Ancient play set in modern-day Toronto leaves room to debate what happened at the G20 Summit protests By Mickal Aranha It’s been two years since the G20 Summit in Toronto, cause for Canada’s biggest security operation and the largest mass arrest in peacetime history, and almost a year since the Occupy Toronto movement began. Many […]

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Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, and Beth Macdonell The Riding Trinity-Spadina neighbourhoods include Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Portugal, Kensington Market, the Annex, Seaton Village, Harbord Village, University of Toronto,  Koreatown, Queen West, King West, the West Waterfront and the Toronto Islands. The riding is one of the most rapidly changing areas in the city […]

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No justice, no grease Annex resident and former Gleaner editor Liivi Sandy called the police after she heard “violent and very unnerving” smashing at 2 a.m., on the eve of the G20. She initially thought her home was being broken into. Sandy then looked out her window and saw a person dressed in dark clothing […]

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On June 26, the Gleaner documented the Queen’s Park protests through photography. Check out these photos on our Flickr page. Perry King/Gleaner News

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By Emina Gamulin Contrary to the apparent opinions of most Canadians released in a recent poll, we at the Gleaner see a lot of bad and little good coming to Toronto communities as a result of the G20 summit. Designated free speech areas, random police checks, razor-wired security fences, surveillance cameras, tear gas, sound cannons, […]

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By Jacob Arnfield At a price of $1 billion dollars, with international financial leaders, media, police, and protestors all congregating downtown, the G20 will be an event unlike any other the city has ever seen. In case some of the disparate accounts have left you confused, here are some details for how the summit will alter the […]

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