Plus, a Vatican wedding that cost $52,225
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JANUARY 13, 2025

 

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“I SPENT $300 ON PLANTS LAST YEAR”

Rimi Lala, 26, makes $103,000 a year as a business analyst and the owner of Wealth Savvy Gen Z, a personal finance platform. She pays $1,600 in rent for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in South Eglinton–Davisville, which she shares with a roommate. Here, she breaks down how she spends her money.

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MICRO WEDDINGS

Michael Nguyen and Ginette Garces met through mutual friends at the University of Toronto in 2018. After a series of Instagram DMs and FaceTimes, the couple started dating, which led to a 2022 proposal at Humber Bay Shores and a destination wedding at the Vatican. Here’s how their big day came together.

“MOSS PARK IS MY SANCTUARY”

Chris Halls, a 53-year-old college-educated father, is battling a severe opioid addiction. He says his survival depends on Moss Park Consumption Treatment Services, one of the harm reduction sites the Ford government plans to shut down. His story, here.

 

What to see, do, watch and read this month

 

A MEMOIR FROM A POWERHOUSE INDIE ICON

Before she was a Grammy-nominated musician (and occasional member of Canadian pop supergroup the New Pornographers), Neko Case was a lonely kid in rural Washington state. After a childhood spent in the woods, she left home at 15 to become a punk drummer. The musician’s rollicking memoir traces her journey from her humble origins to attending Vancouver’s Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, finding success with the band and rising to indie stardom in the late ’90s. Case’s witty, honest voice shines in this tragicomic coming-of-age story. Out Jan. 28

 

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