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50 Most Influential 2015

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #1, Drake
Culture

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #1, Drake

Today, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, Drake is Toronto

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #2, John Tory
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #2, John Tory

John Tory has taken the first steps toward defining his legacy

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #3, Kathleen Wynne
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #3, Kathleen Wynne

It's been a rocky year for the premier

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #4, George Cope
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #4, George Cope

Cope is the head of Canada’s largest telecommunications company

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #5, Gerald Butts
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #5, Gerald Butts

Butts is now the most powerful non-elected person on Parliament Hill

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #6, Guy Laurence
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #6, Guy Laurence

Laurence is now entering year three of his attempted turnaround of Rogers

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #7, Ian Black
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #7, Ian Black

Black is the regional head of a global corporate scofflaw

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #8, Jennifer Keesmaat
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #8, Jennifer Keesmaat

Keesmaat is Toronto's defiant, outspoken chief planner

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #9, Larry Tanenbaum
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #9, Larry Tanenbaum

Tanenbaum is the city’s most powerful sports figure

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #10, Naomi Klein
Culture

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #10, Naomi Klein

Klein is one of the world's leading critics of capitalism

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #11, Katie Telford
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #11, Katie Telford

Telford led Justin Trudeau's ground campaign

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #12, José Bautista
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #12, José Bautista

Bautista's three-run homer elevated him from star slugger to cult hero

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #13, Patrick Brown
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #13, Patrick Brown

Brown is the second most powerful ­person in Queen’s Park

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #14, Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey
Culture

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #14, Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey

Handling and Bailey rep the most important movie marketplace not named Cannes

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #15, Randy Lennox
City

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #15, Randy Lennox

Lennox has domain over Bell's original and in-house tele­vision productions

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House of the Week

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto
Real Estate

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto

Big Stories

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos
Deep Dives

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023
Food & Drink

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer
Deep Dives

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate
Real Estate

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex
Deep Dives

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah
City

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong
Deep Dives

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected
Life

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected

<em>Star</em> Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country&#8217;s largest newspaper
City

Star Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country’s largest newspaper

After my husband tried to kill me, I was forced to flee Kenya. Eight years later, I&#8217;m still fighting for justice
Memoir

After my husband tried to kill me, I was forced to flee Kenya. Eight years later, I’m still fighting for justice

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy
Culture

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy

Inside the Ontario years of Elon Musk, the world&#8217;s most absurd billionaire
Deep Dives

Inside the Ontario years of Elon Musk, the world’s most absurd billionaire

<em>Toronto Life</em>’s top longreads of 2022
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2022

&#8220;I spent five years in a white-power gang&#8221;: Inside the twisted world of Toronto&#8217;s white supremacist movement
Memoir

“I spent five years in a white-power gang”: Inside the twisted world of Toronto’s white supremacist movement

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it&#8217;s going&nbsp;up
City

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it’s going up

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice
Memoir

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022
City

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good
Culture

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings
City

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings

Cost of Living

This Etobicoke couple makes $157,000 a year. How do they spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Etobicoke couple makes $157,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This mortgage broker makes $240,000 a year. How does he spend it?
City

This mortgage broker makes $240,000 a year. How does he spend it?

These Dufferin Grove parents make $240,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

These Dufferin Grove parents make $240,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This project manager makes $86,000 a year. How does she spend it?
City

This project manager makes $86,000 a year. How does she spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $2.6 million for a Christie Pits classic sporting a twist on the bay and gable
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.6 million for a Christie Pits classic sporting a twist on the bay and gable

House of the Week: $3.9 million for a saltbox in the Blue Mountains with an off-grid bunkie
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.9 million for a saltbox in the Blue Mountains with an off-grid bunkie

House of the Week: $1.5 million for a furnished Pape Village semi perfect for showing off art
Real Estate

House of the Week: $1.5 million for a furnished Pape Village semi perfect for showing off art

House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Riverdale detached with a kitchen fit for TV
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Riverdale detached with a kitchen fit for TV

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a Lawrence Park century home built by the man behind Casa Loma
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.8 million for a Lawrence Park century home built by the man behind Casa Loma

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