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Lloyd Robertson, the legendary CTV news anchor who shaped Canadian journalism for decades, died Tuesday. Former colleagues are sharing what he taught them—one wrote about the greatest lesson: how to be genuinely kind to the people next to you.
Scarborough youth are using basketball as a path to bigger opportunities. At Neighbourhood Jam, players connect with coaches, mentors, and each other — building skills on and off the court. LayUp Youth Basketball is aiming to reach 3,500 young people across Toronto neighborhoods by 2030.
Got 6 unused City Pass tickets expiring in four days. Someone on Reddit's giving them away free, including two for kids 4-12. DM if you need them before the pass dies.
East-end leaders and politicians are calling on the feds to help fund Taste of the Danforth. The beloved street festival is facing money trouble and organizers say they can't pull it off without government support.
The Toronto Zoo just welcomed an endangered pygmy hippo calf born Sunday. Mother Kindia is doing great, the calf is nursing and moving around — and everyone's already obsessed.
The Bluffs are hitting different this summer. Someone checked it out last Saturday and the whole vibe reads like a Caribbean escape. White cliffs, turquoise water, clear skies—peak Toronto nature moment.
The Unfinished Arch at Sherbourne Common is drawing crowds after dark. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's interactive installation lights up in the evening, and people are going back to experience it.
The moon's been stealing the show lately — clear night skies have been catching people's photos all across the city. Keep your eyes up.
Someone spotted a massive number display in Mississauga and now everyone's losing it online. The internet never misses these things.
Ferry to Ward's Island was packed so someone took the water taxi instead and said it was totally worth it — whole different vibe heading back to the city from the water.
Anti-abortion protesters with graphic signs were out at Greenwood and Gerrard today (August 4) around 1pm. Heads up if you're passing through the area.
Liberty Village residents are asking if the neighbourhood finally gets its own library. The area's densely populated with young families, and while the Fort York branch is gorgeous, it feels more connected to the harbourfront. A new library coming to the east waterfront has some hopeful the city will keep building new library spaces in the neighbourhoods that need them.
Toronto's largest landlord still can't keep up with tenant safety complaints because they don't have enough people answering calls. The city's biggest housing provider is understaffed when residents need help most.
Airbnb put Kensington Market on its list of Canada's trendiest neighbourhoods and people who actually live there are laughing about it. The gap between what a tourism platform sees and what residents experience is real.
Tenants in Etobicoke are fighting back against a landlord who switched up how rent gets paid. When procedural changes affect people's money, pushback happens fast.
the martin goodman trail is having its moment — 10,000 people cycled it just on monday, and over half a million have used it in the last three months.
migrant farm workers rallied in toronto tuesday to demand better conditions — specifically relief from having to work through oppressive heat without adequate breaks or support.
Two cars ended up stuck on Woodbine Beach today during a photoshoot. People are calling it a photoshoot fail and yeah, not the move when you're trying to get a shot by the water.
councillor gord perks signed off from decades on council this week — and left the chamber with a bang, calling out the system on his way out.
A group of volunteer fruit pickers is harvesting apples, pears and berries from Toronto's public and private trees, rescuing what would otherwise rot on the ground. They're donating the bounty to community members and food banks.
