Police and city inspectors moved in to clear another homeless encampment at a public park in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, arresting several people, including a photojournalist with The Canadian Press.
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‘Anger and vitriol’: Toronto restaurants with vaccine mandate face backlash
The decision to enforce, or not enforce, a COVID-19 vaccination policy is negatively impacting some Toronto businesses.
Toronto to officially rename Dundas Street and two subway stations
The ambitious move has been called for by residents and community groups for more than a year now and comes, in the City’s own words, “in an effort to promote inclusion and reconciliation with marginalized communities” due to Henry Dundas’s controversial and problematic legacy.
Ontario mayors calls for decriminalization of drugs
According to the Gilbert Centre and other outreach groups, the local overdose rates skyrocketing during the pandemic. They say for people unable or unwilling to access mental health services and support; punishment only sends them spiralling further out of control.
Toronto officials provide COVID-19 update as more able to move up 2nd vaccine doses
Tory said Wednesday morning that more than 2.18 million people in Toronto now have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 820,000 are fully vaccinated.
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
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N.B.-N.S. border remains closed due to protest about isolation requirements.
‘They let them die’ at Quebec’s worst-hit long-term care homes, union rep tells coroner.
You’ve had your 2nd dose. What’s safe to do now?
Travelling while fully vaccinated: Your questions answered about the new rules coming July 5.
Quebec set to go green as cases drop, vaccination rate rises.
COVID-19 cases are surging among those who aren’t vaccinated, says Yukon’s chief medical officer.
Two people charged after allegedly threatening to ‘blow up’ east-end Toronto mosque
Toronto police say the accused were under the influence of drugs when they allegedly tried to enter the Islamic Institute of Toronto on Tuesday morning, and there’s no evidence suggesting what happened was hate-motivated.
LGBTQ & Trans Pride in Toronto: Not everyone is welcome at flag raising ceremony
On Tuesday, we dropped by Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square, home to City Hall (and a never-ending vortex of woke-ism). We were going to take in the raising of the rainbow flag, which is emblematic of the LGBT community. Correction: LGBT is so last decade. According to the City of Toronto, the new and improved moniker is 2SLGBTQ+, which we were told stands for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and questioning communities.
Tickets issued after thousands gather at Toronto beaches over long weekend
Toronto is waking up with a long weekend hangover, with reports of parks trashed and residents, especially those with kids and dogs, kept up for four straight nights by backyard fireworks displays.
Toronto police estimate thousands gathered at Woodbine and Cherry beaches on Sunday night, shooting off fireworks for Victoria Day.
Const. Ed Parks said police received several calls about the gatherings and some people were issued tickets, but it is unclear how many.
Posts on social media show people gathered on the beach watching fireworks as well as garbage strewn across the beaches Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Toronto area Rabbi charged with mischief after steps of Israeli consulate painted red
Some members of the Jewish community, as well as other activists, condemned Israel’s violence in Gaza Friday morning by painting the steps of the consulate—something they say was meant to symbolize a river of blood.
DR. SNITCH: CTV medical ‘expert’ calls cops on neighbours for having a party during lockdown
In a tweet Saturday evening, CTV medical expert Dr. Brett Belchetz accounted his attempts to inform authorities on a party happening at a neighbouring condo.
TDSB considers letting LGBTQ students change names without parental approval
According to a report by the LGBTQS Community Advisory Committee, the committee has a table working with human rights groups to discuss the matter.
Even virtual concerts are now banned under Ontario lockdown rules
Live concerts haven’t been a thing in Toronto for more than a year now, making it hard to imagine a time when they will be again, especially due to the unimaginable blow the entire industry has taken over the course of the pandemic.
And now, new lockdown restrictions have brought about another hit that seems somewhat nonsensical: the prohibition of virtual concerts livestreamed from floundering local venues.
Rally held downtown to raise awareness about anti-Asian racism
Organizers of the demonstration said they are “outraged and heartbroken” by the events that took place on March 16 when Robert Aaron Long allegedly killed four people inside two Atlanta spas and four others at a massage business roughly 50 kilometres away.
Toronto, Montreal see thousands protest against COVID restrictions
Canada’s largest city saw what appeared to be its largest protest against municipal and provincial lockdown restrictions yet. On a day where temperatures were above the seasonal average, a crowd that seemed to be in the thousands gathered on the lawns of Ontario’s legislature, Queen’s Park, just as they had nearly a year earlier.
Protesters started to fill the area shortly before noon, with police taking a mostly hands-off approach to the crowd, unlike previous weeks.