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Toronto's handling of refugee crisis was anti-Black racism: ombudsman's report
The Toronto ombudsman released a report Thursday finding that the city’s decision to limit refugees’ access to shelter beds for several months last year was anti-Black racism — but the city manager said he does not agree with the report.
Toronto spending $100K on program supporting women fleeing intimate partner violence
The City of Toronto will match $100,000 in donations made to a rent subsidy program supporting women who have fled intimate partner violence, Mayor Olivia Chow announced on Friday, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Ottawa announces $758M to help TTC pay for new Line 2 subway trains
The City of Toronto will replace aging subway cars on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth, after the federal government announced $1.2 billion in funding for the TTC on Friday. The trains are nearing the end of their useful life and will turn 30 years old in 2026.
Faulty, aging equipment to blame for spike in TTC fuel spills: report
Faulty and aging equipment caused almost all of the eight hydraulic fuel spills on the TTC that happened in the first five months of 2024, a new report finds. From 2019 to 2023, only four hydraulic leak incidents were reported on the TTC.
Ontario to introduce legislation protecting newcomers from fraud and exploitation
Ontario will soon introduce legislation that aims to protect newcomers against fraud and exploitation as they navigate the immigration system, the province announced on Wednesday.
Toronto was the child poverty capital of Canada in 2022, new report says
Toronto had the highest poverty rate of any city or municipality in Canada with a population over 500,000 in 2022, a new report says. The report found Toronto’s child poverty rate jumped from 16.8 per cent to 25.3 per cent between 2020 and 2022.
Still no accountability for Soleiman Faqiri's jail death: brother
Nearly a year after the jury at a coroner's inquest ruled Soleiman Faqiri's death in an Ontario jail was a homicide, his brother says his family is still waiting for the province to respond to the jury's recommendations to prevent similar tragedies in future.
Are you ready for it? Doors open for Taylor Swift's 1st Toronto show
Taylor Swift is playing her first of six sold-out Toronto shows at the Rogers Centre on Thursday, part of her record-breaking Eras Tour — the first tour in history to gross over $1 billion.
Toronto police link ServiceOntario staff to fake VIN scheme as Ontario proposes penalties for auto fraud
The Ontario government proposed new penalties around fraudulent vehicle identification numbers on the same day Toronto police laid hundreds of charges in an ongoing investigation into fradulent VINs that implicates some ServiceOntario employees.
4 men arrested, 1 wanted in Ontario bank robberies: police
Police say they have arrested four men and are searching for one more in connection with a number of bank robberies across Ontario that spanned nearly two years and netted over $2 million.