Gary Webster disagreed with the mayor and now he's out of a job because of it, Councillor Janet Davis says. The Toronto Transit Commission today voted 5-4 to terminate Webster — its chief general manager and a 36-year veteran of the TTC — because, she said, he would not side with Mayor Rob Ford on his transit plan.

Toronto City Council was awash in a sea of blue Wednesday afternoon as Code Blue, a community group formed to fight proposed changes to the Port Lands Development, packed the council chamber to watch a vote on the future of the project.

Toronto homeowners are facing a four per cent tax hike today despite efforts Tuesday night by an opposition bloc of city councillors to soften mayor David Miller's budget blow.