Olivia Chow Elected As Mayor Of Toronto (www.cbc.ca)
Results finally in, ending a surprisingly close race between her and Bailao. Big congrats to Chow, it’s hopefully the first shift of many to steer things toward a more equitable city. Let us hope that things can improve here in Toronto, Chow will be a mayor who cares infinitely more than Tory ever could have.
Loblaws and Sobeys are now under formal investigation for 'anticompetitive conduct' (www.blogto.com)
Canada’s Competition Bureau, which has already concluded that the nation needs more supermarket players to foster a healthy market for consumers, i…
Thousands in Toronto take to the streets for climate (www.nationalobserver.com)
Toronto is about to get a new type of intersection unlike any it's seen before (www.blogto.com)
Will There Ever Be A Scarborough RT Busway? [Steve Munro] (stevemunro.ca)
New ranking says Toronto has fallen from its former tech hub glory (www.blogto.com)
(Becky Robertson / blogTO)
Developers had direct influence over Ontario Greenbelt land removal, AG finds | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
The report, makes a definitive link between the Premier’s Office, the housing minister, a central political staffer who drove the project, and developers who benefitted from the deal....
Today is Toronto's By-Election Day! (June 26, 2023)
Everyone who is eligible should go and vote for mayor of Toronto, if they haven’t done so already....
U of T faculty who don’t leave pro-Palestinian encampment before deadline could face termination (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Single Toronto speed camera has raked in a staggering $3.3 million in just 16 months (www.blogto.com)
It's been 20 years since the great North America blackout left Toronto, other cities without power (www.cbc.ca)
Growth comes to an urban backwater (www.theglobeandmail.com)
By JOHN LORINC • TGAM
Developer guests at Doug Ford family wedding got fast-track zoning approvals from government (www.cbc.ca)
Minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) are a powerful tool the province can use to expedite development on a specific parcel of land. At the stroke of a pen, a cabinet minister overrides local planning rules, avoids public consultation and changes what can be built on the property....
Moving to Electric Buses: TTC Plan Update [Steve Munro] (stevemunro.ca)
1992 Toronto Riot (www.youtube.com)
CITY-TV News footage the day after the 1992 Toronto Riot.
Metro grocery workers ratify historic new collective agreement (www.unifor.org)
Man pushed at Toronto subway station dies in hospital weeks after attack (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
(By Abby O’Brien / CTV News)
‘It’s a bit ridiculous’: Toronto man frustrated after EV charging plans shut down (globalnews.ca)
A Toronto man hoping to make the switch to an electric vehicle was left frustrated after consulting and working with the city for more than a year and a half, only to have his request to build a parking pad to support a charging station denied.
Opening date of Eglinton Crosstown LRT to be announced by end of summer: Metrolinx CEO (www.cp24.com)
"The tentative opening date of the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) line will be revealed by the end of the summer, the head of Metrolinx announced Thursday....
Toronto will allow drinking in 27 parks this summer. Find out where here (www.cbc.ca)
Pilot project to run from Aug. 2 to Oct. 9 in select parks