A free Maple Leafs baseball game at my local playground has long been the best community event in the city. Then the team signed a former Major League Baseball star awaiting sentencing.

As competitive, specialized athletics dominate gyms and community fields, the children who need physical activity most are the ones being left out.

Five years after Queen’s Park unanimously voted to end the practice, families say they’re still being kept from their loved ones as punishment for complaining about care—with no clear legal recourse.

The nominations at the Digital Publishing Awards and National Magazine Awards recognize our journalism in 2025.

New federal cuts to Canada's refugee health program take effect this week. The people who work with asylum seekers say the consequences could be devastating.

The Local’s editors pick our favourite images of 2025

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A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...

Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...

Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of…

Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...

The Toronto photojournalist joins The Local as our first Visuals Editor

The Toronto photojournalist joins The Local as our first Visuals Editor

How do we create sustainable careers as photojournalists?

For humans, the virus has the potential to spark the next pandemic. But for wildlife, it's already causing devastation.

A family business in Ottawa that makes special shoulder rests for violins is imperiled by both Trump’s tariffs on Canada and potential Canadian retaliation.

Amid changes that make accessing health care for uninsured residents more difficult than ever, midwives have led the charge for universal care.

Lynn Riordan found stability as a transgender woman in San Francisco. Now she’s considering giving it up to escape President Donald Trump’s anti-trans agenda.

Lynn Riordan found stability as a transgender woman in San Francisco. Now she’s considering giving it up to escape President Donald Trump’s anti-trans agenda.