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  • Photo diary: on the frontline with Wet’suwet’en supporters

    10:10 am: About 100 people meet at Matt Cohen Park on the southeast corner of Spadina and Bloor on Saturday (February 15) to take part in...
    Your City

  • How to heal families should be part of the discussion on gun violence

    After a record 96 homicides in 2018, Toronto experienced a slight dip with 77 homicides in 2019. But the year ended on a particularly deadly...
    Your City

  • Jordan Peterson and the politics of outrage

    In late 2016, before Jordan Peterson became a rock star and was catapulted to international fame, I interviewed the University of Toronto psychology professor for my podcast The...
    Your City

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  • Canada Election 2019: Stopping gun violence shouldn’t be a popularity contest

    It’s been a violent year for Toronto: more than 300 reported shootings and 30 homicides so far by gunfire. On September 28, Mothers Leading The...
    Your City

  • Stuck in echo chambers: how hate feeds on itself online

    It’s not often parents of mass murderers speak publicly, much less ask for understanding. It took Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine killer Dylan Klebold, more...
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  • Emotional demonstration marks National Day of Action on overdose deaths

    There's an overdose crisis in Canada – more than 10,000 people have died of opioid-related overdoses since 2017. But the Ford government has blithely turned...
    Your City

  • The best protest signs from the Cuts Hurt Kids education rally

    It was a big one. Thousands covered the south lawn of Queen's Park on Saturday (April 6) to protest the Ford government's plan to cut 3,475...
    Your City

  • Down the hate rabbit hole: why bigotry persists

    I spent a few hours going down the rabbit hole of Canadian far-right websites after the Christchurch mosque massacre last week. The experience was as...
    Your City

  • International Women’s Day 2019 march and rally in 10 photos

    Thousands attended this year's International Women's Day march and rally in Toronto on Saturday, which started with speeches in a packed auditorium at the Ontario Institute for...
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  • Toronto’s homelessness crisis: How does John Tory sleep at night?

    Homelessness is a crisis in Toronto, but Mayor John Tory doesn’t seem to know it. On February 12, after a service at the Church of...
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  • How seniors cope with loneliness and living alone

    Are you suffering from what’s being called the “loneliness epidemic”? Everywhere it seems, people report feeling socially disconnected. Not even seniors, despite their years of...
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  • Toronto abandons its homeless people

    Last Saturday, I toured a stretch underneath the Gardiner Expressway where homeless people have built encampments. I was with Cathy Crowe of the Shelter and Housing...
    Your City

  • St. Michael’s College School sexual assault scandal recalls Rehtaeh Parsons case

    When I heard the awful news about sexual assaults at St. Michael’s College School, I was overcome with sadness. I never would have imagined that fellow...
    Your City

  • After the despair of Monday’s Yonge Street tragedy, a strange emptiness

    By the time I got to the scene, the bodies had already been covered by police and most of the victims had been rushed by...
    Your City

  • My night inside Toronto’s respite centres for the homeless

    One night last week, I went undercover at three Toronto respite centres: All Saints Community Centre-Church, Margaret’s Drop-In and the Better Living Centre, which was recently...
    Your City

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