The Beach is known for its unique small-town vibe, but a possibly precedent-setting new six-story condo planned for the area has residents fiercely divided over the evolution of their neighbourhood. The community, the developer, City planning staff, and Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon (Ward 32 Beaches-East-York) have been in heated discussion for the past year over the [...]

By one o’clock in the afternoon on May 22, two entirely opposing groups of spectators had formed in the Distillery District awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. One of them lined Trinity Street all the way down to Distillery Lane: camera-toting clumps of people checking watches and straining [...]

Although she only lived in Toronto on three occasions over a 14-year period, and never for more than a year and a half at a time, Emma Goldman had an outsized cultural impact on the city. The well-known anarchist and feminist whom J. Edgar Hoover dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America” filled local lecture [...]

So, almost two years later, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) has finally released its comprehensive Systemic Review Report of what went down, policing-wise, at the 2010 G20 summit. The report attempts to comprehensively study and address all of the police overreaching that occurred during the G20 weekend. At 286 pages, this [...]

The war between government budget-slashers and the province’s doctors is heating up. It comes as no surprise. Back in February, the Drummond cost-cutting report recommended a wage freeze for doctors, and a reduction of specific fees where technology had rendered the related activities less labour-intensive. The report sparked some low-key bickering between physicians and the [...]

It is a measure of how much of an issue Rob Ford’s relationship with Toronto’s queer communities has become that City Hall’s roof was filled today, with journalists and participants and the curious who came on a whim, all there to see Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays mark this as the International Day [...]

To give the mayor his due: during Monday’s debate on the prospect of building a casino in Toronto, he executed what would not be considered a typical Ford manoeuvre. Instead of just blustering through, acting impulsively on gut instinct or what he believes some mythical taxpayer wants, Ford introduced a motion calling for further study [...]

“I want to say to the religious right: ‘You’re not right. You’re the religious wrong.’” This declaration, made by human rights lawyer and Salaam Canada co-founder El-Farouk Khaki to the crowd of more than 150 that descended onto Queen’s Park for Saturday’s rally in support of the Liberals’ tabled anti-bullying bill, was met with rousing [...]