👤 Kaitlyn McGrath

20 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
20
2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23
Claims per article
18
356 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,513
characters
Writes for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Entertainment
80%
Education
10%
Crime & Law
5%
Politics
5%
Most-tagged topics
TORONTOCanadianCanadaAmericanAngine de PoitrineCreeMontrealOlympic

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
Toronto bookstores celebrate Canadian Anne Carson's Nobel Prize in Literature win
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
The Tragically Hip, Feist to enter Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
Angine de Poitrine among 10 Canadian acts vying for $30,000 Polaris Music Prize
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
Michelle Good makes Giller Prize short list for 100K award for Canadian fiction
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-11 · The Globe and Mail · Entertainment
Film fans gear up for another year of TIFF
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-23 · Toronto Star · Education
Beth Lew-Williams wins Cundill History Prize for book on anti-Chinese discrimination
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · The Globe and Mail
Harry Styles to play two shows in Toronto’s Rogers Stadium next year
🔮 The British pop star will play two shows in Toronto next year as part of his expanded “Together, Together” tour. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Actors Tom Hiddleston and Aimee Lou Wood scheduled to walk TIFF red carpet
🔮 “Ripley” actor Johnny Flynn and “White Lotus” breakout Aimee Lou Wood star in “The Idiots(s)” as the writer couple, and both are set to walk the red carpet. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Quebec rock duo Angine de Poitrine to perform at Polaris awards show
🔮 The Polaris Music Prize says the duo from Saguenay, Que., will perform at its concert and award ceremony on Sept. 22 at Massey Hall. assertive
2026-09-16 · Toronto Star
Montreal filmmakers headline list of movies up for the $25,000 WIFF prize
🔮 Other Montreal filmmakers include Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette whose biopic “Pauline” is about the late singer-songwriter and activist Pauline Julien; Bachir Bensaddek who directed “You Will Be Free” about a woman dealing with repercussions after escaping an arranged marriage and Rafaël Ouellet, whose film “Haunted” sees a teenager discover her new rural home is haunted by a 19th-century woman. assertive
2026-09-17 · Toronto Star
Toronto, what's your take? YouTube series 'Subway Takes' coming to the TTC
🔮 In “Subway Takes Toronto” Rahma will talk to Canadians while travelling on the TTC. assertive
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
Former figure skater Tessa Virtue, PWHL player Sarah Nurse to launch YouTube shows
🔮 “Virtuoso” will appear exclusively on YouTube Canada and will see Virtue explore the pursuit of excellence, something the most decorated female figure skater in Olympic history knows a thing or two about. assertive
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star
Hits and misses from this year's TIFF as the festival draws to a close
🔮 With the festival set to wind up Sunday, here’s a look at how some aspects of it fared. assertive
2026-09-23 · Toronto Star
Four debut novels among the Writers' Trust fiction short list
🔮 Each finalist will receive $7,500. assertive
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
How seeing a Tragically Hip show in the '90s changed Raine Maida's aspirations
🔮 TORONTO - When Raine Maida was trying to break into the music scene more than 30 years ago, he says he bought tickets to the Toronto Music Awards at Massey Hall, in hopes he could use the event to network with industry folks. assertive
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
The Tragically Hip, Feist to enter Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔮 Toronto’s indie music scene mainstay Feist and Kingston alt-rock legends the Tragically Hip are among the musical acts set to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame tonight. assertive
2026-09-29 · Toronto Star
Books on troubling hockey culture, forest fires vie for Balsillie Prize for Public Policy
🔮 The winner will be announced Nov. 24 in Toronto. assertive
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star
Michelle Good makes Giller Prize short list for 100K award for Canadian fiction
🔮 In September, the Giller announced new funding from Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation, which would donate $4 million to the prize in a multi-year gift, in addition to $1 million the Weston family quietly gave a year ago, when the award was in dire financial straits. assertive
2026-10-07 · Toronto Star
Three finalists named for inaugural Writers' Trust non-fiction editing prize
🔮 The Writers’ Trust says the prize will be handed out annually until 2033 as part of a multi-year commitment of $483,000. assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
Toronto bookstores celebrate Canadian Anne Carson's Nobel Prize in Literature win
🔮 TORONTO - In the days before the Nobel Prize in Literature was set to be awarded, Claire Foster was holding out hope this would be Anne Carson’s year. assertive
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star
'Dateline Canada' dives deep into past cases as appetite for true crime grows
🔮 “I’m not sure there is anything else that would have pulled me out of what I was doing,” said Swain, who notably worked on the investigative team during her tenure at CBC before leaving to start her own communications consulting firm in 2024. assertive
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star
Musical about genetic discovery conceived as way to process 'life-changing' family secret
🔮 “I’ve met people who have had similar experiences and when they don’t have an outlet, whatever it may be, to wrangle it and make sense of it and own it, it can remain a big obstacle, something you never get past,” he said. assertive
2026-10-23 · Toronto Star
Publishers rely on trust, not tech, to ensure books aren't AI-generated
🔮 And while the allegations against Orélien illustrate that trust may not always be enough, Wilcox said Coach House Books doesn’t see much of an alternative. assertive
2026-10-24 · Toronto Star
Beth Lew-Williams wins Cundill History Prize for book on anti-Chinese discrimination
🔮 Princeton professor Beth Lew-Williams has won this year’s Cundill History Prize for “John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law.” assertive
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