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Toronto Housing crisis is forcing more seniors into shelters, doctors sayMore older adults are becoming homeless in Canada and relying on shelters, straining an already under-resourced system, a group of Toronto doctors says in a new report published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Number of older adults who areContinue Reading

Toronto A student at Toronto’s Ontario College of Art & Design University is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school.  School says discrimination, including antisemitism, ‘completely against the values of OCAD’ UCBC News · Posted: May 28, 2024 1:57 PMContinue Reading

Toronto Ontario and Ottawa say they’ve reached a deal under the national housing strategy that will unlock $357 million in federal funding for the province. The announcement comes after months of back and forth between the two levels of government over Ontario’s affordable housing targets. Agreement involves revised action planContinue Reading

Toronto Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag could add up to hundreds of millions more. Bonnie Crombie calls deal a ‘billion dollar booze boondoggle,’ but governmentContinue Reading

Toronto Rally held outside Toronto Jewish school after shootingA crowd of supporters, community members and politicians rallied in North York Monday to condemn hatred and antisemitism after shots were fired at a Jewish girls’ elementary school over the weekend. Speakers denounce hatred, division after shots fired at Bais Chaya MushkaContinue Reading

Decades after being punished in a residential school for speaking his own language, Sol Mamakwa will hold the powerful to account at Ontario’s legislature in the very same language past governments tried to bury. On Tuesday, Mamakwa, the only First Nation legislator at Queen’s Park, will rise in the legislativeContinue Reading

Toronto Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school, police investigatingToronto police say they’re looking for two suspects who allegedly shot a gun at a Jewish girls school in North York early Saturday morning. No injuries reported, but police say guns and gangs task force, hate crime unit are investigatingCBC NewsContinue Reading

Toronto Passenger involved in fatal 401 crash faces robbery chargesNewly-obtained Oshawa court records show Manpreet Gill is facing 12 criminal charges stemming from the day of the crash, including one count of allegedly robbing an LCBO. He has not been charged in relation to the collision. Manpreet Gill, 38, wasContinue Reading

Toronto Federal Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says she had “deep concerns” about the lack of limits Toronto put on its now-rejected pitch to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs — and the city health agency’s refusal to make any changes. Toronto Public Health didn’t answer questions about minister’s description ofContinue Reading