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EDITOR’S LETTER

THE CONVERSATION

East Side Story • Huge things are happening across the Don

Q&A Car Guy • Flavio Volpe built a $20-million concept car to show off Canadian auto parts. Now if only he could get someone to finance production

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

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

The Audit • AN APPRAISAL OF THE MONTH IN MONEY

Urban Diplomat

Work Less, Live More • The 40-hour workweek sucks. Ambition is overrated. Life is short. Confessions from the new and intentionally underemployed labour force

Saving Sila • Yara Abualjedian was nine months pregnant when the bombing started in Gaza. Her husband, Ahmad, was in Canada, 9,000 kilometres away, with no way to reach her. Then she went into labour. A story about love and perseverance in a time of war

THERE WILL BE BLOOD • Bedbugs are—no exaggeration—everywhere in Toronto: our libraries, offices, schools, hospitals, hotels, transit and homes. Inside the always expensive, often traumatic, probably futile battle to eradicate the bloodsucking parasites that are ruining our lives

Cold Comfort • Pampering is out. Cold plunges, mood-boosting mushrooms and social networking are in. Here, four new wellness experiences to try this winter

Ellie Mae Waters • What the Swiftie-approved designer is coveting in home decor

Core Values • After living 50 kilometres apart, this couple was determined to find their starter home downtown

Lighting the way to more efficient treatment • Markham Stouffville Hospital’s new GreenLight Laser is reducing hospital stays and wait times for prostate surgeries.

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

Dinner, Party • Four resto-clubs where you can fuel up then boogie down—all without leaving the premises

Spirit Away • Expert advice for those who want to extend Dry January into booze-free February

A novel born out of a computer exercise • ALPHABETICAL DIARIES BY SHEILA HETI

A classic Russian drama gets a captivating new adaptation

The Band Played On • After a devastating brain aneurysm, I didn’t think I’d ever perform again. I’ll never forget the way my friends, fans and fellow musicians rallied around me