Richard Poplak

Articles on torontolife.com written by Richard Poplak.

Licence to Print Money

Payday loan companies like Money Mart can now charge higher interest rates than ever before. Do they provide a valuable service to customers? Or are they legalized loan sharks, taking over the city one block at a time?
Published: June 2010

A Whole Lot of Nothing

One of the biggest, priciest, most-hyped condo projects in Toronto history has turned Yonge and Bloor into a windswept reminder of our financial insanity. Is the empty lot a sign of the times or of something more troubling?
Published: June 2009

We’re here. We’re Tamil. Get used to it

After six months of relentless protesting, Toronto Tamils have become a serious political force. How a 20-year-old kid from Scarborough helped mobilize a generation
Published: August 2009

Igor the Terrible

What kind of person hoards 2,700 bicycles and leaves them to rust in warehouses? The mad, mysterious world of Igor Kenk
Published: October 2008

Loaves and Wishes

A decade after leaving South Africa, my father was trying to bake a steadily collapsing memory
Published: January 2007

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