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Rogers turns on cell service at remaining TTC subway stations for its own customers – Toronto

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 17, 2023 10:45 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rogers Communications Inc. says it has turned on wireless service for its customers at all Toronto subway stations, plus the tunnels between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations. The move …

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Toronto area fare integration set to boost ridership, halve costs for some commuters

Fare integration across the Greater Toronto Area could be used almost 160,000 times per day and attract thousands of new public transit riders, according to the province’s internal estimates of the impending policy. The Ford government is set to eliminate costly double fares across the GTHA in early 2024 — …

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Subway spooks: TTC hosts second kid-friendly Halloween Fest – Toronto

Located on Cumberland Street, south of Bay Street, in Toronto, Bay Station is frequented by hundreds, if not thousands, of TTC riders every day. As you go down the escalator, past the collector’s booth, a set of metal double-doors guard a discreet lower platform full of underground horrors. Open for …

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Advocate urges Ford government to hold TTC accountable for missed accessibility deadline – Toronto

The TTC was given two decades to make all of its subway stations accessible, but two years ahead of the deadline, its CEO admitted recently it will be unable to reach the target. Now a prominent disability advocate is calling on the province to hold the transit commission accountable. When …

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Man charged in mischief investigation involving Toronto bus driver: police – Toronto

A man has been charged in connection with a mischief investigation in Toronto, police say. Toronto police said on Sept. 6, at around 10:45 a.m., a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus driver was operating a bus in the Drewry Avenue and Bathurst Street area. Officers said the driver stopped and …

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5 things to know about feedback to Champagne’s TTC wireless service consultation – Toronto

Canada’s four major telecommunications companies have one week left to respond to one another’s submissions as part of a federal consultation process regarding wireless access on the Toronto subway. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne wants to expedite negotiations between the carriers, which had come to a standstill after Rogers Communications Inc. …

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Rogers wants option to launch TTC service before deals struck with other carriers – Toronto

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it should be allowed to add cellular service for its own customers in the Toronto subway network without waiting for an ongoing dispute with its rival carriers to be resolved. In a filing to Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada earlier this month, …

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How the worst blackout in North America played out in Ontario

TORONTO — At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the system supervisor in the control room overseeing Ontario’s electrical grid saw four alarms pop up on his computer screen. Then came 30,000 more. “It looks like we’ve had a disturbance,” Todd Parcey recalls saying, in what proved to be a …

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TTC to accept credit and debit payments for fares on transit starting next week – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size TTC riders can soon use their credit or debit cards to pay for fares on the TTC. Starting on Aug. 15, riders will be able to tap their cards, including cards on smartphones or smartwatches, to pay for transit on the TTC. …

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Scarborough RT train service suspended after derailment injures passengers – Toronto

Service on the Scarborough Rapid Transit train line in Toronto will be suspended indefinitely pending an investigation after several people were injured during a train derailment. “As previously mentioned, Line 3 SRT will be replaced by dozens of buses for frequent service until it is safe for us to resume …

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