Metro Morning

"It's undeniable it's going to be part of the future": Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says 60 seconds saved per average GTA car trip on planned Hwy 413 is "worth it to keep people moving".

Blackface at Parkdale Collegiate Toronto: How the Board is investigating and what will happen; A GTA father remembered -- daughter credits vaccines with saving rest of his immediate family.

The story of 'Rockets' candy, from the granddaughter of the Toronto founder; changing tastes in costumes -- preschoolers love Paw Patrol, Middle schoolers enjoy their more "obscure choices"; GTA ghosts.

"Now is the moment. Now is the time": a tribute to friends; Children's art exhibit at Royal Ontario Museum; weeping as strangers pass the finish line; seasonal work as a haunted house attendant.

Thornhill senior wins Boston Marathon: "I didn't run out of ...juice, y'know?"; Director X's Luminato film: "It does get a little wwooee and spiritual"; Iraqi-style shwarma; Harbourfront's hill of skulls

Young engineering students meet and hang out for the first time on school steps; Indigenous Sci-fi that's not fiction; giant faces at Harbourfront; Toronto Book Awards; Suresh... and more.

Art of Alanis Obomsawin animated by Metis film maker Terril Calder for sound and light show on facade of Royal Ontario Museum; Raptors' season opener; introducing 'Sort Of'.

'I felt like I was flung into the stars': being young and arriving in 1970s Toronto reveals life as one exhilarating narrow escape after another; Unique Orange shirt design funds Indigenous projects.

GTA woman remembers her brother who dropped his studies in physics to become a journalist in Eritrea at grave personal peril; also interviews on Toronto visual arts and ballet.

Jays games "so energetic people are losing their minds"; Stunt flyers & giant octopus at kite fest; Crossing guard playlists; love Little Jamaica; TIFF debut for GTA director; Suresh's Singapore fave.