Shawn Micallef

The peculiar interest Ontario’s premier takes in very local issues is proof that municipal government matters despite efforts to diminish and quash actual local control.

The idea is an exciting one, but we’ve been teased with the promise over and over again, only to be disappointed.

The recent public pushback against new shelters by politicians and residents makes it seem as if the last few years haven’t taught us anything.

Photographer Steven Evans has captured the devastation wrought on the one beautifully landscaped west island

The Eglinton Crosstown is a hard thing to write about yet again, because Metrolinx keeps us in the dark about what’s going on with it.

The fight over cycling lanes and other safer-street infrastructure in our city is marred by obfuscation, scapegoating and rhetoric.

If Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish’s resignation from Peel police board won’t change anything about the force’s 21 per cent budget increase, what will?

Maybe we need to rethink what kind of province Ontario is, after an auditor general’s report that shows that a lot has happened without any political consequences.

Bonnie Crombie is in a tricky position: she can’t “out Ford a Ford” on the right, but moving left means quickly bumping into NDP territory.

A garbage truck taking down the overhead wires at King and Spadina this week sparked questions about why the city even has streetcars.