Forget bidding wars—distressed listings are Toronto real estate’s hottest trend. Power of Sale listings have surged more than five-fold in three years, according to data from Valery Real Estate. A record volume of distressed sellers are flooding record inventory, shredding the narrative of a quick recovery. It’s a brutal reminder that real estate corrections are measured in years, not months.
Mayor Olivia Chow defended Toronto’s speed cameras as an essential safety tool Wednesday, following news that Premier Doug Ford is planning to scrap the devices.
Speaking at an unrelated press conference one day after the Star revealed Ford is preparing legislation this fall to get rid of the cameras, Chow said automated enforcement has proven effective at getting drivers to slow down.
The city is not alright.
A year out from the next municipal election and a new poll of Toronto residents shows that there is deep dissatisfaction with how the city is functioning. From traffic to transit, the cost of living to housing affordability, Toronto residents want better.
With just over a year until the Toronto municipal election, a solid majority of residents think it’s time for a new mayor, according to a public opinion survey that could signal trouble for incumbent Olivia Chow.
The poll of Torontonians conducted by Ipsos for the Star found 58 per cent want change in the city’s highest office, and 42 per cent believe Chow is doing well enough to deserve re-election.
There’s significant anxiety among residents about the direction of the city — six in 10 of poll respondents said Toronto’s best days are behind it — “and as a result of that, people look to what they can do in order to change that situation,” said Darrell Bricker, Ipsos global CEO of public affairs. “One of the things that they can do is elect a new mayor.”
Chow is not Mayor she barely qualifies as a figurehead. The city is run by the usual left wing lunatics and their toxic allies.
“Bike lanes save lives.” That’s the slogan repeated endlessly by the cycling lobby, shouted as if it’s beyond question. But slogans don’t save lives — emergency response times do.
And according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by Balance on Bloor, the bike lanes on Bloor Street West are causing delays of up to two and a half minutes for ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars. In the world of emergency medicine, that delay is a death sentence.
Move over, all-gender washrooms, the city of Toronto could be soon using taxpayer money to help pay for municipal employees to receive gender-affirming care.
And potentially pay for breast or penile prosthetics, special underwear, wigs and other transgender aids not covered by OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance plan).
WARMINGTON: This rider offered a whole new look into what is often referred to as a subway line
When they talk about TTC riders being excited about a new subway line this is not what they meant.
It’s safe to say this was a subway line no one wants to see expanded.
The 12-year-old boy is described as a youth. But a 12-year-old is still a child.
Typically, if attending school, in Grade 7.
But this 12-year-old is charged with second-degree murder and five violent robberies. And we don’t really know how to profile them, apart from the Youth Criminal Justice Act, which deems that anyone aged 12 or older can be charged with a criminal offence.
That child is the weaponized product of the Liberal-left’s war on western civilization.
A 20-year-old man and 12-year-old youth have been charged with second-degree murder after a man died in one of a slew of “violent” robberies, Toronto police said.
A 62-year-old man was near Bay and Queen streets after 6 a.m. on Aug. 31 when he was approached by the two suspects, police said.
The pair allegedly attacked the man with a weapon, unprovoked, and then fled the area.
So. Many. TikTok videos.
The unending barrage of grating, trendy music blares beside me. Surely this isn’t how I — or anyone — would choose to start their day.
It’s just after 7 a.m., and my bus seatmate is scrolling through TikTok on his phone. He’s swiping so quickly the music blurs into an incoherent spew. The sound fills the bus — no headphones, just raw speakers echoing through the entire ride.
Welcome to my first trip.
The 3rd World is complaining about Toronto’s 3rd world transit system.
A 17-year-old is in custody in connection with a shootout in front of a Toronto high school that left a female driver injured after she was caught in the crossfire, police say.
The incident occurred shortly before noon on Sept. 3 in the area of Keele Street and Donald Avenue.
Police allege two groups of individuals exchanged gunfire across Keele Street in front of a high school.
John Tory’s political adversaries are stepping up their attacks on the former mayor — including the affair he resigned over — as some sources close to him say he’s now likely to run against incumbent Olivia Chow next year, and has held talks with key political insiders about a potential campaign.
The Star reported in June that Tory — who abruptly stepped down as mayor in February 2023 after the paper revealed he had a relationship with a staffer almost 40 years his junior — was considering running in the October 2026 mayoral election.
Toronto is such a mess even Tory looks good and I mean that in the very worst way.
The project was first awarded in 2015 and was scheduled to open in 2020, but has been plagued by problems
A major transit project in Toronto has been delayed yet again, though officials are hopeful to get it operational by the end of the year.
There are “performance and reliability” issues with trains on the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit system as they are pushed through their paces, said Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay.
A new opinion poll suggests Mayor Olivia Chow would be the leading contender if she was seeking re-election now — but former mayor John Tory would be a real threat if he was attempting a political comeback.
Forum Research surveyed 1,000 adults across Toronto on Wednesday and Thursday, asking about their support for four potential candidates well ahead of the October 2026 mayoral race that already has local politicos planning and gauging support.
A new report is sounding the alarm on unaffordable rent in Toronto, pointing out that despite a softening of prices in the rental market, one- and two-bedroom apartments remain out of reach for many workers.
The report, Making Rent: The CCPA’s rental wage update 2024, was released Thursday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It looks at the “rental wage”—the hourly wage needed to afford rent while working a standard 40-hour week and spending 30 per cent of income on housing—for one- and two-bedroom units in 62 Canadian cities.
It found that Toronto and Vancouver top the list when it comes to unaffordable rental housing.
Someone working full time would need to make almost $38 an hour in order to afford a one-bedroom apartment in those cities. That works out to an annual salary of around $78,000.
