In today’s edition of This City: a Q&A with country music’s barrier-busting cowboy Orville Peck. Plus, how a family bond is keeping Toronto’s first Hakka restaurant alive, the stories behind the city’s top salaries, and more. For all of our city coverage, visit torontolife.com or subscribe to our print edition. |
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Orville Peck is tearing through 2024 with a new album, new collabs and a new outlook on life. “People say I’m not country enough,” he says. “What they really mean is that I’m not straight.” Read our Q&A here. |
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| | Husband and wife Michael Liu and Mei Wang opened Yueh Tung in 1986 and introduced the city to Hakka cuisine. After 38 years of ups, downs and delicious food, they’re passing the torch to their daughters. We spoke to them about their move from India to a then-very-homogeneous Toronto in 1981, becoming the Blue Jays’ go-to postgame hangout and handing the keys to the next generation. |
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| | How much did Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, make this year? When the company announced plans to slash roughly 20 per cent of its staff, Lütke’s stated salary of one loonie per year appeared to be a gesture of noblesse oblige. But its effect was undercut somewhat when he was awarded $27.3 million in stock options and approved for $205 million in stock- and share-based awards. All told, his net worth is a whopping $7.4 billion. See more of who earns what here. |
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What to see, do, read and hear in July |
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| | With its massive catalogue of performances chosen entirely by lottery, the Toronto Fringe Festival has been giving creators a chance to take the stage since 1989. This year’s festival spans 11 days of radically unpredictable storytelling by Laura Landauer, Iris Bahr, Anand Rajaram and others. Various venues, July 3 to 14 |
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| | In the latest issue: our city-wide survey of who earns what. Plus, the shooting that ruptured Leslieville, why everybody suddenly has adult ADHD, the best new patios for summer sipping, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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