Allison Hannaford
About Allison Hannaford
Based out of North Bay, Ontario, Allison Hannaford is a recent graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) with a degree in journalism with a minor in English literature. You can read her work in The New York Times, where she has been contributing since 2020.
Women celebrate by flooding social media with pictures of ribbon skirts, and stories of resilience
Indigenous women filled social media with stories of strength and resilience from coast to coast while proudly donning their ribbon skirts on Wednesday, celebrating Canada’s first National Ribbon Skirt Day.
Greta’s great Twitter smackdown
Twitter lit up Wednesday morning after climate justice activist Greta Thunberg burned former professional kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate online.
Climate and the holiday storms of 2022: ‘I don’t think people realize just how much trouble we’re in’
Some are calling the weather set to hit Ontario over the holidays the storm of the century. But this is just one of the many ‘storms of the century’ to hit Canada in the last few decades, says one expert.
‘Our big fear is that they’re going to disappear altogether’: First Nations fight to save caribou herd trapped on Ontario islands
For years, two First Nations in northern Ontario have fought for government help to save a declining caribou herd from extinction.
Out of money, out of hope. Ontario seniors are pushed into long-term care for lack of better options
Lucy DeFilippis is a light sleeper, so when her phone rings in the middle of the night, she wakes quickly, ready to face the next crisis.
A political insider’s view of election campaign ground game
Sheila Copps pulls the sheet back and reveals what happens when you run a campaign and how a party could recover after a previous loss.
Soaring housing prices hit small town Ontario hard
Ann says she would like to move but simply can’t afford it. A comparable apartment would cost nearly $1,000 more per month than she pays now, and her rent would exceed her fixed income. As it is, Ann spends nearly half her income on housing.
This is what Ontario’s affordability crisis looks like
Students and workers early in their careers often face the worst effects of Ontario’s affordability crisis, with home ownership well out of reach for most and steep rents and the rising cost of food, gasoline and other costs squeezing budgets.