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Pride to survive: Queer refugees look to Toronto for a lifeline
On January 11, Dennis Wamala took a taxi to Entebbe International Airport, just outside his hometown of Kampala. He had done the trip many times... -
Funding problems the real reason Pride invited Toronto police back to the parade
Pride Toronto is holding a special meeting of its membership Tuesday (January 22) to vote on Toronto police participate in this year’s parade. The move... -
Canada versus First Nations: Whose land is it anyway?
News of the RCMP’s dismantling a First Nations camp blocking the construction of a liquified natural gas (LNG) pipeline in northern BC went mainstream last week.... -
Opioid crisis: Moss Park overdose prevention site thrown a lifeline
On May 11, almost nine months after they opened in a tent in Moss Park, volunteers at the overdose prevention site (OPS) announced that they had... -
Interview: King Raam on his fathers death in Iran prison and fight to bring his mother home
On Saturday, May 5, Raam Emami, aka King Raam, plays Adelaide Hall. The show, which will be followed by another in Vancouver May 12, is... -
Looking back on Unite The Right violence in Charlottesville
Months after Charlottesville, Virginia, became the scene of a deadly Unite The Right rally, residents are still dealing with the trauma. “There’s no easy way... -
Stories from the front lines of Toronto’s opioid crisis
Five or six swift knocks land on a door at the end of the hallway. “Queen West! Anybody home?” Kyle Bye and his aide-de-camp, Jacob... -
Front-line workers struggle to cope with opioid crisis
Zoe Dodd sits on her couch surrounded by a mountain of pillows and blankets. Tears well up in her eyes. "I always told him how... -
Roncesvalles deli Stasis Preserves ordered to remove wheelchair ramp
Toronto just got a little less wheelchair friendly. Stasis Preserves, an independently-owned deli and pantry on Roncesvalles Avenue, has until today to remove it’s accessibility ramp or... -
The answer to Canada’s opioid overdose crisis: legalize hard drugs
On Tuesday, February 21, a funeral procession set off from Bay and Wellesley and snaked its way through downtown Toronto. There was no motorcade no... -
Toronto police silent on spitting incident in meeting with LGBTQ community
On January 26, the Transformational Task Force released its final report, Action Plan: The Way Forward, at the monthly Toronto Police Services Board meeting. But... -
HIV is not a crime
A little over two years ago I found out someone I had unprotected oral sex with was HIV-positive. I barely knew this person, having met... -
What it’s like to be HIV-positive
Alex McClelland doctoral student at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Concordia University steering committee, AIDS ACTION NOW! I've had HIV for... -
Panic in Marie Curtis Park
On what felt like the coldest day in months, dozens of locals showed up at Marie Curtis Park in Etobicoke on Saturday, November 19, for... -
DIY skatepark demolition sparks discussion on Toronto’s skateboard infrastructure
Over the last three months, 22-year-old Syd Patterson and his friends put countless hours into building a skatepark in Toronto’s west end. On Monday, it...
