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A Letter to the Next Ronald McDonald House Toronto Family • This is a letter no parent ever wants to write—and one every parent hopes they’ll never have to read. We share it to show what’s possible because of donors like you: care, comfort and community when it matters most.

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Project Runway • In the decades-old fight for the soul of the islands, mark one down for team airport

Hopeless Romantic • After co-creating Letterkenny and Shoresy, Jacob Tierney became Canada’s go-to director of bro comedies. Now he’s releasing Heated Rivalry, an erotic gay hockey love story. Life’s funny that way

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Self-Starter • How this entrepreneur got back on track after a health scare

Tailored planning for your art collections • From appraisals to inheritances, thoughtful wealth planning keeps your art and heirlooms protected for generations

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Life doesn’t stop in the city until you get sick • With Maple, you and your family can keep moving forward without missing a beat

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TL50 Most Influential 2025

NO.1 Prime Minister Mark Carney • FOR DEFENDING CANADA IN A TIME OF CRISIS

2 THE BLUE JAYS

3. Doug Ford

THE SUPPORTING CAST • BECAUSE BASEBALL IS A TEAM SPORT

4. Olivia Chow

5. Edward Rogers and Tony Staffieri

6 SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

7. Keith Pelley

8 J. MILES DALE AND GUILLERMO DEL TORO

9. Maggie Kang

10. Anita Anand

11 MAE MARTIN

12. Cameron Bailey

13. Margaret Atwood

14 CARLEY FORTUNE

15. Mike Myers

16 EVAN SOLOMON

17. Sean Cohan and Justin Stockman

18 TOBIAS LÜTKE

19. Kristin Cochrane

20. Nick Frosst, Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang

21. Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins

22. Ana Bailão

23 SUMMER McINTOSH

24 CHRIS ABRAHAM AND MICHAEL HEALEY

25. Teresa Resch

26. Danny Soberano and Charles Khabouth

27. Erik Hoffman

28 MATT JOHNSON

29. Daniel Drucker

THE BIG NEW GIGS • THIS YEAR’S NEWLY APPOINTED LEADERS

30. Melanie Woodin

31. Eva Chin

32 ANDREW BOOZARY

33. Moez Kassam

34. Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore and Jason Stanley

35 VERONIKA SLOWIKOWSKA

MEDICAL MIRACLE WORKERS • THIS YEAR’S MOST INNOVATIVE DOCTORS

36. Kevin Smith

37 BOBBY WEBSTER

38 DANIEL DEBOW

39. Chandler Levack

40. Andrew Joyner

41 JASMEET RAINA

42. Jennifer Bernard

THE PHILANTHROPISTS • THIS YEAR’S MAJOR DONORS

43. Joanna Griffiths

44 CARDINAL FRANCIS LEO

45. Perry Dellelce

46. Leora Shemesh

47 SARAH POLLEY

48 SURESH DOSS

49. Ali Badreddine, Iris Jazexhi and Kevin Jazexhi

50. Michael Longfield

HOW NOT WITH TO GET AWAY MURDER • Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich. When a friend got in the way of their plans, they combined forces and pulled off a murder plot so preposterous that one of their lawyers used stupidity as a defence. The stranger-than-fiction story of the Stoney Creek killing

The gift that saved Scott Wilson • Scott Wilson was dying of end-stage liver disease and preparing his children for a life without him—until a generous organ donor and transplant innovation at UHN gave him the gift of...