Michelle Cheung
Reporter, CBC Toronto
Michelle Cheung has been around the block a few times having worked as a journalist in Canada and internationally for more than 25 years. She has embraced telling digital, radio and TV stories that affect people in Toronto, the city where she grew up. Michelle's favourite way to explore the city is on her bike. You can reach her at michelle.cheung@cbc.ca
Latest from Michelle Cheung
Canada Post 'inventing rules' to bring in community mailboxes, says Milton man
Canada Post is making up rules to cancel door-to-door delivery in some neighbourhoods despite an announcement that it was suspending conversion to super mailboxes after the last federal election, said a Milton man.
Canada -Toronto |
'Not the resolution I wanted': Parent says no consequences for Whitby teacher accused of racial slur
An investigation into the allegation that a high school teacher in Whitby, Ont., referred to a group of black students using a racial slur has ended with no punishment for the teacher, according to parents who attended a meeting with the Durham District School Board.
Canada -Toronto |
The fast lane to affordable housing for one Toronto resident is in a laneway
City council will consider a report this week on the potential for transforming some of the city's laneways into a resource for new housing.
Canada -Toronto |
No competition for Toronto's first Caribbean Queen 50 years ago
Unlike today's competition where you have to earn the right to be crowned Queen of carnival, it was Hyacinth Noreiga stature that put her front and centre at Toronto's first Caribbean festival in 1967.
Canada -Toronto |
50 years later, the beat goes on for the city's Caribbean festival
Toronto's Caribbean Festival marks a half century this summer of music, dancing and celebrating in the streets of the city, but even with the upcoming anniversary the infighting that's marred the festival in the past hasn't gone away.
Canada -Toronto |
Owner of website that names and shames debtors told to shut down
The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services has ordered the owner of a website that publishes public information about people who've been successfully sued but won't pay up to "cease and desist."
Canada -Toronto |
Mother's Day 'bittersweet' for moms of stillborn babies
As Mother's Day approaches, Amanda Lester thought she'd be celebrating Mother's Day with her husband, son and newborn daughter. Instead she's grieving.
Canada -Toronto |
Consumer Protection Act charges against Ontario Energy Group dropped
A year after Ontario Energy Group was slapped with 142 counts of violating the Consumer Protection Act, they've all been withdrawn.
Canada -Toronto |
Jurors from traumatic trials call for national counselling program
Jurors from about a dozen of the country's most horrific trials have added their voices to the call for a national program of support for people who are traumatized after serving on a jury.
Canada -Toronto |
City bars paving contractor from bidding on contracts for 3 years
A city of Toronto committee has voted to bar contractor Four Seasons Site Development from bidding on future contracts for three years after officials fired the company because it breached its College Street beautification contract last summer.
Canada -Toronto |