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

Toronto is forecasting a budget deficit of roughly $915-million this year, which it plans to address by almost depleting its pandemic reserve fund if other levels of government don’t step in.

The city council’s executive committee is expected to discuss a series of budget-related reports Tuesday, the day before Olivia Chow takes office as Toronto’s new mayor. Ms. Chow, who won last month’s by-election to replace John Tory, will be inheriting a dire financial situation, mostly stemming from reduced transit revenues due to lower ridership and higher shelter costs for people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic.

It’s not going to get better.

On the same day of the brazen stabbing on Toronto’s subway system, the accused, Moses Lewin, was supposed to make an appearance in a Milton, Ont. courtroom to face another string of charges, court staff say — but he didn’t show up

Instead, the court issued him a bench warrant.

Mayor-elect Olivia Chow says she “can’t imagine” the grief and shock being felt by some members of the community following a spate of violent incidents in Toronto, including one that recently left a mother of two dead, and that stopping the violence will be one of her top priorities as mayor.

“My condolences to the family and loved ones of Karolina Huebner-Makurat,” Chow said to reporters following an anti-Islamophobia event Monday morning. “I can’t imagine the grief and the shock that’s going through the rest of the community.”

For a city, an amazing mother and wife was stolen from a beautiful family.

The first is described as a tall and 25 to 30 years old with a medium build, cornrows, and potential head injuries. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with a black stripe from sleeve to sleeve, blue jeans, and white shoes.

The second suspect is described 18 to 25 years old with a slim build, average height, and long hair in a ponytail. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, a black North Face hoodie, dark coloured jeans, and white shoes, while the third is tall and 18 to 25 years old with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, dark pants, and shoes.

We need Gangsta Healing Lodges so victims of oppression may be released quickly.

Police say the victim, who has been identified as Karolina Huebner-Makurat, 44, of Toronto, was struck by a stray bullet while walking in the area. She was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.

Both suspects are descripted as Black men.

Anyone notice something odd here?

I see very little “outrage” over this unfortunate woman’s murder.

I guess that’s the new normal in Chowtown.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a man with life-threatening injuries on a moving subway train earlier this week.

I imagine Chow will have him guarded by social workers while she preps his Key to the City ceremony. I see him as a near perfect choice to be Chowtown’s next Diversity Chief.

The cost to rescue a multimillion-dollar boring machine trapped beneath a west end street has nearly tripled in just months, with city staff saying the work to unearth the device is more complicated than first anticipated.

The updated cost estimates and timeline come to Toronto’s General Government committee next week. Documents show work to free a micro-tunnelling boring machine trapped under Old Mill Drive since last spring has jumped to $25 million — up from the approximately $9 million price tag in March.

It’s Chowtown.

🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada

Another day, another gruesome stabbing on Canadian public transit.

Get out of the cities. Just get the fuck away. pic.twitter.com/qRaRarWCGt

— 🪙The Ferryman's Toll🪙 (@ferryman4747) July 6, 2023

h/t Mauser

‘Not paying a cent’: Chow takes aim at feds on housing for refugees as newcomers flood Toronto shelters

Mayor-elect Olivia Chow slammed the federal government Wednesday for not taking responsibility for housing refugees it brings into the country, but said she’s “hopeful” she’ll be able to work with them to improve the situation.

“The federal government is not paying a cent right now for refugees’ housing, period,” Chow told reporters following a meeting in Scarborough with community leaders and the private sector as part of her transition. “That is the truth. I am just saying right up front.”

Toronto deserves it, they voted to elect both these clowns.

The perfect storm continues.

A new study by commercial real estate firm CBRE found that the vacancy rate for downtown Toronto office space hit 15.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, the highest it’s been since 1996. That’s up from just two per cent in March 2020, when the pandemic was declared.

The work-from-home trend that gathered momentum during the pandemic, fears of an economic slowdown and layoffs in the tech sector have been a triple whammy for office space, said Michael Case, managing director of CBRE’s downtown Toronto office.

Looks like Chowtown has an answer to the homeless crisis.