  | Your 1st look at Biidaasige Park in Toronto's redeveloped Port Lands | City's newest park and the revitalized Don River have been decades in the making.
CBC's Metro Morning was live from the park on July 18, just hours before the largest park to open in Toronto in a generation, welcomed visitors. | | | | |  | Century-old Toronto trail to get $35M rehab funded mostly by neighbourhood groups | A deteriorated ravine path, which some call "the missing link" in Toronto's recreational trail system, may soon be coming back to life with the help from a midtown residents' group.
Funding for the first steps toward rehabilitating the long-neglected trail through the Vale of Avoca, a steep valley near Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue E., was approved by council Thursday.
Coun. Josh Matlow, who represents Toronto-St. Paul's, has been championing the century-old trail's comeback along with Coun. Dianne Saxe, who represents neighbouring University-Rosedale. | | | | |  | Museum of Toronto launches campaign to explore city's lost history | The Museum of Toronto has launched a new campaign that it hopes will help residents explore the city's forgotten history.
The T.O. You Don't Know project aims to help people discover "hidden layers of the city," said Rachel Hilton, speaking on CBC Radio's Metro Morning Thursday. Hilton is the director of marketing and operations at the Museum of Toronto.
"There are lots of things that make the city much more interesting, renew our interest, connect us as Torontonians, and we thought it would be a great way for people to either explore all these sites or just renew interest in the place that they live," Hilton said. | | | | |  | Toronto man, 26, wins $60M lottery jackpot | Bocheng Mei said his hands and feet grew numb when he realized he had won $60 million in the LOTTO 6/49 Gold Ball.
The 26-year-old from Toronto, who works in the software industry, said he got a phone call from an unknown number — a representative from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Mei had missed an email informing him that he had won a prize, and the caller asked him to check his OLG account.
"I'm talking to OLG people, but at the same time I'm googling the number, googling trying to find any information to verify if this is legit," he said in a video provided by OLG announcing his win from the May 7 draw. | | | | |  | A library on wheels? This bookmobile is making stops across the GTA | The Zou Zou Bookmobile is making its way around the GTA's parks and festivals this summer. We spoke to the founder to find out more about the library on wheels. | | | | |  | There's a giant hidden reservoir under this popular Toronto park | Toronto is full of hidden gems — and CBC's Haydn Watters is exploring them this summer, starting with a massive underground reservoir below a popular park. | | | | |  | Share your soccer story and win | To celebrate the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, Canada’s first women’s professional soccer league, CBC has teamed up with the NSL to bring you an exciting contest this summer.
We’re looking for your favourite soccer moments. Whether it's how the sport has changed your life, a special memory as a fan or the simple joy it brings to your neighbourhood. We want to hear how soccer has impacted you.
Winners will receive ten tickets to the final AFC Toronto home game, exclusive CBC and AFC swag, a private meet and greet with AFC Toronto player(s) and a feature on the CBC Toronto Community Page.
Don't forget, AFC Toronto takes on Vancouver Rise FC at BMO Field, Sunday, August 17th — and your match ticket includes full access to the CNE! | | | | |  | The CBC Massey Lectures are back and coming to Toronto | Join us on Friday, Sept. 19 at Koerner Hall, inside the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, at 7 p.m. where human rights lawyer Alex Neve will explore what it takes to make human rights truly universal. | | | | |  | CBC's Top 5 picks for August | As we approach mid-summer, there’s plenty to dive into on CBC throughout August! Starting with FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2025: Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, to the gripping new season of Plan B, where a mother races through time to save her daughter, to fresh laughs with 14 rising comics in The New Wave of Standup. Revisit the quirky world of Portlandia, and tune into the podcast Personally: Forever is a Long Time, reflecting on marriage, divorce, and love. All this and more in CBC's Top 5 Picks for August. | | |  | From Here and Now with Ramraajh Sharvendiran: The launch of "T is for Terry: An ABC of Courage" coincides with what would have been Terry Fox’s 67th birthday. The book launch was held this afternoon at the Scarborough Civic Centre. The same place where Terry spoke during his Marathon of Hope 45 years ago. Denise Dias is the book’s author and Chief Marketing Officer of the Terry Fox Foundation. She was on here and Now. | | | |  | From This is Toronto with David Common: They're a trending. They've got millions of streams. And they don't actually exist. Guest host Stephanie Skenderis explores the A.I. generated music group Velvet Sundown is changing the music industry. She speaks with U of T's Ely Lyonbloom and Toronto musician Skye Wallace about it. | | | | | | Latest News from CBC Toronto | | | | |  | Tell us what you think!
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