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THE CONVERSATION
EDITOR’S LETTER
A California-inspired solution to Toronto’s housing affordability crisis • Meet Happi Builds, the innovators bringing backyard housing to Toronto
Home Court Advantage • Ontario’s new Court of Justice is high tech, green and accessible. It also has the legal community divided
Prodigal Son • Kiefer Sutherland released an album last year, stars in the new series Rabbit Hole and shows no signs of slowing down—except when it comes to doing his own stunts
Ego Meter • WHAT’S MAKING AND SHAKING THE CITY’S SELF-IMAGE
Pickleball, Anyone? • Everything you need to know about North America’s fastest-growing sport
Cost of Living • What Torontonians make and how they spend it
The Audit • AN APPRAISAL OF THE MONTH IN MONEY
The Questionnaire
Urban Diplomat
THE PERKS OF BEING AN INSIDER • Toronto Life’s membership program hosts a series of exclusive events
Buying a pre-construction home? • Follow these four key steps to protect your purchase
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE HOME • Net-zero buildings. Car-free neighbourhoods. Rooftop farms. Smart-home everything. An optimist’s guide to the totally green, actually affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate
A NEW WATERFRONT • Quayside will transform the city’s shoreline
SUBURBAN PARADISE • The Orbit reimagines a once-quaint town
THE QUEEN OF GREEN • Tyndale will be affordable, sustainable and car-free>
FUN AND GAMES • The new Mirvish Village has bars, a concert venue and lots of neon
GO GO GADGETRY • Get ready for robots, talking pets and plenty of environmentally friendly tech
THE GREEN HOUSE • CABN wants to build the market’s best low-cost net-zero home
THE SUPER-SMART HOME • An innovative reno provides a glimpse into the future
BEACH VIBES • Scarborough’s residential venture takes its cue from Florida
SLIM CITY • The skinny on Yorkville’s newest condo project
LEGO LAND • King Toronto will rewrite the downtown skyline
SCREEN TIME • Five platforms that make it easier—and cheaper—to buy, sell and stage a house
THE WAY OF THE GUN • Rodger Kotanko loved firearms: fixing them, building them, shooting them. When one of his pistols ended up in the hands of a murderer, he paid for it with his life. His family says he didn’t do anything wrong. Police say he did.
Promised Land • Doug Ford’s recent U-turn decision to earmark swaths of the Greenbelt for development prompted widespread outrage—plus pockets of praise—across the GTA. But what do the people who live and work on the land think about it?
Electric Avenue • It seems like everyone in the city is swapping their gas guzzler for a sleek, climate-friendly electric vehicle. Here’s everything you need to know before taking the EV plunge
AN EV BUYER’S GUIDE
The Aesthetes • What they drive: Tesla Model Y
The Green Guru • What he drives: Chevrolet Bolt
The Techie • What he drives: Tesla Model Y
GOING THE DISTANCE • Here’s how far 14 EVs will take you on a single charge
The Trailblazer • Nino Di Cara, head of the news platform Electric Autonomy Canada, on everything, everywhere in EV land
Block Party • This family searched for their dream home for years. Then they found it just down the street
Bloody Good • Seven caesars that redefine Canada’s national cocktail
Culture • Our picks for the best things to see, do, read and...