Issues | The Local

Fall 2026

Vote 2026

Ongoing coverage of the 2026 Toronto, Brampton, and Mississauga municipal elections. From election tools designed to make voting easy, to long-form profiles, in-depth analysis, and deep dives into ward races across the city—our award-winning team of Local journalists is working to keep you informed this fall.

Fall 2026

Toronto Votes 2026

Ongoing coverage of the 2026 Toronto municipal election. From election tools designed to make voting easy, to long-form profiles, in-depth analysis, and deep dives into ward races across the city—our award-winning team of Local journalists is working to keep you informed this fall.

Fall 2026

Mississauga Votes 2026

Ongoing coverage of the 2026 Mississauga municipal election. From election tools designed to make voting easy, to long-form profiles, in-depth analysis, and deep dives into ward races across the city—our award-winning team of Local journalists is working to keep you informed this fall.

Fall 2026

Brampton Votes 2026

Ongoing coverage of the 2026 Brampton municipal election. From election tools designed to make voting easy, to long-form profiles, in-depth analysis, and deep dives into ward races across the city—our award-winning team of Local journalists is working to keep you informed this fall.

Summer 2026

Sports and the City

How we play sports is tied to policy and politics, culture and business. As the larger-than-life FIFA World Cup kicks off in Toronto, we look at sports from the ground, from minor-league baseball to cricket in Brampton to wheelchair rugby and a new wave of women's coaching.

Spring 2026

Inspecting Long-Term Care

Five years after a pandemic that revealed the disastrous conditions in Ontario’s long-term care homes, we investigate the state of oversight in the sector. Rolling out over the next two weeks, our “Inspecting Long-Term Care” issue investigates the flaws in the ministry’s accountability process, and sheds light on what needs to change to best care for some of the most vulnerable in our society.

Winter 2026

The Cost of Care

Stories about where money and medicine collide in 2026. From the corners of Ontario’s health care system where entrepreneurs and corporate Canada have set up shop, we ask what happens when patients become customers.

Fall 2025

The Higher Education Issue

Facing a financial crisis, as well as enormous technological, political, and social upheaval, Ontario's higher education system is in flux. Throughout the fall, we’re reporting stories from Toronto’s colleges and universities that reverberate far beyond campus.

Special Issue

School Board Takeover

A special series on the provincial government’s takeover of Ontario school boards. Over the coming months, we’ll track the latest developments, analyze the province’s decisions, and investigate what’s behind this unprecedented moment in public education.

Summer 2025

Wild Wild City

In different corners of Toronto, human and animal worlds are colliding in unexpected ways. From divisive fights over cormorants and coyotes, to the rise and fall of niche industries, to the sudden explosion in the bunny population, Wild Wild City explores our shifting relationship with the creatures among us.

Spring 2025

Federal Election 2025

Any route to victory in a Canadian federal election runs straight through the GTA. From Brampton to Oshawa, Parkdale to Mississauga, The Local’s Federal Election 2025 coverage provides in-depth, on-the-ground reporting in some of the country's most pivotal ridings.

Ontario Election 2025

7 Years of Doug Ford

After seven years in office, Doug Ford has left his mark on the province. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, we examine the record of the Progressive Conservative leader seeking a third term as premier in the February 27 Ontario provincial election.