The Toronto Community Housing Corporation is planning door-to-door safety visits after a second fatal fire in Greenwood Towers since December.

The Greek Independence Day parade on Danforth inspired Myseum of Toronto to organize a free historic walk through Greektown.

A new all French high school in the east end of Toronto is closer to becoming a reality, but that doesn't mean everyone is content. 

Some of the students are practising standing on their skateboards without falling. Others are doing ollies — jumping with the board under their feet — and getting serious on the indoor ramp. It's another Saturday morning class with Yash Presswalla, who offers  skateboarding classes to young people aged six to 16.

"You could see how much this band meant to people." 

Toronto police service are asking the public for help in selecting a site for a proposed modern police station.

Despite the ups and downs of the Toronto housing market, demand for East York housing remains strong.

For creative entrepreneur Sean Kung, his concrete homeware business 1842 is a way for him to work with his hands. Compared to his “real boring adult job” in digital media, creating concrete planters and lights is “a way to get that hands-on tangible work in,” Kung said.

Toronto has gained a reputation for it's dying live music scene. Now, the city is looking to implement a number of changes to its noise bylaws to help out artists. That's music to the ears of some bar owners, but not everyone agrees.

Up and down Pape Street and along Danforth Avenue in Toronto’s Greektown, you will find one thing on every corner — souvlaki. The Observer canvassed the neighbourhood known for its servings of chicken and pork dishes in search of some of the best souvlaki Greektown has to offer.

It was September and the image of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who drowned trying...

February can be a long month, despite what the calendar says. It’s cold, people are broke from holiday splurges and spring is still just a foggy futuristic dream. Cue the Winterfolk Blues and Roots music festival on the Danforth, happening from Fri. Feb. 12-14.