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Environment

From wasteland to wetland: re-naturalizing Toronto’s Don River into Lake Ontario

The $1.3-billion flood prevention project in Toronto’s Port Lands is one of the most ambitious urban nature restoration projects in Canada’s history

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Environment

Toronto high school students are shoring up urban biodiversity, one acorn at a time

The student-led Ravine Stewardship Team at Toronto French School is providing local acorns to neighbours and nurseries to increase the city’s native tree canopy

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Environment

Toronto’s newest park is turning an industrial landscape into a recreational hub

Located in Toronto’s Port Lands, Leslie Lookout Park will welcome visitors in June 2024, complete with a mini forest, lookout tower and a public beach

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People & Culture

Toronto as Community: Fifty Years of Photographs

Toronto-based photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo chronicles Canada’s largest city over 50 years, documenting the daily lives of ordinary citizens through time 

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History

Toronto’s crown jewel: the CN Tower

Fifty years ago, construction began on the CN Tower, now it stands as the pinnacle of the Toronto skyline

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Travel

Travel

Bucket Listed: Canada’s grand railway hotels

Travel

Toronto has one of the most photographed skylines in the world

Travel

Family fun at Hotel X Toronto

Travel

Why your next vacation will probably be #ShotoniPhone

Travel

3 food halls to visit in Toronto’s Financial District

Travel

Inside the St. Regis Toronto, downtown‘s most luxurious hotel

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History

Living on the edge: Becoming Toronto

A map of Toronto in 1878 shows a small city on the brink of massive expansion.

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Wildlife

Collision course: Making Canada’s cities more bird-friendly

How one grassroots organization in Toronto makes our glass landscapes less deadly for birds.

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People & Culture

Documenting Massey Hall’s final days

Photographer Peter Power shares behind-the-scenes photos of Massey Hall’s final days — and early renovations. The building recently reopened after a massive two-year renovation

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Environment

Planting local: In major shift, Toronto requires some developers to source native plants from local seeds

Changes to the city’s Green Standard aimed at protecting its fragile ravine network will pose challenges and opportunities for landscapers — and could kick off a national trend

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People & Culture

Adrienne Clarkson awarded The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Gold Medal

The former governor general of Canada recieved the award at a ceremony in Toronto March 26

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People & Culture

Dave Bidini on the West End Phoenix and reviving local news

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The Rheostatics frontman, bestselling author and community newspaper publisher shares why hyper-local storytelling matters more now than ever before

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People & Culture

A look at Google’s smart city

Urbanist Robin Mazumder reviews Quayside, the new ‘smart’ neighbourhood on Toronto’s eastern waterfront

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Travel

Exploring the reclaimed wetlands of Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park

The urban wilderness park’s wetland project sits atop a 10-hectare former waste disposal site in Lake Ontario and will be completed in 2019

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Travel

This resort hotel has the best views in Toronto

Hotel X Toronto by Library Hotel Collection is an urban resort oasis

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Toronto’s CN Tower unveils a new view

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Singer-songwriter Cœur de pirate honoured with RCGS medal

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Inside the Broadview Hotel, east Toronto’s hip, historic hot spot

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Inside the Broadview Hotel, east Toronto’s hip, historic hot spot

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Travel

Six iconic views from ‘The 6’

In celebration of Drake’s imminent return to the charts, here are some iconic views of Toronto captured by our readers

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Wood bison graze at the Toronto Zoo

Environment

Inside the Toronto Zoo’s bison breakthrough

For the first time ever, a Canadian zoo has successfully produced a calf from an embryo sent from another province. Here's what that could mean for species conservation. 

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Illustration of Michael Bonacini carrying firewood at his country property in Caledon, Ont.

People & Culture

Our Country: Chef Michael Bonacini’s favourite place in Canada

The celebrity chef and MasterChef Canada judge reminisces about escaping to rural living in Caledon, Ont.

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Rock climber Kevin Jorgeson scales the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on October 26.

Exploration

Q & A with professional rock climber Kevin Jorgeson

American climber scaled the Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto October 26

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