
Welcome to Toronto 2023 where drug injection sites get to stay but a go-kart track, batting cages and beach volleyball courts have to go!
All of those activities are white supremacist adjacent!

Welcome to Toronto 2023 where drug injection sites get to stay but a go-kart track, batting cages and beach volleyball courts have to go!
All of those activities are white supremacist adjacent!

Democracy activists and Hong Kong groups are expressing concern about Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s repeated meetings with organizations that take positions aligned with Beijing.
On Aug. 19, Ms. Chow attended a celebration event held by the Lem Si Ho Tong (LSHT) Society, a Toronto-based clan association for individuals sharing the surname Lem, also spelled Lam, according to a WeChat post by local Chinese radio station FM105.9.

The city of Toronto is looking into its contracts with a construction company paid tens of millions of dollars to upgrade city facilities amid concern taxpayer money was misused.
In August 2022, city staff “were made aware of inconsistencies” regarding the cost of work by Mississauga-based Duron Ontario Ltd., a city spokesperson confirmed.

A Toronto supervised consumption site has been in the spotlight after an employee was charged in connection with a fatal daytime shooting near the centre in July, spurring a provincial government review of all sites in the province.
But when it comes to who’s responsible for the sites, the answer is complex.
The federal, provincial and municipal governments are all part of a system of approvals, funding and oversight that allow the sites to operate. According to Toronto Public Health, there are 10 sites in the city and six of them — including the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) — are provincially funded consumption treatment services. Among the sites that are not provincially designated consumption treatment service locations, one is not open to the public, one is Toronto Public Health’s and another relies on donations.
Chowtowners think discarded junkie needles are cool.

It was early spring when thieves targeted an upscale neighbourhood on Toronto’s east side, sliding a Lexus out of a family’s driveway. The vehicle was quickly recovered by police but with the electronics torn out, it was already a write-off.
The family had been through this before. In 2016, their Lexus RX and Porsche Panamera were stolen on the same night. Their then-teenage son had been babysitting next door at the time. “It took him years to recover,” says his father Thomas, who asked that his last name not be published for his family’s safety. “His sense of security was severely compromised.”

Transparency from all levels of Canadian government has rarely, if ever, been murkier. A group of nonprofits including the Centre for Law and Democracy and Centre for Free Expression recently went so far as to submit a complaint to the United Nations about the federal government’s infringements upon Canadians’ right to information.
Our political class needs dismantling.

Toronto is a world leader when it comes to gridlock.
That’s one of the findings of a study conducted by U.K. car rental company Nationwide Vehicle Contracts, which ranks Toronto as the world’s 13th worst city to drive in.

The pushback against renaming Toronto’s Dundas Street gained momentum recently after three former mayors spoke out in opposition to it, and a distant relative of Henry Dundas has renewed hope the proposal will be scrapped.
Jennifer Dundas, a retired crown prosecutor and former CBC reporter, has spent years reading through scholarly articles, books, official records, and journal entries related to the prominent British politician Henry Dundas (1742–1811).

LILLEY: Calls for huge tax hikes as Toronto begins budget planning
Toronto’s executive committee was urged to hike property taxes by 30%, tax church and school parking lots and defund the police all to deal with the city’s budget woes. After being led through a plan by city manager Paul Johnson on how to find a solution to the $1.5-billion budget gap, Mayor Olivia Chow and councillors heard from residents.
Toronto, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow to cancel Toronto’s bid to host a handful of 2026 World Cup games after the Toronto Star revealed that former mayor John Tory signed agreements with FIFA that won’t be disclosed to the public.

It is hard enough to traverse the downtown core of the city by foot, on two wheels or four.
But try walking through some of its more famous, or now infamous, parks.
We posted during the election that homeless camps would be back bigger and better under Chowreign.
This is what you voted for Chowtowners.

Gone in 60 seconds?
This time, a coveted Range Rover in Rosedale was gone in about 50 seconds. Seems Toronto car thieves are getting even faster. And more prolific.

LILLEY: Yonge St., Wellesley, Churchill and more on city renaming list
Are we ready to give up Yonge St. in Toronto? The most famous street in the city is on the list of streets and places that should be considered for renaming.
The same city report that pushed forward the idea of renaming Dundas St. said that there were 60 street names, including 12 named for slave owners, which “are no longer considered to be reflective of the city’s contemporary values.”

Benefit top-up will help around 1,350 people find housing, City of Toronto says
A top-up to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB) will help around 1,350 people find housing and relieve pressure on Toronto’s shelter system, officials say.
The City of Toronto said in a news release Monday that new applications are being accepted following a one-time $13.4 million top-up to the COHB, funded by the City and the provincial government.
“These additional housing benefits will prioritize asylum seekers in addition to other people experiencing homelessness,” the City said.
Canada’s CTV: All the news that fits… the liberal agenda