For 50 years, the Ontario government incarcerated kids accused of infractions as minor as truancy, drinking or shoplifting in so-called training schools. After a childhood filled with abuse, violence and homelessness, Daniel Brown ended up at Brookside, one such training school, when he hitched a ride in a stolen car one night. “The institutions’ official purpose—‘to provide children therein with training and treatment, and with moral, physical, academic and vocational education’—sounded reasonable enough,” says Brown. “And in theory it was.” In reality, the abuse he suffered almost destroyed him—until one person decided he was worth saving. For all of our city coverage, visit torontolife.com or subscribe to our print edition. |
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| It’s been an eventful fall for Jagmeet Singh: he’s ended his party’s alliance with the Liberals, smacked down against Pierre Poilievre and confronted a heckler outside of Parliament Hill. We sat down with Singh to talk about Trudeau’s free fall, whether Poilievre is truly an everyman and why he believes becoming prime minister isn’t a pipe dream. |
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| Eric Martin and Joanne Lam bought their Dovercourt Village semi in 2008. After converting the second floor into a rental unit, they focused on maximizing the 1,100 square feet they kept for themselves, adding custom benches with built-in storage, a custom kids’ play space and a fold-out workstation. |
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| In the latest issue: 20 Torontonians doing big things with small footprints. Plus, the ugly truth about Ontario’s reform schools, a Q&A with the city’s traffic czar, vintage cars retrofitted for the electric age and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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