Dennis Hanagan – What started as a school project for social-media Ryerson student Noura al-mutairi has been picked up by people around the world and it’s drawing attention to the plight of homelessness. “Our professor wanted us to use social ...

Eric Morse – The last Federal electoral redistribution ended up drawing riding boundaries right through the middle of some old and cherished central Toronto neighbourhoods, including the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, Corktown, the Distillery District and Bloor St. E., and residents ...

Dennis Hanagan – St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church and the Centre for Social Innovation, both in Regent Park, have teamed up to collect unwanted chessboards so children who attend the Daniels Spectrum in the evenings will have something to do as ...

Public facilities such as the soon-to-arrive (2015) express train to Toronto Pearson Airport from Union Station must be public, not strictly for the well-heeled and those who can deduct business expenses. So the proposed $20-$30 1-way fare to Pearson is ...

Eric Morse – Anniversary Park, in the triangle of land on the northwest corner of Parliament and Gerrard streets, is, to put it bluntly, a spooky place. It has a fountain, and a grassy patch, and trees. But the canopy ...

Dennis Hanagan – A private 30-storey student residence for 186-188 Jarvis Street south of Dundas to benefit Ryerson University received approval from Toronto and East York Community Council at its August meeting. Meanwhile, the university is proposing a 29-storey building ...

Eric Morse – Planning for the North St Lawrence Market and the temporary market to the south of the South Market is re-surfacing after a delay of four years since the plans were first announced in 2011. However there will ...

John Sewell — Less than two months to voting day and the municipal election has yet to heat up and create some genuine excitement. The easy explanation is to blame Rob Ford. His continued presence demeans local politics, brings it ...

Frank Touby — When it comes to determining what’s really going on in this city, I defer to my ever-knowledgeable source. He’s a man who is intimately in touch with the city’s elites and its movers and shakers. That’s because ...

Frank Touby — John Tory is a magnificent thinker and communicator in the right forum. He has found that métier at CFRB, the AM talk-radio station at 1010 on the dial whose call letters stand for Canada’s First Rogers Broadcast. ...