse with the easygoing elegance of boutique living and a terrace that rivals full-size backyards

Discover an extraordinary architectural residence on Palmerston Avenue, one of Trinity Bellwoods’ most sought-after streets

The Beach's most breathtaking new build