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Toronto activities for Family Day fun on Feb. 19

The City of Toronto encourages residents to enjoy Family Day on Monday, February 19 by taking advantage of City-run recreation facilities and historic attractions. Eight of the City’s 10 historic sites will offer events, activities and tours on Family Day. ...

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Mayor Tory’s budget continues to harm the homeless

The preliminary budget championed by Mayor John Tory adds a maximum of 361 new shelter beds this year. That’s less than a quarter of the 1500 that are necessary to guarantee a bed for everyone in need. The 361 number ...

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Brad Lamb’s answer to dumb-ass King St. car ban

  Streetcar Named  DISASTER The King Street Pilot Project is a ‘ban on cars’ It doesn’t matter that cars can access King Street a block at a time. This bizarre program was set up to be so incredibly inconvenient that ...

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Toronto City Council meeting Jan.31 & Feb. 1, 2018

Review of shelter and respite services Council adopted numerous recommendations to guide a review of the City’s current cold-weather respite and shelter services, including reaffirming a 90 per cent occupancy cap for shelters. The City will keep respite/warming centres and ...

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Survey highlights opinions of city’s homeless

Toronto’s homeless and under-housed drop-in users spoke out in a new survey, calling on the City of Toronto to better fund services they need. Top demands are for more supportive housing, affordable transit, improved and expanded shelters, mental health & ...

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New Gardiner eastbound ramp to York/Bay/Yonge

Mayor John Tory and Councillor Jaye Robinson (Ward 25 Don Valley West), Chair of the City of Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, announce the opening of the new eastbound York/Bay/Yonge ramp from the Gardiner Expressway to Lower Simcoe and ...

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Pothole repair blitz back on Toronto roads this weekend

The City of Toronto will conduct another pothole blitz, beginning today and ending on Saturday evening. A similar blitz took place last weekend, with increased crews filling nearly 15,447 potholes across the city. Recent weather conditions have resulted in an ...

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Canada’s urban squeeze myth laid bare

Headlines about housing affordability in Canada mainly concern two cities – Toronto and Vancouver. In both cities and their surrounding areas, rental vacancies hover at or below one per cent, and home prices remain historically high. So Canada’s most desirable ...

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City of Toronto regulates short-term rentals

Toronto City Council has adopted recommendations to create a new bylaw for short-term rental regulations in the City of Toronto. The new regulations will allow a property owner or tenant to participate as an operator (host) of a short-term rental ...

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