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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
According to Homes First, seniors are increasingly in danger of eviction and
becoming homelessness. The organizations says the situation is worsening due to
Toronto’s aging population, rising inflation and the increasingly expensive
housing market.
A number of students at Northern Secondary School were this week involved in the
use of racist and misogynistic language on Snapchat, according to principal Adam
Marshall.
Authorities at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport have a warning for March
Break travellers on what’s expected to be the busiest day there since the
pandemic began. “Pack your patience,” they say, because some COVID-19
restrictions are still in place.
While face covering requirements will be lifted elsewhere on March 21, public
transit is one of several settings in which the government will still require
them until April 27.
Critics say advanced recycling is experimental, potentially harmful, and requires more public oversight, not less. Supporters say the technology keeps plastic products out of landfills and the government’s plan will reduce unnecessary red tape in the approval process.
As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, many Toronto offices large and small will be welcoming back employees this month. But it will not be a return to the workplace as we knew it, employers say.
After having most of their high school education disrupted by the COVID-19
pandemic, this year’s graduating students faces new challenges inside and
outside of the classroom as they prepare to enter post-secondary life.
While Ontario business leaders are cheering the government’s latest easing of
COVID-19 restrictions, some say it’s going to take more to convince a wary
public that it’s safe to return to old spending habits.
Three years after the Doug Ford government received a key report on making
Ontario more accessible for people with disabilities, its author says little has
been done to achieve its goals and there doesn’t appear to be a plan in place to
fix that.
With the return to in-person learning less that a week away, Ontario’s
vaccination rate for the five-to-11-year-old age group has stalled at 45 per
cent. What’s behind the lag is still unclear.