“Toronto – Canada’s version of a Democrat run city”

“Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow declined to endorse involuntary treatment, and instead said she will continue backing other methods, pointing to supportive housing models that also offer mental health and addiction services, like Dunn House.”

OTTAWA—The mayors of some of Ontario’s largest cities are pleading with the province to explore options for involuntary addiction treatment as a tool to fight the current homelessness and drug crisis.

“We need to not be afraid of having the difficult conversations,” said Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, also chair of the Ontario’s Big City Mayors caucus, which represents 29 of the province’s largest municipalities.

“We are ready to have a conversation without prescribing what the outcome of that conversation will be,” she added, noting that provinces like Alberta have introduced involuntary treatment models that could be looked at.

Ontario’s top court has cleared the way for the province to remove bike lanes in Toronto, overturning a lower-court ruling that found the plan created an unconstitutional risk to cyclist safety.

The Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling says there is no Charter right to bike lanes and the government is free to change or repeal policy choices made by previous governments, even if it goes against expert advice.

A little good news.

Olivia Chow was not elected as the development industry’s mayor. Yet three years into her term, her administration has assembled the most ambitious municipal housing agenda Toronto has seen since amalgamation.

That is not the same thing as solving the housing crisis, which is real and persistent. It is, however, a record worth taking seriously.

This week offered the clearest evidence yet. Standing in Scarborough, Mayor Chow and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced more than $2.7 billion in federal investment, alongside more than $700 million from the city of Toronto, to advance 18 projects representing more than 5,600 rental homes.

Just what we needed more “announcements”.

Why we were living in a virtual “announcement desert”!

There’s nothing like the smell of a crack pipe in the morning!

This morning's episode of Toronto is not a real place. Crack smoking and beer drinking early O'clock on the 505 streetcar. Toronto Transit Commission TTC party streetcar. @ttchelps @MayorOliviaChow @TPSMyronDemkiw pic.twitter.com/sgpqIoAwoc

— Mr. Toronto Lawyer (@selwynpieters) August 6, 2026

Olivia Chow remains firmly in the driver’s seat in the Toronto mayoral race while newcomer Chris Alexander sits in third place with the support of about 10 per cent of decided and leaning voters, a new survey suggests.

The survey of 1,000 Torontonians was conducted between Aug. 4 and Aug. 5. by Liaison Strategies, about one week after Alexander officially entered the race.

Toronto votes stupid every time.

The organizer of Afrofest, one of the largest celebrations of African music and culture in North America, is blaming the city for the cancellation of this summer’s festival, which has been running annually for nearly 40 years.

“There’s a lot of anger in me,” said Peter Toh, executive and artistic director of Afrofest. “What happened is by design. We have never been accepted in the Beaches, only tolerated.”

It’s implied racism was the cause of course. Africans built the Beaches after all.

If this keeps up Toronto will soon be facing a shortage of mass shooting venues.

The entry of former federal cabinet minister Chris Alexander into the Toronto mayoral race appears to have chipped away at the support for Brad Bradford, a new survey suggests.

The survey of 1,011 Torontonians was conducted by Forum Research on Wednesday, one day after Alexander confirmed that he was entering the race.

Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Chris Alexander has officially entered Toronto’s mayoral race, pitching himself as the “outsider” needed to get a city he says is “slightly adrift” back on track.

Alexander registered his candidacy Wednesday at Toronto City Hall, joining a list of 32 other candidates that also includes incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow and Coun. Brad Bradford.. His entry immediately drew criticism from Bradford who told reporters at Toronto City Hall that he’s “never heard of” Alexander, while Chow declined to engage directly with his criticism of her leadership.

Many GTA school boards are reporting declining enrolment, which has forced some of them to cut teaching and administrative positions and slash programming, even as the overall population in the region continues to rise.

In 2025, Statistics Canada reported that the population of Toronto and its surrounding areas had topped seven million, with nearly 300,000 people moving here within the previous year.

Yet, many school boards CTV New Toronto reached out to report a dip in student numbers over the last few years. In the few instances where there were reported increases, those spikes were modest.

The leader of an online advocacy group who has gained thousands of followers for his gloves-off approach to criticizing progressive policies — and faced accusations of toxifying local politics in the process — says he plans to run for Toronto city council.

Daniel Tate, executive director of IntegrityTO, confirmed to the Star he intends to sign up Wednesday for the race in Toronto Centre, where he would face off against one-term incumbent Chris Moise — the politician whom Tate filed an ethics complaint against last year.

“Controversial” is a smear designed to demonize his views because they are attractive to voters which naturally scares the crap out of progressives.

Some of his work.

Catastrophic scenes at Queen & Bathurst

Appalling scenes on a Sunday afternoon. Open-air cooking, defecation and urination, dealing, occupation of public sidewalks – not a police officer in sight. Children in the vicinity. Complete climate of impunity.

IntegrityTO is calling… pic.twitter.com/9Eyp5heUnA

— IntegrityTO (@integrity_to) July 6, 2026