A sombre line formed along the east side of Yonge Street, just south of Finch Avenue, as scores of people helped take down the makeshift memorial Sunday, June 3 honouring the victims of April’s van ...

Mel Lastman Square is a busy and influential area, that offers activities year round. While it is surrounded by North York’s bustling business sector, the square serves as a daily retreat to relax and ...

From dozens of candles and photos, handwritten notes and poetry to Persian desserts, and a tiny pair of Minnie Mouse shoes, the ever growing memorial at Mel Lastman Square is emotional, touching ...

If, along the way, there was a North Korean-level of civic veneration – Mel Lastman Square rings every day with the sound of a carillon playing Mel’s Bells – well, that was the price to be paid.

A woman sits on the grass and listens to music during Canada Day celebrations Monday at Mel Lastman Square in North York. Richard Lautens Toronto Star. By Mahdis Habibinia City Hall Bureau.

TORONTO — Canada’s largest city is witnessing the end of a political era: Mayor Mel Lastman, a Jewish millionaire businessman who has spent the past 30 years as an unbeatable municipal ...

Toronto's larger-than-life former mayor Mel Lastman has died. And although his terms were full of controversies, Torontonians' remember what he did for their city.