Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called a Toronto field trip that saw students involved with a downtown protest “disgraceful” and called for an urgent investigation, […]
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Largest school board in Ontario under fire after field trip to downtown protest
Ontario’s largest school board is under fire after students at several schools were taken on a field trip where they appear to have ended up […]
‘Less hassle’: Toronto to close entire Gardiner Expressway for weekend work
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 […]
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 […]