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A new University of Toronto study has identified “superstar” varieties of rice that can reduce fertilizer loss and cut down on environmental…
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Whether you’re collecting Poké Balls, hatching eggs, training at the Poké Gym or capturing Rattata, Jigglypuff or Zubat, if you’re playing Pokémon Go…
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U of T grad and two-time Olympian Rosie MacLennan will be Canada’s flag bearer in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Prime Minister…
A University of Toronto scientist has developed a new method for identifying the raw ingredients necessary to build ‘biologics’, a powerful class of…
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With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro only weeks away, many athletes – including Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic – have pulled out of the…
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Mapping the City is an ongoing series on the stories we can tell about people and places in Toronto through maps created by University of Toronto…
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July is looking to be another record-breaking month as housing prices in Toronto continue to soar. Scarborough, in particular, has seen the…
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In the 31 years since they first formed in Kingston, Ontario, the Tragically Hip have evolved into Canadian cultural icons. Many of their songs…
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It’s hard to avoid getting caught up in Pokémon GO mania – whether you jumped on the bandwagon after (or even before) the app’s official Canadian…
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High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British…
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As the city considers a ravine strategy plan, University of Toronto forestry professor Sandy Smith and her students are tracking the ecological…
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University of Toronto and MIT researchers have discovered important differences between lower-income and higher-income children in their ability to…