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Mega-projects keep failing. So why does the mayor love them so?
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Tricia Wood
Pride's remorseful statement wasn't sent to those who needed to hear it most.
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Al Donato
If there's one thing to move on from, it's how he shaped the discourse at city hall.
By
Daren Foster (aka City Slikr)
Conversations about mental health can lead to meaningful cultural shifts, writes Lindsay Hill.
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Lindsay Hill (Guest Opinion)
The proposed Rail Deck Park could be our last big downtown park, and it's an opportunity we should seize.
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Jake Tobin Garrett
Toronto's most vulnerable populations, and the quality of our public discourse, are not much better off today than they were under Rob Ford.
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Christopher Bird and Hamutal Dotan • Photo by Daniel Bitondi
Toronto would be remiss to forget the past four years. A reflection on where to find inspiration in the Ford era, and what we need to do next.
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David Hains
The idea that systemic racism has victims but no beneficiaries is a lie we must confront and destroy.
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Desmond Cole
School Board candidate Ausma Malik has been the target of Islamphobic slurs, and she's not the only one. We need to stand against these vile attacks.
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Rima Berns-McGown
Toronto's motto is "Diversity Our Strength." And in many ways, it is—but, all too often, we shy away from honest conversations about the racial, geographic, and economic inequities that divide us. Join us tonight as we try to start a better discussion.
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Desmond Cole
Nahom Berhane—a community health worker and father—was stabbed to death on the Danforth. The media reported on his death, but took almost 48 hours to mention the details of his life.
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Rima Berns-McGown
Torontoist reporter Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy was assaulted by a police officer during the G20—a case in which charges were dropped this week. She writes about how it has reshaped her view of policing in Toronto.
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Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy (guest opinion)
If we want to create a just and diverse society, we have to acknowledge how racism shapes this city.
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Rima Berns-McGown
In a game of municipal musical chairs, multiple Fords are now running for office on the grounds that they are entitled to do so, because they are Fords.
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Christopher Bird • Photo by Christopher Drost
Police militarization, racial profiling, and excessive force—they're not just problems for Ferguson, Missouri.
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Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy (guest opinion) and Zakaria Abdulle (Guest Opinion)
Looking back at the decade-long legacy of Toronto's outgoing police chief.
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Desmond Cole and Christopher Bird • Photos by Giordano Ciampini
Recently Olivia Chow called for a handgun ban. It seems like a standard bit of progressive policy. It isn't—not in Toronto today. This is why.
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Andray Domise
We need to talk less about the perpetrator and more about his victims.
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Desmond Cole • Photo by Christopher Drost
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