Featured Stories

Not so sour grapes

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A wine company whose profits go to charities has come up with an ingenious way to engage consumers in giving. Could the model work elsewhere?

City Building, small businesses

Freeing data & building collective identity: Q&A with Vital Signs panelist Mary Rowe

Paul Gallant Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The vice president and managing director of New York's Municipal Art Society returns to her old stomping ground for our October 11 Yonge Talks panel on the Toronto Community Foundation's new Vital Signs report. We talked to her about the city's growth spurt and how she thinks Toronto can build on its success.

City Building, infrastructure, Speaker Series

Keesmaat kismet: Has the city's new chief planner arrived at the right time?

Bert Archer Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Our new chief planner has joined the city's building boom mid-party. But Jennifer Keesmaat's Toronto-loving pro-pedestrian approach might be what we need to liven things up.

City Building, Design, infrastructure

Our panel & talkback on Toronto's Vital Signs report

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Each year the Toronto Community Foundation releases its Vital Signs report, which provides a snapshot of the health of the city across 11 issue areas, ranging from safety and housing to health, wellness and the gap between rich and poor. The report flags both the progress Toronto has made on these issues and the challenges the city continues to face. At our free October 11 Yonge Talks event, sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation, president and CEO Rahul Bhardwaj will present key Vital Signs findings and discuss them with special out-of-town guest Mary Rowe of the Municipal Art Society of New York.

City Building, Speaker Series

Yonge Street Reader Survey

Yonge Street Team Monday, September 03, 2012

Thanks for reading our publication and showing interest in the people and companies driving change in our community. To help us better understand you and improve our coverage of the issues you care about, could you please take 60 seconds and answer a few questions? We greatly appreciate your interest and continued support.

Dr. Michael Brownbridge, Vineland research director with research technician Gillian Limebeer.

How we can grow our own (not so) exotic ingredients right here in the GTA

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, August 22, 2012

In a project to help local producers meet the demands of Ontario's increasingly diverse population, scientists are building better beans (and okra, peppers and other veggies, too)

Diversity, Healthcare and Wellness, Research and Innovation, Sustainability

OP-ED: Why affordable housing is a key human right

Kenneth Hale Wednesday, August 22, 2012

After Yonge Street's two panels this summer on affordable housing, we asked attendee Kenneth Hale of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants-Ontario to write about the Charter challenge the group is making on behalf of people who are struggling to obtain adequate housing. Here's his argument.

City Building, Speaker Series

We're taking a holiday... back on September 12

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, August 22, 2012

While the sun is still shining, the Ex is still serving up thrills and the beaches are still lively, we're taking a couple of weeks off for summer holidays. We're back with fresh, new Yonge Street news and features on September 12. Have a great Labour Day!

Malvern Community Market volunteer planning group.

You are what your community eats

Jaime Woo Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The transformation of Malvern has meant more than just reclaiming it from gang violence. Bringing people together around food and green spaces has been an integral ingredient.

City Building, Diversity, Healthcare and Wellness, Sustainability

Scarborough City Centre

Where even time-strapped professionals can find time to help newcomers improve their prospects

Krishna Rau Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Just because it's a breakneck pace doesn't mean it doesn't work. ACCES's speed mentoring program offers new Canadians the chance to make a lot of contacts very quickly.

CSR, Diversity, new canadians

Wearing our diversity on our jersey: How the Pan Am Games plans to deliver one of its key promises

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Ontario's Pan/Parapan American Games won't just be showcasing athletic and organizational prowess. They'll be putting the breadth and dynamism of the GTA's population on the world stage.

City Building, Diversity, infrastructure

Central Waterfront

5 new Toronto buildings worth a second look

Bert Archer Wednesday, July 25, 2012

With so much new construction in the last few years, it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Our Development Editor Bert Archer picks five projects worth a closer look (including one you can't look at yet).

City Building, Design, infrastructure

Roof over our heads: Our follow-up forum on housing zooms in on government money & coordination

Krishna Rau Wednesday, July 25, 2012

In our second session on affordable housing, passionate thought leaders brainstormed how to improve the quantity—and quality—of affordable housing in Toronto.

City Building, Design, Speaker Series

Food Fighters: How a new advocacy group plans to change your diet

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, July 18, 2012

When TO newcomer Darcy Higgins looked around the city, he saw a burgeoning food culture that needed a unified voice around issues of accessibility, sustainability and security. Food Forward, the group he founded, is providing a table to gather at.

Healthcare and Wellness, Sustainability