Where Are All the Female Coaches?
Canada is in a moment of unprecedented expansion in women’s sports. But structural barriers and unclear pathways into coaching mean that women are being deprived of opportunities to lead the next generation of young athletes.
Yasiel Puig at Christie Pits
A free Maple Leafs baseball game at my local playground has long been the best community event in the city. Then the team signed a former Major League Baseball star awaiting sentencing.
Kids Aren’t Active Enough. Youth Sports Are Part of the Problem.
As competitive, specialized athletics dominate gyms and community fields, the children who need physical activity most are the ones being left out.
The Grand Ambitions and Grubby Indignities of the Aspiring Soccer Referee
Making it pro as a referee in Canada is in many ways harder than making it pro as a player. That doesn’t stop this corps of exacting, self-serious officials from trying.
An Illustrated Guide to the FIFA World Cup in Toronto
How many private jets could this pay for? Seven illustrations to make sense of the costs and payoffs of hosting the World Cup.
How Sports Transform a City
The World Cup is a reminder of the massive influence sports can have over a place like Toronto—reshaping our geography, sparking celebration or mourning, and remaking our experience of the city.
An Ancient Past Unearthed by Urban Construction
In 2024, an Indigenous burial site was found during construction on Withrow Avenue, near Riverdale Park East. Where others see a “hole” in the ground awaiting investigation, journalist Gabrielle McMann sees a window into Toronto’s complex pre-colonial history—and a deeper sense of belonging.
The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
Canada’s Oldest AIDS Organization Closes After Four Decades
The AIDS Committee of Toronto was at the centre of this city’s response to a crisis. As it shuts its doors this month, the people who built it reckon with its unfinished legacy.
The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation
A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of “Victoria Goldiees.”
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
Breakdown at the Racetrack
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of fatal horse injuries at Woodbine raises questions about the future of the sport.
Doug Ford’s Big Wager on Online Gambling
The province’s three-year-old online casino market, iGaming Ontario, is already bringing in billions of dollars. The Tories are betting the revenues outweigh the human costs.
The Killing of the Science Centre
The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.
The Geography of Complaint
From wealthy neighbours griping about shrubbery to low-income tenants requesting winter heat—a map of 311 requests charts a certain kind of civic engagement, and privilege.
The Creeping Threat to Trans Rights in Toronto
Toronto is seen by many as a progressive bastion, but as anti-trans sentiment grips right-wing politics abroad and in Canada—including here in Ontario’s biggest city—local advocates are bracing themselves.
When Environmentalism is Weaponized Against the Unhoused
From a proposed pollinator garden at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields to tree trimmings and ‘grass remediation’—how the city uses green rhetoric to displace the homeless.
Making Space for Queer Community, Between Banquet Tables and Dim Sum Carts
For many queer, racialized Torontonians, Church and Wellesley doesn’t feel welcoming. As they push for inclusion, they’re also building their own spaces far from the Village.
Death and the Salesmen
As the city runs out of burial space, a series of boardroom and legal battles in the booming bereavement industry could determine the future of death in Toronto.
Biking at 77
I’ve cycled in Toronto all my life. But when I had an accident, and was forced off my bike, I suddenly saw the city with new eyes.