Politics gets dirty even when it’s trivial. After observing the power politics inside the parties of both Democrats and Republicans over the past two election cycles, I am reminded of when I was first introduced to the blood sport. It was just a few months ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is applauding the July 12 speech from the throne, which committed the government to introducing legislation that would end Ontario’s cap-and-trade carbon tax. “Mr. Ford was elected with a mandate to save Ontario families money ...

The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library have named the eleven 2018 Toronto Book Awards longlisted titles. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the awards honour books of literary merit that are evocative of Toronto. “I would like ...

Council Highlights is an informal summary of a selection of the decisions that Toronto City Council made at its recent business meeting. The City Clerk’s formal documentation is available at http://www.toronto.ca/council. Increased funding to support road safety Council agreed to ...

The Pickering Nuclear Station has a deadly secret: The plant is a storehouse for 16 million kilograms of high-level radioactive waste sitting right on the edge of Lake Ontario. The more than 760,000 spent fuel bundles stored at the Pickering nuclear ...

It was 1956 and I was in my junior year at Miami Senior High School (aka, MHS) on southwest first street. It was a whites-only school in those days of racial segregation in Florida but most Cubans and other Latinos ...

Through a public consultation process, Toronto Public Health has found that Torontonians do not believe the current approach to drug policy is working and are supportive of drug use being treated as a public health and social issue, not a ...

Not all the lunatics are in the asylum. Why? Because federal prison officials are providing needles to prisoners so they can inject themselves with illegal drugs. Now, Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, is being criticized for damning the use of ...

The Bentway continues its mission of transforming Toronto’s urban landscape through culture and community, and socializing with friends! From Noon to 9pm on Sundays this summer, Toronto’s best new selfie-spot is the Sunday Social @TheBentway Beer Garden. For locals and ...

Beginning the week of July 9 through to October, Jarvis Street between Dundas Street East and Queen Street East will be reduced to one lane of northbound and southbound vehicular traffic as the City of Toronto reconstructs the road and ...