Toronto has been left in the lurch by Queen’s Park after the 2023 Ontario budget revealed little in the way of a financial rescue for the cash-strapped city.
A new study out of Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has found the upcoming service cuts to Toronto’s transit system will disproportionately impact the city’s marginalized communities.
Crowds of nostalgic shoppers poured into Zellers as the Canadian retail chain opened its doors once again at select stores in Ontario.
Another hotel-turned-shelter in Toronto has told residents they will have to relocate next month.
Scarborough’s very own Mike Myers is back in Toronto and has been surprising his local fans.
The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Thursday, as hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide enter a four-week period of worship.
The Swiss central bank hiked its key interest rate Thursday and insisted that a government-orchestrated takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by rival bank UBS ended the financial turmoil.
A Toronto woman said she received a free air purifier as an online promotion, but also signed up for a $7,000 vacuum cleaner in the process.
A luxurious home in midtown Toronto is on the market for nearly $7.7-million and comes packed with amenities – including its very own rock climbing wall.
Customers of one Etobicoke clothing store may want to check the tags on their purchases after police say they seized nearly $2 million worth of fake merchandise.
The City of Toronto is partnering with a community organization to add more outreach workers to the TTC.
Dawson Seeley of Sudbury window and Door gives some advice on extending the life of your home’s windows and repairing and replacing them.
Canada’s rental housing shortage will quadruple to 120,000 units by 2026 without a significant boost in stock, Royal Bank of Canada said in a report Wednesday.
A quick-thinking eight-year-old alerted emergency crews when a fire broke out in the child’s home in Midland over the weekend.
The Canadian real estate market has been sluggish since last year, when prospective buyers started putting off plans to purchase homes as the Bank of Canada aggressively hiked interest rates
Ontario Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism and MPP Michael Ford was called upon Wednesday to rescind a comment made about Toronto youth that some have called “disturbing, offensive, and racist.”
This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on March 8, 2023.
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A summary of monetary policy deliberations by the Governing Council for the policy decision that was announced two weeks earlier.
Canadians with a hankering for Shake Shack’s juicy burgers soon won’t have to cross the border to satisfy their cravings. Toronto-based private investment firms Osmington Inc. and Harlo Entertainment Inc.
A dozen hand-drawn, and sometimes abstract, pieces of art are on display in west-end Toronto. The gallery debut is a major upgrade for the artist — whose usual canvases include
No one has been reported hurt after a garage fire in Orléans Tuesday that caused the gas meter to leak.
Police in Barrie sparked controversy after a video posted to social media showed officers arriving at a man’s door to administer a breathalyzer test following a complaint about suspected impaired
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he does not agree with a finding of the Public Order Emergency Commission that was critical of his government’s actions during the Freedom Convoy protests
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza
Toronto is facing $46.5 billion in fiscal pressures over the next decade and the situation has become so dire that it is likely to threaten the city’s “fiscal stability and
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is trying project calm after regional bank failures, saying the U.S. banking system is ‘sound’ but additional rescue arrangements ‘could be warranted’ if any new failures
Statistics Canada is set to release its latest report this morning on how much the cost of living is rising.
Councillor Josh Matlow will enter the race for mayor of Toronto, a spokesperson for his campaign announced Tuesday.
Stock markets rose in Europe and Asia on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on another possible interest rate hike amid worries about global banks.
The International Monetary Fund said Monday that its executive board has approved a nearly US$3 billion bailout program for Sri Lanka over four years to help salvage the country’s bankrupt
Toronto police are looking for two suspects after they say a man was stabbed and carjacked in York Monday night.
Market trends in Simcoe County show an increase in viewings and buyers re-entering the market after key interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada warded off many last year.
The recent collapse of three banks, two American and one Swiss, has countries coming together, in an effort to balance teetering markets, and perceived global instability. Experts say with Canada’s
A deadly fire that swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday where several apartments were being used as Airbnb units is raising safety concerns about short-term rental properties.
An off-duty Toronto police officer is facing a number of charges after he allegedly crashed into a parked car, fled the scene, and refused to provide a breath sample early
L’Arche Sudbury executive director Jennifer McCauley details the organization and a new campaign is kicking off this week.
Mayor Valerie Plante said Monday she requested a meeting with an Airbnb executive after a building in Old Montreal — a short-term rental hot spot — was destroyed by a
A 46-year-old woman is facing over 30 charges for allegedly advertising a room for rent, accepting payment for it, and then not allowing tenants to move in.
The coming 2023 federal budget will ‘exercise fiscal restraint’ while also making ‘significant’ investments in health and building Canada’s clean economy, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said
A house in Richmond Hill was consumed in plumes of smoke on Monday afternoon.
Nearly three-quarters of principals and vice-principals at Toronto schools say that they are finding it increasingly difficult to manage student behaviour, with many of them expressing a concern about an
In a few weeks, the Toronto Transit Commission will increase fares for youth and adult riders. Here’s what you need to know:
Some of the world’s largest central banks came together on Sunday to stop a banking crisis from spreading as Swiss authorities persuaded UBS Group AG to buy rival Credit Suisse
Most of Wall Street is rising Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend and made other moves to build confidence in the struggling industry.
March 20 marks the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere, and, after a long, grey winter, Torontonians can soon look forward to warmer temperatures and sunnier days.
Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But European bank stocks and
