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The honours include gold in the General Excellence category for the third year in a row.

The Mayor's Race:

Candidate Tracker 2023

Fact-checked biographies, election platform summaries, and voting record analysis for all candidates running for Toronto mayor in the June 2023 by-election.

Profile by Jason McBride

Who is Ana Bailão? Depends Who You Ask

The former councillor has been criticized for her allegiance to John Tory and a career of political compromise. But some housing advocates see something different: a savvy, effective consensus-builder. Is Bailão's brand of pragmatism enough for voters looking for bold change?

Best Longform: From the Archives

Feature by Martha Troian

Emerging from the Long Shadow of Canada’s Indian Hospitals
Feature by Matthew Braga

How Noise Shaped a City
Feature by Inori Roy with photography by Christopher Katsarov Luna

As Toronto Temperatures Rise, Inequalities Widen
Feature by Simon Lewsen

The Long History (and Scary Future) of Our Broken Health Care System
Feature by Fatima Syed

The Labour of Immigrant Women
Feature by Shawn Micallef

Where the Spadina Expressway Didn’t Stop
Feature by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Children’s Village Forever

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Spring 2023

The Rent Series

The average listing for a one-bedroom is $2,500, people are leaving the city, and the housing situation in Toronto has never been more dire. With stories about delays at the landlord and tenant board, housing discrimination, the city’s worst landlords, and possible solutions, the Rent Series is our ongoing look at the barriers preventing the almost 50 percent of Torontonians who are renters from making a life here.

Issue 17 - Winter 2023

Toronto at 3 AM

In this city’s quietest hour, the people who are awake are awake for a reason. From international student security guards to crisis line volunteers, from DJs building fun in an unfun city to palliative care doctors making house calls—stories of the people who are up while the rest of the city sleeps.

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Toronto Election 2022

Ongoing coverage of Toronto’s 2022 municipal election. In-depth features on the issues at stake, hyper-local coverage of competitive ward races across the city, and a Candidate Tracker tool to keep you informed this fall.