Greater Toronto Area

• Toronto area fare integration set to boost ridership, halve costs for some commuters

  Internal projects suggest a new Toronto-area fare integration program could be used almost 160,000 times per day and boost ridership by 24,000.

  Canada

  Nov 8
  
• Greater Toronto home sales drop 7.1% in September as higher rates bite

  Greater Toronto home sales slid 7.1 per cent last month compared with September 2022, with sales of semi-detached houses and townhouses particularly declining from last year.

  Consumer

  Oct 4
  
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• Gas prices drop 8 cents Wednesday in southern Ontario, to drop further: analyst

  The price of gas on Wednesday dipped to $1.629 a litre in the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario.

  Canada

  Sep 20
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• Toronto home sales little changed from July to August but expect volatility: board

  The GTA housing market saw home sales and prices barely shift between July and August, but the leader of the region's housing board is expecting more volatility on the way.

  Canada

  Sep 6
• Toronto, parts of southern Ontario under Labour Day heat warning

  The warning covers the entire Greater Toronto Area and goes beyond, including St. Catharines, Kitchener and Clarington, Ont. High temperatures are forecast to last into the week.

  Weather

  Sep 3
• Man posts videos of himself street racing, brags about getting away, is arrested: York police

  A man who posted videos of himself street racing in the Greater Toronto Area and bragged about getting away with it is now facing criminal charges, police say. 

  Crime

  Sep 1
• Ontario child hospitalized for over a month after mosquito bite

  Kathryn McKissock never thought letting her child play outside of their Oshawa, Ont. home could lead to him developing a life-threatening disease.

  Canada

  Aug 30
• Metro, Unifor reach second tentative deal for striking grocery workers in Toronto

  Metro Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement with Unifor covering striking workers at 27 Metro grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area.

  Canada

  Aug 30
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• Metro grocery seeks injunction against striking workers preventing deliveries to stores

  Metro Inc. says it's seeking an injunction against striking employees who are picketing its warehouses and preventing deliveries to stores in Ontario.

  Canada

  Aug 25
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• Metro filing labour complaint against Unifor amid ongoing strike, warehouse picket

  The move comes after striking Metro workers started picketing two of the grocers' distribution warehouses in the morning.

  Canada

  Aug 23