DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2021, Cait Alexander was beaten by her partner and left for dead in their Leaside home. Despite overwhelming evidence, the case never went to trial for one simple reason: it took too long. In our January issue, how an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence.

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Inside Inner Engineering—a yogi’s approach to peace and fulfillment

For her 98th birthday, Joan Thomlinson, a retired taxi driver from Cambridge, zip-lined over Niagara Falls. “Initially I thought, Oh crumbs, I can’t do that!” she says. But, as time passed, she decided to take on the challenge—and ended up raising over $2,000 for SickKids in the process. Read her memoir in our ultimate 2025 bucket list here.

Property Brothers designer Jess Ross and her husband, camera operator Craig Gordon, used their behind-the-scenes expertise to build their dream space. They set a budget of $200,000 and outlined a vision to preserve their Junction century home’s historic integrity while opening up the space, making it brighter and adding eclectic flair.

In the latest issue: the ultimate try-anything-once, antidote-to-doomscrolling bucket list for 2025. Plus, a ranking of the city’s best new cookies, up close and personal with the Beaches, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today.

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