The much anticipated snow storm hit Toronto Friday morning and as expected, driving in the city was a challenge. In East York, many of the main roads were plowed every few hours, but the residential streets were left snow covered for most of the day.
The snowstorm that is ravaging Southern Ontario has led to many school closures Friday.
Get ready Toronto, it’s going to get a bit chilly! Environment Canada has set out a severe winter waning for today and Friday. The city of Toronto will experience significant snowfall from 15 to 25…
At the corner of Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue, a nearly completed barn-like structure stands at the centre of a small island of grass.
The structure, installed under the city of Toronto’s public art program, pays homage to the older days of the area when this corner of East York was all farm land, not a busy urban intersection.
A former street nurse says the City of Toronto doesn’t do enough to assist the homeless in cold weather.
For the past week, Toronto has faced its coldest temperatures in over two years, with three consecutive cold weather alerts. Once a cold weather alert is issued the city relaxes its shelter restrictions and takes in more homeless off the streets. The city also opens up a reserve of 172 shelter beds during extreme cold weather alerts to help ease crowding. However, street nurse Cathy Crowe believes city services in such emergencies fall short. “The city barely calls a cold weather alert,” Crowe said. “They have to be pressured through the use of media and lobby groups… Then, they finally add beds to an overcrowded system; they aren’t really beds, more or less cots.”
The bright lights, the loud camaraderie, the flowing booze and the clamour of the slot machine soon became Roberto Rossi’s* new home, and he loved it. “To my astonishment, I found myself enjoying it and it was really exciting,” Rossi said. “Ladies would serve you drinks. There were lights, bells, trinkets, noise if someone won, and people yelling. They made the atmosphere conducive for you to really have a good time.”
Harold Mah figured the Toronto Argonauts would win the Grey Cup more than two weeks ago. “Once the Argos entered the playoffs, we were already in discussion about a parade,” Mah said. He is the event support manager for the City of Toronto. For the most part, Mah said, plans for a Grey Cup parade have been organized for the past two weeks.
Despite the continuing patience of the Guildwood community, the Guild Inn has remained fenced off since 2001. There is yet another Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Inn, but it is late.
Norma Campbell, now nearing retirement, insists that this is “something the public should be aware of,” despite the risk to her job for speaking with the press.
One night in the summer of 2005, Darrell Bricker heard a strange sound coming from his basement. When he investigated, he discovered what he called as a “geyser” of water coming up from the floor. “I tried to stop it but I obviously couldn’t,” he said. “I went and bought a wet-dry shop vac. I spent the better part of the night vacuuming this water and dumping out the bucket.”