Toronto – Ring in the new year with the City of Toronto at a spectacular celebration on the waterfront, featuring high-altitude fireworks, music and pop-up performances. On Tuesday, December 31, the City will host a 10-minute fireworks display synchronized to music, lighting up Toronto’s inner harbour at midnight. As one of the largest shows in Canada, it will offer stunning …
Toronto – City of Toronto staff will update Toronto City Council on the outcomes of the call for applications for the Purpose-Built Rental Housing Incentives stream. This transformative initiative aims to unlock 20,000 new rental homes including up to 16,000 purpose-built rental homes and a minimum of 4,000 affordable rental homes, enabling construction to start by the end of 2026. …
Toronto – After two months of collective bargaining, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU) Local 416 – CUPE have reached a tentative four-year agreement. This milestone represents a true partnership as both sides came to the bargaining table and achieved an agreement, two weeks before the current collective agreement is set to expire. TCEU Local …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow marked the start of construction on the City of Toronto’s first affordable housing project delivered through the Public Developer Delivery model at 11 Brock Ave. Toronto City Council approved the Public Developer Delivery model in July to accelerate the creation of non-market, affordable rental homes for low- and moderate-income residents on City-owned lands. Taking a more …
Toronto – The City of Toronto announced the first shelter locations under its Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS). The first six locations mark the beginning of a 10-year strategy to build shelters citywide, providing necessary supports and creating more pathways out of homelessness for people in Toronto. The City also announced expanded Winter Services to support people experiencing homelessness …
Toronto -Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced $1.2 billion for Toronto to buy new Line 2 subway cars. She said: “I am so thrilled to be here. And I just want to start by thanking the amazing people who work here at the TTC. When we ride the subway, we are really glad to get to school or work or …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing $758 million to help the TTC purchase 55 new trains for Toronto’s Line 2 subway. This investment is a result of the New Deal for Toronto, which was reached one year ago, and was conditional on the federal government meeting its financial commitment to support this critical public transit projec. “It’s nearly 12 …
Toronto – The City of Toronto rose the Toronto Sceptres flag at Toronto City Hall to celebrate the teams highly-anticipated home opener, at Courtesy flagpole, Podium Roof, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street W. The event was feature remarks by Mayor Olivia Chow and appearances by Sceptres’ Captain Blayre Turnbull, Assistant Captains Renata Fast and Jocelyne Larocque as well as …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated the start of construction of a new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project adjacent to the TTC’s Wilson Station that will deliver a total of 1,484 homes including 520 affordable rental homes. The City of Toronto, in partnership with CreateTO, is supporting the delivery of this project through the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan’s (HousingTO Plan) Housing …
Toronto – The City of Toronto and CreateTO announced the Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential (Kilmer-Tricon) as the preferred proponents for the redevelopment of the City-owned sites at 610 Bay St. and 130 Elizabeth St. – home to the decommissioned Toronto Coach Terminal. The properties will be redeveloped into a mixed-income, mixed-use development including affordable housing, a new Toronto Paramedic …
