Toronto City Council has voted twice on whether to host up to five preliminary-round games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, for the low, low price of $300 million. The first vote, in April last year, passed 21-1 with four absentees — the lone opponent being veteran left-wing councillor Gord Perks. The second vote, in July, passed 21-2 with two absentees — right-wing councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong joined Perks in the lonely ranks of the opponents.
Treatment centres, not new safe injection sites, that’s what Anthony Furey is promising if elected mayor on June 26.
It’s about time someone started talking about the issues posed by the impact of hard drugs on our society because it’s at the core of so many problems we are facing.
Taxpayers will pay for improvements to BMO Field and other hosting costs, while reimbursing MLSE for any lost revenue or expenditures.
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment won’t be on the hook for any costs associated with helping Toronto host the World Cup, as part of a “sweetheart deal” under which the company will be entitled to millions of dollars in revenue generated by the soccer tournament.
A Feb. 10 letter of intent outlining the city and MLSE’s hosting partnership for the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 stipulates the company will be kept financially “whole” for its role in staging the competition, which will include overseeing upgrades to municipally owned BMO Field, licensing the tournament’s commercial rights, and marketing.
Fuck you Tory.
The total number of offences against customers was 111 in February, down from 136 in January
New data from Toronto’s transit agency shows safety incidents were down in February after police boosted patrols in the system and the agency added extra security guards and outreach workers.
Emergency funding has dried up, and the head of Toronto’s shelter department says without $317 million, the city will have to shut more shelters
Toronto is in the throes of a homelessness crisis that’s only getting worse, but new budgets from the federal and provincial governments have failed to offer a life raft, says the head of the city’s shelter system. Short of a major infusion of new funds, he’s warning that Toronto could see fast-tracked shelter closures and increasingly squeezed sites as early as the start of next year.
The first week of Toronto’s mayoral byelection was packed with campaign events and policy proposals, but experts predict that will give way to fiery attacks as candidates fight to gain ground.
The official campaign is less than a week old and it’s already drawn a pack of over 30 contenders to replace John Tory. But experts closely following city politics say that no one has the name recognition of Toronto’s former mayor. That means they’ll need to spend big and make bold policy statements to get on the radar of voters.
Another deranged road monkey playing some made up oppression card for sympathy. https://t.co/alQvDXIM7y
— Antifa exposed Canada (@antifa_canada) April 8, 2023
One year before this spring’s fatal stabbing of a teenager at the Keele subway station in Toronto, the man charged with that crime was in jail. And he was facing more than 70 criminal charges.
But Jordan O’Brien-Tobin, now 22, was about to receive a deal. On March 31, 2022, at Toronto’s Old City Hall court, he entered into a plea bargain for his release under a probation order.
h/t DM
… As he registered as a candidate on Monday, Anthony Furey promised a 90-day review of all government spending. Furey questioned whether all existing programs are needed at a time when the city is in financial trouble.
He pointed to a grant program that offers up to $1,000 for JK-12 students in the Toronto District School Board to engage in environmental advocacy.
“It’s not the job of Toronto taxpayers to shell out for activists,” Furey said.
Newstalk 1010 host John Moore, like many journalists in the city, has been reporting on the violent incidents on the TTC in recent months and on Tuesday, he himself had a terrifying encounter on a downtown subway that left him shaken.
Speaking to CP24.com on Wednesday, the host of Moore in the Morning recounted the incident with an unknown man that occurred at College Station. He said as he approached the fare turnstiles, he saw five TTC workers engaged with a man who he described as “agitated.”
Court records reveal Jordan O’Brien-Tobin has been charged in at least 40 other criminal cases in Ontario since at least 2020
A GTA judge previously warned that the man accused of killing 16-year-old Gabriel Magalhaes in a random attack inside Keele station was a threat to the public if he did not get help for his substance abuse and mental health issues.
So you want to be mayor of Toronto? Here are the top 10 most pressing issues facing the city
A surprise return to the ballot box for Toronto — thanks to John Tory’s abrupt departure — has reignited debate about the biggest issues facing the city.
The byelection to pick the city’s next mayor officially starts Monday, the first day for candidate registration at city hall, and there is no shortage of mayoral hopefuls eager to offer solutions to the most pressing problems.
From the crushing cost of housing and everyday living to terrifying violence on the TTC and beyond, to the city’s pandemic-ravaged finances, this leaderless metropolis looks and feels tired and ragged. Nobody who hopes to get elected is expected to declare, “Toronto is doing fine, so let’s hit cruise control.”
Seriously if Toronto was in danger of being destroyed by a catastrophic climate event I would probably applaud and I live here.
And renaming Dundas is just the sort of progressive onanism that landed Toronto where it is today a city perversely trying to emulate the Democrat run urban disasters of America.
Other items on the list like the housing shortage are due in part to previous administration’s restricting development but are exasperated by Blackie’s insane mass immigration policy which is the single greatest driving factor behind the shortage. The hope of owning a home is now just a dream for most and the poor face massive rent increases and diminished choice. Let’s not forget that Blackie’s immigration policy further impoverishes the poor by depressing wages.
Affordability? A good start will be to ask Blackie about his climate taxes on everything and strangling Canada’s energy sector.
As for crime, well Mr. Star you’re reaping the whirlwind of your own bleeding heart progressive policies.
As for “homelessness” it’s primarily a mental health/addiction crisis. No cure until the legal confinement of the mentally ill can be restored. Coincidentally that will have a major impact on TTC crime and who knows ridership may increase when the TTC is no longer used as a homeless shelter.
With the city accepting nominations for Toronto’s mayoral race Monday, municipal health officials are pushing for no criminal consequences for possessing any kind of illegal drug as long as it’s for an addict’s own use.
A pioneer of controversial right-wing social media campaigns. The mastermind behind Kathleen Wynne’s ambitious policies. Stephen Harper’s advertising guru. A Polaris Prize-winning musician.
They’re all among the growing list of people working on Toronto mayoral campaigns.
No mention of Furey in this article which seems a deliberate “oversight”.
I would trust him to be the most conservative of contenders.
It’s an open secret Saunders is Ford’s choice. That’s good enough reason for me to park my vote elsewhere. Who wants another squishy liberal?
Right now there’s a lot of talk at Toronto City Hall about creating new taxes to levy against Toronto residents and taxpayers.
This is unacceptable. It’s got to stop.
It’s been a privilege for me to be a newspaper columnist for more than a decade in this city that I love so much, but I’m now switching gears and running to be mayor of Toronto because I want to tackle these sorts of problems head on.
