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Margaret Atwood
Culture
“I didn’t want my mother as my literary critic”: Margaret Atwood’s daughter, Jess Gibson, on her debut story collection
The fiction writer and art historian talks late-in-life confidence, sparse prose and being a Taurus
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City News
Editor’s Letter: Who is
Toronto Life
’s most influential person of the year?
From the World Series finals to the animated smash hit
KPop Demon Hunters
, Torontonians were behind some of 2025’s biggest stories
Deep Dives
The 50 most influential Torontonians of 2025
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
Culture
“I was a goth in ’90s Toronto, and that scene inspires everything I write”: Mona Awad on her new novel,
We Love You, Bunny
The author talks dark humour, being an outsider in the Ivy League and receiving the CanLit torch from Margaret Atwood
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Culture
The must-read books of the season
A baker's dozen of the fall’s biggest memoirs and biographies, plus five of the hottest Canadian reads for increasingly frigid nights in
Style
The best-dressed guests at art patron Bruce Bailey’s masquerade Canadian Fête Champêtre fundraiser
Whimsical outfits from Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Rogers, Jeanne Beker and more
Culture
Margaret Atwood, Jeanne Beker, Tantoo Cardinal and more were honoured at the Women in Entertainment Canada gala
Also in attendance: Amrit Kaur, Jully Black, the Beaches and Meredith MacNeill
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City News
Thirty years, 30 photos: A look back at the Scotiabank Giller Prize’s greatest moments
Canada's most prestigious and lucrative literary honour has launched careers, celebrated legends and championed authors of all stripes
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
Culture
Everything we know (so far) about the second season of
The Handmaid’s Tale
Including which GTA locales will show up, which characters will get more screen time and what Margaret Atwood did (and didn't) tell the writers
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Style
How Toronto notables spent New Year’s Eve
Hint: definitely more fabulously than you
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 Influentials 2017: Atwood everything
The Toronto stars orbiting Planet Peggy
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Culture
All the GTA locations that show up in CBC’s latest Atwood adaptation,
Alias Grace
Including the Kingston Penitentiary, Black Creek Pioneer Village and a handful of rural mansions
Culture
Lunch with Barack Obama, a chat with Ai Weiwei and eight other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of September 25
Culture
What people were saying about Margaret Atwood’s Emmy moment
The Annex-based author made a high-profile TV appearance
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Culture
Spotted at TIFF: Richard Gere holds Peter Dinklage’s face, Glenn Close bows down to her daughter
Everywhere stars have been spotted in the past 24 hours
Culture
Inside the best parties from night eight of TIFF, with Richard Gere, Margaret Atwood and Jason Isaacs
Atwood showed her silly side
Culture
Q&A: Sarah Gadon, the star of CBC’s new Atwood adaptation,
Alias Grace
On her new role, TIFF selfie seekers and how to talk to Margaret Atwood about sex
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Culture
Spotted at TIFF: Halle Berry comes and goes, Margaret Atwood dines at La Palma
Everywhere stars have been spotted over the last 24 hours
Life
Take a peek at some of the fascinating photos that Ryerson received from the
New York Times’
s archives
A few highlights from the 25,000-image donation
Culture
A star-studded
Handmaid’s Tale
reading, a gorgeous archival photo exhibit and eight other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of September 11
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City News
Margaret Atwood is really mad about some condos being built near her house
And Twitter is really mad at Margaret Atwood for being mad about those condos
Culture
Every Toronto location that shows up in the first season of
The Handmaid’s Tale
City Hall, Ripley's Aquarium, the Royal York and many more
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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