Minimum wage: A provincial election primer
Ontario is poised to increase the minimum wage from $14 to $15 per hour at the end of this year, after a larger increase of almost 30 per cent on Jan. 1, 2018, from $11.60.
Category: Best of Toronto
Daily Planet: Forget global, go local like Oxford County
Oxford County became the second local government in Canada, after Vancouver, to adopt a commitment to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050.
Will Midtown dispensaries disappear after legalization, or just go underground?
Later this year, Canada will formally legalize cannabis across the country, making the future unclear for dispensaries.
#AfterMeToo report proposes nine recommendations to wipe out sexual assault
Individuals behind the #AfterMeToo initiative released a report outlining nine recommendations to wipe out sexual assault and abuse within the entertainment industry.
Does Markham need a bike share program?
Due to a number of unsolicited bike share program proposals that Markham City Council has received over the last year, a feasibility study has been commissioned by Markham’s transportation department to see if a bike-sharing program could work in the municipality.
Entire Richmond Hill residential block appealed to the OMB
After the OMB rejected the application at 9825 Yonge St., the owners at 9839 Yonge St. appealed their own application to the OMB.
Shenae Grimes-Beech on Acting, Blogging, and Growing Up Degrassi
Shenae Grimes-Beech is returning to the small screen in The Detail: CTV’s new female-driven police drama, premiering March 25.
An American In Paris is a nostalgic and romantic musical for the entire family
An American in Paris has a long history dating back to a George Gershwin orchestral composition in 1928 and made famous by the incomparable Gene Kelly in the 1951 musical film.
Minister of Silly Walks, John Cleese, pays Toronto a visit this month
On April 9, Cleese is making a Toronto appearance to share his stories and humorous insights gleaned from a life in comedy.
Buzz-heavy throwback band Frigs finally look poised to hit the big time
Frigs album, Basic Behaviour, was released earlier this year.
Cross-country athlete Martha MacDonald on joining Team Canada
Georgetown University runner Martha MacDonald is a member of Team Canada’s junior cross-country team and clinched a bronze medal in El Salvador earlier this year.
Midtown teenagers targetted in a series of "swarming-style" robberies at Yonge and Eglinton
The midtown community is on full alert after a dramatic rise in swarming robberies in the Yonge and Eglinton area as young teenagers have been confronted by large groups and robbed, some at knifepoint.