Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

A dangerous Minnesota roundabout shows what happens when engineers preserve future traffic capacity at the expense of safety today.

The secret isn’t just high-speed rail or massive infrastructure projects. It’s making public transportation so affordable the alternative seems ridiculous.

The Region of Waterloo is opening a new warming centre in Cambridge ahead of the winter season. Located at Cambridge's YWCA at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the shelter will serve up to 20 women and ge...

It's harder for political candidates to get into apartment buildings to canvass, and that means people who live there aren't being heard as clearly, Luisa D'Amato writes

'We cannot simultaneously say we want affordable housing, protect farmland and oppose new homes in existing neighbourhoods,' writes Phil Mills

The climate group says local progress is too slow to halve emissions by 2030, with provincial and federal policy shifts undermining key measures.

A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time.

Municipal candidate responses to our top transportation policy questions

The gender gap and geographic divide are forcing women to travel outside the city for services.

Each Mayoral candidate will give a brief introduction, then answer questions gathered from the in-person audience, or submitted in advance.

You can have an ultra-wealthy class or you can have democracy. You can’t have both. Choose...wisely.

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Ontario voters should ask where their municipalities’ advertising dollars go, Mirko Petricevic writes

An overview of local news and other happenings in and around Waterloo Region

Taking property to build big things is not a simple story of heroes vs. villains. Are we ready for a hard conversation about the powers of our (sometimes) friendly neighbourhood governments?

Speeding remains the most common dangerous driving behaviour reported by Ontario drivers

'We cannot simultaneously say we want affordable housing, protect farmland and oppose new homes in existing neighbourhoods,' writes Phil Mills

The gender gap and geographic divide are forcing women to travel outside the city for services.

When more normal market conditions return — and they will — we will be right back to needing more of everything.

Community radio exists because people like you believe local voices matter. By becoming a member, you help create space for local music, independent…

'We cannot simultaneously say we want affordable housing, protect farmland and oppose new homes in existing neighbourhoods,' writes Phil Mills

‍On Monday, October 26, communities across Ontario will vote for the people who will shape, more than any other level of government, the quality of our everyday lives. Not in the abstract. In the…

How one citizen and one mayor showed what local government is supposed to be.

Speeding remains the most common dangerous driving behaviour reported by Ontario drivers

The back-to-school safety push by police continues this week, with another reminder to pay attention while behind the wheel.