Tyler Cheese

Reporter

Tyler Cheese reports on local and provincial news in Toronto and the GTA. You can contact him at tyler.cheese@cbc.ca or @TylerRCheese on X.

Latest from Tyler Cheese

11 charged in Toronto taxi scam that allegedly defrauded customers of over $500K

Eleven people have been arrested and charged after a Toronto police investigation into a taxi scam that allegedly defrauded more than $500,000 from unsuspecting customers over 10 months.

Tunnel connecting UP Express to TTC's Dundas West station under construction after long delay

Metrolinx has begun construction on a pedestrian tunnel linking UP Express Bloor Station to the nearby Dundas West subway station, nearly a decade after it was announced.

Hundreds of striking WSIB workers rally in downtown Toronto after talks break down

Hundreds of striking workers at Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board rallied in downtown Toronto on Monday, calling on their employer to find a "fair compromise" on outstanding issues.

Ford says Eglinton Crosstown LRT still on track to open in September 2025

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line is still on track to open this September.

Mimico residents vow to keep pressure on Metrolinx to make local GO station accessible

South Etobicoke residents are vowing to continue the pressure on Metrolinx to make the GO station in their area more accessible despite reassurances from the provincial transit agency that improvements are coming.

An Ontario mother pleads for answers 15 years after her son's murder

Glenn Lowe Jr. was shot and killed at the back door of his Toronto home in 2010. Fifteen years later, his mother hopes circumstances have changed for people who might have more information, and she's urging them to come forward.

Veterans use front-line experience to help Peterborough, Ont., with ice storm recovery

Peterborough was hit with 20 millimetres of ice build up during the storm. Volunteers from humanitarian aid organization, Team Rubicon, have been helping to clear fallen trees all week.

Downtown coffee shop vandalized 3 times, MP alleges antisemitism

A coffee shop in downtown Toronto has been vandalized three times in the past year, including twice in one week, and a local MP is blaming antisemitism.

How Ontario's online gambling industry is faring 3 years into legalization

Ontario residents generated $2.2 billion for online gaming platforms in the sector’s second fiscal year since legalization. But some say marketing for the platforms should be restricted or banned altogether.

How 5 years of COVID-19 has prepared Toronto to face potential crises in the future

Five years on, Toronto-area doctors and public health officials are looking back at what they've learned since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — and most agree the early experience will prove useful if the city faces another infectious disease crisis.