Migrant workers who get “rescued” in anti-human trafficking raids in Canada may
find themselves worse off, an advocate says. Syed Hussan spoke to CBC News
after Mexico’s consulate in Toronto said more than 60 Mexicans were picked up in
two police raids in Ontario last month.
With the new Nov. 1 deadline a week away, more providers are opting into the
$10-a-day child-care program, following a series of tweaks and a deadline
extension from the Ontario government.
Air Canada is apologizing after not allowing a passenger who’s blind to board a flight from Toronto to Minneapolis with her guide dog. Dena Wainwright, 49, says she will never fly the airline again after an ordeal that cost her $2,000.
Veteran angler Will Sampson says he’s never seen anything like it. Last Sunday, he caught a fish that’s almost never seen in Toronto Harbour: a muskie. Conservation experts say his catch is proof their efforts to naturalize the city’s waterfront are working.
Doctors and pharmacists in Canada are having trouble finding an important
antibiotic for treating bacterial infections in children, and some are insisting
a surge in respiratory illnesses is contributing to the shortage.
With Ontario’s health-care system already in crisis, a new study has found that
nearly 20 per cent of family doctors in Toronto will be closing their practices
in the next five years.
David A. Balfour Park recently reopened after more than four years and $4.8
million of construction. Upgrades include new pathways, benches, lighting. But
some advocates are asking why its new washroom facility is closed for the
winter.
High commercial rents are forcing independent businesses off Toronto’s
Roncesvalles Avenue, a process that locals say will convert the street’s quirky
character into the more corporate retail environment of other popular city
streets.
Now that Ontario education workers have voted in favour of a new contract with
the Ontario government, the focus shifts to the province’s other major education
unions.
Even after filing a police report and spending hours on the phone with Walmart
customer service, Hassan Gerami, 77, and Maliheh Banej Shafiei, 72, still owe
more than $4,000 on their Walmart Rewards Mastercard.
Toronto’s Port Lands could handle more housing if city planners call for it,
according to one of the project’s managers. The plan to build new neighbourhoods
on the 715 acres of land on the waterfront is now a target for more density in
Mayor John Tory’s 2023 housing plan.