The Battle Over Sixplexes in Scarborough North
Last year, the ward became the first suburban ward to legalize the construction of sixplexes as-of-right. Now, in a race between incumbent Jamaal Myers and former Liberal MPs Shaun Chen and Han Dong, it’s become the defining issue of the election.
Pandemic’s Labyrinth
How Canada’s secretive, byzantine, Cold War-era stockpile system left us unprepared for COVID-19.
How Noise Shaped a City
Toronto’s anti-noise movement began in the 1930s. Ever since, noise policing has been inextricably linked with issues of race, class, and power.
A Park for All, or a Park for Some?
How a small group of parks and rec staff called "parks ambassadors" became unlikely mediators in the growing battles over the city’s public space.