What Convinces A Person to Get Their First Shot?
A new survey from The Local and Humber River Hospital reveals a multitude of reasons people delayed their vaccine and one big reason they finally got it.
The Missing Middle
Middle-class neighbourhoods haven’t been the focus of accelerated vaccination. Now they’re home to more than half a million under-vaccinated Torontonians.
Hot Spot Tracker
Weekly progress updates on vaccination efforts in the GTA's highest-risk neighbourhoods.
Honouring Black-Indigenous Bloodlines
For urban gardener Isaac Crosby, being Anishinaabe and Black is a double blessing.
Rewriting the Colonial History of Toronto, One Streetcar at a Time
Indigenous artist Philip Cote’s collaboration with the TTC is about much more than improving the morning commute.
Seeing Myself in ‘Indigenous Toronto’
A new anthology traces the Indigenous history of this city, from pre-contact to present day.
From Six Nations to Christie Pits and Back
Moving to Toronto was overwhelming. But this foreign city is just another part of the lands my ancestors have existed on for generations.
Emerging from the Long Shadow of Canada’s Indian Hospitals
From racially segregated hospitals to signs of Indigenous self-determination in health care.
Reclaiming the Story of Toronto
Introducing the Indigenous Toronto Issue.
The Last 25 Percent
Almost three-quarters of Toronto adults have received their first vaccine. Next comes the hard part.
Second Doses Missing Those Who Really Need Them
With the Delta variant making second dose distribution urgent, new data reveals Toronto’s highest-risk neighbourhoods are being left behind.
The Local Wins Digital Publishing Awards
The Local was the third-most awarded publication, behind only The Globe and Mail and Radio-Canada.
Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto’s Unvaccinated Populations
As vaccination rates plateau, a new army of outreach workers is canvassing pockets of the city missed by the initial rollout.
Why Haven’t Primary Care Doctors Been Part of the Vaccine Rollout?
Sometime soon, responsibility for vaccinations in Toronto will need to shift to primary care doctors. Is there a plan?
“We Had to Save Ourselves”
When the pandemic hit Peel, it wasn’t the government that stepped in, but an army of citizens that mobilized to feed their neighbours, set up pop-up clinics, and demand better for their community.
Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month
This year, we thought we’d figured out how to do Ramadan in a pandemic. Then the vaccine rollout began.
Vaccinating Black Toronto
The city’s Black communities has been disproportionately affected by COVID. Now these physicians and community leaders are working to make sure they don’t also go unvaccinated.
Behind the Sudden Drop at Toronto’s Mass Immunization Clinics
The City of Toronto clinics are well-funded operations that were supposed to be the engines of the city’s vaccination drive. Why are pop ups in parking lots delivering four times as many doses a day?
The Toronto Hot Spot Nobody’s Talking About
Malvern has one of the highest COVID positivity rates in the city and only got its first pop-up clinic today. People here are used to feeling left behind.