Featured Stories

Solid bets for the holidays: A curated list of wintry city diversions

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Arts and Culture

Don Mills, Downtown Eastside - Old Town - Corktown, Scarborough City Centre

Letter from the editor

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Letter from Yonge Street's new Managing Editor.

Rendering of the Sky-o-swale at the East Scarborough Storefront.

How professionals and community youth collaborated to bring a new landmark to East Scarborough's Kingston-Galloway-Orton Park neighbourhood. The Sky-O-Swale is at once an eco-friendly water filtration system and a community gathering space.

Biodiversity, City Building, Design, Infrastructure, Sustainability

Scarborough City Centre

The Toronto Zoo to turn animal poo into power

Valentina Jovanovski Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Toronto Zoo's new ZooShare partnership is the Province's latest foray into community power. The Zoo will begin construction on a biogas plant this coming spring, turning the zoo's animal waste into energy that will be fed into Ontario's power grid.

Biodiversity, conservation, renewables, Research and Innovation, Sustainability

Scarborough City Centre

Steven Martin, President of Pond BioFuels.

Algae: the key to turning pollution into power

Michael O'Shaughnessy Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Nestled behind a shopping plaza in Scarborough, Pond Biofuels has been working on turning pollution into clean energy since 2007. If they're successful, this innovative alternative to fossil fuel could change manufacturing.

Biodiversity, conservation, renewables, small businesses, Sustainability

Scarborough City Centre

Pan Am inspiration: Using multi-sport games as catalysts for neighbourhood change

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 16, 2013

At tomorrow's Yonge Talks panel, Rosalyn Morrison will discuss how Toronto's Playing For Keeps initiative is building communities and creating neighbourhood leaders through play and games. Here, she answers some of our early questions.

City Building, Diversity, new canadians, Speaker Series

Central Waterfront, Scarborough City Centre

The top five public spaces that bring us together

Bert Archer Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The abundance of private development projects in the core has captured our imagination. But it’s the public spaces—where the big buildings aren't—that create the urban fabric that makes a city great. Yonge Street's Development Editor Bert Archer picks his five favourite public spaces.

City Building, infrastructure

Queen/King West, Central Waterfront, Scarborough City Centre, North York City Centre - Willowdale, Leslieville - The Beach, Downtown Eastside - Old Town - Corktown

Malvern Community Market volunteer planning group.

You are what your community eats

Jaime Woo Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The transformation of Malvern has meant more than just reclaiming it from gang violence. Bringing people together around food and green spaces has been an integral ingredient.

City Building, Diversity, Healthcare and Wellness, Sustainability

Scarborough City Centre