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Archival film of the 1990 Toronto Pride celebration
Today at Noon the City of Toronto kicks off Pride Week by raising the rainbow flag at City Hall and to celebrate here is a new video of the 1990 Toronto...
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BURALE: Why are we so reluctant to truly end carding?
In Toronto, it is now in vogue to be down with the cause that is Stop Carding Now. The media is on board, so are some prominent Torontonians — heck, even...
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MESLIN: Why don’t we do it in the road?
Toronto is no stranger to painted murals. From Art Starts to Mural Routes to the City’s StART program, we’re increasingly beautifying the...
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How Toronto learned to love the patio
For all the time Torontonians will spend sipping lager and pinot on patios this summer, it would be easy to conclude that the people of this city have...
By Chris Bateman -
PARKS IN CRISIS part 5: The system worked (slowly) for a west end park
On a warm spring afternoon, the park on the corner of Sorauren and Wabash avenues in the west Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale looks like a perfect dream...
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BURALE: What we don’t talk about when we talk about carding
This week, Toronto Police Board (TPSB) chair Alok Mukherjee broke his silence and admitted to The Toronto Star that he was cornered into a position where...
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PARKS IN CRISIS part 2: How the money flows
By John Lorinc and Kimberley Noble The information shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the numbers are nonetheless startling. According to data obtained by...
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LIVE STREAM: “The City as Laboratory” — TEDxYMCAAcademy
This is a live stream of the TEDxYMCAAcademy event, “The City as Laboratory.” It runs from 12pm until 2pm on Saturday, April 11, 2015. For...
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Artists to take over Chester station newsstand
A shuttered Gateway Newstand kiosk in Chester station will be opening up for business — and it’ll be showcasing more than just candy bars. A group of...
By Prajakta Dhopade -
EVENT: The City as Laboratory
WHAT: The City as Laboratory (TEDxYMCAAcademy 2015) WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 12pm-2pm WHERE: Toronto-Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre Auditorium...
By Spacing -
Transit Equity: mind the violence between the gender gap
“I only knew something was wrong when he ripped my headphones from my ears, grabbed me by the back of my neck, bent my right leg and shoved me off the...
By Jay Pitter -
LORINC: Local communities to help build Metrolinx projects
Just two weeks after Metrolinx’s boring machines broke through the extraction shaft at Allen Road, the regional agency reached another major milestone...
By John Lorinc