More than half of Toronto residents say they are not confident they will be able to live a comfortable life in the city over the long-term, according to a recent survey.
The survey was conducted by Ipsos for the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT). It sought responses from 1,000 residents in Hamilton and Toronto between May 9 and 22.
WARMINGTON: Mayor Chow says her ‘don’t shop at Home Depot’ quote wasn’t a boycott call
Liar, liar, pants on fire?
Or was there nuance to what Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said and didn’t say about shopping or not shopping at Home Depot?
Is Toronto heading for an ultimate mayor showdown in 2026 between Mayor Olivia Chow and former mayor John Tory? A contest between the two would be unlike any election we’ve seen in Toronto’s post-amalgamation history.
You may balk at that, since we’ve literally seen a contest between these two before. In 2014, Chow entered the mayoral race as the front-runner, and Tory was the eventual winner, while Doug Ford — now the premier who lords his power over all mayors — stood between them.
A new global index suggests Toronto is among the world’s worst cities when it comes to housing affordability — as experts blame decades of policy missteps, development delays, and overwhelming population demand for the problem.
The 2025 Global Cities Index from Oxford Economics finds that as a result of Toronto’s expensive real estate market, residents “spend more of their income on housing than residents of nearly every other city in the world.”
While the federal government recently promised to eliminate the GST on first-time home purchases under $1 million, critics argue that restrictive housing policies, costly development charges and sluggish approvals have created a market that’s out of reach for most buyers.
Toronto’s air quality is ranked among the worst in the world today as smoke from wildfires drifts into the region.
The wildfire smoke has prompted Environment Canada to issue a special air quality statement for the GTA, much of southern Ontario, as well as five other provinces and one territory.
Environment Canada’s David Phillips said as wildfires ramp up across the country, air quality is deteriorating. He noted that since the beginning of the month, there are 15 new out-of-control wildfires burning in northern Ontario and Western Canada.
Maps show how far smoke from Canadian wildfires has spread
Who can defeat Olivia Chow?
That’s one of the most common questions in local political circles these days.
Toronto police say they’ve arrested 10 people and laid more than 200 charges in connection with several violent incidents across the GTA, including a mass shooting at a Scarborough pub.
Police say that they began an investigation on March 7 following a shooting at Piper Arms Pub, where three suspects allegedly opened fire with an assault-style rifle and two handguns
On March 7th, three suspects entered a pub and started shooting indiscriminately. After a thorough investigation, ten suspects have now been arrested in connection with a series of violent incidents that occurred in the spring, including the March 7th mass shooting. An eleventh… pic.twitter.com/j5llqsOv6l
— Toronto Police (@TorontoPolice) June 4, 2025
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s call for residents of Toronto to stop shopping at Home Depot could cost the city thousands of jobs. The company is currently looking to move its Canadian headquarters from an industrial park off of the Don Valley Pkwy. and Chow’s comments could see it leave the city altogether.
Less than half of Toronto residents approve of Mayor Olivia Chow’s performance, according to a new poll.
The Leger survey asked Toronto residents about their mayor as part of a broader poll on Ontario politics. Respondents were almost evenly split over Chow’s handling of municipal affairs as she nears the end of her second year at the helm of Canada’s largest city. Slightly less than half (48 per cent) of people strongly or somewhat approved of her performance, while 42 per cent said they strongly or somewhat disapproved. Another 10 per cent said they were not sure.
TORONTO HAS MORE BREAK-INS THAN NEW YORK…. AND VANCOUVER BEATS L.A.
The worst city in North America IS IN CANADA?!
Lethbridge, Alberta, with a staggering 5,521 property crimes per 100,000.
Kelowna, also in western Canada, comes in second.
Only one U.S. city, Pueblo,… https://t.co/jQmZN0kTer pic.twitter.com/VngGIua9Gr
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 31, 2025
The Fraser Institute publishes Canadian crime data.
h/t Mauser and Patti Jo
Girl accused of fatally stabbing Kenneth Lee in swarming case not guilty of murder
The teen girl accused of stabbing Kenneth Lee to death is not guilty of murder, a Superior Court judge has ruled.
The girl, who was 14 at the time, is guilty of manslaughter — a lesser offence she pleaded to at the outset of her trial in February. That admission was rejected by Crown prosecutors as they pursued the murder conviction.
Justice Philip Campbell’s decision Friday afternoon means none of the eight girls charged with swarming 59-year-old Lee will be found to have actually been the one to fatally stab him.
‘Black-mandated’ homeless shelter on way, City Hall confirms
Toronto officials are taking applications until Friday for city council’s new “Black-mandated” shelter, where everyone from employees to the homeless could be excluded on the basis of race.
City Hall has also decreed that experience in running a shelter is not a requirement for those submitting applications.
What a shithole.
Known for dressing up at events, Olivia Chow does not have to wear a United Jewish Appeal T-shirt Sunday if she doesn’t want to.
But, her council colleague says it would be appreciated if the Mayor joins the 50,000 or so other Torontonians expected to participate in the UJA’s 56th annual Walk with Israel event – or at least just make a brief appearance to wish everybody well.
It’s obvious whose side Chow is on so it makes no sense to have her attend as it simply provides cover for her despicable self.
After more than a year of debate, Toronto city council approved a controversial motion on Thursday to limit protests outside places of worship, schools and child-care centres.
The bylaw, which will come into effect July 2, allows owners of these institutions to apply for temporary zones of 50 metres within which protests would be banned. This is an increase over staff’s initial recommendation of 20 metres. According to city staff, there are 3,000 buildings in Toronto that could qualify.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/vgIHFlVDfr
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) May 23, 2025
Our Men in Blue have proven very effective at arresting Pro-Life demonstrators who run afoul of abortion clinic bubble zone restrictions.
Why am I doubtful they will deal as effectively with incursions from the same politically connected LPC-NDP-Hamas alliance?
Mayor Olivia Chow is criticizing the “uncaring” culture of Toronto’s public service, after an accountability watchdog found the city failed to act while tenants in a rooming house went without basic utilities for six months.
At a council meeting on Wednesday, the mayor and other members grilled city officials over the investigation ombudsman Kwame Addo released last week, which found bylaw officers failed to enforce rules that are supposed to protect tenants after a minor fire in a rooming house in 2023 led to an extended shut-off of its heat, water and power.
As the residents resorted to sleeping in coats and boiling water in order to bathe, bylaw officers didn’t visit the property until more than two weeks after tenants submitted a request, according to the report. When they did arrive, they failed to collect evidence or use their authority to restore the utilities.
