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Fernando Caballero misses the way he used to be: happy-go-lucky, the life of the party and the protector of his family. The 67-year-old was active and enjoyed rollerblading in the summer, ice skating in the winter and dancing all year round. But now, he uses a cane or walker to get …
Read More »New city data shows 40 people a night on average turned away from Toronto homeless shelters
An average of 40 people a night were told there was no bed available for them in Toronto homeless shelters in the last year and a half, newly released city data shows. And for the first six months of this year, an average of 63 people a night were “unmatched …
Read More »Plans to revamp Ontario Place are ‘tone-deaf’ and exclusionary, say Toronto residents, critics
Exactly one year after plans were announced to overhaul Toronto’s Ontario Place with a massive water park and indoor spa, among other attractions, the latest designs set to go to city council in the fall are igniting concerns of equity and accessibility for downtown residents. “It just seems tone-deaf to …
Read More »An east-end Toronto YMCA is finally opening its doors after years of construction
After years of construction and delays, an east-end Toronto community is looking forward to the opening of a new YMCA. The Steve and Sally Stavro Family YMCA is located on Kingston Road at Balsam Avenue — the former location of East City YMCA, which served the community for decades. “I would like to appreciate …
Read More »They came to Toronto as a young immigrant couple. A crash has now forever changed their lives
On the inside of Carlos Bastarrachea’s right forearm is a tattoo of an airplane circling a globe with the date Dec. 6, 2020, the date when he and his wife Emilia Ballester arrived to start their new life in Toronto. She has the same one, meant to look like a passport stamp. “We …
Read More »Downtown Toronto trails other North American cities in pandemic recovery, study says
More than two years after COVID-19 first struck, Toronto hasn’t gotten back to even half its level of pre-pandemic activity, lagging behind many cities in North America, according to a new study. A joint project between the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley called “Death of Downtown?” compared mobile …
Read More »CNE returning to Toronto with new nightly drone show after 2-year hiatus
The Canadian National Exhibition is returning to Toronto next month after a two-year hiatus. CNE organizers say there will be several new attractions as well as familiar favourites. The new features include a nightly drone show and a Celtic food truck festival. The CNE says it is also reviving previously …
Read More »How a group of Toronto chefs banded together to launch sandwich shop during the pandemic
Metro Morning’s food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he’s discovered. This week, he talked to host Ismaila Alfa about a group of Toronto cooks who banded together during the pandemic to launch a sandwich shop. Cooks coming together during …
Read More »Ontario should limit rent hikes between tenants, Toronto city hall committee says
Toronto city council is expected to consider a proposal this week to ask the Ontario government to prevent landlords from raising the rent as much as they want in between tenants. Council’s planning and housing committee says the province should introduce legislation that would end what is known as vacancy decontrol, which permits landlords to …
Read More »Landlords struggle to evict tenants who turned Toronto homes into rooming houses, owe rent
Marissa Andersson and Oksana Kravchuk both own properties on the same Toronto street but didn’t know one another until they say they discovered a troubling connection. Their tenants, who told the landlords they were in a relationship, built extra bedrooms in their homes without their knowledge, leased them out to …
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