Toronto streets were painted red Monday as thousands of Tamil protesters converged on downtown. Protesters formed a human chain up Yonge Street, down Bloor Street to University Avenue and back down to Front Street. They…
The province says that 500,000 Ontarians can’t find a family doctor and is hoping to change that. The Ontario Medical Association ratified a contract with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care last fall. Included…
As hectic rush hour traffic made its way out of Toronto along Highway 401, a motorcade of black cars made its own solemn procession into the city. A procession for Canada’s most recent fallen soldiers…
Under current contracts, players cannot be tested for banned substances. Tom Higgins, director of officiating for the CFL since April 2008, admits that if players are using steroids, there’s nothing the league can do to…
Two award-winning Canadian children’s authors feel that parents who oppose the use of school learning materials risk alienating their children. L. M. Falcone and Helaine Becker volunteered at “Banned Together,” a fundraiser and celebration for…
It’s a tempest in a coffee cup – a paper coffee cup, that is. Since November 2008, the City of Toronto has been locked in a debate with restaurants and fast-food outlets over the recycling…
This summer, Toronto’s public libraries will offer a brand new collection of books – and you don’t even have to be able to read. The city is planning to implement the Living Library, a program…
Andrea Horwath became the first female leader of the Ontario NDP on Saturday when she defeated Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns on the third ballot at the party’s leadership convention in Hamilton. Horwath, the MPP for…
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival recently screened the film The Battle of Chile at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The film’s guest speaker, Jose Miguel Vivanco, the director of Human Rights Watch for the…
One hundred and seventy-five years after he left the mayor’s chair, William Lyon Mackenzie is back. Today, actor R.H. Thomson facilitated the fictitious return of Toronto’s controversial first mayor, a man who was uncompromising in…