Lost in The Grid
Torstar and Laas Turnbull have a bold vision: create a new style of weekly that captures the pulse of Toronto's communities. But eight months in, The Grid is still searching for its own editorial heart and soul
It all started with a lighter. In the dog days of August, one of The Grid’s senior editors sparked an ironic hashtag in the twittersphere: #UnfriendlyToronto. Edward Keenan was on a city beach with his wife and two children when a six-year-old boy came over to borrow a lighter for the candles on his brother’s […]
On the Blink
A jaundiced glance at Eye Weekly
It was Toronto’s civic event of the season. Last fall’s mayoralty race saw the two front-runners crash head-on, flinging bits of cant and rhetoric, and the city’s three dailies hustling to cover the carnage. To no one’s surprise, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Sun supported June Rowlands, the conservative candidate promising business booms […]
