TORONTO – The Billy Bishop Island Airport expansion debate will be moving ahead and city councillors will finally have their say about the matter next week.
The city’s executive committee voted 11-1 to push forward with the plan to lengthen the island airport 200 metres at each end.
The controversial plan is expected to be discussed at city council April 1, although a final decision likely won’t be made until 2015.
Tuesday’s meeting lasted well into the evening with 190 registered speakers in council chambers.
WEATHER
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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT
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Sports:
Leafs:
Bernier came back from a five-game absence and did what he could against the potent Blues. But the result was the same as recent efforts for the Leafs, who made too many mistakes in front of him and couldn’t come back, dropping their sixth straight, 5-3 to St. Louis on Tuesday night.
Raptors:
Dion Waiters scored 24 points, Luol Deng added 19 and the Cleveland Cavaliers prevented Toronto from getting closer to a post-season spot with a 102-100 win over the sloppy Raptors on Tuesday night.
IN THE NEWS…
A police manhunt is on after a fatal shooting in broad daylight in a west-end Toronto neighbourhood.
Scores of weather warnings have been issued for Atlantic Canada as a powerful spring blizzard is poised to bear down on the region today.
The desperate, multinational hunt for Flight 370 resumed Wednesday across a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean after fierce winds and high waves that had forced a daylong halt eased considerably.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Germany today to meet with German business representatives as he prepares for a discussion with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
First-degree murder trial for Brian Dickson, accused in the death of Qian Liu, a York University student from China. Through April 11. (10 a.m. at 361 University Ave.)
Olivia Chow, Rob Ford, David Soknacki, Karen Stintz, and John Tory to participate in first debate of Toronto mayoral race. (5 p.m. at City/OMNI studios, 33 Dundas St. E.)
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley host a reception for Sochi Olympic and Paralympic athletes. (5 p.m. at Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park)
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