Kathryn Mannie

2 days ago | torontotoday.ca | Allison Smith |Kathryn Mannie

Rookie Liberal MP Evan Solomon is Canada’s minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, a new portfolio that signals a tech focus for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new government. Solomon, a former CBC and CTV broadcast journalist, was elected to represent the Liberals in Toronto Centre last month. Toronto—Danforth Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin was also named to Carney’s cabinet. Dabrusin, who was elected for a fourth term, will serve as minister of environment and climate change.

5 days ago | villagereport.ca | Kathryn Mannie

TORONTO - In an unassuming, one room building deep in Tommy Thompson Park, conservation staff and volunteers are hard at work this spring season. On Saturday afternoon, a volunteer returning from a field walk stepped through the door proudly brandishing a small cloth pouch. Inside was a tiny — and likely irritated — migratory bird. In quick order, Shane Abernethy, the “bander-in-charge” of the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station, identified the creature as a Cape May warbler.

5 days ago | torontotoday.ca | Kathryn Mannie

In an unassuming, one room building deep in Tommy Thompson Park, conservation staff and volunteers are hard at work this spring season. On Saturday afternoon, a volunteer returning from a field walk stepped through the door proudly brandishing a small cloth pouch. Inside was a tiny — and likely irritated — migratory bird. In quick order, Shane Abernethy, the “bander-in-charge” of the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station, identified the creature as a Cape May warbler.

6 days ago | torontotoday.ca | Kathryn Mannie

For Carmen Madonia, Hanlan’s Point Beach was the first place where she felt comfortable wearing a bikini. As a trans woman, Madonia said she has been yelled at and harassed at other Toronto beaches for being visibly trans. But Hanlan’s always felt like a safe space. The clothing optional beach on the west shore of the Toronto Islands is recognized as Canada’s oldest surviving queer space and the site of Canada’s first Pride celebration in 1971.

6 days ago | torontotoday.ca | Kathryn Mannie

Bike Shares will be ready to ride on the Toronto Islands on Friday May 16, according to the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), the city agency that operates Bike Share Toronto. Docks for the bikes have already started appearing at various locations on the island. On Friday afternoon, TorontoToday observed two docks on Hanlan’s Island, one near the ferry terminal and another near the entrance to Hanlan’s Point Beach.