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

NEW YORK—Bobby Corrigan, a world-renowned rat expert, grew up in Brooklyn reading mystery novels. He dreamed of being a detective, but instead used his sleuthing instincts and science credentials to become the Sherlock Holmes of rodent control.

One morning this spring, Corrigan, 73, stood in a small auditorium inside New York City’s health department. The room was church-like, with high ceilings, wood-panelled walls and frosted glass windows. Looming behind him, projected on a large screen above a wooden stage, was a whiskered rodent with a long naked tail.

A six-month project to upgrade the streetcar route along Spadina Avenue has only just started, but is already causing headaches for drivers, cyclists and businesses alike.

On June 23, the TTC switched out streetcars for buses on the busy downtown artery to perform critical track renewal work at Spadina Station. The project also includes upgrades to the overhead electrical system on sections of the right-of-way route, including between King Street and Queens Quay and between College Street and Spadina Station.

I was born and raised in Toronto; it will perhaps always seem like home. But I’ve left, and I don’t expect to live there again. Like the Torontonians Edward Keenan discussed, I found myself unable to see a future in my hometown.

Barely being able to afford rent and groceries on two middle-class paycheques was a big part of the problem, but it was seeing child care in Canada through the eyes of my Swedish husband that ultimately sent us packing.

It wasn’t just the cost and absurd wait times — to get a quasi-afforable daycare spot in Toronto you need to put your “child” on the wait-list as soon as the egg meets the sperm — but the overall state of the thing.

This is not a loss.

Fresh home sales data has finally answered the question for real estate watchers: The Bank of Canada’s initial interest rate cut in June did not open the floodgates to buyers, many of whom remain sidelined through an unseasonably slow spring housing market.

Sales figures from local real estate boards released in the past week show last month’s home sales did not see much of an uptick after the Bank of Canada’s quarter-point cut on June 5, the first decrease in four years and a substantial shift in monetary policy after the central bank’s fastest tightening cycle on record.

Toronto condo sales are tanking — but asking prices aren’t budging. Here’s why

Condominium sales in downtown Toronto have tanked, but prices have barely budged thanks to over-leveraged sellers refusing to take a financial hit by listing their units for tens of thousands of dollars below what they bought it for.

In June condo sales fell a whopping 29 per cent year-over-year, but prices only declined by 0.9 per cent, according to data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). This has led to more inventory on the market with new listings up more than 12 per cent year-over-year giving buyers a bounty of options to choose from.

The condo’s they speak of are the 500 – 600 square foot units that flooded the market downtown during the peak. I recall seeing units for sale with only a microwave to cook with in what passed as a kitchen.

I question that Toronto has the recovery in it to make these units viable.   

The past year has been like one giant costume party for Toronto’s new mayor — and dressing up suits her well.

Mayor Olivia Chow is living her best life as Toronto’s chief magistrate — often dressed up as not herself. Move over Mr. Dressup, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there’s a new wardrobe maven in town.

Have you noticed that Toronto does not have a Canada Day Parade.
At all. They have fireworks. But no parade.

But the Mayor Olivia Chow push the Pride Parade.
Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau attended.

Your leadership in Canada are more interested in Pride then Canada 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/pNJLiJPJ48

— sonofabench (@therealmrbench) July 1, 2024