Toronto City Hall

Tens of thousands of city workers could go on strike or be locked out early next month after the Ontario Ministry of Labour granted their union a no-board report.

Toronto City Council has voted to approve Mayor Olivia Chow’s 2025 city budget, which includes a 6.9 per cent tax hike to support the $18.8 billion operating budget and the $59.6 billion capital plan.

A new report on Toronto’s Parks and Recreation Division from the city’s auditor general suggests there is much room for improvement when it comes to maintaining park infrastructure.

The City of Toronto will explore opportunities to purchase domestic goods where possible while also launching a campaign to get residents to follow suit, but its top bureaucrat is signaling that a blanket ban on U.S. suppliers “would not be prudent.”

Newly released data from Toronto Public Health (TPH) shows the total number of deaths from Jan. 1 to June 30 last year reached 135. That’s five more than the first six months of 2023, but down 20 from the same period in 2022.

A nostalgic landmark in the heart of Toronto is about to be left empty — city council is hoping to find a new use for Old City Hall but in 2019 staff estimated it would cost approximately $225 million for a “full restoration” of the building.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has released her finalized 2025 city budget, which keeps the proposed 6.9 per cent property tax increase in tact but expands tax relief measures for seniors and those living with disabilities.

Toronto’s waterfront revitalization plan is getting a big boost to speed up development, with a $975 million investment from all three levels of government.

Two city councillors, including TTC Chair Jamal Myers, are calling for the transit commission to take action aimed at “regaining the trust” of riders following a number of recent service delays and other issues.

A union representing some 30,000 inside workers at the City of Toronto says its members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike mandate if bargaining fails to yield a deal.

Overdoses will increase and first responders will see more emergency calls after new provincial laws shutter five supervised drug consumption sites in Toronto this spring, the city’s acting medical officer of health said in a report tabled Monday.

Toronto’s bylaw officers will no longer crack down on cannabis stores that are operating illegally.

Toronto City Coun. Shelley Carroll is the new chair of the Toronto Police Service Board, unseating the incumbent in a split vote at board meeting on Tuesday.

City of Toronto staff are proposing a property tax increase of 5.4 per cent in the latest city budget.

Torontonians who use public transit often commiserate over their public transit woes – and it appears those sentiments even extend itself into city council meetings.