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Tag: Toronto
about 2 months ago
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Blue Jays face toughest test yet in red-hot Rays

Tampa Bay rolls into town Friday night riding a perfect 13-0 start, tied for the longest unbeaten streak to open a se...

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2 months ago
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Blue Jays’ pitching fortunes could hinge on Jose Berrios

If Toronto’s starting rotation thrives this season it will probably be at least in part because of Berrios’s re-emerg...

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3 months ago
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Maybe the Leafs have Lightning right where they want them

Have three long post-seaon runs taken their toll? There’s plenty to suggest that Toronto’s likely first-round opponen...

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3 months ago
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Unclaimed beaten boy the latest victim of a heartless city

To me anyway, this heartbreaking case tragically synthesizes the violence and nihilistic criminality that is Toronto’...

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3 months ago
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Doug Ford says it would be ‘great’ if former Toronto police chief runs for mayor

While the premier is officially remaining neutral in Toronto’s June 26 mayoral byelection, some Progressive Conservat...

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3 months ago
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WNBA star Napheesa Collier excited to tip off in Toronto

All signs point to a sellout for May 13 game at Scotiabank Arena as tickets go on sale for the league’s first pre-sea...

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3 months ago
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Downtown Toronto is already stumbling. How many more blows like this can it take?

The failure of Nordstrom is one more bruise for the Eaton Centre, Heather Mallick writes.

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3 months ago
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Mike Layton will not run for mayor of Toronto

Layton, a former city councillor, was considered Toronto progressives’ best hope for a left-leaning mayor after more ...

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3 months ago
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Who’ll replace John Tory? City councillors, MPPs and an ex-police chief consider joining Toronto’...

Past and present councillors, MPPs and the city’s former top cop are pondering running though the byelection is not e...

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3 months ago
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Toronto used to be unfriendly. Something’s changed

What has happened? People have begun talking to me everywhere I go, Heather Mallick writes.

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3 months ago
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Doug Ford says John Tory shouldn’t resign as Toronto’s mayor: ‘It’s not time to change’

It was the first time Ford had spoken publicly about Tory since the mayor announced Friday night he would resign afte...

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3 months ago
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As in the case of John Tory, it’s telling what people choose to forgive or ignore

Someone always has the upper hand in a relationship, illicit or not. And it isn’t necessarily the person with the per...

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3 months ago
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Leafs not making the best of chances against NHL’s worst

Winning against lowly opponents has been a struggle this season. Toronto is an underwhelming 5-4-4 in games against t...

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3 months ago
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Chinatown favourite Rol San closes, with plans to reopen

Community groups are concerned this development could displace residents and small businesses along Spadina.

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4 months ago
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CaféTO served a reprieve as Toronto council approves phasing in new permit fees over three years

When fully implemented, an average restaurant curb lane patio will cost about $3,075, while the average sidewalk pati...

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4 months ago
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Stars not aligning for Raptors’ Pascal Siakam

Maybe it’s for the best that Toronto’s most reliable performer wasn’t among the reserves for the All-Star Game. He co...

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4 months ago
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Ontario’s new gas plants will cost more than wind and solar, report says. So why are we building ...

The report, put out by Clean Energy Canada, looked at the electricity grids in Alberta and Ontario and found it’s now...

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4 months ago
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In Toronto’s real estate market, is building ownership the secret sauce to restaurant longevity?

Many of Toronto’s oldest restaurants were able to buy their building decades ago, but in today’s real estate market, ...

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4 months ago
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Mayor John Tory calling for national summit on mental health after recent violence on Toronto str...

“A lack of mental health supports undoubtedly contributes to a number of issues we are seeing in cities across the co...

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4 months ago
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Open warming centres 24-7, Toronto board of health urges

Advocates call limb loss and deaths due to cold a “crisis” in the city

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5 months ago
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Taxation is huge value for money. Tax us more, Mayor Tory

With a massive budget shortfall, the city functions more badly each day. A good motto: lower your expectations.

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5 months ago
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TTC fares, budget to increase as transit system focuses on security

The TTC will hire 50 new special constables in the wake of a spike in violence on the transit system.

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5 months ago
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Mayor John Tory plans $48.3-million increase in Toronto police budget

The money will go toward initiatives like expanding the Toronto Police Neighbourhood Community Officer program, and h...

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5 months ago
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City of Toronto renews fight to fire bylaw officer in racial profiling dispute

Having discharged the employee — only to be ordered to rehire him — after a 2020 incident with two Black women in Eto...

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5 months ago
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Ex-Raptor Norm Powell returns a conquering hero

In his first game back in Toronto since being traded, Powell finishes with 22 points as the Clippers post a 124-113 v...

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5 months ago
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‘You can’t rule anything out’: Toronto’s mayor says he’s open to a review of the minority-rule po...

In a year-end interview, Mayor John Tory also says he will push for cities to get a slice of either income or sales t...

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5 months ago
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Why Ontario’s new plan for a greener electricity grid puts it on a ‘collision course’ with Ottawa

Phasing gas generation out of the Ontario’s system will require ‘ingenuity and the implementation of new technologies...

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6 months ago
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Doug Ford increases controversial ‘strong-mayor’ powers for Toronto and Ottawa

The strong mayor just got even stronger. Toronto Mayor John Tory can now pass bylaws with just one-third support of c...

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6 months ago
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Doug Ford denies he’s ‘trampling on democracy’ with strong-mayor powers for John Tory

Premier Doug Ford insists it is not “trampling on democracy” to give Toronto Mayor John Tory the power to ram through...

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6 months ago
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Opinion | Can anyone stop Metrolinx from toppling precious trees — again?

Metrolinx had in the summer committed to hold off with the buzzsaws at Osgoode Hall until the review was completed, w...

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6 months ago
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Doug Ford says auditor general should ‘stay in her lane’ instead of engaging in police-style ‘sti...

Premier Doug Ford says auditor general Bonnie Lysyk should “stay in her lane” and audit government spending, not run ...

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6 months ago
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Opinion | Ford is enabling Mayor John Tory’s anti-democratic ambitions

By handing Tory unprecedented and unprincipled power, Ford has transformed the mayor into an unstoppable strongman an...

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6 months ago
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Explainer | How will John Tory’s ‘strong mayor’ powers work and what will they mean for Toronto?

Many U.S. mayors enjoy veto power, but allowing measures to be passed with one-third support is unheard of.

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7 months ago
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Opinion | Two years ago police accidentally shot this Black woman. Now, she says, they’ve traumat...

Chantelle Krupka, 36, says Peel police officers violently arrested her and her fiancé while they were taking their pu...

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7 months ago
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Doug Ford says there’s no decision yet on whether to help fund Toronto’s 2026 World Cup bid

The city is asking the provincial and federal governments to pick up more than $180 million in hosting costs for the ...

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7 months ago
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Ontario backtracks on Greenbelt pledge with plan to allow housing on 7,400 acres

The government wants to open up 15 areas of protected land for housing development in exchange for adding 2,000 acres...

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7 months ago
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This former Toronto man found money that might belong to a big Canadian union. Why isn’t the unio...

Long ago, Toronto fur workers raised money for Israel. Some of it never got there. Harry Zettel would like the UFCW t...

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7 months ago
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Scarborough’s Woburn Collegiate in lockdown as police respond to shooting

Double shooting sends police to Scarborough high school

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7 months ago
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Woman sentenced to 18 years for ‘torture’ of two stepsons who were hung upside down from ceiling ...

“Over the course of more than two-and-a-half years, they were beaten, burned, hung, sleep-deprived, deprived of food,...

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