Striking YRT workers descended on Finch subway station in force Thursday, bringing a dramatic end to five weeks of union policy that avoided putting strikers on picket lines. York Region matched the unions with strong reversals of their own, moving away from a stance of calmer neutrality and vocally condemning union policies as the YRT [...]

York Region Council faced a packed audience of striking York Region Transit workers Thursday, silently thronging the council chamber as their fellow employees loudly rallied outside. After withdrawing to a closed-door session to discuss the strike, councillors later emerged with opinions unchanged. They continued to call for both parties to return to negotiations, providing no [...]

As the York Region transit strike moves into its third week, commuters are facing extra-long travel times and feeling frustrated and confused about what is both causing and drawing out the transit mess. With a privatized system that includes three contractors with multiple divisions, two unions, and general management provided by York Region itself to [...]

WHERE: York Region Municipal Headquarters (17250 Yonge Street). WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHAT: York Region Transit workers ramped up what’s been a relatively quiet strike with a rally and march on York Region Municipal headquarters today. Several hundred employees gathered to protest a lack of sick days and a $22 hourly wage, which is seven dollars [...]

Hunger—which we caught at TIFF and again at the European Film Festival—is perhaps the most tactile movie we have ever seen. The impressionistic docudrama chronicling the prison hunger strike by IRA soldier Bobby Sands and the conditions leading up to his decision to take such extreme action, is all about the body and the things [...]

TTC union reps walked away from the bargaining table yesterday, meaning you could be walking to work as early as next Tuesday. Much like everyone else on the planet, the union is looking for more money and better benefits, but unlike everybody else on the planet, they can force the city into shutdown if they [...]

Plagued by complaints, the City of Toronto has finally gotten around to ticketing some homeowners who don’t clear the snow in front of their property. A city spokesperson said they prefer not to send out inspectors in the winter because it’s so difficult to get around. Anxious to cement a reputation for self-serving indifference to [...]

Unionized Toronto Star employees met at a downtown hotel yesterday and voted 96% in favour of a strike, or as the Star itself might say, “Star Employees Vote To Strike At Hotel.” In another sign of potential economic trouble on the horizon, the benchmark TSX stock index dropped 623 points in two days. While most [...]

Some musicians are professional wallowers. Others are professional romantics. And still others are professional fun-havers. Both Toronto's Spiral Beach and Brighton's The Go! Team fall into that last category—performers who embrace the sheer joy of performing. But more than that, they are young, talented, and famous, they know they are young, talented, and famous, and they're grateful for being young, talented and famous. Although Beach's Maddy Wilde and the Team's Ninja may strike diva...

Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We’re especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you’ve got. Beckoning the fog BY [...]

Buzz about the Seventh Annual Griffin Poetry Prize began when its 2007 judges were announced last November. Anticipation grew when the shortlist was unveiled two months ago, and on June 5th, the nominated poets performed for an enthusiastic sold-out crowd at The Macmillan Theatre. And finally! The winners were presented during a vibrant awards gala [...]