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What happened to the “multiculturalism” statue in front of Union Station?

What happened to the “multiculturalism” statue in front of Union Station? It seems to have disappeared.—Gordon...

I’ve noticed that quite a few of the old trees dotting our sidewalks have been cut in half

Dear Urban Decoder: I’ve noticed that quite a few of the old trees dotting our sidewalks have been cut in half. Why remove only...

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In Amsterdam, there is a bridge over the river Amstel called the Torontobrug

In Amsterdam, there is a bridge over the river Amstel called the Torontobrug. I’m wondering if there is a connection to our...

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While travelling the subway, I often hear the announcement “99 Eglinton, 99 Eglinton” over the intercom

Dear Urban Decoder: While travelling the subway, I often hear the announcement “99 Eglinton, 99 Eglinton” over the intercom. I...

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While walking along the beach recently, I saw some young surfers out on the lake being pulled along by giant kites

While walking along the beach recently, I saw some young surfers out on the lake being pulled along by giant kites. Please...

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At the bottom of the Lake Shore exit off the Gardiner is a large, dramatically lit statue with a proud lion at its base

At the bottom of the Lake Shore exit off the Gardiner is a large, dramatically lit statue with a proud lion at its base. What does...

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What happened to the “multiculturalism” statue in front of Union Station?

I’ve noticed that quite a few of the old trees dotting our sidewalks have been cut in half

In Amsterdam, there is a bridge over the river Amstel called the Torontobrug

While travelling the subway, I often hear the announcement “99 Eglinton, 99 Eglinton” over the intercom

While walking along the beach recently, I saw some young surfers out on the lake being pulled along by giant kites

At the bottom of the Lake Shore exit off the Gardiner is a large, dramatically lit statue with a proud lion at its base

I’ve heard there are roundabouts somewhere in the city

All over downtown, signs are going up designating districts

Why are some 905 numbers long distance while others aren’t? And what’s with this 647 business?

I recently noticed a sign for the Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto, on Yonge Street in Thornhill

Just west of Yonge leading south from Adelaide, I noticed a street sign for Grand Opera Lane

Can you tell me why the Ernst & Young Tower of the TD Centre has a floor named 7A?

On Berkeley Street, just north of Dundas, the façade of an old building stands propped up by huge structural beams

I’m confused and disturbed by the way southerners use salt instead of sand on slippery sidewalks during winter

What’s the story behind 471–473 Bloor Street West?

An older friend told me that in the 1930s they would burn ships in the harbour off Sunnyside

Lately, the overhead electronic signs on the DVP have displayed such singsongy messages as “Check your gauges, control your rages,” and “Why fool with fate? Don’t tailgate”

The Starbucks at the northwest corner of Yonge and College is housed in a strange red-brick building that looks like an old castle

What was the original intent for the large, unfinished, grey concrete structure that sits above the underground parking lot just west of Yonge Street between Adelaide and Temperance?

Sitting in a shallow basin in Norman Jewison Park, there’s a small tombstone inscribed with the words “In Memory of Barney.”

What’s the story behind those two houses on the east side of Leslie north of Lawrence?

I hear that the lieutenant-governor hosts an annual New Year’s Day brunch called a levee

How much money do the traffic cameras at major intersections generate for the city?

I have Central American friends coming to Toronto for the holidays who’ve never seen snow

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025

Save Me From My Screen: How smartphone addiction is ruining our lives

The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience: The thief, the cam girl and their whirlwind fraudulent romance

Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss

A behind-the-curtain look at the insatiable political ambitions of Doug Ford

Sex worker and Anora consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood

Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal

Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial

Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber

Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche

Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

The Magic Lab: How chemist and computer scientist Alán Aspuru-Guzik brought self-driving laboratories from Harvard to Toronto

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

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