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City Life NOW Toronto October 1, 2026 Check out these 10 can’t-miss events this October in Toronto Fall is officially here, and October brings a fresh round of events and things to do across Toronto. From arts and live nighttime scares to... The post Check out these 10 can’t-miss events this October City Life NOW Toronto October 1, 2026 A Canadian astronaut is going on a six-month mission to space; here’s what you need to know What to know Months after Jeremy Hansen became the first Canadian astronaut to go on a moon mission, another Canadian astronaut is heading to space... The post A Canadian astronaut is going on a six-month City Life Spacing Toronto October 1, 2026 Before the Bentway: CBM Bathurst, 1998 The bent of the Gardiner Expressway flanking the west side of Bathurst Street currently functions as the eastern entrance to the Bentway, but when I photographed it in 1998, it framed an open vista stretching City Life NOW Toronto October 1, 2026 Only 12% of Canadians are ‘very hopeful’ about democracy; here’s why this matters What to know A new Statistics Canada study has revealed that only a small portion of Canadians feel “very hopeful” about democracy, while the majority... The post Only 12% of Canadians are ‘very hopeful’ about City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 ‘We’re honouring our people, and it’s dignified’: Toronto-based designer Jason P. Baerg brings Indigenous futurism to the world stage at Indigenous New York Fashion Week What to know Toronto-based Cree-Métis designer Jason P. Baerg fuses Indigenous futurism, intergenerational creativity, and boundary-pushing style on runways from Fashion Art Toronto to Indigenous... The post ‘We’re honouring our people, and it’s dignified’: Toronto-based City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen brings powerhouse vocals to Toronto — with one drawback What to know Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, the Tony-and-Grammy-Award-winning musical by the “Empire State of Mind” hitmaker, is a soulful, gritty tale of teenage rebellion, unconditional... The post Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen brings powerhouse vocals City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 ‘It’s definitely not in reach’: Young Torontonians get honest about the reality of buying a home What to know Do young Torontonians still care about homeownership? As mayoral candidates focus on housing affordability, Now Toronto asked locals whether buying a home... The post ‘It’s definitely not in reach’: Young Torontonians get City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 Would Bradford’s land transfer tax cut make a difference for Toronto homebuyers? Here’s what a broker says What to know Following mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s proposal, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) is calling on municipal candidates to address Municipal Land... The post Would Bradford’s land transfer tax cut make a City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 Sasha Velour’s Travesty explores Queer history, drag and resistance at Just For Laughs Toronto What to know What if a haunted theatre could tell the story of Queer history? That’s the premise of Travesty, the latest one-queen theatrical spectacle... The post Sasha Velour’s Travesty explores Queer history, drag and City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 Will the Scarborough East LRT break ground by 2030? Bradford says yes, Chow offers no date What to know Toronto mayoral candidates Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow are both promising to get the long-promised Scarborough East LRT built, but they are... The post Will the Scarborough East LRT break ground by City Life NOW Toronto September 30, 2026 Minimum wage, heating rules and more: Here’s what’s changing in Ontario this October What to know Between indoor temperature requirements and minimum wage increases, Ontario residents will see a series of changes this October. Minimum wage increase Some... The post Minimum wage, heating rules and more: Here’s what’s City Life Spacing Toronto September 28, 2026 EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time before issuing a request City Life Spacing Toronto September 21, 2026 Election 2026: The inter-governmental elephant in the room In the hall-of-mirrors that is the current mayoral election, as my colleagues John McGrath and Matt Elliott noted, we had the following weirdness last week: Premier Doug Ford, in an aside at a presser, sort City Life Spacing Toronto September 17, 2026 Election 2026: How to Read a Candidate’s Platform This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Political campaigns must compress complex problems into phrases we quickly can understand. Our job City Life Spacing Toronto September 16, 2026 OP-ED: Fighting global warming with joy This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adaptation. The timing is good. Toronto has just come through another summer of heat, flooding, and wildfire smoke. City Life Spacing Toronto September 15, 2026 Intersections of print culture in Toronto’s laneways The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers. The primary colour palette City Life Spacing Toronto September 14, 2026 Yonge Street, Evening, November 6, 1965 A few of weeks ago, while searching the Toronto Telegram online archive for aerial photos of the historic industrial waterfront, I came across a remarkable series of about 40 images from 1965 by Telegram photojournalist City Life Spacing Toronto September 11, 2026 Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came City Life Spacing Toronto September 8, 2026 Election 2026: Let’s talk about local democracy in Toronto co-written by Nick Vlahos, Patricia Wood and Gabriel Eidelman Housing. Transit. Crime. Taxes. Bike lanes. Billy Bishop Airport. Almost every major issue facing Toronto turns on the same question. Who should decide: the City, the City Life Spacing Toronto September 4, 2026 Brad Bradford’s glaring judgment problem By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in the company-you-keep problem. Or, maybe to