Zach Ruiter
Global Climate Strike: sex, death and signs of a climate crisis
Thousands of young people turned out for Friday's march and while high-schoolers carried messages of hormone-filled humour elementary school kids brought dead serious warnings Read more
Global Climate Strike: five reasons why you need to go
The Global Climate Strike in Toronto Friday is expected to be the largest march of its kind we've seen in the city for some time Read more
Zach Ruiter
Labour Day Parade 2019 in pictures
This year's parade revived the Mike Harris-era slogan “Educate, Organize, Resist!” in recognition of the ongoing fight for social justice in the face of Doug Ford-era cuts Read more
Zach Ruiter
Foodora workers say they're not robots
As the months' long fight to unionize Foodora employees comes to a head, couriers speak out on the hazards of the job – and why Big Labour must be more militant in defending the rights of precarious workers Read more
Zach Ruiter
Locked out condo janitors are the new faces of precarious work
“Toronto is quickly becoming a city for the rich to live in and the poor to travel to work in." Read more
Garth Riley
Killing cormorants: Is Ontario's feathered pariah about to be culled out of existence?
A proposal by the Ford government to allow year-round hunting of the demonized birds over "aesthetics" and other concerns raised by the commercial fishing industry will wipe them out, say activists Read more
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The planet is having a cow
We're headed for an 80 per cent increase in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture if global dietary trends continue to go unchecked Read more
Video: A leaner and meaner Ford Fest 2018
Magic turns to malice now that Doug Ford has become the star attraction Read more
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Are we headed for near-term human extinction?
Recent studies suggest it is irresponsible to rule out the possibility after last week's "warning to humanity" from more than 15,000 climate change scientists Read more
Elli Garlin
Are pigs people, too?
It’s the question judge in celebrated Pig Save trial refused to answer, calling defence’s attempt to get him to do so a publicity stunt. Another unanswered question: why was Anita Krajnc charged? Read more
How Toronto Pig Save's Anita Krajnc, inspired by Tolstoy, mobilized animal rights activists worldwide in 2016
Kranjc was charged with criminal mischief for giving water to pigs on their way to slaughter. The world took notice Read more
Zach Ruiter
Migrant workers say they're Canada's "modern-day slaves"
Tens of thousands of migrant farm workers toil in fields across Canada without the possibility of applying for permanent residency, health care coverage or basic labour rights Read more
Zach Ruiter
How Pride Toronto can fix its relationship with the trans community
The resignation of executive director Mathieu Chantelois offers a big chance to change what's been an adversarial alliance – and make Pride more inclusive Read more
Zach Ruiter
Video: Rob Ford remembered at Ford Fest 2016
Bruised but unbowed: Ford Nation gathers again for the first time after the death of its infamous namesake Read more
Zach Ruiter
Sunny ways, labour daze
Labour Day parade: enthusiasm was muted at the annual rite of summer as the situation for precarious work and the labour movement in Ontario turns grim Read more
Zach Ruiter
Dispatches from the Pig Save trial
Five takeaways from the trial of animal rights activist Anita Krajnc Read more
WMDs in the west end of Toronto?
After failed community attempts to shut it down, GE's uranium pellet plant on Lansdowne has just been bought by U.S.-based nuclear weapons manufacturer BWX Technologies Read more
Toronto Pig Save inspires global animal-rights activism
Activist Anita Krajnc’s weekly vigils at Toronto-area slaughterhouses have inspired an international movement to save animals Read more
Zach Ruiter
Why I run Line 9
Rachel Thevenard's 831-kilometre trek in support of First Nations' legal fight against Enbridge pipeline rushes through T.O. Read more
What these Torontonians have to say about Islamophobia needs to be heard
Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park communities rally Read more
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