NOW Magazine media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give NOW Magazine one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is NOW Magazine biased?
The rating organisations do not give NOW Magazine one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is NOW Magazine left or right?
The rating organisations do not give NOW Magazine one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is NOW Magazine reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for NOW Magazine are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What NOW Magazine has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with NOW Magazine’s own report linked underneath.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
NOW Magazine reported it asBritish actor Patrick Stewart dead at 86 (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Canada's federal government has introduced Bill C-41, proposing to indefinitely exclude individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness from medically assisted death (MAID). The bill also permits advance requests for MAID, though provincial implementation may differ.
NOW Magazine reported it asCanada introduces bill allowing advance requests for MAID (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Former President Barack Obama criticized Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods during a rally in Detroit, Michigan. He joked about Canada being a 'well-known evil empire' and discussed the impact of tariffs on automakers.
NOW Magazine reported it asCanadians praise Obama's ‘maple syrup’ speech as he mocks Trump (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservative Party has won a majority government, leading to the resignation of BC NDP leader David Eby. Eby was re-elected in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding.
NOW Magazine reported it as‘Pulling an Eby’: B.C. election result turns David Eby’s snap-election gamble into an instant punchline (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that draws on classical tradition to create new forms for contemporary literature.
NOW Magazine reported it asToronto author Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Groups serving LGBTQ+ people are asking the Canadian government to continue funding and programming that supports mental health and security. The current initiatives, launched in 2022, are scheduled to end next spring, with advocates citing rising threats.
NOW Magazine reported it asQueer organizations call for $450M federal investment for 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
La Bola Negra has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, spans the interconnected lives of three gay men in Spain and is seen as an Oscar contender.
NOW Magazine reported it asTIFF 2026: ‘La Bola Negra’ wins People’s Choice Award (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
The film 'Being Heumann' dramatizes the 1977 protest that launched the disability-rights revolution. Led by Judy Heumann, the 28-day occupation of the Federal Building in San Francisco aimed to pressure officials to enact Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Directed by Siân Heder, the film stars Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo.
NOW Magazine reported it asTIFF 2026 kicked off to a heartfelt start: Being Heumann (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
The Bank of Canada is set to reveal a redesigned $20 bill featuring King Charles, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II. The change, directed by former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government, is the first Canadian paper currency to feature the new monarch.
NOW Magazine reported it asBank of Canada unveils new $20 bill featuring King Charles (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Multiple vehicles were destroyed in a suspected arson outside the home of Liberal MP Salma Zahid early Thursday morning. Toronto police are investigating the incident and seeking information.
NOW Magazine reported it asMP Salma Zahid’s car set ablaze in suspected arson (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on specific US goods, marking a new phase in the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. The measures were announced on Tuesday.
NOW Magazine reported it asCanada announces $27 billion of counter-tariffs on American goods (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to deliver economic remarks in Hamilton on Monday afternoon. The event comes as Canada faces escalating trade tariffs from the United States, with Ottawa vowing a dollar-for-dollar response.
NOW Magazine reported it asDoug Ford calls Donald Trump ‘a loser’ in Monday news conference (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Toronto celebrated the K-pop group BTS by declaring a 'BTS Weekend,' lighting up the Toronto Sign purple, and temporarily renaming a section of Yonge Street 'BTS Boulevard.' The group's concerts at Rogers Stadium were sold out as part of their 'ARIRANG' world tour.
NOW Magazine reported it asBTS Toronto merch: Here’s what fans can buy at Rogers Stadium (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
The United States announced it would impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian products, effective early Saturday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated Canada declined to finalize a trade deal on previously agreed terms, leading to the tariffs.
NOW Magazine reported it asCanadian leaders back Carney as U.S. trade talks collapse (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
A Porter Airlines flight from Victoria to Toronto was cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt, forcing the aircraft to return to the terminal. The delay caused the flight to miss the airport’s 12:30 a.m. runway closure, leaving passengers rebooked for the following day.
NOW Magazine reported it asPorter Toronto flight cancelled over child sparks questions (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its 2026 documentary lineup, including Alex Gibney’s four-hour film on Elon Musk and Avi Nesher’s October 7 drama. The 21-title slate includes 18 world premieres and films on Megan Rapinoe and Edward Said.
NOW Magazine reported it asEvery major TIFF 2026 film announced so far, from Being Heumann to Michelle Yeoh’s The Surgeon (opens NOW Magazine in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- GMI Publications Inc.Billionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- nowtoronto.com
- Seen publishing on
- nowtoronto.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
16 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
We have not seen NOW Magazine cover a story that outlets rated left were largely absent from.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than NOW Magazine’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 18 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as NOW Magazine, also publishing from Canada, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where NOW Magazine publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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