Life When the pandemic hit Toronto, I packed up my life and left in 14 hours "I grabbed the first things I saw and jammed them into my bag, hoping for a Mary Poppins miracle"
City “There’s no such thing as social distancing in here”: An inmate tells his story “My mother is 61 and she's showing signs of dementia. I want to get out so I can take care of her”
City “I had to learn the sign for Covid-19”: A Q&A with Christopher Desloges, who became an overnight celebrity as Doug Ford’s sign-language interpreter The hardest job he ever had was signing for Whoopi Goldberg
Wine and Beer Rare wines, bottled cocktails and other drinks you can order from Toronto bars and restaurants right now Start stocking up for all your virtual happy hours
Stage These Toronto theatre groups are bringing immersive performances to your phone Phone plays and livestreams for the self-isolating theatregoer
Food Quarantine Cuisine: Flock and Cactus Club chef Cory Vitiello’s favourite fully loaded nachos Follow along at home
Food “There was a need to be filled”: A Q&A with chef Danielle Bassett, who is bootstrapping a community kitchen to feed hundreds of Torontonians She’s working out of the commissary kitchen at the Depanneur
City “You can feel disabled by all this or you can try to move forward”: A Q&A with Steven Argyris, whose company provides temporary lodging for front-line workers Many health care workers will be coming to Toronto—and they’ll need a place to stay
City “This situation is forcing victims into captivity”: What it’s like to run a women’s shelter in Toronto right now “It’s the same in shelters all over the country: violent attacks are up, distress calls are up”
City “We want to have kids, but our life is on hold”: These newlyweds are living 10,000 kilometres apart because of the pandemic “I can’t describe how lonely I am without Saori. In the meantime, we talk to each other across time zones”
Food “A lot of us are dealing with zero revenue right now”: A Q&A with Andrew Oliver of SaveHospitalityCA on the help restaurants need to outlast the pandemic The group is acting as unifying voice for restaurants across Canada
Sports How are the Raptors staying in shape during quarantine? We asked their trainer An NBA-level workout, from the comfort of home
Food Quarantine Cuisine: How Kost chef Morgan Bellis makes his cheesy chicken parm Follow along at home
Life “We still had DJs and performers, but everyone was at home”: How a queer dance party found a venue online “People were vibing along to the music, lying in bed or cranking out dance moves”
City “Right now, I can either pay my rent or eat”: These Torontonians are keeping their rent on April 1 “I'm trying to keep my family safe, but I'm being forced into a position where I either work in an unsafe environment or risk losing my housing”
Tech “We’ve been here from 7 a.m. until 2 a.m. every day”: This 3-D printing company is mass-producing plastic face shields for health care workers By next week, they’ll be producing tens of thousands per day—enough for every front-line worker in Canada
Life When this couple had to cancel their wedding, they threw a tiny socially distanced ceremony instead They recruited an officiant over Facebook and threw it all together in a couple of hours
Life Quarantine Routine: Chris Hadfield says self-isolation is a lot like flying a spaceship “You’re part of a crew trying to accomplish an objective”
Restaurants Fifteen Toronto restaurants offering fancy food for takeout and delivery For when pizza and wings won’t cut it
TL Insider TL Insider is going virtual and bringing the city to you. Here’s what members can look forward to in April Slack channels, home delivery, weekly recipes from our favourite chefs, virtual hangouts and more
Culture “By the time I was finished, 50 people had joined in”: This musician is giving street concerts to honour front-line workers “I watched my neighbours emerge, drinks in hand, to watch. It was an overwhelming moment”
Style “No other Canadian manufacturer is set up to do this”: Q&A with Canada Goose CEO Dani Reiss, whose factories are churning out hospital gowns and scrubs “I'm not taking a salary for at least three months”
Life Quarantine Routine: Jessi Cruickshank is throwing screen time rules out the window “We’re having full-on movie parties with popcorn”
City “We want to make sure these people are protected”: An Ontario sewing group is creating thousands of masks for front-line workers “We have about 400 people sewing for us across the province, and we’re up to 2,625 requests and counting”
Life “It was sad but also a relief”: This family hosted their son’s bar mitzvah over Zoom “It wasn't what we planned, but the net outcome was more memorable than it would have been”
Food Quarantine Cuisine: How Marben chef Chris Locke makes a bacon-y take on a Spanish tortilla You only need these four ingredients
