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Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life.

A Love Means... Story Bart van Andren, aka Spider, has been running away from life with a lot of chemical help. When he wakes up in a hospital, he discovers he’s picked up a champion.

A Taste of Love Story The lunch rush at Darryl Hansen’s restaurant, Café Belgie, is getting to be too much for one man to handle, and Billy Weaver is a young man in search of a job—any job—to suppo

After a year in medical school, Dakota Holden returned home to take care of the family business full time and help his father cope with multiple sclerosis.

A Senses Series Story Howard Justinian has always had to fight for his freedom.

A Love Means... Story Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm.

A Work Out Story Determined not to end up like his seventy-year-old diabetic father, Holton knows he needs to make a change.

A Seven Days Story Can a person’s life change in just one day? How about seven? This is the story of seven pivotal days in Evan Donaldson’s life.

A Love Means...

A Love Means...

A Bottled Up Story Bobby Bielecki is heading home from art school to help run the family wine store so his adopted father and partner can take a vacation.

A Taste of Love Story If Peter Christopoulos has learned one thing from his last three years in a wheelchair, it’s that people have a hard time seeing past the hardware.

A Bottled Up Story Gary Keller is enjoying a cruise with new friends when he meets Scott Haworth, and unexpected attraction flares between them.

Sean Bielecki has built a new life, leaving an infamous identity and painful past behind. Now Sommelier Wines is Sean’s dream.