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The closure of the Ontario Science Centre was a murder. Then devastated staff were given four months to dispose of the body. Alison Motluk, a former Science Centre employee, takes readers inside the final days of a beloved institution.

The Killing of the Science Centre | The Local The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.

Moss Park has the lowest life expectancy in the city by far. Executive editor Nicholas Hune-Brown on what’s behind the neighbourhood’s struggles, and how those lost years reverberate throughout the community.

Moss Park’s Lost Years | The Local Grief, and hope, in the downtown eastside neighbourhood with the lowest life-expectancy in the city.

New from The Local: The problems in Toronto schools end up in the office, where principals and vice-principals are overwhelmed and struggling to keep up. on the school administrators who say the job is becoming unmanageable.

Trouble in the Principal’s Office | The Local The problems in Toronto schools end up in the office, where principals and vice-principals say they’re overwhelmed and struggling to keep up.