- Ward 13 Election: Battle of the progressives
Julia Frankling – City Council seat in the October election is shaping up to be a choice among prominent community advocates who all identify as progressive and share many priorities…
- Billy Bishop jets could cost housing at new Don River community
Dennis Hanagan – A city planning report this month is expected to address the impact that jets at Billy Bishop Airport could have on the new Ookwemin Minising community at…
- ‘St. Lawrence neighbourhood deserves its own library’
Andre Bermon – Announcement of the Moss Park library came as bittersweet news for residents in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. A library branch at 171 Front Street East that has…
- Toronto’s biggest own goal? Gridlock
Christopher Hume – Though all eyes will be on the pitch when FIFA’s soccer blowout begins later this month, the real action will unfold well beyond the playing field. Despite…
- In an education system under attack,school gardening grows healthy kids
Sunday Harrison, Op-ed – For more than 20 years, a small charity housed in Regent Park’s Daniels Spectrum has been gardening with Downtown East elementary students at three public schools:…
- Early Toronto commerce began on Market Street
Bruce Bell, History Columnist – In the spring of 1803, the interim lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, Peter Hunter, decreed that land in the Town of York be set aside…
- Diverse uni/college initiatives show Indigenous spirit and place
Winnie Czulinski – “Boozhoo!” This traditional Anishinaabe/Ojibwe welcome might introduce a land acknowledgment that says we are “located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation…
- Local Heroes: Asja Ljuta and the Great Hall Bookshop
Beth Kaplan – At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Asja Ljuta felt it was time for a new career. “Based on my education, experience, and interests,” she decided, “books…
- Petition seeks heritage protection for Corktown
Anthony Marcusa – As high-rise developments increasingly loom in the Downtown East, Toronto preservationist and Corktown historian Cory Lemos has started a petition asking the city to consider making Corktown,…