Dream on! Though I certainly would like municipalities to have more power (and see some rearrangements between federal and provincial power too) it will certainly not happen with a court challenge (nor ever, I fear!)

This presser was posted last week, it's not MORE $$$ :->

They might be well advised to get some folk from OUTSIDE Toronto in on this - the law affects every municipality.

Council (and others) passing laws (or by-laws) and then not having them enforced is all too common. Allows people to say 'see we dealt with the problem".

Yes, one would have thought that the safety issue should always have been foremost. If an e-bike is likely to self-ignite (which appears to happen, occasionally) it hardly matters to others in the vicinity or on the train if it belongs to a white millionaire or an immigrant gig worker.

Nice angle but not really nice streetwall, I fear!

Cancelled (according to BlogTO) https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2024/12/toronto-development-cancelled-condo-sales-rock-bottom/ WRONG THREAD! See below, apologies!

Yes, though in Belfast if you start doing 'political construction' work you are likely to be shot at and have your equipment torched!

Clearly a job for Sanscon! We already hate them and they never seem to finish things on time!

More (small) progress: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251345.pdf Summary The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's approval to amend the Ground Lease between Toronto Port Lands Company (TPLC), legally the Toronto Economic Development Corporation, and...

Their 'enhanced" SOGR project seems to be moving ahead... https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251345.pdf

The dredging of the Keating Channel has apparently re-started and will be 'finished' in 2025. City and TRCA staff have recently finalized a delivery agreement, dredging work has commenced and it is expected to still be completed by the end of 2025. From...

Latest Update: See: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251008.pdf Coming to Exec Comm next week.  The BIA Fixed Finance - Toronto Entertainment District BIA Streetscape Improvement project at the John Street Cultural Corridor is a joint project between various...

this site is above or adjacent to a huge gas 'interchange' area so I suspect it could NOT have any residential.

In fairness, they MAY be in the middle of fixin' the St Clair to King section - or not! Several more longer closures coming up.

Or actually have been one of the grave-diggers!

The shit is about to hit the fan - tomorrow at 11am Ontario's Auditor General reveals latest report In 19 hours News Durationlive Shelley Spence is set to speak with reporters at 11 a.m. ET at Queen's Park to detail the findings of her latest review of government operations. The topics in the...

I was on (New) Cherry today and they have totally cleared the site at SW corner of Lake Shore and New Cherry and done more clean-up on the site on SE corner too. They are also starting to do minor excabvation along the north side of the Keating Channel, presumably to fix the (quite...

Apparently the Auditor General's Report on OP is being tabled tomorrow - from those who know (or think they do) it's quite damning! Ontario's Auditor General reveals latest report In 19 hours News Durationlive Shelley Spence is set to speak with reporters at 11 a.m. ET at Queen's Park to...