Toronto Politics
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Ontario to take Billy Bishop airport from Toronto, designate it special economic zoneOntario's premier intends to use sweeping powers to designate Toronto's Billy Bishop airport a special economic zone, where provincial and municipal laws can be bypassed.PoliticsMar 23
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Toronto’s donor-funded consumption sites bracing for fallout of Ontario funding cutsOntario is giving seven defunded consumption sites time to transition to its abstinence-based model — homelessness and addiction recovery treatment, or HART, hubs.CanadaMar 19
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Advocates worry Toronto’s AIDS memorial may fade away with city’s renovation plansThe memorial was first established in 1988 and was made permanent in 1993, according to the 519, a Toronto-based LGBTQ+ organization that manages its annual name engravings.CanadaMar 16
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Ontario government seeks injunction to block Al-Quds Day rally in TorontoThe annual Al-Quds Day protest is scheduled to take place outside the United States consulate.CanadaMar 13
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Parking restrictions coming to downtown Toronto during World Cup gamesToronto will hold its first World Cup game on June 12 at Exhibition Place's BMO, where tens of thousands of fans are expected to watch Canada play.CanadaMar 12
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Airbnb offers $1K to Toronto World Cup landlords. Will it shift the rental market?Some in Toronto are concerned about the effects the policy could have on an already-expensive rental market for the residents left behind when soccer's biggest tournament moves on.CanadaMar 12
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Bike Share Toronto deploying more e-bikes, docks as revenue ‘scaling faster than costs’The Toronto Parking Authority, which manages the program, revealed those details in its 2025 Business Review and 2026 Annual Operating Plan presentation on Wednesday.CanadaMar 11
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New poll gives Olivia Chow commanding lead in 2026 mayoral raceA new poll from Liaison Strategies found Chow had an 18-point lead over Coun. Brad Bradford, who was ahead of Premier Doug Ford's nephew, Michael Ford.CanadaMar 10
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Ontario ‘taking over’ Toronto’s island airport, will compensate cityThe future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has been a subject of much debate since Ford began referencing polling his government had done about expanding its runway.CanadaMar 10
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Metrolinx promises building over DVP won’t lead to ‘multi-week, multi-month’ closureThe Ontario Line was first announced in 2019, with a current completion estimate in the early 2030s and an estimated cost of just over $27 billion.CanadaMar 9
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