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December 1, 2023

In today’s edition of This City: a Q&A with musical polymath Jeremy Dutcher. Plus, the best holiday gifts for fun lovers, how Chrystia Freeland plans to lower the cost of living, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage.

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“I’d like to move back to Toronto—if the city stops pricing out its artists”

Since releasing his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, in 2018, Jeremy Dutcher has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and Beverly Glenn-Copeland (among others), won a Juno Award and performed an NPR Tiny Desk concert. Dutcher released his second album, Motewolonuwok, in October, and on December 9, he plays Massey Hall. We caught up with him to talk about writing music in the Wolastoqey language, the surprising alchemy between opera and his ancestral music, and what he likes to do in Toronto in the winter.

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Ultimate holiday gift guide

We found the year’s best gifts for fun lovers, including Margaritaville crocs, Taylor Swift’s phone case and this leather-daddy porcelain jar. Shop them all here, or check out all nine categories in our 2023 holiday gift guide and find something for everyone on your list.

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The Influentials

Deputy prime minister and minister of finance Chrystia Freeland came in at No. 6 in our annual ranking of the city’s most influential people. Freeland is following up on her pledge to employ “all of the tools” at her disposal to bring down interest rates and the cost of living. So far, that has included a call on banks to cut fees for Canadians struggling with mortgage payments, Bill C-56, which waives GST on rental housing development and revamps competition laws in the grocery industry, and more.

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December 2023: The 50 Most Influential Torontonians

In the latest issue: our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing our city—and the world—as we know it. Plus, the ultimate holiday gift guide, memories of 888 Dupont, a Q&A with prog-rock icon Geddy Lee, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today.