GEORGIA HARMER'S TOUR DIARY

Georgia Harmer is seeing the world from a remarkable spot: behind the microphone, singing backup on Alessia Cara’s European tour.

paperGeorgia HarmerJanuary 16, 2019

IN LYNETTE'S KITCHEN

When Lynette Gillis’s big sister Darlene died suddenly in an accident, she wrote an album to carry herself through the darkness.

paperIvy KnightJanuary 4, 2019food, recipe, toronto, kitchen

THE SHAPE I'M IN

Roddy Doyle remembers the musicians who showed him what kind of man he wanted to be.

paperRoddy DoyleDecember 21, 2018

THE FUTURE OF TORONTO

What if we shook up the city as we know it – its housing plan, its waterfront, its public spaces, even its budget – and rebuilt it as the healthiest, most loving, most innovative enclave in the world?

paperVarious AuthorsNovember 30, 2018

BETWEEN YOU & MEE: VOL 2

Vol. 2: Music is the Mission

paperMichie MeeNovember 23, 2018

THE FUTURE OF HOCKEY

Watching the rifle shot of Emma Venusio - Number 21 on the GTHL’s Peewee AA Eagles - during a game at Lambton Arena, you don’t think, “She’s good for a 12-year-old.” You think, “This kid is the future of hockey.”

paperVictoria MatiashNovember 16, 2018

TAKE BACK THE EX

Exhibition Place is home to the CNE, BMO Field and Medieval Times, but imagine if the 192 acres of publicly owned land were used to their wildest potential. Jessica Wilson asks five urban experts to wave their wands and make the Ex amazing.

paperVarious AuthorsNovember 16, 2018toronto, music

BEFORE THE FLOOD

“Whenever they hear a storm is coming they get this feeling in their stomach of pure worry,” says Chiara Padovani, who lives in Rockcliffe-Smythe, a delicate flood plain on the banks of Black Creek.

paperAndrew ReevesOctober 24, 2018

TERM'S UP ELECTION SPECIAL

Here’s a look at the biggest misses of the past four years – and what the incoming government needs to get right.

paperVarious AuthorsOctober 10, 2018toronto, election, city council, government, safety, transit, affordable housing

VESTA LUNCH

Michael Winter settles into the pre-dawn shift at Vesta feeling heavy loneliness with a side of doom. But his slo-mo odyssey at the classic lunch counter changes everything by sun-up.

paperMichael WinterOctober 6, 2018restaurant, toronto, diner, food, counter

MY HUMBER RIVER

All my songs are true... especially the aulde ones that involve the Humber River. When I was a young boy, my quest for adventure always led to that stream.

paperMartin TielliJuly 11, 2018humber river, map

AT PUBLIC POOLS, THE GOOD FAR OUTWEIGHS THE GROSS

Not to brag or anything, but I have two swimming pools. The public outdoor pools at Alexandra Park and Stanley Park (the Parks, Al and Stan, are not-so-distantly related, within a dozen blocks around Trinity Bellwoods Park) are my cooling station and people watching refuge, the backyards that sub in for the backyard I don’t have.

paperKatrina OnstadJune 23, 2018community, pool

WEST END CANDIDATES' SCORE CARD

Still not sure how you’re voting in the provincial election? See how the hopefuls and incumbents in your riding hold up under the WEP Rating.

paperJohn LorincMay 23, 2018election

SQUEEZED OUT

My roof started to leak during the ice storm. As I wait for Bob Rose & his son Graeme (near life-long Parkdalians) to talk about the housing crisis, I can hear the drip echo in my mind.

paperFrankie NooneMay 16, 2018housing, affordable housing, parkdale

GHOSTED: VICTORY BURLESQUE THEATRE

paperAlex LifesonMay 12, 2018ghosted

THE LONG REACH OF AN UNSUNG SCHOOL

Before the Raptors, there was the Oakwood Barons, a high school powerhouse on St. Clair Avenue. As the team headed to OFSAA this spring for its 13th consecutive year, we asked Oakwood alumni to reflect on what the school meant to them, what makes it great and why it still doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

paperKerry Manders & Dave BidiniApril 28, 2018basketball

Top 27 West End Athletes of All Time

Over the past hundred years, our catchment has produced athletes luminous in our imagination. There are skaters, runners, swimmers, grapplers. There are scullers, scrappers and riders. You could debate this list and its order forever. But, more than a ranking, we hope it’s a discovery, a reminder of the great athletes who walked – and swam, fought and jumped – among us.

paperAdam ProteauApril 25, 2018toronto, sports, hide-title

MAD HOCKEY LOVE

The 2017/18 Maple Leafs possess the most gifted collection of young players in the club’s 100-plus-year history. Whether they can kick at the darkness and turn their promise into a long-awaited Stanley Cup is something only the spring gods can know.

paperDave BidiniApril 21, 2018hockey, sports

ANDRAY DOMISE OPINION

Donations for basketball court upgrades make a nice photo op, Andray Domise reports, but when it comes to giving at-risk youth better opportunities, sports are not enough.

paperAndray DomiseApril 7, 2018basketball

THE LONG GOODBYE

The Galleria is in its death throes and yet the lights stay on. We asked eight writers and a photographer to find the meaning of the mall.

paperVarious AuthorsFebruary 21, 2018toronto