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 Order was immediately met with vitriol after it was announced on Tuesday by noted female, Governor General Michaëlle Jean.......

Alert the Commissioner—the Good Night Bandit has struck again! Some downtown residents awoke to a less unsightly landscape this morning, thanks to this anonymous do-gooder, who collected much of the detritus left behind after the disappearance of the trash-ridden snowbanks. As if to underscore the benevolent message left by this stealthy stranger, a used condom lay on the sidewalk directly below this sign. Litterbugs: sleep with one eye open, for the Good Night Bandit......

For the next four months, twenty of Toronto's garbage bins throughout the Financial District will be given a reprieve from displaying ads to instead serve as big, beautiful, magenta frames for some rather lovely photography. The redesigned bins––which sport photos on the front and back and an artist bio on the sides––are part of the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward exhibit, in conjunction with the bins' owner, EcoMedia Direct Inc. (Incidentally, EcoMedia also has 3,580......

As we've told you a few dozen times over the past two weeks, Torontoist's revised TTC survey ends tonight. After a few e-mails to various deep and dark corners of the TTC, we've connected with Michael Anders, the TTC’s Market Research Director and the man in charge of the Public Consultation Survey. Anders is waiting on our data––which, as of right now, consists of some 2,200 unique responses. Hopefully it can be put to......

Torontonians won a hard-fought battle against MegaBins months ago. But it's not over just yet, because many of the MegaBins - like this overflowing one outside of Chester Station - are still on our streets, and will be for some time. A month and a half ago, the city works committee determined that MegaBins were unsuccessful, and rejected Eucan's proposal to extend their stranglehold on our city's garbage and recycling containers past 2008, when......