ArchiveJanuary 2018

Backlash to a new homeless shelter in The Annex reveals is a telling part of Toronto's shelter crisis, Matt Elliott says. The city has acquired 348 Davenport Rd. in the Annex neighbourhood. It will be used as a winter respite site — a place for people to stay warm — starting this week and will open as a full-service shelter once renovations are completed. Here’s the bad news: the NIMBYs are...

A plan being pitched this week could turn Old City Hall into a city museum. This city has a history. It goes back hundreds of years. The stories range from triumphant to terrible. But they’re ours. Toronto’s past includes the stories of the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat and other Indigenous peoples, whose land we took and whose traditions we tried to...

Streetcar travel times are 33 per cent more reliable on King Street than they were before the transit-priority pilot launched, according to city data. Average vehicle travel times on most streets around King, meanwhile, have changed by less than a minute. I got an email the other day from someone I’m working with on a project: “How quickly can you get to King and Spadina?” he asked. It was one of...

Toronto voters will elect 47 councillors and a mayor in the Oct. 22 municipal election. Forget going to the gym. To hell with pursuing new skills or hobbies. This year I've got a much better New Year’s Resolution for you: you’re going to run for Toronto City Council. I know what you’re thinking. “Matt, I’m not qualified.” But here’s the good news: neither are half the people who have been...