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Canadian universities should let the encampments be

Protesters gather in an encampment set up on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto on May 2. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press With...

04.05.2024 20

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Umar Zameer’s treatment was a travesty in our justice system

Umar Zameer and his lawyers walk away from the courthouse following his not guilty verdict in Toronto, on April 21. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian...

27.04.2024 20

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What we gain from mass tourism

Visitors taking photos on May 4, 2022, in Venice, Italy. LAETITIA VANCON/The New York Times News Service Mass tourism, we are often told, is bad,...

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Pickering city council should let voters decide who to evict

Pickering’s Mayor, Kevin Ashe, says city councillor Lisa Robinson's behaviour is creating 'chaos.' Handout The men and women who make up the city...

12.04.2024 10

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Let’s chuck the vacant-home tax

Homes in Toronto's northwest area on June 17, 2019. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail This winter Toronto homeowners were reminded to declare that they are...

06.04.2024 10

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What Trudeau should say about the carbon tax

With another increase taking effect on April 1, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under fire again over the carbon tax. To rally support, he needs to...

30.03.2024 6

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Toronto is stuck with its FIFA deal

This week Mayor Olivia Chow of Toronto promised she will put more controls on the city’s ruinously expensive plan to co-host the FIFA World Cup. Too...

22.03.2024 6

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The discovery of an eagles’ nest in Toronto suggests cities are no longer nature’s enemy

The discovery of an eagles’ nest in Toronto is part of a larger story: the return of nature in modern cities. The nest was spotted earlier this...

16.03.2024 4

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It’s always wrong to criminalize speech

Pro-Palestine protesters wave flags facing a pro-Israel demonstration in front of a synagogue hosting "the Great Israeli Real Estate Event," in...

09.03.2024 20

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Doug Ford’s vow to pack courts with ‘like-minded’ judges is dangerous

Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, on Feb. 16. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press As is often the case when...

02.03.2024 50

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What is ‘downtown,’ anyway

As the city has evolved, it's gotten harder to determine what actually constitutes downtown anymore. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail When I’m out of...

24.02.2024 10

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A plausible fix for a disastrous reno

A visitor explores the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on Dec. 12. Chris Young/The Canadian Press In the early years of this century, Toronto’s...

17.02.2024 8

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The strengthening case for nuclear

A jogger runs along the beach past the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Pickering, Ont., on Jan. 12, 2020. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Last...

10.02.2024 10

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Police aren’t crying wolf this time

Crime in Toronto was up sharply last year, which began with a series of troubling random attacks on public transit, including the fatal stabbing of a...

03.02.2024 10

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The (er) joys of riding Toronto streetcars

Pedestrians and cyclists cross Spadina Ave. in Toronto in front of a streetcar near the intersection of Spadina Ave. and Adelaide St. West in downtown...

27.01.2024 10

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Canada is an island

We Canadians like to think we are a generous, welcoming people. Our big cities teem with striving newcomers from every corner of the globe. The...

20.01.2024 20

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Toronto’s ‘modest’ little tax hike

When Olivia Chow was running for mayor of Toronto last spring, reporters were always asking her how much she planned to raise taxes. It is a natural...

13.01.2024 10

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The genocide libel against Israel

It goes without saying that the word “genocide” has a special sound to the people of Israel. Yet today the nation that rose from the ashes of the...

06.01.2024 5

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A letter to my new grandchildren

Marcus Gee’s twin grandchildren, Sasha, left, and Penelope. Handout Dear Sasha and Penelope, Since you entered the world just eight weeks ago...

30.12.2023 10

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Toronto’s mystifying name game

Pedestrians cross the intersection at Yonge and what was once known as Dundas Square in Toronto on Sept. 20. Sarah Palmer/The Globe and Mail Toronto...

23.12.2023 10

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Who needs the Beer Store or LCBO?

Beer cans stacked at a news availability attended by Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a convenience store in Toronto on Dec. 14, 2023. Chris Young/The...

16.12.2023 40

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Beware of gumdrop showers

Traffic on Toronto's Don Valley Parkway on Nov. 12, 2020. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail A rainbow appeared over Toronto Harbour, gumdrops rained down...

02.12.2023 10

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A famous community, an ancient hatred

A police vehicle sits outside the Yeshiva Gedola, a Jewish school that was hit by gunshots for the second time in three days, in Montreal on Nov. 13....

18.11.2023 4

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Olivia Chow’s wrong turn on boosting housing in Toronto

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow gives remarks at the 2023 Ontario Economic Summit, in Toronto, on Nov. 1. Ms. Chow's plan to build more affordable rental...

11.11.2023 2

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The wave of anger against Israel goes far beyond ordinary scrutiny

On a freezing day in Paris in 1895, a captain of the French army was led into the courtyard of the École Militaire. Convicted on trumped-up charges...

04.11.2023 5

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Denounce and refute, don’t muzzle

A few days after Hamas massacred hundreds of Israelis on October 7, student unions at Toronto’s York University issued a truly appalling statement....

30.10.2023 7

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Those dangerous students from away

Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition during question period, on Oct. 17, at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques...

21.10.2023 8

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Hamas, Israel and the ‘yes, but’ squad

Damaged vehicles in the camp of the Israeli music festival that was overrun by Hamas terrorists, a few miles from the border with Gaza, on Oct. 12....

14.10.2023 3

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Toronto needs more waterfront wow

Leaves displaying changing fall colours are seen at Ontario Place in Toronto, on Oct. 4. Chris Young/The Canadian Press It was beautiful in Central...

07.10.2023 20

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Toronto’s endlessly delayed Eglinton Crosstown transit line shows what happens when no one is accountable

Signs at one of the stations for Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT read 'out of service.' The 19-kilometre transit line was supposed to be open in...

29.09.2023 2

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Ford backing down on the Greenbelt was a win for democracy in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that he will be reversing his government’s decision to open the Greenbelt to developers during a press...

22.09.2023 3

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How Doug Ford’s decision to slash tuition fees backfired

Pedestrians walk by the Toronto Metropolitan University downtown campus on May 18. Tuan Minh Nguyen/The Globe and Mail Several months into its first...

08.09.2023 8

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