Preserving Heritage: The Fight to Protect Cultural Landmarks in a Fast-Changing Chinatown
Posted on 07 July 2026If you spend any time on the crowded sidewalks of Spadina Avenue on a weekend morning, you quickly realize you’re walking through a living history book that refuses to be shut. The heavy, sweet scent of barbecue pork drifts past open storefront doors, grocery bins spill out onto the pavement with stacks of fresh bok choy, and a distinct chorus of Cantonese and Mandarin cuts clean through the rat ...
The Laneway Housing Boom: Is it Actually Solving Toronto’s Missing Middle?
Posted on 07 July 2026Walk down any of the leafy residential lanes slicing through Toronto's West End, and you will hear a distinct sound echo through the brick corridors: the hum of active construction. Backyards that once held nothing more than rusted garden sheds, overgrown weeds, and single car garages are being cleared out at an unprecedented rate. In their place, modern, multi-story micro homes featuring floor to ...
Cooling the Concrete: How Toronto is Combating the Urban Heat Island Effect
Posted on 07 July 2026With the hot summer weather in southern Ontario, the city's towering glass buildings and endless pavement are heating up the city of Toronto. Pocketed relief is welcome under the old growth canopy in the leafy suburbs, whereas the dense urban areas of the Financial District, Chinatown and St. James Town are baking under the effect of the urban heat island. In such areas, large amounts of grey i ...
Concrete to Canopy: Evaluating Toronto's Progress toward a 40% Tree Cover Goal
Posted on 29 June 2026Walking down the lush, shaded avenues of Rosedale or exploring the deep, quiet expanses of the Don Valley ravine system, it is easy to see why Toronto has long been celebrated as a "city within a park." From an aerial perspective, vast swaths of the municipality disappear under a thick, vibrant blanket of green. Yet, just a few kilometres away in the soaring high-rise corridors of downtown or the ...
The Hidden Cost of the Commute: How Metrolinx Delays are Reshaping GTA Suburbs
Posted on 29 June 2026For hundreds of thousands of residents across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the promise of suburban life was built on a straightforward compromise: trade the sky-high real estate prices of the downtown core for a longer, but predictable, train or bus ride. But as multi-billion dollar transit expansion projects drag through chronic, multiyear delays that compromise is curdling into a costly crisi ...
Toronto’s Food Oasis Crisis: The Independent Grocers Fighting Urban Desertification
Posted on 29 June 2026Desertification Walking down the vibrant corridors of Toronto's downtown core, food options seem limitless. Gourmet cafes, trendy bistros, and high-end flagship supermarkets paint a picture of culinary abundance. Yet, shift the gaze just a few kilometres outside the central business district toward the inner suburbs of Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke, and a drastically dif ...
The Business Benefits of Proactive Water Treatment in Canada's Mining Sector
Posted on 17 June 2026The argument for proactive mine water treatment used to be primarily an environmental one. Take care of the water because it is the right thing to do for the ecosystem downstream. That argument is still true and still relevant. But the business argument has strengthened to the point where it now stands independently, and for mining companies making capital allocation decisions, the busine ...
Loblaw Companies fails to ensure proper race relations training at Shoppers Drug Mart
Posted on 26 April 2026Head offices (franchisors) like Loblaw Companies should ensure that Shoppers Drug Mart franchises, like the Rideau Centre location, comply with corporate race relations policies to protect the brand's reputation, ensure consistency in brand standards, and mitigate legal risks related to discrimination. While franchisees are often independent contractors, human rights tribunals and courts have foun ...
Loblaws fails to redress discrimination at Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa's Rideau Centre
Posted on 25 April 2026Recent reports from April 2026 indicate allegations of racial profiling and discriminatory behaviour by security staff at the Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa’s Rideau Centre. There apparently have been reports and observations of customers being aggressively followed and watched, highlighting concerns regarding unfair treatment of racialized individuals.
How the federal government scams human rights claimants: RBC case goes to Federal Court
Posted on 18 April 2026The federal government is promoting an affinity to equality for all while at the same time supporting a judicial review process which seeks to repress human rights claims. This has become clear in a case now before the Federal Court which also involves RBC and Attorney General of Canada. Mr Samuels began to sense a scam, after Canadian Human Rights Commission lawyers dropped hi ...
