Metro Morning

Losing 103.9 Proud FM means losing a news source and a focus for queer communities, as well as an independent professional media outlet; where are the top three playgrounds in Toronto?

Developers and house-hunters will put a price on the lands removed from the Greenbelt -- but tenant farmers and others say the greater public value may be in protected agriculture.

"It needs to be safe inside and very safe outside": Councilor reacts to charges against worker after murder outside harm reduction site; TDSB asked to ensure teachers at Wandering Spirit are Indigenous.

Hamilton will allow limited tenting in certain parks -- along with some access to amenities -- for the homeless, and is developing a site of 25 'Tiny Shelter' cabins for use in winter.

Environmental lawyer says "stripping this land of Greenbelt protection just diverts development" with no increase in supply, no decrease in price and "fewer homes--slower, not more homes more quickly".

Listen to pastors, church-goers and local business people in Etobicoke organize to help Ugandan refugees with food, housing and very simple innovative bedding that costs a fraction of a regular mattress.

Since 1951 Henrietta Lacks's "immortal" cells were used in countless medical innovations -- now a court case sets the record straight; Q: How to recruit students to less glamourous courses? A: posters.

Business owner on Emancipation Day: "30,000 slaves escaped to Canada... the size of my hometown"; "You just existing in the freeness of who you are -- is resistance" says Toronto singer.

It's a Duck Off!... compiling great segments on the most delicious duck in Toronto -- featuring vivid descriptions of "succulent" Guyanese versions, and Suresh in Scarborough for Egyptian duck.

Recently-arrived political refugees are on the streets of Toronto -- stuck in a byzantine system -- victims of a stand-off between the City and the Federal Government.