Is this the winter of the gun?
Trudeau government’s expected gun control on military-style weapons does not go nearly far enough to deal with Toronto’s handgun violence.
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VIEWS
Seance at George Brown House left skeptical journalist shaking
Guided by lantern, we walked over to the three-storey, mansard-roofed George Brown House as we heard its story. We were about to attend a seance.
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ROM has the last remaining mounts of extinct birds
The ROM has many extinct species in its collection, including the passenger pigeon, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the Labrador duck, and the great auk.
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Ottawa acting on cyber attacks, Gould tells midtown meeting
With a Canadian election less than eight months away, federal minister Karina Gould brought her warnings about expected cyber attacks to midtown Toronto on Sunday.
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Nerdvana found at new Church and Wellesley bar
Storm Crow Manor, titled after the surname of Gandalf the Grey, now resides where Fuzion, The Vic, and Maison House once stood at Church and Wellesley.
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Sharon and Bram launch new song with sing-along at Bay-Bloor
Parents, grandparents and children packed the kids section of the Bay-Bloor Indigo for a chance to hear Sharon and Bram’s new single, “The Colour Song.”
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Garlic fest draws everyone but vampires
Garlic may fend off vampires but it doesn’t keep away mortal fans of the seasoning plant — as more than 4,000 people attended the recent Toronto Garlic Festival.
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Tackling the ‘fear factor’ as homicide rate fluctuates
In 2017, police reported 660 homicides in Canda, 48 more than the previous year. This represents a 7 per cent increase in the homicide rate.
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When do we get upgrade to Bloor-Danforth subway line?
The Bloor-Danforth subway line s being sorely neglected by the city while the Yonge-University-Spadina line gets all the improvements, rider says.
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Pipelines safer than rail transport through midtown, MP says
With the lack of pipelines being built in Canada between 2012 and 2017, the number of rail cars carrying crude oil across the country has tripled.
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Deep in the crypts of midtown lies a filmmaker’s secret
It’s been a year since Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero became one with the earth, and as fans of his work, we made a pilgrimage to his final resting place at the Cabbagetown cemetery.
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Game changers: midtowners helping improve life of city kids
Game Changers believe all kids should have access to sport and the opportunity to pursue lasting dreams on the playing field.
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When two pop culture lovers get talking
An old grandfather clock ticks out its rhythm like a metronome atop a piano, as former Toronto Star pop culture columnist Peter Goddard sits across from me in his Annex home.
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We cannot let increase in traffic fatalities continue
Vision Zero is a road safety strategy that aims to eliminate all pedestrian and driver fatalities. Originating in Scandinavia, the strategy accepts that humans will make mistakes and that streets must be accordingly designed to reduce the impacts of those mistakes.
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Musical comedy updates Shakespeare featuring Donald J. Lear
The brilliant idea of the North Toronto Players is to update the tragedy of King Lear by replacing the king with a figure based on Donald J. Trump.
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