A senior public official recently said "the barriers" to firing public servants over matters like the Phoenix fiasco "are very, very high," but more than 310 were let go in 2015/2016.

City child care, community centres and garbage collection east of Yonge Street are among the services that will be shut down if 28,000 unionized workers go on strike or are locked out next week.

Toronto council has approved the nomination of former Ontario cabinet secretary Peter Wallace at the new city manager.