Toronto Police are reminding the public that the Church-Wellesley Village Business Investment Area will host its annual ‘Halloween on Church’ festival this weekend, with more than 80,000 people expected from Saturday evening into Sunday morning. The festivities will kick off at 8:00 pm tonight (Friday). Police advise motorists to a...
“Welcome to Diamond of Dunluce, a mixed-income, affordable housing development built with dignity,” reads the caption on a beautifully designed digital webpage for this newly launched project. IslamicFamily, an Edmonton-based Canadian charity, is behind this initiative and is widely known for providing essential services, including...
For many young Canadians, buying a first home has become a frustrating math problem. Even when a household earns a steady income and has saved for years, the monthly mortgage payment can still put homeownership out of reach. Some mortgage brokers believe the solution is to give first-time buyers considerably more time to repay their […]
Rogers Communications Inc. has been ordered to pay a $15 million administrative penalty for misleadingly marketing its “Infinite” wireless phone plans. In December 2024, the Competition Bureau filed an application with the Competition Tribunal, alleging that Rogers’ advertisements falsely implied the plans offered unlimited d...
The official results of the recently concluded municipal elections are still being tabulated. However, preliminary reports indicate that women are making significant strides in Ontario’s municipal politics, as Tracey Raney, a professor in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration (TMU), note...
“He has hit the ground running,” is how some Mississaugans are describing Alvin Tedjo’s rapid implementation of his election promises. Just one day after his decisive victory over established candidates Carolynn Parish and Bonnie Crombie, Tedjo has rolled up his sleeves and is ready to take action. Tedjo announced his immedia...
According to the most recent census data from Statistics Canada, the number of one-person households has more than doubled from 1981 to 2021, indicating a significant shift in how Canadians live. The data also shows that the City of Toronto, the core of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), had 385,765 one-person households, accounting for 33.2% [&h...
Just a few weeks ago, the central Bank was expected to keep interest rates unchanged for the rest of the year. However, statements by Governor Tiff Macklem at an International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting significantly changed that outlook. What did he say that caused such concern among economists? During a break at the IMF meeting, […]
Just last week, city pollsters indicated that incumbent Olivia Chow was leading her opponent, Bradford, by double digits. However, a couple of days later, they revised their predictions, suggesting the contest was tightening and could become a dead heat. While they didn’t predict a loss for Chow, they noted it would be a close race. [&he...
What a difference a week makes in politics. Last week’s voters’ poll by Liaison Strategies found Crombie leading with 35 percent among decided and leaning voters, followed by Tedjo (31 percent) and Parrish (28 percent). Damerla was in a distant fourth. Even as recently as this morning, the top 3 candidates’ positions had not ...
