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Nearly 80% of Canadian parents are changing their kids’ lunches to manage grocery costs: survey
What to know As Canadian students continue to re-adapt to their academic routines, a new survey is suggesting their lunches might also be different this... The post Nearly 80% of Canadian parents are changing their
Bradford promises a property tax freeze as mayor — here’s what Chow and Alexander are proposing
What to know With Toronto’s municipal election approaching, the city’s three leading mayoral candidates are offering different plans for how they would approach property taxes... The post Bradford promises a property tax freeze as mayor
REVIEW: Mike Flanagan gives Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ a humane, surprisingly fresh twist
What to know Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This review contains spoilers of episodes one and two of Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’. Following up three acclaimed screen adaptations of... The post REVIEW: Mike Flanagan gives Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ a
‘There’s a lot more that can be done here’: Parkdale residents raise housing, transit and safety concerns ahead of Toronto election
What to know As Toronto heads toward the Oct. 26 municipal election, residents in and around Parkdale say affordability, housing, transit and safety are among... The post ‘There’s a lot more that can be done
Toronto mayoral debate: Property taxes, TTC fares, housing and data centres take centre stage
What to know Ahead of the mayoral elections this fall, Toronto’s three leading candidates faced each other over a debate hosted by the Toronto Star... The post Toronto mayoral debate: Property taxes, TTC fares, housing
TTC begins testing cleaning robots in Toronto subway stations
What to know Seen those robot cleaners rolling through TTC stations? The machines are real — and the TTC says they’re being tested to see... The post TTC begins testing cleaning robots in Toronto subway
Scarborough and North York emerge as close battlegrounds in Toronto mayoral race
What to know Scarborough and North York are emerging as the most competitive battlegrounds in Toronto’s mayoral race, with Mayor Olivia Chow and Councillor Brad... The post Scarborough and North York emerge as close battlegrounds
Halloween Haunt turns 20: Everything you need to know about the return of the annual scare
What to know Fall started on Tuesday, meaning Halloween is just around the corner—and so is the return of Canada’s Wonderland’s iconic Halloween Haunt. Now... The post Halloween Haunt turns 20: Everything you need to
Looking for a star-worthy dinner? Here are this year’s Michelin Guide Toronto & Region features
What to know The 2026 Michelin Guide Toronto & Region was just released, featuring 15 restaurants, including one with a two-star rating. Whether you are... The post Looking for a star-worthy dinner? Here are this
Kraft Dinner’s wildest collab yet? KD and Solly’s launch a cream soda that tastes like mac and cheese
What to know Kraft Dinner has become known for its wild collaborations: smoothies, BeaverTails, and ramen. Now, the iconic mac and cheese brand is teaming... The post Kraft Dinner’s wildest collab yet? KD and Solly’s
Election 2026: The inter-governmental elephant in the room
In the hall-of-mirrors that is the current mayoral election, as my colleagues John McGrath and Matt Elliott noted, we had the following weirdness last week: Premier Doug Ford, in an aside at a presser, sort
Election 2026: How to Read a Candidate’s Platform
This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Political campaigns must compress complex problems into phrases we quickly can understand. Our job
OP-ED: Fighting global warming with joy
This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adaptation. The timing is good. Toronto has just come through another summer of heat, flooding, and wildfire smoke.
Intersections of print culture in Toronto’s laneways
The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers. The primary colour palette
Yonge Street, Evening, November 6, 1965
A few of weeks ago, while searching the Toronto Telegram online archive for aerial photos of the historic industrial waterfront, I came across a remarkable series of about 40 images from 1965 by Telegram photojournalist
Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came
Election 2026: Let’s talk about local democracy in Toronto
co-written by Nick Vlahos, Patricia Wood and Gabriel Eidelman Housing. Transit. Crime. Taxes. Bike lanes. Billy Bishop Airport. Almost every major issue facing Toronto turns on the same question. Who should decide: the City, the
Brad Bradford’s glaring judgment problem
By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in the company-you-keep problem. Or, maybe to
The Return of Chloe Brown
It takes courage to take on a dynasty, but Chloe Brown has courage – and spirit – to burn. An original thinker, Brown has run for mayor twice, coming in third in 2022. Now, the
Election 2026: How to critically listen to a municipal candidate
This article begins a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Growing up in Scarborough, I routinely watched mayoral debates frame transit through the experience of downtown
VIDEO: Art of Maintenance
In this walk, roll, and talk, Artmap visits two of their most-loved public art spaces, each commissioned 10 years apart: Diamond Jubilee Promenade (2015) and the Biidaasige (“bee-daw-si-geh”) Park (2025). Participants in the video underscore
OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light?
This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be published later in September. On an icy day last December, Mac Bauer, AKA the