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Toronto approves balanced school budget for 2018-19

Trustees with the Toronto District School Board have approved a budget plan for the 2018-19 school year that required no reduction in staff to balance the budget. The operating budget of about $3.3 billion will continue to support the TDSB’s ...

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Does Toronto need more overnight on-street parking?

City of Toronto consulting on proposal to provide more overnight on-street permit parking in Toronto and East York City of Toronto staff are holding public consultation sessions to get input on the proposal to provide residential on-street permit parking on ...

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Public meetings on relief line subway project

The City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in partnership with Metrolinx jointly announced April 16, 2018 that public meetings will be held on plans for a Relief Line South subway project. The public consultation is outlined in ...

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Toronto noise bylaw challenges, poor results

The struggles to make a new Noise Bylaw continue to challenge Municipal Licensing and Standards. Businesses, neighbourhood associations, Toronto Board of Health and the music industry have met for over a year with poor results. This controversial item is first ...

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Traffic delays for Harbour St. improvements

Harbour Street Streetscape Improvements Expected Start of Phase 3 Work:  April 10, 2018 Expected Completion of Phase 3 and Harbour Street Opening:  Late Summer 2018 ** Timeline is heavily weather dependent. Dates are subject to change The City completed the ...

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Fair Fare Pass to make transit more affordable

The City of Toronto launched a new program to make transit more affordable for low-income residents. The Fair Pass Discount program, which starts April 4, 2018 will provide approximately 150,000 eligible residents who receive assistance through Ontario Works (OW) or ...

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City applauds caregivers on Family Caregiver Day

April 3 at Toronto City Hall, Mayor John Tory, Councillor James Pasternak (Ward 10 York Centre), Chair of the City’s Community Development and Recreation Committee, and Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22 St. Paul’s), Toronto’s Seniors Advocate, celebrated Family Caregiver Day ...

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City: ‘Lead levels down in Toronto tap water’

Early results indicate corrosion control is lowering lead levels in Toronto’s tap water. tap water lead The City of Toronto’s targeted testing of tap water lead in 2017 indicates significantly lower lead levels, a result of a Corrosion Control Plan ...

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Vision Zero Road Safety Plan for school zones

The City of Toronto announced several new initiatives to improve road safety and to enforce the message “slow down Toronto” in school zones. These initiatives, to be launched in the next few weeks, are part of the city’s $86-million Vision ...

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A great view! But will it kill you?

What is the greatest threat to having a heart attack, the nation’s number one killer? Ask this question and most people will answer: “It’s having high blood cholesterol.” Or they respond: “It’s due to hypertension, obesity, diabetes, or a stressful ...

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