With the passage of provincial legislation on April 2, 1953, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto became a legal reality, joining together the City of Toronto with its twelve neighbouring municipalities in a regional federation. But few of the region’s 1.1 million inhabitants perceived Metro Toronto, with its combination of dense urbanization and abundant farmland, as [...]

Just south of Dundas on Crawford Street is a series of faded blue waves connecting a pathway that runs from Shaw to Gore Vale Avenue through Trinity Bellwoods Park. On a snowless winter day, runners still nonchalantly jaunt across it, their minds focused on their pace or the music coming from their headphones—unaware that if [...]

For 2.6 billion people, a better toilet would mean a better life, with fewer water-borne diseases like dysentery and cholera, which affect millions annually. To combat this problem, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has divided $3 million (US) among eight institutions around the world, to be spent on rethinking the toilet for the developing [...]

Image courtesy of the City of Toronto. During the climactic men’s hockey game at the end of this winter’s Olympics, Toronto was united by a lot more than enthusiasm for sports. As this graph of the city’s water usage during the game clearly shows, Torontonians were also remarkably synchronized that night in the timing of [...]

Photo by bensonkua from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. So you think you know the history of Toronto’s water? Taddle Creek used to flow down Philosopher’s Walk, Garrison Creek used to flow through Trinity Bellwoods Park, all of the land below Front Street used to be in the lake, and R.C. Harris built everything; what else [...]

Photo by Word Freak. Water, it would appear as of late, is most oft discussed within the realms of the environmental and the geopolitical; and rightfully so. Landfills, drought, and container concerns aside, we, weak humanoids that we are, still need to stay hydrated, and if we’re not at home, we often buy the bottled [...]

Man stabs himself with katana. People may wonder how such a ridiculous accident came to occur, and our response is “he lived in Scarborough, what else is there to do?” Torontonians rally for a free Tibet. In response, the government of China immediately said it was very, very sorry and immediately began withdrawing troops and [...]

Barack Obama lays down the smack in South Carolina’s presidential primary. Obama won by an enormous 28-point margin, prompting Bill Clinton to afterwards comment that this was no big deal because Jesse Jackson, who is a black man, like Barack Obama, won South Carolina when he ran for President, and did he mention that Barack [...]