Personal trainer Jenna Doak says the body positive movement helped her accept her own body shape. Now she’s transforming how her clients see themselves and what it means to be fit. Show Notes: The CBC article we mention in the episode: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/personal-trainer-real-1.3961023 Link to a group photo of Jenna (back row, 3rd from right) with […]
All of us are familiar with the headlines – another young man shot and killed in Toronto. But we don’t often hear what comes next – let alone the impact decades later. In this episode, Julia Farquharson tells Mary Wiens about her son, Segun, a promising young hockey player. Some people will still remember his […]
The other day, the people who put The Torontonian together met at their favourite bar – just as the bartender took down a blackboard listing about a dozen kinds of bourbon. It inspired this week’s episode about one of the most high-profile targets of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. For bourbon expert Lucas Twyman, […]
The big growth area in cosmetic surgery? Breast reduction. For many women, the surgery is life-changing. And they’re getting it done at a much younger age. In this episode Chanese Ila tells us why she was ready at 36. And two plastic surgeons – the McRae brothers – tell us about counselling younger women about one of […]
For many teenagers who struggle at school, the classroom has been a place of failure and trauma, since they were kids. But what if you put them into a different kind of classroom? Say a construction site? Mary Wiens attended an event where students told their construction bosses and teachers how it’s transformed the way […]
We return to the food we loved as children throughout our lives. For Mother’s Day, two women from Eritrea tell us about the recipes they learned from their mothers – and how it’s fueling their lives in Toronto, after escaping from one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. Just two of the women […]
The lineup to bid farewell to Pope Francis, stretched to the thousands but every one of them had their personal reason for being there. In this episode of The Torontonian, we’ll meet Mauricio, a former Jesuit seminarian, and his husband. They told us about the impact Pope Francis had on their place as gay men […]
The Maple Leaf Gardens - home to some of Toronto’s most joyful victories and agonizing defeats. There are new players now at the Gardens including the Toronto Gay Hockey Association. Shane Hobson and Ben Baby grew up gay in small-town Ontario. They tell Mary Wiens why it’s a victory every time they carry their hockey bags through the front doors of the former Maple Leaf Gardens.
The Maple Leaf Gardens – home to some of Toronto’s most joyful victories and agonizing defeats. There are new players now at the Gardens including the Toronto Gay Hockey Association. Shane Hobson and Ben Baby grew up gay in small-town Ontario. They tell Mary Wiens why it’s a victory every time they carry their hockey […]