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A union representing some 30,000 inside workers at the City of Toronto says its members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike mandate if bargaining fails to yield a deal.
Overdoses will increase and first responders will see more emergency calls after new provincial laws shutter five supervised drug consumption sites in Toronto this spring, the city’s acting medical officer of health said in a report tabled Monday.
Toronto’s bylaw officers will no longer crack down on cannabis stores that are operating illegally.
Toronto City Coun. Shelley Carroll is the new chair of the Toronto Police Service Board, unseating the incumbent in a split vote at board meeting on Tuesday.
City of Toronto staff are proposing a property tax increase of 5.4 per cent in the latest city budget.
Torontonians who use public transit often commiserate over their public transit woes – and it appears those sentiments even extend itself into city council meetings.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is expressing concern that some of the political turmoil in Ottawa could impact important city projects and she’s calling on newly minted Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to firm up some of the government’s commitments.
Toronto’s city manager says he disagrees with the findings of a recently released ombudsman’s report that says the city’s now-reversed decision to turn away refugee claimants and asylum seekers from its emergency shelter system lacked fairness and caused harm.
