Society

In Toronto, I found a new purpose running an Indonesian restaurant

RCMP officer Dean Lerat, a member of Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, found many of his long-lost relatives using a DNA-testing kit. Now he helps others connect with their own families, fragmented by colonialism. The results tell the story of a whole nation.

In a suburban industrial park, John de Ruiter built up a spiritual movement, mashing up Christian theology and New Age mysticism. Today, eight former followers claim he brainwashed them into sex. The case against him will test the boundaries of consent.

Entomologist Yasmin Akhtar on how to spot them, the buggiest cities and how bad the problem really is

Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it’s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war

“We’re real and we’re valid. We deserve the same rights as everyone else.”

Winter has arrived. Give your body a little extra help by taking a probiotic.

As pet food prices rise, the Toronto Humane Society’s pet food bank program is seeing a surge in demand

“I’m proud of what we’ve built—for a group of amateurs, it’s quite an accomplishment”

Whether you call them UFOs, UAPs or flying saucers, Canada should treat the objects that fly in our skies as scientific phenomena, not pop-cultural quackery