Toronto – Later this month, the City of Toronto plans to conduct prescribed burns in High Park and South Humber Park to help protect rare black oak savannah and woodland habitats. Traditional and prescribed burns are deliberately set and carefully controlled fires that burn low to the ground to consume dried leaves, twigs and grass stems. Used across North America to …
Toronto- Mayor Olivia Chow and Councillor Chris Moise (Toronto Centre) celebrated the first Saturday Farmers’ Market hosted at the new St. Lawrence Market North building. As the original home of the Saturday Farmers’ Market since 1803, St. Lawrence Market North is welcoming farmers back to this historic space, just in time for spring. The St. Lawrence Market District, which includes …
Toronto – The City of Toronto is launching its first Children’s Spring Poetry Contest, inviting poets aged six to 14 to write a poem about what they love most about Toronto’s parks. Poems can be submitted online in any style and children are encouraged to explore topics such as nature, splash pads or their favourite memory at a local park. …
Toronto – Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Davenport), Chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee and Bikram Chawla, Chief, Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS), welcomed 44 new Primary Care Paramedics and Emergency Telecommunicators to the City of Toronto. The ceremony also saw four TPS staff members awarded Long Service Medals and Bars. The graduates who completed comprehensive orientation and training programs include …
Toronto – City of Toronto released an update to its Congestion Management Plan including recommendations for future measures to help mitigate traffic congestion, improve transit reliability and make travel safer and more efficient for all road users. The City also released a report on Enhancing Capital Construction Delivery and the Annual Strategic Capital Coordination Report. The reports are available on the …
Toronto – As part of the next stage of the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan, the City of Toronto will soon begin critical repair work on five bridges to ensure they remain in a state of good repair. Beginning Monday, April 7, the westbound Gardiner Expressway will be reduced from four lanes to three between Park Lawn Road and Grand …
Toronto – The City of Toronto is taking further action to support and protect local businesses and manufacturers while helping to strengthen Canada’s economic resilience in response to tariff measures from the United States with the launch of the City’s new Love Local campaign. Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillor Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) and Jennifer Lay, Executive Director, Riverside BIA, were joined …
Toronto – The City of Toronto unveiled the official FIFA World Cup 2026™ Host City poster at the Toronto Archives designed by Toronto-based illustrator Dave Murray. Murray was selected from a pool of more than 550 applicants in response to a design call last fall. His dynamic and visually striking poster will represent Toronto on the global stage, capturing the energy …
Toronto – The City of Toronto is inviting the public to participate in a consultation process to help inform the development of a proposed bylaw to address the impacts of demonstrations on vulnerable institutions. As directed by Toronto City Council, the proposed bylaw will focus on protecting vulnerable institutions such as schools, cultural centres and places of worship. The City …
Ontario – Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, announced a federal investment of $20 million for the Somali Centre for Culture and Recreation in Toronto through the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings program. This project will support the construction of a net-zero emissions facility that will address the needs of Toronto’s Somali community and provide social, cultural and recreational services …
