TORONTO – Toronto city council has voted unanimously, 44-0, to further study a plan that would see the runways at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport expanded to accommodate jets.
The city will undertake a series of studies that will probe the environmental impact of the plan, as well as how an expansion would affect traffic, among other issues.
Once the studies are complete, city staff will give Porter Airlines its decision on the contentious issue. Porter uses turbo prop planes at the airport but wants to use jets.
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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT
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Sports:
Leafs:
It wasn’t pretty, but the Leafs did just that, beating the Calgary Flames 3-2 Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre to snap a streak of eight straight losses in regulation.
Blue Jays:
Drew Hutchison won his first start in almost two years, Adam Lind homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night.
IN THE NEWS…
Several homes needed to be evacuated after a car crash severed a gas line in Etobicoke early Wednesday morning.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa will release a long term economic report Wednesday that shows Ontario’s economy is expected to grow “somewhat more slowly” over the next 20 years than in the past.
Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis is quitting the federal political arena to join the municipal fray in Toronto.
Authorities kept hundreds of thousands of people out of their beds early Wednesday after a magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile’s northern coast.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Consumer Services Minister Tracy MacCharles makes an announcement about new laws in place for wireless customers. Media availability follows. (9:30 a.m. at Wind Mobile, Holt Renfrew Centre, Concourse Level, 50 Bloor St. W.)
The Art Gallery of Ontario holds a media preview for its new exhibit, Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty. RSVP to ago-rsvp(at)holmespr.com by April 1. (10 a.m. at 317 Dundas St. W.)
Cisco Canada and the Government of Nunavut announce a new innovative program focused on the remote delivery of education and healthcare in Canada’s North. Simultaneous announcements will be made in Ottawa and Iqaluit. (10 a.m. at Cisco Canada, Brookfield Place, Wellington Tower, 181 Bay St., 35th floor)
Jim Karygiannis, the former Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt, holds a news conference to announce that he is a candidate for Toronto City Councillor, Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt. (1 p.m. at Milliken Bar and Restaurant, 4016 Finch Avenue East)
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