A full closure of the Gardiner Expressway is set for this weekend as congestion woes continue to plague Toronto. In a notice on its Facebook […]
Tag: Toronto politics
Pie in the sky: Why there’s talk in Toronto for an international pizza fest
Toronto has so many “unique” pizzas that one councillor is suggesting the city serve up an international pizza festival. Eglinton-Lawrence Coun. Mike Colle said in […]
Toronto needs a ‘plate of spaghetti’ transit system but costs are skyrocketing: report
The cost of expanding Toronto’s aging transit system has skyrocketed in recent decades, according to a new report, with the price per kilometre of new […]
Toronto fare evasion: How some are exploiting a TTC station’s ‘hot spot’
The Toronto Transit Commission expects to lose $123 million to fare evasion across its system this year on subways, buses and streetcars. While the TTC […]
Definition of 100-year storms ‘seems to have flown right out the window’: Toronto officials
Toronto officials said they’ll be reviewing the city’s response to intense rainfall earlier this week that resulted in dozens of cars getting stranded on major […]
‘We’re all drowning’: Inside the chaos of Toronto’s vacant home tax rollout
Newly released internal emails are offering a glimpse of the chaos behind Toronto’s vacant home tax rollout that had staff feeling like they were “drowning.” […]
Cricket, anyone? Toronto creating strategy to meet ‘growing demand’
Recognizing its growing popularity, the City of Toronto is finalizing a cricket strategy to better meet rising demand. The development of the strategy, which began […]
Visitors to Toronto Islands should have ‘fixed link’ option: councillor
Visitors heading to the Toronto Islands should have the option of a “fixed link,” one councillor says. Don Valley East Coun. Jon Burnside is asking […]
Tessa Virtue and Morgan Rielly home reno facing pushback
Canadian figure skater Tessa Virtue and husband Morgan Rielly have been advised to halt the exterior paint job on their Toronto home. Renovations at the […]
TTC strike avoided after last minute deal reached with union
A last-minute deal between the TTC and the union representing almost 12,000 transit workers has been reached, avoiding a crippling shutdown of buses, streetcars and […]