Year in Review 2018
Samuel Engelking
The year Toronto's history of gun violence marked a new low
2018's record number of homicides reveal that what's needed is a public health approach to gun violence – until that happens, we will continue to pay the price in rising homicide rates Read more
In Memoriam: A look back at leading lights lost last year
Canadian artists and activists were among the notables who passed away in 2018 Read more
Year In Review 2018: Toronto's housing crisis hits danger point
The city’s vacancy rate is at a near historic low, while the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto is $2,360 – and it's only going to get worse under Doug Ford Read more
Natalia Manzocco
Toronto restaurants that closed in 2018
30 of the most beloved eateries we lost this year Read more
The highs and lows in fat representation on screen in 2018
From Dumplin' to Insatiable, these were the best and worst movies and TV shows where fat bodies were represented this year. Read more
Paul Salvatori
Year In Review 2018: Danforth stands strong in the face of anti-Muslim hate
The Danforth opened its arms to spread a message of hope over hate after one of the worst tragedies in the city's history, but as the neighbourhood continues to heal anti-Muslim sentiment is once again on the rise across the country Read more
Samuel Engelking
Year In Review 2018: Toronto's Vision Zero road safety plan hits a roadblock
Mayor John Tory has failed to acknowledge that the solution to our road safety crisis is a radically different approach to city-building, and not yet another education campaign that puts the onus on vulnerable road users Read more
Samuel Engelking
The most controversial NOW stories of 2018
From Paul McCartney and sex dolls, to veganism and a comedy show called White Guys Matter, these 12 stories elicited the biggest reader reactions this year. Read more
Peter Biesterfeld
Year In Review 2018: A grim year for Toronto's poor
Now under Doug Ford, the poor are facing overt class warfare Read more
Richard Longley
Year In Review 2018: It was another year of climate extremes
But pressure to build more pipelines to develop tar sands crude is fuelling a political calamity between Alberta and the rest of the country Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Year In Review 2018: #MeToo marshals its collective strength
Powerful men continue to be called out for their bad behaviour by the global movement reborn a little over a year ago to expose sexual violence against women – we’ve only just seen the beginning Read more
The 101 best Toronto songs of 2018 (plus a few more)
All our favourite Toronto tunes from the past year arranged into one sprawling Spotify playlist. Plus, some of our favourite music that's not on Spotify, too. Read more
Year In Review 2018: Canada's Conservatives embrace fake news
Canada's Conservatives seem willing to do and say anything to win in 2019, even if it means tearing the country apart Read more
Cylla von Tiedemann
The best and worst Toronto stage stories of 2018
From the Soulpepper scandal to the changing of the artistic leadership at many of the city's biggest institutions, here are the some of the highlights of a very dramatic year Read more
Radheyan Simonpillai's top 10 movies of 2018
The year's best films were about people figuring out where they fit while living on the margins Read more
Photos by Natalia Manzocco
Natalia Manzocco's top 10 restaurants of 2018
This was a year of reinvention for heavy hitters in the city’s food scene Read more
Byeeee 2018! You were extra
We look back at the best and worst stories that made headlines in Toronto Read more
Year In Review 2018: BLM-TO's Sandy Hudson on why sitting out 2019 is not an option
The ways in which racism, anti-Blackness and white supremacy interrupted our lives over the last 12 months has me very nervous for 2019 Read more
The top 10 Toronto theatre productions of 2018
Every Brilliant Thing, Coriolanus, Fun Home and two plays from the Howland Company make our list of the year's most memorable shows Read more
Kevin Ritchie's top 10 movies of 2018
This year was all about films that questioned entrenched values, particularly when the subject was the way we work Read more