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Promoting Toronto’s Pedestrians

A new advocacy group aims to make the city's streetscape more pedestrian-friendly. In Toronto’s transportation hierarchy, pedestrians have a low ranking. Our public conversations tend to be about...

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Junction Residents Hope to Transform a Police Station into a Community Centre

When the Toronto Police Service moved out of 209 Mavety Street, local residents saw an opportunity. The building at 209 Mavety Street, the former home of Toronto Police Service’s 11 Division, has stood...

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Historicist: “We Are Confident That Victory Is in Sight.”

Four months after his release in 1990 from decades of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela visited Toronto. At first glance, the space above Asteria Souvlaki Place at 292A Danforth Avenue drew little attention...

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Protesters Halt Work at Enbridge Pipeline Site in North Toronto

Demonstration at Dufferin and Finch the latest of many against the company's controversial Line 9 project. A group of protesters at Dufferin Street and Finch Avenue West is obstructing work on an...

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That Time Gord Perks Told Off the Premier

A look back at a moment in history when the young then-activist took David Peterson to task. You might say that we here at Torontoist are a little soft in the ticker, but we sure do love anniversaries....

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VIDEO: Inside the Animal Slaughter Protest by Toronto Vegans

Charged with mischief last year for offering water to a pig on a truck headed to a slaughterhouse, Anita Krajnc organized the event. Attention meat eaters of Toronto: if you consumed bacon or other...

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Why I’m Going to Miss Beit Zatoun

The centre helped me learn about my Palestinian heritage. Now, it's closing. I had known about Beit Zatoun for a long time before actually going there in person. Being too hopeful, I didn’t think that...

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Three Local Anti-Racism Campaigns You Need to Know About Now

Alarming hateful and racist acts aren't only happening south of the border. Here's a look at some initiatives that are combatting discrimination here. The normalization and mainstreaming of neo-Nazi...

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Historicist: Strike Against Hitlerism

Thousands of Torontonians join a protest against fascism in July 1933. On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 11, 1933, people began gathering in the park at Wellington and Bathurst Streets. Most of the men...

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Talk Trumpism at OCAP Speaker Series

Guest speakers on how to mobilize against Trump and support people living in poverty. Critics of Black Lives Matter Toronto often claim the group is overly confrontational. But BLM:TO (who were named...

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Look Back on Toronto’s Gay Bathhouse Raids

Revisit stories of the people impacted by Toronto's 1981 bathhouse raids, which ignited Canada's queer rights movement. After a community meeting and consultation, facilitated by Myseum of Toronto, the...

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Imagine Life After Trump Goes Nuclear

Tonight's politically minded theatrical cabaret asked contributing playwrights to come up with short pieces on possible "Nuclear Option" fallouts. Politics, art, and activism collide in the Wrecking...

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