Toronto Life October 2024

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CREATED FOR MAYBE YOUR HARDWORKING DRYER has finally burned out after a dozen years or you’ve completely gutted your kitchen and need all new appliances. Whatever the case, when it comes to replacing or refreshing the appliances in your home, working with a seasoned expert makes all the difference in selecting the best appliances for your needs. To learn how to buy smarter and with less stress, Tasco Appliances expert Tianna shares her tips on what to do before you shop, what to avoid and the best approach to get exactly what you want. Know your measurements “Specs first. Appliances last,” says Tianna. You need to know exactly what measurements you have to work with before you fall in love with a beautiful range you spotted in the display window.…

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Barking Mad Sarah Liss’s cover story about Toronto’s recalcitrant dog problem struck a collective nerve. Reader response was loud, heated and abundant. “Parts of this article feel salacious to me—like going into way too much detail to frame dog owners as irrationally obsessed with their little fur babies. It’s ultimately irrelevant. Of course dog owners love their animals. Why wouldn’t they? But I think the article does a great job of exhibiting the psychology of leash use and why every entitled owner thinks they don’t need to leash their dog. “For most human behavioural issues (which is what this is), I think that infrastructure, education and the building of culture provide a vastly larger ROI than confrontation or laws. But, in this case, I gotta be honest: I genuinely think…

Inside the Desperate Search for a Doctor The ballparks of Cactus League baseball are spread out across the Arizona desert, and Uber is the most efficient way to get around. I was there last March with two friends, and our conversations with those drivers made it apparent that, aside from Drake and politeness, Canada is best known for its “free” health care. “Must be nice,” I heard more than once. I’d nod and change the subject, unwilling to burst their shimmering bubble. The truth would have taken too long to explain. But here’s how I would have started: in Toronto, a city of three million people, 516,000 of us are without a primary care doctor. That’s one in six, an outrageous statistic that would have Tommy Douglas spinning in his…

“I don’t listen to Kid Rock because I think he’s an asshole based on his politics”—Jim Cuddy, p. 22 In architectural terms, 1154 Wilson is as ordinary as they come. Built in the 1960s, it’s a humdrum 15-storey structure on an unadorned North York stretch just south of Downsview Park. Yet the building is remarkable in one simple, breathtaking way: embedded in its balcony glass are designer photovoltaics, essentially solar panels that hide within everyday building materials. Together, when operating at peak capacity, the roughly 350 panels generate enough power to run 90 AC units at once. These ingenious, Jetsonian doohickeys can also be built into cladding and banisters, making both old and new buildings more efficient, attractive and green. It’s the rare kind of development where everyone wins.…