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Relief organizations in Toronto are working to provide aid to Pakistan where unprecedented flooding has displaced tens of millions of people. International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF), a registered charity dedicated to empowering the world’s disadvantaged people, is aiming to raise $3 million in donations for Pakistan and has delivered food …
Read More »How a lantern festival in Six Nations, Ont., billed as ‘magical evening’ in Toronto, turned into ‘mayhem’
As Hibba Asim and her friends were on their way Saturday evening to The Lights Festival — which was advertised by its U.S.-based organizer as taking place in the Toronto area — the 16-year-old said she was imagining a scene out of the Disney movie Tangled. “All the lanterns go up, and it …
Read More »Stuff we ‘flush down the toilet’ ending up in Toronto Harbour, environmental group warns
An environmental group is sounding the alarm about the city’s main sewage and stormwater system after finding trash like condoms, sanitary wipes and tampons floating in Toronto harbour last month. Mark Mattson, an environmental lawyer and the founder of Swim Drink Fish — a volunteer group working to create swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water for everyone — told CBC …
Read More »Why some familiar faces are taking a second shot at Toronto city council seats this year
Some familiar faces will take another shot at winning a seat on a Toronto city council that’s poised for a lot of change in this fall’s election. With seven incumbents departing, a group of former city politicians, and some veterans of the tumultuous 2018 campaign, have registered to run. The official deadline to enter …
Read More »Several road closures, TTC service disruptions across Toronto this weekend
Several road closures and transit disruptions are in store this weekend because of special events and festivals across the city. Here’s what you need to know: Events: OpenStreetsTO: Several major arteries will be closed in the downtown core on Saturday for OpenStreetsTO. From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bloor Street will be …
Read More »These TikTokers are inspiring youth from Vancouver and Toronto to move to Calgary
When Umar and Atefah Khan moved to Calgary from Toronto in May, they created the Tiktok account @toronto2calgary to document their journey. It all started when they began posting about their three-day cross-country road trip to update friends and family back home. The Khans say they didn’t know where their …
Read More »Toronto boy whose parents raised $3M to treat his rare genetic disorder starts clinical trial
After his parents desperately raised $3 million over three years trying to find a cure for their son’s rare genetic disease, Michael Pirovolakis is one step closer to possible recovery. Michael, 4, is the only child in Canada diagnosed with spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50), a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disorder that generally …
Read More »A ceiling collapsed at a Toronto housing complex. Now residents could be waiting years to return home
Sharon Smith has been through a lot since having to leave her home of 21 years earlier this summer. She is one of many residents forced to leave Swansea Mews, a community housing complex just west of High Park on Windermere Avenue near the Queensway, after a ceiling collapsed and …
Read More »Doctors in Toronto treat man with Parkinson’s disease at his home in N.L. Here’s how they did it
Almost 16 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, George Martin says he has his life back — thanks to a first-of-its-kind technology. The 68-year-old lives in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, but the NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic allows his doctors to treat him remotely from Toronto. It’s reduced the tremors caused by his …
Read More »Winnipeg-bound passengers given mats, left to sleep on floor at Toronto Pearson airport
After several flight delays, passengers flying out of Toronto’s Pearson airport were given mats and left to sleep on the floor when their flights to Winnipeg were eventually cancelled — and many said the airline didn’t offer proper accommodations at all. Fatima Sherefa, 17, was flying back from a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. She was told …
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