Love this Inori Roy piece that uses 311 data to chart the geography of a certain kind of civic engagement/privilege. If your neighbourhood has a lot of complaints about general pruning you're probably rich! thelocal.to/toronto-311-co…

Got to dive into the sometimes-bizarre world of habitual 311 callers and neighbourhood disputes in search of something deeper—to understand who chooses to, feels entitled to, complain in Toronto. Here's me on the relationship between 311 requests, wealth, and civic engagement:

PIECE OF THE WEEK: Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction: For years, unhoused people like Davit Sesisheili have gone from park to park, moving when the City evicts them. buff.ly/3NthCT9 (The Local Magazine (Archived Account) Bren Doherty)

The Annex has fewer residents today than in 1971. The towers of Crescent Town have far more. @simonlewsen on how the uneven, illogical densification pattern of the last 50 years created today’s Toronto. thelocal.to/density-the-an…

Toronto's population has more than doubled since 1971, but many neighbourhoods—the tree-lined, affluent ones—have gotten less dense. In a big (dare I say, "sprawling"?) essay for thelocal, I explain how uneven densification makes life worse for everybody. 📸 by @chloeellingson

This Simon Lewsen feature on the tale two neighbourhoods—with fights over new developments in the Annex, and rent strikes in Crescent Town—is the story of the last fifty years of Toronto. With gorgeous photos by @chloeellingson. thelocal.to/density-the-an…

Voting in Don Valley West is usually a sleepy affair, writes Wency Leung. But with accusations of bigotry, legal threats, and behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, the by-election has become a contentious, partisan battle. #topoli thelocal.to/don-valley-wes…

I wrote this: "Year after year, block after block, Toronto has deferred to property owners and declined opportunities to build. Many of those decisions were individually defensible, but cumulatively they’ve resulted in the polarized city we have today." thelocal.to/density-the-an…

If you heard Doug Ford say only 1.2% of Torontonians bike to work and thought, "That can't be true" — you're right. The real number is around 10%. Add in errands & socializing: 44%. Add in all cycling: 70%. And growing. 🔓 No paywall #onpoli thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…

It's voting day in Don Valley West. Here are the Ward 15 by-election candidates. #topoli thelocal.to/ward-15-don-va…

We'll have live results from the Don Valley West by-election once polls close at 8:00 p.m tonight. #TOpoli thelocal.to/don-valley-wes…

Rachel Chernos Lin defeats Anthony Furey in a fiercely partisan by-election in Don Valley West. #TOpoli #DVW thelocal.to/rachel-chernos…

With anonymous letters flying and a union leader warning off voters, I went out to Durham to write about Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani, his good friend J.D. Vance, and the limits of a certain kind of culture war politics. thelocal.to/federal-electi…

Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. thelocal.to/conservative-p…

Love this Alexandra Kimball feature on cormorants, the most persecuted bird on earth. It's got obsessed bird lovers, furious anglers, a weird Ford government hunting law, and a million puking, toxic-guano-dropping waterbirds. #longreads thelocal.to/cormorants-tor…

"Cormorants are more than birds to us. They’re vectors for clashing ideas about cities, wildlife, and how humans co-exist—or don’t—with the aspects of nature that remain especially messy, visible, and resistant to our control." Alexandra Kimball The Local Magazine (Archived Account) thelocal.to/cormorants-tor…

Ontario’s lax regulations have made the province the “wild west” for exotic animals. But as public concern over animal welfare grows, some zoos are buckling under the pressure. Read my latest for The Local Magazine (Archived Account) "End Times at Ontario’s Roadside Zoos?" thelocal.to/ontario-roadsi…

I never used to see rabbits in Toronto. Then, suddenly, I began seeing them everywhere. Then I lost my mind investigating urban bunnies. Please read my a journey into the heart of rabbit madness. thelocal.to/more-rabbits-i…