In today’s edition of This City: meet the protesters demanding that Doug Ford address the affordability and health care crises. Plus, the president of a queer softball league on Anthony Bass’s anti-LGBTQ statement, a librarian dishes on a date who drank and dashed, everything worth watching this week, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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With a rising cost of living, flatlining wages and an increasing private sector presence in the health care system, Ontario residents are mad, and they want Premier Doug Ford to know it. On June 3, nearly 10,000 people marched from Nathan Phillips Square to Queen’s Park for the Enough Is Enough Day of Action protest, organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour. We asked marchers what they would say if they could speak with Ford face-to-face. |
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| | On Instagram last week, Jays pitcher Anthony Bass encouraged viewers to boycott Target and Bud Light due to their pro-LGBTQ campaigns. While he apologized in a brief statement, his actions continue to draw intense backlash. Shosh Cooper is the president of the Notso Amazon Softball League, a queer league that is now in its 40th year. We spoke with her about the Jays’ reaction to Bass’s comments and how MLB should be spending its money. |
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| | Six months after getting out of an 11-year relationship, Steph, a 35-year-old librarian, matched with Brady on Tinder. From his very first message, he was extremely flirty, telling Steph that she was “a babe.” But when it came to meeting up IRL? “He made kissy faces at me and left without paying for his drinks,” she says in our latest Toronto dating chronicle. |
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| | Variety is the name of the game on the streamers this week. First up is Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron’s highly anticipated sequel. There’s also the final season of Mindy Kaling’s teen comedy, Never Have I Ever, which follows protagonist Devi in her last year of high school. And don’t miss star-studded psychological thriller The Crowded Room, which follows a twisty murder case in 1979 New York. |
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What to read, watch and listen to in June |
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| | Luminato showcases an eclectic mix of bold, genre-defying works of art. Founded in the wake of SARS as a way to help the city rebound, the summer festival has welcomed more than 10 million visitors over 16 years. This year’s lineup includes a reimagining of Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha and a performance of choreographer Jean-Pierre Perreault’s Nuit. June 7 to 18, various locations |
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| | After two years of takeout and home cooking, Toronto diners are keen to splurge on caviar, seafood towers and prime cuts of beef. And this is all happening at a time when chicken breasts are going for $23 a kilogram and we’re price-matching at supermarkets like it’s a bloodsport. The message, in short, is that if people choose to dine out, they’re going big. In our June issue, 20 restaurants where we’re more than happy to put our money where our mouths are. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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