When @royinori.bsky.social reports on something, she goes all in. Here's her incredible deep dive in search of what makes mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford tick. thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...

Fantastic work by @royinori.bsky.social tracking down former staffers, classmates and colleagues to get a deeper understanding of the man who might be Toronto’s next mayor.

I get to speak with @janelytv.bsky.social at this great online Toronto Public Library event next week! Come join us if you can! tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a...

Nice surprise: My podcast about "Victoria Goldiee," the mysterious AI freelancer who duped publications around the world, is up for a Signal Award for best writing in a podcast. Much thanks to the Question Everything team! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

Last year, Scarborough North became the first suburban ward to legalize the construction of sixplexes. Matt Braga writes about how it’s defining the election. thelocal.to/scarborough-...

For @thelocal.to, I wrote a profile of Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish—a veteran politician known for fighting. Perhaps because of this, no one wanted to go on the record for this story

Who leads Mississauga next matters as the city tries to evolve into an urban centre
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Tell your friends in Peel: We've launched Candidate Tracker in Brampton thelocal.to/candidate-tr... and Mississauga. Bookmark it now, we’ll be updating until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

📢 We’re not just tracking candidates in Toronto anymore. Today we launched Candidate Tracker Mississauga thelocal.to/candidate-tr... and Candidate Tracker Brampton thelocal.to/candidate-tr... —fact-checked biographies of every single candidate for mayor, city councillor, and regional councillor.

Carolyn Parrish loves to fight—but to win again in Mississauga she’ll have to prove she can do more. Read @fatimabsyed.bsky.social's profile of the Mississauga mayor as she faces off against her toughest opponent. thelocal.to/carolyn-parr...

There is an immeasurable amount of AI slop that these candidates are putting up that the candidate tracker team @thelocal.to is wading through. Read our human generated and fact-checked work here: thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

The Candidate Tracker team has been in the trenches reporting and fact-checking bios and platform summaries for EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE in the 2026 Toronto election. No AI, no campaign talking points. Bookmark it, send it to a friend, we'll update until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

Municipal election season is upon us. If you're looking for meticulously researched, fact-checked information on every candidate running for local office in Toronto, look no further—Candidate Tracker is back. We'll be publishing and updating between now and election day! thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

Nicki Ward wants to be Toronto’s first openly trans councillor. But even in Toronto Centre, the most LGBTQ2S+ friendly area of the city, municipal politics can be ruthless, writes Local fellow Victoria Hincapie Gomez. thelocal.to/toronto-cent...

Today Mississauga city council unanimously passed a bylaw pausing data centre development for a year. Read about how the anti-data centre backlash caught local politicians by surprise, and how the issue now threatens to swallow the upcoming municipal election. thelocal.to/mississauga-...