opinion
Is Trudeau's purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline really in the national interest?
What’s a greater threat to the average Canadian: losing their job or the destabilization of vast areas of the world by drought, extreme weather and the resulting flood of environmental refugees? Read more
Paul Salvatori
In the aftermath of Yonge van rampage a burning question: does misogyny equal terrorism?
On its face, a good legal case could be made for construing the charges against Alek Minassian as terrorist offences, but there are serious practical considerations limiting the feasibility of such an approach Read more
Indigenous symbols: lessons in what's sacred
All artists must contextualize their work for their audience because often the reasons why we create the things we create can have a larger impact than the product itself Read more
Green Party of Ontario
Opinion: why the Green Party deserves to participate in Ontario election leaders debates
Despite the relentless 24/7 campaigning that will take place during the Ontario election over the next month, many Ontarians only have the bandwidth to make a decision based on what they see and hear in televised leaders debates Read more
Ontario Election Primer 2018: it’s a crapshoot
With the writ set to drop any day on the most important Ontario election in recent memory, we offer a primer on the main contenders, hot takes from the experts and a word on the Green Party Read more
Christian Peña
Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk leaves a tarnished legacy
Toronto media have all covered, to one extent or another, the human rights abuse allegations against Barrick Gold – including widespread charges of sexual assault and killings abroad – yet all wrote glowing tributes to its founder in death Read more
The Water Brothers
Plastics bomb: the throwaway culture pushed by corporations is killing our oceans
Companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestlé, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Tim Hortons and Starbucks have deliberately pawned off the end of life management of their products on to their customers and to municipalities Read more
Doug Ford: the Black community's white saviour
No politician has used the optics of “Black poverty” as a political tool to further solidify his image as the populist voice of the voiceless more than Doug Ford Read more
Choel Joon Baek
#CdnMediaSoWhite on NDP leader Jagmeet Singh
For Singh, the stakes are bound to get higher – and the attacks worse – when the 2019 federal election news cycle begins Read more
cycle.ca
Why Transform Yonge is a turning point for city-building in Toronto
Following extensive studies and community consultations, the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services endorsed option 1, the only proposal recognizing Yonge’s potential to be a vibrant main street and a focal point for the dense mixed-use community. Read more
Hacking of Ontario's nuclear plants "a very serious question," says Premier
The growing range of threats to aging, high-risk facilities like the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station now includes cyber attacks Read more
Premier Doug Ford?
With less than 90 days until the election the Liberals will need to define the new PC leader and what the ballot question should be to beat him Read more
Prison notes: my time in suicide watch and solitary confinement
The prison system in Canada is a large scale travesty of justice, a modern-day asylum and residential school where you go in wanting to kill yourself, and the conditions just make you want to kill yourself more Read more
news.ontario.ca
Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate's anti-Semitism committee stuck on Israel
The sub-committee consists solely of representatives from the Jewish establishment who have historically viewed criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic Read more
Colten Boushie killing goes against what my white prairie heritage taught me
My settler family from Saskatchewan lived by a beautiful ethic: honour and care for the stranger – so what drove farmer Gerald Stanley to attack Indigenous youth seeking his help? Read more
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Opinion: Why I’m a vegan but don’t consider myself an animal activist
In the C-246 debate, I shied away from defending my veganism because I didn’t want to distract from my specific legislative effort. It was a missed opportunity Read more
Zach Ruiter
Sun TV a hate machine
In a nation already highly susceptible to anti-Muslim sentiment, Sun News Network gave a platform to prejudice in the guise of news Read more