In today’s edition of This City: a Toronto man’s online tax account was hacked. Now, he’s suing the CRA. Plus, the soccer referee who says abuse from parents is at an all-time high, the best last-minute Father’s Day gifts and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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Stephen Real is one of thousands of Canadians affected by a massive CRA
security breach in 2020. Three years later, he can’t pay his taxes, fraudsters are attempting to buy cars in his name and he fields more than 20 spam calls a day. Now, Real and other victims are launching a class action lawsuit against the federal government. Here, he tells us about enduring years of stolen identity mayhem. |
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| | Ontario Soccer recently launched a pilot project that will require some referees to wear body cameras to record abuse directed at them during games. The goal is to deter the rampant bullying and mistreatment of referees by coaches and parents, which Adrian Tanjala, the head referee at the North Toronto Soccer Club, says is at an all-time high. We asked him whether body cams are the solution. |
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| | Your Father’s Day gift guide to scotch and whisky for every type of dad |
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| | Tony, a 30-year-old engineer, and Vicky, a 26-year-old producer, both thought that Rebel nightclub was loud, sticky and trashy—until they met each other. In the latest edition of Kiss and Tell, the couple tell us about finding love in “Toronto’s most hopeless club.” |
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What to read, watch and listen to in June |
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| | At the age of nine, Yuja Wang began studying piano at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music. By 21, she had gained international recognition as a concert pianist, and now, at 36, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has dubbed Wang a megastar. In Toronto, alongside the TSO, Wang will tackle Rachmaninoff’s legendary
Piano Concerto No. 3. June 16 to 18, Roy Thomson Hall |
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| | After two years of takeout and home cooking, Toronto diners are keen to splurge on caviar, seafood towers and prime cuts of beef. And this is all happening at a time when chicken breasts are going for $23 a kilogram and we’re price-matching at supermarkets like it’s a bloodsport. The message, in short, is that if people choose to dine out, they’re going big. In our June issue, 20 restaurants where we’re more than happy to put our money where our mouths are. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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