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

Worried about money? Statistically, you probably are: New research from Meridian Credit Union asked more than 1,500 people from coast to coast about how they really feel about their finances. Experts predicted it wouldn’t be great, but no one knew it would be this bad: More than half of Canadians — and nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of Ontarians — reported their lifestyle was becoming unaffordable due to rising costs. Forty per cent of women (compared to 18 per cent of men) worry about their long-term financial future.

The city of Toronto is clearing tents belonging to homeless people near the Rogers Centre in preparation for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The first of Swift’s six sold-out concerts is on Thursday.

“The individuals surrounding Rogers Centre are being offered a space in the city’s shelter system to help ensure their safety,” a city spokesperson said in an email.

Toronto is an increasingly divided city, according to a new report, which finds that many people are struggling financially and mentally despite significant economic growth.

The Toronto Foundation’s Vital Signs “Roundup on Growth” report, released Wednesday, paints a picture of a city that is rapidly growing but also leaving many people behind. More Torontonians are feeling financially vulnerable, which is having an impact on their physical and mental health.

As Taylor Swift prepares for her string of concerts, we were blasted with a reminder that it’s not really always safe in Toronto, a city plagued by more than one shooting each and every day.

Toronto’s 406th shooting incident of 2024 was a gangster movie-style shootout late Monday night on Queen St. W. in which an unmarked Toronto Police car — with two officers inside — was hit by gunfire.

They pulled the vid.

As Toronto enters its Taylor Swift era, experts say crowd safety depends on planning

As Toronto readies for Taylor Swift’s arrival this week, some crowd management and planning experts say additional safety precautions should be taken when tens of thousands of fans fill the city’s downtown core on show nights.

That means being prepared for a sudden shift in crowd dynamics and severe traffic gridlock, despite planned road closures, the experts say.

I really don’t want to cheer on the Islamists but …

Toronto’s tourism industry hopes Taylor Swift can help shake off slump with Eras Tour concerts

Toronto’s sagging tourism industry is hoping for a Taylor Swift lift, as the pop superstar’s six shows at Rogers Centre starting this week attract hundreds of thousands of fans expected to spend more than $150-million on hotels, food and friendship bracelets.

But the long-term effects of Swiftonomics remain questionable.

The only thing Swift will accomplish is creating even more tourists vowing never to return to this shithole and they will spread that message far and wide.

Come for the concert …

Stay for the homeless encampments!

Stay for the traffic chaos!

Stay for the Death Cult street takeovers!

As Toronto prepares for the annual Santa Claus parade, that festive jingling sound isn’t coming from sleigh bells, but a collection cup.

Facing rising costs amid Canada’s ongoing affordability crisis, the 120th edition of the parade is in financial hot water, prompting organizers to issue a GoFundMe campaign to help keep the annual tradition on the street.

Saying the chair of the Toronto Police Service Board has “breached our confidentiality agreement” and spread “false statements” during contract negotiations, the union representing Toronto Police officers has called for her resignation.

More than 350 vehicles have been recovered and 59 people have been arrested following an auto-theft investigation by Toronto police, who say some ServiceOntario employees were involved in a scheme that provided fraudulent vehicle identification numbers (VINs) for stolen cars.

The results of the investigation, known as Project Thoroughbred, were shared by police Chief Myron Demkiw and Supt. Ron Taverner at a press conference in Scarborough on Friday morning. Toronto police say they have recovered 363 stolen vehicles, valued at $14 million, and have laid 302 charges so far.

No Perps named.

TORONTO – Ontario is planning to remove sections of bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto, as it considers whether to rip up more bike lanes elsewhere.

The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last week that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic.

The government is going further through regulation, posting a proposed new rule that would require the province to remove sections of Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue bike lanes and restore them as lanes for vehicle traffic.

Smart move. Hope Chow goes off her rocker, well more off her rocker.

Over the weekend, Toronto budget chief Shelley Carroll conducted a mock budget session with listeners on Newstalk1010 Toronto and I give her credit for doing it.

However, her response on just one issue should be instructive to any taxpayer in any city, town or territory in Canada.

She was asked why Toronto still adheres to a policy that only allows contracts — on an estimated $1.65 billion in construction — to companies whose workers belong to a group of favoured unions.