Nearly 63,000 small pieces of plastic were pulled from Toronto Harbour over six months last year — thanks to trash traps, according to research data released on Monday. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Thousands of people rallied in a downtown Toronto square on Saturday to show their support for Ukraine on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Toronto will extend the leases of 17 temporary shelter hotels for up to five years as part of its services for unhoused people, city council decided this week. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Toronto will reverse a ban on tobogganing at 45 hills in city parks, council decided on Wednesday. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Sammy Yatim's mother says she welcomes recommendations from a coroner's inquest into his shooting death by a former Toronto police officer, but she will only have closure if the proposals result in action. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Thousands of Toronto Hydro customers are without power on Thursday evening after a raccoon made contact with Hydro One equipment at a downtown station. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Jurors made 63 recommendations at the coroner's inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim. The teen was shot and killed by Toronto police on a TTC streetcar more than a decade ago while experiencing a mental health crisis. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Rinks at three Toronto parks will be revamped thanks to an investment of more than $500,000 from three organizations as part of an NHL all-star legacy project. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Metrolinx is making progress on supporting business and communities that will be impacted by construction of the Ontario Line subway but needs to do more to satisfy the city, Toronto councillors say. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Parents of children at a west-end daycare set to close in six months appealed to the Ontario government on Friday to improve access to child-care spaces in Toronto. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

New data shows that the number of people with dementia is rapidly growing in Ontario and doctors are urging the province to invest in home care now to meet their needs. bit.ly/3vB8Exk

Advocates are calling on the city to keep warming centres open all winter long, saying unhoused people face real danger as the temperature remains below freezing. bit.ly/3O3zNPP

Toronto has banned tobogganing at 45 hills across the city due to safety concerns and one councillor says he's not happy with the move because there are more important issues that should be drawing the attention of city staff. bit.ly/47BDEdQ

The Toronto Public Library says it is storing returned books at 12 trailers off site following an October cyberattack. bit.ly/3HAAYD3

Two Toronto city councillors are calling on federal authorities to investigate what police say was a targeted arson at a Jewish-owned deli in North York as a possible act of terrorism. bit.ly/41Z4kEj

Ontario has had almost 20 years to achieve its AODA goals, disability advocates and communities say.

Ahead of the 2025 deadline, they emphasize this year shouldn't be wasted and needs to be spent trying to close the gap on accessibility. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue is no longer a "pit of hell" now that the intersection's four crosswalks have reopened after years of construction, say people who live and work nearby. bit.ly/3S3QvBa

DEVELOPING: Ontario's coroner's counsel is calling for Soleiman Faqiri's jail cell death to be deemed a homicide, saying the evidence points in "one direction." bit.ly/3RhIYgF

BREAKING Deadly restraint of Soleiman Faqiri by Ontario jail guards a homicide, coroner's jury finds cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

The jail sergeant who broke protocol to film Soleiman Faqiri's condition in the hope of getting him help gave powerful testimony about the last day he saw him alive.

Sgt. Clark Moss choked back tears at Faqiri's inquest Wednesday. bit.ly/4abUv9F