The plan details current and enhanced measures aimed at addressing 'disproportionate impacts' of the pandemic on the city's vulnerable residents.

'In a public health emergency, complete transparency is required,' said Joe Cressy, chair of the Toronto Board of Health.

Coun. Joe Cressy is urging all levels of government to take action following what he says was the largest number of opioid deaths recorded in a single month by Toronto Public Health.

"We can't breathe. We are dying. We are Torontonians. We are a proud and resilient population. We deserve better. We deserve much better. It can be better."

The independent study commissioned in 2017 found elevated levels of fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) and high levels of some metal components. The report concludes that the high levels of PM2.5 in the subway require action to reduce the severity, especially on Line 2.

Dr. Eileen de Villa said she wants to see all flavoured vaping products, with the exception of tobacco flavour, banned at stores where "minors have access."

"We may have rooftop areas in the City of Toronto that are creating heat islands. How do we actually then turn that into a community hub that can also produce food?"

The immunization strategy includes a series of recommendations to Ontario's Ministry of Health, Health Canada and several other organizations to try and reduce "vaccine hesitancy."

The director of Montreal's public health department is welcoming a recent report by Toronto's board of health pushing the federal government to decriminalize all drugs.

“I was in my house and I heard the gunshots and immediately the neighbour came ringing the doorbell to tell me my daughter has been shot.”