Community

LORINC: Police can’t find road to reform even when given a map

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Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet be alive today if the Toronto Police Service (TPS) had adopted the recommendations of a sweeping 2014... Read More

History

LORINC: What’s in a street name? Dundas and other uncomfortable truths about our city

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The street where I live, near St. Clair West and Christie, was originally called Victoria after it was carved out of a farmer’s field... Read More

History

If Black lives truly matter in Canada, an apology for slavery is only a first step

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Natasha Henry is a 2018 Vanier Scholar completing a PhD in History at York University on the enslavement of Africans in early Ontario... Read More

Maps

Five organizations come together to produce a community map of Toronto “safeways”

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In a great display of community collaboration, five Toronto-based organizations dedicated to improving and enhancing the city’s public... Read More

Transit

Post-pandemic economic recovery requires strong public transit

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The job losses and damage to many retail businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic and related mobility restrictions mean that Toronto and... Read More

Bikes

BRADFORD OP-ED: Bike lanes are the path to main street recovery on the Danforth and across the city

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Toronto has approved the installation of 40 kilometres of cycling infrastructure across the city, including a significant portion... Read More

Housing

COVID-19 pushing homeless into encampments

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According to a 2018 Toronto Street Needs Assessment, there were 533 “rough sleepers” in Toronto — that is to say, those... Read More

Pandemic

THOMPSON: Policing the boundaries of space and race during COVID-19

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When a Black person is killed by police, it feels like Black people are suddenly taking up a lot of space in Canadian media. I’ve had... Read More

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