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Toronto needs to do better on snow clearing, city manager says after review finds 'significant' gaps
Toronto must do better when it comes to clearing snow, a senior city official says, after a review by an independent consultant found "significant shortcomings" in the city's response to a major snow event in February.
Toronto city staff scale back proposal for priority transit lanes on Dufferin, Bathurst streets
Toronto city staff are curtailing proposed plans for dedicated public transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin streets north of Bloor, according to a report to be considered by council's executive committee later this month.
Toronto's unhoused population reaches 'crisis' level, more than doubling in 3 years: survey
Toronto's unhoused population more than doubled in three years, reaching an estimated 15,400 last fall, according to a new city survey that calls the numbers a "crisis."
Toronto art exhibit celebrates community space in vacant lot known as Bloordale Beach
A new art exhibit in Toronto tells the story of 'not an ordinary beach' that was created in a vacant gravel lot in the west end during the COVID-19 pandemic.
City names laneway after Black woman who made difference to early Toronto
Toronto has officially named a laneway in the city's east end after Luella Price, a Black woman who made a big impact on her community in the early 1900s.
3 men given automatic life sentences for Toronto shooting that killed 'playful child, full of life'
Three men have been given six life sentences each for a shooting in Toronto nearly five years ago that left a 12-year-old boy dead and three other people injured.
New law that aims to protect Ontario gig workers falls short, critics say
New legislation that offers more protection to digital platform workers becomes law on Tuesday, but critics say the act is "lacking" and falls short of what gig workers actually need.
Boy, 12, recalls the moment coyote 'dug deep' into his leg in Nobleton
Police are warning the public to watch out for coyotes in part of King Township after a 12-year-old boy was bitten by one on Sunday afternoon.
These graduates lost their friend to gun violence. Now they're making sure he's never forgotten
A Toronto teen whose life was cut short by gun violence was remembered in a valedictorian speech at the school where he should have graduated on Thursday.
Toronto could get a 'chief resiliency officer' to help deal with its extreme weather response
Toronto will ask city staff to look at the idea of creating a "chief resiliency officer" to help the city navigate extreme weather events, council decided at its meeting on Thursday night.