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Party Next Door • Tiny Township is aptly named. At just 335 square kilometres, it comprises a small collection of homes and cottages on the southeastern edge of Georgian Bay. The first time I came upon it, Covid lockdowns were turning Torontonians squirrelly. I opened my laptop and reflexively typed “cottage for sale.” I wasn’t exactly in the market, but the search itself felt therapeutic. Up came a bungalow with golden sands and azure waters, the picture of tranquility, an escape from urban drama. If only.

Bot Summer • Self-driving delivery robots are hitting our streets. They’re adorable, scary and here to stay

Tech Support • Newly minted Minister of AI Evan Solomon has accepted a precarious portfolio: promoting the power of AI without letting it annihilate us all

Making Moves • How a bureaucrat turned barista spends her money

Launch Pad • This bachelor wanted to be free from roommates. He found his new place just down the street

Urban Diplomat

BIG TROUBLE IN COTTAGE COUNTRY • SHORT-TERM RENTERS HAVE TAKEN OVER, LOCALS ARE MAD AS HELL AND TOWN COUNCILS FROM MUSKOKA TO TINY TOWNSHIP ARE MAKING EVERYTHING WORSE

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Doctor trange • Elon Musk’s grandfather was many things: prairie farmer, chiropractor, conspiracy theorist, thrill-seeking aviator. His wackiest vocation? Leader of the Canadian technocracy movement

BECOMING EL JEFE • Before Ryan Wedding landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list as a highlevel associate of El Chapo, he was a brighteyed kid from Thunder Bay. The inside story of how an Olympic snowboarding prodigy became one of the world’s most dangerous and powerful drug lords

THE GREAT FRENCH FRY MYSTERY • When an A&W takeout bag appeared on my neighbour’s porch in the middle of the night—followed by another, then another—I became obsessed with solving a fast food whodunit that was as baffling as it was beguiling

The Drake Hotel’s must-try new menu • Executive chef Daniel Hyam’s revamped menu brings bold flavours, contemporary spins and crave-able shareables to the Queen West hotspot

County Fare • Eleven delicious reasons to take a road trip to Simcoe and Grey counties, two hot new dining destinations

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The High Life • Four condo rooftops built for resort-level relaxation

Kardinal Offishall’s Queen West • The multi-platinum artist and music exec shares his go-to spots

The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto

Game Boy • At 21, I was making six figures playing video games competitively. Then I walked away