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THE CONVERSATION

Calculating Clout • I confess I like it when readers get in touch to roast us for being beholden to one ideology or another. In response to a Q&A with some developer, one reader accuses us of being slobbering capitalists. Another reader is convinced that our feature on the rental crisis means we’re bleeding-heart socialists. I interpret such opposing critiques as a good sign. Jon Stewart once described the staff of The Daily Show as neither blue nor red but “passionately opposed to bullshit.” Now that’s a manifesto we can get behind.

Auto Motives • The GTA, true to its initials, has become an international car-theft capital

Rock On • Geddy Lee’s new memoir is about love, drugs, death and, of course, music. How the septuagenarian prog-rock icon found another way to use that voice

Savour fresh island flavours in St. Kitts—a food lover’s paradise • Plan your next vacation to this culinary hotspot in the Caribbean

Ego Meter • WHAT’S MAKING AND SHAKING THE CITY’S SELF-IMAGE

LIFE’S PERFECT BACKDROP: Toronto’s pre-eminent rental community with incredible move-in perks • Call this award-winning midtown oasis home

Cost of Living • What Torontonians make and how they spend it

The Audit • AN APPRAISAL OF THE MONTH IN MONEY

Pay it forward this holiday season by helping your struggling neighbours in Ontario • The Salvation Army’s iconic Christmas Kettle Campaign is underway and your support is needed more than ever

Urban Diplomat

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2023

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

The Chow Orbit • THE ADVISERS AND DEPUTIES WHO MAKE UP THE MAYOR’S INNER CIRCLE

The Big New Gigs • SIX PEOPLE STEPPING INTO POWERFUL ROLES

The Philanthropists • THIS YEAR’S BIG-DEAL DONORS

The EV Bosses • THE EXECUTIVES DRIVING TORONTO’S GREEN FUTURE

The Restaurateurs • THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NEW HOTSPOTS

WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE • At 888 Dupont, the rent was dirt cheap, the rules were nonexistent and the parties were legendary. Now, with demolition underway, former tenants share their wildest memories of the city’s most storied art squat

THE PERKS OF BEING AN INSIDER • Toronto Life’s membership program hosts a series of exclusive events

Present Time • The year’s best gift options, from bargain steals to the splurgiest splurges

The Gift of GRUB • Twenty edible, mostly Toronto-made goods to give and receive

Culture • THE BEST THINGS TO SEE, DO, READ AND HEAR THIS MONTH IN TORONTO

Salad Days • In 1950s Toronto, Chinese produce was scarce, so I grew my own. I had no idea my farm would help pave the way for the Chinatown we know today