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Artist Drops Sketchbook With Years of Work Lost – Until Toronto Steps up to Help
From Toronto comes a lovely story about lost and found, and how this nearly universal feature of Western society can bring out the best...
Toronto is Replacing Air Conditioners With Deep Lake Water to Cool Hundreds of Buildings
180 Toronto buildings have ditched energy intensive air-conditioning in favor of cooling by pumping frigid waters from the depths of Lake Ontario through pipes...
El Árbol más Viejo de Toronto ya no será Talado Gracias a la Decisión de Último Momento del Consejo de la Ciudad
Uno de los árboles más viejos de Canadá, un roble rojo de 250 años estaba frente al hacha, pero una votación de último minuto del ayuntamiento de Toronto lo salvó.
Toronto’s Oldest Tree Will No Longer Be Cut Down Thanks to Last-Minute Decision By City Council
One of the oldest trees in Canada, a towering red oak believed to be more than 250 years old, was facing the axe when...
When Toronto Pub Admits it Needs Rent Money, Neighborhood Swoops In to Buy its Entire Stock of Beer
The popular Toronto hangout Swan Dive posted that it was struggling to pay the rent through the pandemic. So customers bought all its stock...
Toronto Garbage Trucks Will Soon Be Powered by Biogas From the Very Food Scraps That They Collect
Toronto is one of the first North American cities to harness the biogas from their food waste and turn it into something useful.
Here’s How Thousands of Birds Are Being Saved From Flying into Toronto Buildings
The Canadian city has become one of the most impressive examples of how we can prevent rare avian species from flying into glass structures.
Toronto Man Finds Woman With Ex-Girlfriend’s Name for Free Trip Around World
A Toronto man looking for a travel partner with the same name as his ex-girlfriend has finally found his match.
"After making headlines a month...
Toronto Hospital Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the First Successful Lung Transplant
In 1983, Tom Hall was the 45th patient in the world to receive a lung transplant, but the first ever to survive more than...
Toronto Cop Reunites Little Boy With Teddy Bear Using Twitter
A Toronto police officer must remember what it's like being five-years-old because he took the time to tweet a photo of a stuffed toy...
Toronto Restaurant Gives Boy a Chance to Sell His Lemonade
A Whitby restaurant has offered to help a nine-year-old autistic Oshawa boy whose lemonade stand was nearly shutdown by a sour neighbour who called...
John Malkovich Helps Save Man’s Life on Toronto Street
An elderly American couple visiting Toronto have turned into actor John Malkovich's biggest fans. The Ohio senior was saved from severe bleeding when the...
Squash Prodigy Flees Taliban, Finds Refuge in Toronto
At 20, Maria Toorpakai is the best female squash player in Pakistan. But she can't play there.
Her family began receiving death threats from the...
Toronto Thrill Seekers Can Walk on Building’s Edge 116 Stories Up
EdgeWalk at the CN Tower, has become Toronto’s most extreme attraction. Thrill lovers will walk on the edge of one of the world’s tallest...
Toronto Zoo to be Powered by Poo
The Toronto Zoo wants to build a $13 million facility that would turn "zoo poo" into electricity. The staff believes that animal dung...
Plan Transforms Toronto Brickyard into Green Spaces
The site design for Toronto's Brick Works, a unique project that involves restoring nature in the city while incorporating heritage buildings and an art...
Good News in History, November 17
151 years ago today, the Rival cities of Buda and Pest put their differences aside and their names together to form Budapest—the capital of...
Good News in History, November 14
86 years ago today, the Lion's Gate Bridge opened in Vancouver. Crossing the Burrard Inlet, the total length of the bridge including the north...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Good News in History, October 4
200 years ago today, a new federalist constitution was signed inaugurating the First Mexican Republic. A drafting committee consisting of several representative figures led...