Toronto housing affordability is a mayoral election issue. What do experts say about the city’s future?
The top candidates of Toronto’s 2023 Byelection for Mayor have prioritized affordable housing as a key issue in their campaigning.
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How music lessons unified teachers and students in a time of isolation
With the pandemic increasing people’s stress and anxiety levels, some say we need music more than ever. Some students found solace in online lessons.
These ‘good neighbours’ are pandemic heroes for many
The Good Neighbour Project, a volunteer organization that launched in March 2020 to deliver groceries and other necessities to the vulnerable, has helped thousands of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its volunteers have no intention of stopping.
Newmarket homeless shelter and kitchen stays open during COVID-19 outbreak
Providing outreach support to people experiencing homelessness is particularly difficult — yet crucial — during the coronavirus pandemic, according to medical professionals.
First snow storm of season hits Toronto
The GTA saw the first snow of the season fall over the area the past few days and the OPP reporting more than 400 collisions within 24 hours.
From streets to Sanctuary
Patrick Sullivan dedicates his life to raising awareness about marginalized people to students and youth in the GTA through his business Bridges for Youth 2. His business, Bridges for Youth 2, operates out of Sanctuary, a church on Charles Street with a unique way of carrying out their mission to help Toronto’s poor.
Severe weather warning for Toronto area
Toronto is under a severe weather warning, with a winter storm expected to hit by Monday and last into early Wednesday.
Scarborough residents cite racist experiences at anti-racism forum
A GTA resident says police and social workers have discriminated against her and she wants to see more unity between Black Lives Matter Toronto and the anti-racism directorate.
Cora Reid, a reggae artist from Bowmanville, Ont., spoke Wednesday evening at the provincial government’s anti-racism directorate forum in Scarborough. This was the fourth such meeting facilitated by MPP Michael Coteau, Ontario minister responsible for anti-racism.
Legion offers assistance to families, veterans coping with PTSD
Jason Mullis waited patiently for the funeral to end. People paid their respects at a coffin draped with the Canadian flag and with flowers all around the gravesite.
“I knew something was different,” he said, “so I stood there for … hours waiting for everyone to leave.”
That’s when he finally spoke to Denise, the mother of the deceased veteran being buried. Mullis simply wanted to offer his assistance to her. He recognized the difficulties she might have faced as the mother of a former soldier who died by suicide.
Raptors guard inspiring young basketball players in GTA
An award-winning seven days for Kyle Lowry is inspiring on youth in the GTA.