Public health says the city’s drug checking service has found unexpected and potent drugs in the unregulated supply over the last few months.
Health board chair Joe Cressy says Friday’s numbers set a devastating record for the city and he’s calling on all levels of government to invest in solutions.
Nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Toronto identified with a racialized group in November, according to the city.
On Thursday, Toronto’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa discussed new data on ethno-racialized groups affected by the virus during a city media briefing.
The data shows that racialized groups continue to make up a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases, as they have throughout the pandemic.
In only three clicks, children can go from the website of Toronto’s Catholic school board to adult homosexual sites where they can learn about ‘cruising,’ ‘fisting,’ and ‘how to have lesbian sex’.
Remember that delightful encounter we had with those “peaceful” protesters that occurred back in June?
In case you don’t recall, here’s an abbreviated backstory: Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square had been taken over by a collective of ne’er-do-wells known as Afro Indigenous Rising. And I do mean taken over. Think of this group as a poor man’s version of Antifa and/or Black Lives Matter.
The mayor of Ontario’s largest city called for a return to a full lockdown Monday, saying the move is necessary to prevent the health-care system from being completely overwhelmed by a surge of COVID-19 cases.
John Tory stressed the “urgency of acting quickly” in enacting new restrictions, a day before the provincial government is expected to announce a series of additional pandemic measures.
Hillier spoke to CP24 Friday morning and said the province is in need of more COVID-19 vaccines as vaccination sites ramp up efforts to administer the shots to as many people as possible.
The new report, from Black Lives Matter Toronto, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, YWCA, Family Services Toronto, Neighbourhood Legal Services and 17 other groups says taking an approach where separate services for drug use, mental health crises and homelessness are set up to replace the role of police could lead to better outcomes.
If Alek Minassian could go back in time to before his deadly Toronto van attack, he would do it all over again but make sure he died at the end of it, he told a psychiatrist.
The shocking admission of the man on trial for 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, made during a psychiatric evaluation less than a year ago, was revealed in court Wednesday.
Adamson Barbecue at 7 Queen Elizabeth Blvd. in Etobicoke opened its doors again on Wednesday morning despite warnings from authorities that they would be shut down and fined if they did so.
