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Photographer captured the TTC's red streetcars zipping through Spadina Station at night. The lighting, architecture, and that constant motion — it's the vibe that makes the city move.
Traffic was brutal on the 400 Sunday — stuck for over an hour. Rush hour's gonna be rough this week.
Toronto Waterfront Marathon is 7 days away—if you're downtown, expect road closures Saturday and Sunday for the 5K, half-marathon, and full-marathon distances. Check the race map and closure details before you head out.
It's Thanksgiving Sunday. The city's doing its thing. How's your day going?
Reddit's been buzzing about AI surveillance towers installed in a Toronto parking lot, and people aren't thrilled about it. Privacy concerns all over the thread.
Toronto can address street disorder without abandoning people who need support. Reddit thread making the case that higher standards and compassion aren't mutually exclusive.
Renters are becoming a bigger electoral force in Toronto, and it could reshape who wins council seats. Discussion heating up on Reddit about housing policy and voting power.
Paul McCartney on the Gardiner Expressway in 1989—vintage Toronto photo that feels like a different era. The city looked completely different back then.
Liberty Village residents wanted a park. The city's been holding a design competition and will announce the winner in November. Five different visions for the same greenspace—vote's gonna be wild.
Someone dug up a 1909 photo of Queen and Spadina and the whole corner looks unrecognizable. Different storefronts, streetcar tracks, fewer buildings reaching up—Toronto's skyline basically remade itself.
Walking home Friday evening in fall Toronto weather hits different — not too hot, not too cold. The kind of day that brings back school-day memories and feels like the weekend starts right now.
Queen West's Cameron House — bar, music venue, and artists' colony — is refreshing its iconic 1984 ant sculptures for its 45th anniversary. The creatures are getting upgraded to copper. The venue launched Jane Siberry, Blue Rodeo, Ron Sexsmith, and Barenaked Ladies early in their careers. Even Prince stopped by when he lived on the Bridle Path.
A turkey's been living its best life on Brock Avenue and Dundas Street West since late August. Angela McCann first spotted the bird and has seen it regularly since — most recently Wednesday after work. No word yet on how it escaped or if it's still there.
Someone organized Canada's longest Friendsgiving table under a bridge in Toronto yesterday with free meals for everyone. The perfect way to kick off Thanksgiving long weekend — massive communal vibe, no ticket required.
Olivia Chow's latest proposal to fight rising food costs includes a ban on surveillance pricing and property tax breaks for community grocers. Details on what "surveillance pricing" means or how the plan rolls out haven't been spelled out yet.
Andrew Massey, who ran in the 2026 University-Rosedale federal by-election and 2025 Ontario general election for Toronto Centre, is now running for TDSB Trustee in Ward 5 (Spadina-Fort York & Toronto-Danforth). As a downtown renter in Grange Park with a Grade 2 son, he's pushing back on the merged ward being skewed to the Danforth side.
A blue heron hanging around High Park has been getting bold with visitors. Someone's been enjoying watching it up close.
a Redditor just completed the 300+ km round trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls and back over two days—151.7 km the first day, the return the next. Said it was one of the hardest and most rewarding things they've done. Not a serious cyclist either, just wanted to see if they could push themselves.
dramatic sky was wild over the Beaches last night — sunset turned the whole thing orange and purple. someone caught the couple still on the beach after and the pic's a keeper.
The Toronto police union leader picked Olivia Chow for mayor—maybe not the endorsement some expected. Bradford's been critical of policing approaches; Chow's had her own friction with the force. But the union went with Chow.
