Victoria Gibson

Reporter, @torontostar

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Across Canada, more than 600,000 kids are growing up in homes that are significantly broken, overcrowded or unaffordable.

What happens when they're forced out?

This is, “The Kids Aren’t All Alright,” a series on how Canada is failing a generation. https://t.co/wpUU84qJj5

[Alyshah Sanmati Hasham @alysanmati]

Amid ‘steady’ progress, 34 Toronto Community Housing complexes remain in critical disrepair -- great reporting from @_VictoriaGibson https://t.co/mSRZztt7xu via @torontostar

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Homeless encampments growing in Toronto: The number of tents and structures across the city has doubled since last year, as shelter closures loom and funding for some housing subsidies has dried up, by @_VictoriaGibson https://t.co/B95eCTDQxa via @torontostar #homelessness

[David Rider @dmrider]

“Housing Now” or “Housing Never”? City council’s program to jumpstart affordable home construction is a mayoral election hot potato. Star’s @_VictoriaGibson reveals reasons the plan has yet to see one home built https://t.co/35AdCuNUQ1 via @torontostar

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

The tower at 69 Yonge was once the gleaming headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Now it’s at the centre of reimagining of downtown Toronto space. https://t.co/mczK6PFz7E

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Breaking: Toronto council declares homelessness an emergency https://t.co/XrmzFAaXv7

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

On Wednesday, Toronto council voted 18-7 to approve multiplex housing citywide — meaning duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes can be built throughout large swaths of the city. https://t.co/Ea48m62i5r

[Kristin Rushowy @krushowy]

The greying of Toronto Islands: The curious case of one of the city’s most coveted communities https://t.co/vRMRu95uEu via @torontostar @maywarren11 @_VictoriaGibson

[Victoria Gibson @_VictoriaGibson]

@carastern @CTulk Thanks Cara! The design was by the terrific @NathanPilla. Appreciate the kind words.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

For decades, Toronto has protected huge parts of the city from anything denser than detached or semi-detached houses 🏠

How Toronto became an uneven city, and the looming fight to change the rules.

This is #ZonedOut by @_VictoriaGibson & Nathan Pilla
https://t.co/YMzoXPQUwx

[Nick Faris @nickmfaris]

"He played 16 years of professional hockey. He's never faced anything like this. But you could tell he did know ups and downs and sadness. That's what he handled so well."

I profiled Scott Barney, head coach of the Humboldt Broncos:

[May Warren @maywarren11]

This great read from ⁦@_VictoriaGibson⁩ and ⁦⁦@NathanPilla⁩ really shows the density divide in the city. https://t.co/Vs1gZPdhmt

[Victoria Gibson @_VictoriaGibson]

New from me and @nathanpilla: A story about Toronto's uneven growth, from a bird's eye view. @TorontoStar https://t.co/Cb5oz1lMsR

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Toronto has approved more than 19,700 affordable rentals over the last six-plus years, but only about eight per cent — or 1,617 units — have actually been finished, a new database shows. https://t.co/LV673AgeRZ

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

At Toronto psychiatric facility CAMH, hospital stays can last for years due to a lack of housing, by @_VictoriaGibson https://t.co/HafelKYX4A via @torontostar #MentalHealth

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Charles Parris was a beloved neighbour in his building, but died with no one to bury him.

His case highlights a burgeoning problem, as an increasing number of people in Toronto are dying without anyone able or willing to put them to rest.

https://t.co/X3u7KB1VmU

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Why a sought-after subsidized apartment sat frozen in time for nearly a year https://t.co/Loh37Or1sF

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

After spending millions to maintain an empty housing complex, TCHC now wants to tear it down https://t.co/VhZf24IIG9

[Karon Liu @karonliu]

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