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

About half of GTA residents say they would consider leaving to buy property in one of Canada’s more affordable cities, according to a new Royal LePage survey.

The online poll, which surveyed 900 Canadians aged 18 and older living in the country’s three largest urban centres, found that about 50 per cent of respondents would consider buying a property in one of Canada’s most affordable cities “if they were able to find a job or work remotely.”

Among renters, about 60 per cent said they would be willing to relocate while only about 45 per cent of current homeowners said they would consider it.

Really, Toronto? Is this the best that you can do?

After months of agonizing traffic paralysis, and untold millions wasted (literally untold, due to secrecy and Toronto’s incompetent system of awarding contracts –only contracting bosses get rich in Toronto), city council finally asks staff to take a month or two to see whether it can speed the work up to save the city from strangling itself.

This should kill off the downtown and let’s face it that is the goal.

Some have suggested that the Gardner debacle will give a boost to TTC ridership.

No. I will simply avoid Downtown Toronto rather than ride the Homeless Junkie Choo-Choo.

When strangers pound at the door of her downtown Toronto apartment, Janice Bellmore has learned to keep calm, make sure her lock is secured, and turn up the TV to drown out the noise. Calling security, in the complex she’s lived in for two decades, often feels futile.

It’s not unusual for unfamiliar faces to roam her building — a weathered concrete and brick apartment, with rusting metal railings looking over a wide courtyard connecting it to hundreds of other homes. In many cases, the people who enter this sprawling complex are desperate to find potent street drugs, tenants say. And it’s a reliable place to look, as vulnerable tenants having their units taken over by dealers is a chronic problem.

On a January morning in 2022, Supt. Stacy Clarke sat inside a Toronto police interview room, her lawyer by her side.

The first Black female superintendent in the history of the service was being read her rights. She was the focus of a criminal breach of trust investigation.

Her intentions were in no way honorable. She’s a crooked cop, end of story.

Canada’s government has refused Toronto’s request to decriminalise the small possession of hard drugs in the city.

It was denied because of concerns over public safety and lack of political support, officials said.

Toronto had initially made the request in 2022 in a bid to tackle its overdose deaths crisis.

The rejection comes after British Columbia (BC) rolled back its own decriminalisation policy last month.

I knew a couple who ran a pizza joint in Washington, D.C. Previously they had, between them, lived in Scarborough, Central America, South Asia and the Middle East. Once, we were sharing our impressions of the U.S. capital city.

“It’s a beautiful city,” I said, then thinking of the sky-high cost of living there, added, “if you have the money to afford it.”

She responded, “Every city is a great place to live if you’re rich.”

Every time I come home from a trip to Europe, I feel a little ashamed. Ashamed and perplexed. Why is everything so much better over there? The parks, the public transit, the highways, the squares, the museums – even the garbage bins are better than ours.

Arriving in Toronto, where I live, feels like crossing into the East Bloc from the West during the Cold War. Everything looks so shabby. The main route into downtown from the airport is in scandalous shape. Rusting guardrails. Garbage and weeds on the shoulders. Potholes and bumps. The inbound drive along the Gardiner Expressway is like a ride on a decrepit roller coaster.