It’s happened: Rob Ford has said or done something embarrassing. But just how serious was it? Torontoist’s handy-dandy Gaffe-O-Meter breaks it down. GAFFE: The mayoral candidate told biking mag Dandyhorse that “the problem with bicycles is that they have become a political issue—saying I’ll put in bike lanes gets the support of cyclists, but the [...]

Well, that was fast. A few hours after our article yesterday about a manger on Old City Hall’s south-facing lawn, which featured a sign saying the statues were “donated by Campaign Life Catholic In honour of the efforts of Pro-Life hero Fr. Ted Colleton,” the City ordered that sign’s immediate removal. According to the Post, [...]

Because they are frequently vandalized, higher-tech nativity scenes have been known to embed a GPS device in Baby Jesus in order to track where the figurine ends up should it get snatched. But what about tracking where little J.C. comes from? Displayed on city property in front of Old City Hall sits a nativity scene [...]

Dr. Henry Morgentaler, renowned doctor and abortion rights activist, is now a Member of the Order of Canada. Morgentaler spent two decades in and out of court fighting to give women the right to choose, and finally won R. v. Morgentaler in 1988, a decision that made abortion legal across Canada. Morgentaler’s appointment to the [...]

Photo by Lina Aristizabal. Yesterday, January 21, was the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion in the United States. Monday marks the 20th anniversary of Canada’s Morgentaler decision, a similar judgment that found the Criminal Code’s abortion provision to be in violation of womens’ Charter rights. [...]