In today’s edition of This City: our 2023 holiday gift guide. Plus, a Q&A with Geddy Lee of Rush, councillor Stephen Holyday on why he thinks Etobicoke should keep its coat of arms, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage. |
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We bring you the year’s best gift options, from bargain steals to the splurgiest splurges. Shop all nine categories—including gifts for decor hounds, culture vultures and techies—here. |
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| | Geddy Lee’s new memoir is about love, drugs, death and, of course, music. We spoke to the septuagenarian prog-rock icon about how he found another way to use that voice. “I started thinking about the fragility of memory and discovered that I had a lot to say,” says Lee. Read the full Q&A here. |
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| | After Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation chief Stacey LaForme pointed out that the Etobicoke crest’s depiction of a shirtless Indigenous man is outdated and offensive, city staff called for its removal. But Stephen Holyday, the councillor for Etobicoke Centre, thinks the relic is worth saving. Here, Holyday responds to Chief LaForme’s objections and talks about what it’s like to keep losing votes at city council. |
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What to read, watch and listen to in November |
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| | Growing up, R. H. Thomson found a cache of letters written by his ancestors in England who fought in the First World War. His relatives’ wartime reports form the core of By the Ghost Light, the actor’s non-fiction debut, which combines his interpretations of the texts with meditations on the meaning of remembrance and its place in Canada’s cultural imagination. Out now |
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| | The Maclean’s Ideas Summit is back, and this time we’re diving into the future of education. Join us from November 20 to December 4, 2023, as we explore cutting-edge topics such as newcomers and education access, technology integration and new educational practices, colliding with AI and the future of skill development, and the evolution of how we learn. Get tickets here. |
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| | In the latest issue: our mostly scientific, slightly inflammatory, deeply informative ranking of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods. Plus, the scary pursuit of the perfect face, a taxonomy of the new Toronto socialites, the man who sold suicide kits, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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