Nisrin Elamin took her three-year-old daughter to Khartoum to celebrate Ramadan. When the conflict began, they found themselves with no food, water or power and were forced to risk a harrowing journey out of the country
A long-running rumour at her Toronto private school convinced Hannah Griffin that she was a bad kid, so she started acting like one. Then a wilderness portage trip—and an unexpected encounter along the way—changed that
When Lisa Bunting was cast alongside Pinsent in the CBC's A Gift to Last, she didn't know that working with the celebrated Canadian actor would be a highlight of her almost-50-year career—or that he would have a profound influence on her life
How moving back to her hometown helped track-and-field star Lucia Stafford become the top 1,000-metre runner in North America
Resa McConaghy had a decades-long career designing costumes for stars like Kim Cattrall and Helen Mirren. When the film industry ground to a halt during Covid, she started upcycling old fabric into elaborate couture
A Syrian Canadian trauma surgeon tells the heartbreaking story of his most recent trip home
I worked with him at Toronto Life in the late 1980s and early 1990s and marvelled at his passion for arts and media in this country. In his 82 years on the planet, he did more for Canadian culture than probably anyone alive
"One man told us that, until our protest, he couldn't even buy an ice cream in his hometown"
Nobody believed that my charming husband was secretly abusive
I realized that, even if I never sang another note, there were other ways to express myself
After my dad died, I started repeating racist rhetoric, dressing like a skinhead, picking fights with strangers and committing petty crimes. Then I realized the absurdity of my beliefs
After living with a substance use disorder for years, I got sober and now work on the other side of the health care system
Iranians around the world and within the country are rallying for change. The death of Mahsa Amini only intensified our resolve
I did it two months after scaling Everest and two weeks before standing on top of G2, completing three peaks over 8,000 metres in one season
As a child, I found out I had a rare disease and would need a four-organ transplant. This past July, my son had the same life-saving surgery