Several Scarborough schools have received high rankings on the annual standardized tests given by the Education Quality and Accountability Office, according to the annual report card released by the Fraser Institute on March 7.
A $5 toll should be charged on Toronto’s two highways to pay for a proposed expansion of the subway system, says Ward 44 resident and mayoral candidate Sarah Thompson.
Toronto’s municipal election is eight months away. But candidates are already bringing important issues to the table. Two members of the Chinese community offer different perspectives on the city’s role in settling newcomers.
“You can stop this government. You are going to have to be brave. You have to be willing to picket,” MPP Michael Prue told those attending the meeting. “If you work in the hospital, you have to be willing to work to rule.”
“It was a little scary,” she said. “Whatever happened obviously happened very quickly. The flames, by the time we called 911 and came outside, were shooting out the basement windows.”
Mary Fragedakis’ entry into the race with Prue’s and Tabuns’ endorsement suggests that she’ll stake out the left of the political spectrum, offsetting another high-profile candidate to the right — Jane Pitfield, the former Ward 26/Don Valley West councillor who was David Miller’s major opponent in the 2006 mayor’s race.
The TTC cannot determine why a handful of streetcars have left the tracks while turning right from Queen Street onto Broadview Avenue. That includes a derailment that occurred Monday evening.
A public forum on the proposed Metrolinx expansion of the Georgetown South transit line and the rail link from Union Station to Pearson International Airport turned into an opportunity for citizens Monday night to voice…
What is the one thing Toronto Cyclists Union executive director Yvonne Bambrick and mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi have in common?
The Toronto East General hospital (TEGH) is reviewing its security policies in the wake of a jewellery theft from an 83-year-old woman on her deathbed last week.