A refugee’s worst fear is being deported. A tenant’s worst fear is being evicted. Since 1971, the Parkdale Community Legal Services, a.k.a. Parkdale Legal, has been a fierce advocate for both of those targeted populations. Now the clinic itself faces a dire existential crisis and may be homeless by mid-summer.
Read MoreFor a generation of youth facing a climate crisis, the phrase "no future" is no joke.
Read MoreIf there’s a gravy train somewhere in this town, it derailed a long time ago. Anyone, at any level of government, who promises both low taxes and no cuts to services is a charlatan. Unfortunately, one of the leading proponents of that muddy math is a former city councillor who is now the premier.
Read MoreRethinking the rink house at Dufferin Grove.
Read MoreNoise complaints go up year after year – in number, not necessarily in decibels – and no one on any side of the debate seems happy with official responses.
Read MoreOntario Place was born in 1971. (FWIW, so was I. So was Justin Trudeau.) The children of the ’70s are the likeliest to have the fondest memories for the place.
Read MoreWhen I flew back to Toronto after the holidays in Vancouver, I brought my family’s rescue pup with me. These past few weeks, spent in the centre of the Marc Emery firestorm, it mattered a lot to not be alone.
Read MoreWhat Ontario Place needs to become a “world-class destination” is something it’s had all along.
Read MorePriced out of its long-time home at Dovercourt and Argyle, the popular café is moving on.
Read MoreFor the 2018 Blue Jays, August was a splash of paint on an otherwise grey journey, bad giving way to good, regret giving way to promise, and losses giving way to something that looked like hope if you stared long enough.
Read MoreJalani Morgan obtained his credentials with the promise of showing the game with a new view-- a view, I believe, that only a great shooter and avowed fan like Jalani could get-- and here is the result.
Read MoreBurrowing into a quiet residential street just a few hundreds yards north of the Gardiner Expressway, and insulated from the din of rush hour by trees older than the city sits one of the West End’s crown jewels, the High Park Club. Here I catch up with the skip from High Park, who has just returned from leading her rink to bronze at the Travelers Nationals.
Read MoreOne of the world’s top septuagenarian marathon runners has lived on Brunswick Avenue for 30 years, though she had to leave Toronto to find her place.
That’s because, in her age category, at 71, Nancy Wells must race internationally to find a peer.
Read MoreAmanda Fenech knows the sight of a woman driving a Zamboni still draws attention. The 33-year-old single mother of two has fielded her fair share of questioning looks and outspoken concerns. But, as one of four full-time maintenance workers at George Bell Arena, she’s learned to take the skepticism in stride.
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