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Power Ranking: Who’s up, who’s down and who’s scrambling after Justin Trudeau’s resignation
The political manoeuvring has only just begun
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“She has a history of taking on powerful men”: Chrystia Freeland’s biographer on the finance minister’s bombshell resignation
Catherine Tsalikis, the author of
Chrystia: From Peace Valley to Parliament Hill
, weighs in on the legacy and next moves of the most influential woman in Canadian politics
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
City News
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022
Our annual ranking of the people whose bravery, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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This City Live: Chrystia Freeland in conversation with Sarah Fulford
"In Canada and around the world, the coronavirus has exposed the strengths and weaknesses of every society"
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Join us for “This City Live” featuring Chrystia Freeland
Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford welcomes Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, for...
City News
Inside
Toronto Life’
s Most Influential party, with Chrystia Freeland, Jagmeet Singh, Rupi Kaur and more
The magazine fêted the city's most powerful people with an exclusive party at the Liberty Grand last night
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City News
The Influentials 2017: The top 50
The power wielders whose smarts, connections and clout are changing the world as we know it
City News
The tenacious Chrystia Freeland
Inside the globe-trotting, crisis-quashing world of Canada’s foreign minister
City News
Five things you missed at the Women in the World Summit, with Angelina Jolie and Justin Trudeau
Plus: Chrystia Freeland on NAFTA negotiations, the end of bro culture and much more
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Style
The best-dressed attendees at last night’s Justin Trudeau-Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto dinner at Casa Loma
Some of the stylish luminaries spotted last night
City News
Toronto’s Davos delegation, ranked
Who's going to the World Economic Forum, and what they might do once they get there
City News
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #38, Chrystia Freeland
Freeland may have the most impressive resumé in Canadian politics
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City News
The No-Politics-Allowed Candidate Questionnaire: University-Rosedale
Which candidate claims to have never seen an episode of
Friends
?
City News
Team Trudeau: the Toronto rainmakers orchestrating Justin’s rise
A guide to the Torontonians who have helped turn the younger Trudeau into a genuine prime ministerial contender He and Trudeau met...
City News
Olivia Chow’s mayoral candidacy has an unintended consequence: a lawsuit against Justin Trudeau
It's not Olivia Chow ’s fault that Justin Trudeau is being sued by a would-be federal candidate—but, at the same time, it's...
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The List: 10 things newly minted MP Chrystia Freeland can’t live without
1 | My camel carpet In the mid-’90s, I was Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times. There wasn’t a lot to do in the...
Culture
Toronto Centre MP Chrystia Freeland explains Canada to Americans
In an essay for Politico , a U.S. publication whose attentions don't normally stray this far north, former journalist and current...
City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
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SLIDESHOW: Boardroom bigshots, gossip gurus and civic leaders at Toronto Life’s bash for the city’s most influential people
Powerful Torontonians descended on the Ritz-Carlton last night to see Toronto Life unveil its 2013 ranking of the city’s 50 Most...
City News
Star Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland bought a million-dollar house one block away from her NDP rival
Political rivals Chrystia Freeland and Linda McQuaig have a lot in common: both are successful journalists, both hold views on...
City News
Justin Trudeau turns his attention to the journalist vs. journalist showdown in Toronto Centre
For the first time in a long time, the rest of Canada might just care about downtown Toronto. The by-election fight for Bob Rae’...
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Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative