With car thefts at an all-time high in Toronto, some people are resorting to installing retractable bollards in their driveways — vertical posts to physically prevent their vehicles from being stolen.
“Toronto – Canada’s version of a Democrat run city”
Diversity is our strength ….
I can tell you, from internal police comms, that one of the reason front line officers (many of whom are worried about the Jew hate at the leadership “equity” level of Toronto Police, is the belief that these criminals are so violent that if cops do anything, violence will erupt. https://t.co/0VwMpFA0aE
— Ari Goldkind (@AriGoldkind) March 24, 2024
WARMINGTON: Hard to believe it’s eight years since we lost Rob Ford
How soon we forget.
Yet, when it comes this bigger-than-life man, how could we? But, yes, it was on March 22, eight years ago, that Toronto lost its 64th mayor and one of its most famous ever citizens to cancer.
I would vote for Rob any day.
Free office space and tax breaks: These are some of the concessions Toronto has made to FIFA as part of World Cup
Documents obtained by CTV News Toronto are shedding light on the extent of the city’s obligations to FIFA in hosting games for the 2026 World Cup, including tax breaks and a requirement that public transportation fares be free for ticket holders.
The 242 pages of documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information request and contain the host agreement signed by the city in 2018, as well as a 2022 addendum, though many of the pages are redacted.
They lay out the terms under which the city is responsible for bearing many of the costs of the games, including providing FIFA with office space and equipment “of the highest quality”; city beautification; free public transport for pass holders, ticket holders and media during the games; setting up ticket facilities and covering any municipal taxes FIFA might incur.
Toronto No. 1 City For Bed Bugs For 7th Year In A Row!
The top five Canadian cities with the worst bed bugs are located in Ontario, according to Orkin Canada.
The pest and wildlife control services organization released its annual list of “bed buggiest” cities in the country on Tuesday.
Ranked number one for the seventh year in a row: Toronto.
Carjackings have more than doubled in Toronto so far this year: Police chief
Carjackings have more than doubled so far in 2024 while break and enters for the purpose of car theft have already exceeded the total number for all of last year, Toronto’s police chief says.
The numbers represent “an escalation of violence, threats and intimidation where weapons are being used to steal vehicles,” Chief Myron Demkiw said, addressing a meeting of the Toronto police board on Monday.
So far this year, the city’s seen 68 carjackings which is a 106 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, Demkiw said, while there have already been 34 break and entry offences for auto theft, up from 22 in all of 2023.
Toronto councillors push for more oversight on rising cost of hosting FIFA World Cup
The rising cost to host six FIFA World Cup soccer games in Toronto will come before city councillors this week, with some focused on preventing the price tag from rising further.
Council will dig into a report that shows the cost to taxpayers to host the 2026 matches has jumped by $80 million. Late last month, city staff said that the price shot up because of a variety of factors including inflation, security costs and the city being awarded six games instead of five as initially expected.
All for 6 crappy games and free tickets to the finals for a few local grandees their kids and clients.
Diversity is our strength
Who is doing the murders in Toronto? Let's have a look at Toronto police's most wanted list. pic.twitter.com/UZt14O0gIx
— Way of the World (@wayotworld) March 16, 2024
Joel Kotkin: Toronto falls into the pit of urban decline that’s plagued U.S. cities
For years, American urbanists and city planners have looked at Canadian cities with envy, as they had managed to avoid the searing decline of their American counterparts. And Toronto was where the late Jane Jacobs chose to make her home, largely due to her enthusiasm for urban neighbourhoods.
But more recently, the Greater Toronto Area has been showing signs of the urban ills that are commonly associated with city life south of the border. Carjackings, for example, have boomed; one recent victim was Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner.
Toronto Unemployment Surges, Adds 75k More Unemployed People
Toronto’s population boom has led to rapid growth of its talent pool—but can they find work? Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows Toronto’s unemployment rate rose significantly faster than the national rate in February. The city’s unemployed population has grown to hundreds of thousands of people, with annual growth rising 11x the rate of its labor force.
ZIVO: Queen West business owner alarmed by local addiction crisis
The owner of one of West Queen West’s oldest stores says that addiction and crime has reached intolerable levels in the neighbourhood. He blames government policies – such such as supervised injection sites and lax bail rules – for the chaos and says that local businesses risk closure unless changes are made soon.
This pattern is repeated in city after city so you can’t help but wonder if it’s a form of “Block Busting”
JAY GOLDBERG: The unfolding World Cup 2026 debacle in Toronto
Toronto taxpayers recently received news as predictable as the sun rising in the east: The price tag for hosting a handful of 2026 World Cup games is skyrocketing and taxpayers will be the ones left holding the bag.
The new numbers are so bad it’s time for Toronto’s leaders to consider withdrawing from hosting the games.
Toronto signed a secret deal that would have let it back out of hosting the 2026 World Cup
Toronto signed a secret agreement that gave it the right to withdraw from hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup if it didn’t receive financial support from senior levels of government by mid-2020, internal emails obtained by the Star show.
But for reasons that remain unclear, the city didn’t trigger the deal, leaving it on the hook for the skyrocketing costs of games.
A draft of the deal is contained in emails obtained by the Star through a freedom of information request. They provide the fullest picture yet of how the city joined the bid to host the global soccer tournament in 2018, despite not meeting the key council condition of securing provincial and federal funding beforehand.
Looks like the rich have hoodwinked the lokel yokel tax payers once again.
Police face increased scrutiny after two Toronto political events cancelled amid pro-Palestinian protests
When Flavio Volpe’s Uber pulled up at the AGO on Saturday evening to attend an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, he immediately sensed there was going to be trouble, he says.
Unlike the heavy security normally seen at events involving heads of government, the streets had not been blocked off and police presence was minimal. There were protesters everywhere.
“I fully expected there would be hundreds of protesters there, the prime minister is a legitimate target (of protest),” said Volpe. “But I also expected police to have secured the site to provide safe passage for guests.”
The great deception: Hosting a major sporting spectacle
The only thing certain about bidding to host a major sporting event is that whatever you suggest taxpayers might be on the hook for will ultimately be much, much higher.
It’s the golden rule.
To wit, it was no surprise when it was revealed last week the city of Toronto is already facing an $80-million cost overrun to host six games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The original estimate of $300-million has jumped to $380-million. Anyone thinking that will be the end of it is a fool. It’s only March, 2024, for heaven’s sake.
Hosting a major sporting event has evolved into a form of legalized theft, the connected profit at the expense of tax payers most of whom can’t afford a ticket.