The Toronto Star's Tess Kalinowski notes a study suggesting that real estate prices outside of Toronto are likely to spike if the GO Transit train system expands its services outside of Toronto.

The plan to expand the GO train system to 15-minute, all-day two way service could increase some Toronto area property values up to 12 per cent ( Read more... )

Spacing Toronto's John Lorinc writes about how Premier Kathleen Wynne's decision to not let Toronto impose tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway weakens John Tory's position.

What she did, in a way that breaks from her mostly civil approach to politics, was to play Mayor John Tory for a fool. Whatever else you might think ( Read more... )

The National Post carries Patrick Maloney's Postmedia News report about how the southwest Ontario city of London has just declared itself, by unanimous vote of city council, a sanctuary city for refugees and migrants.

City politicians in London, Ont. unanimously backed a call to make London a so-called sanctuary city, prompted by U.S. President ( Read more... )

Steve Munro recently celebrated the 11th anniversary of his Toronto transit blog by warning that the treatment of Toronto mass transit has become dominated by political appearances and stunningly lacks any appreciation of--for instance--the need to adequately fund mass transit.

Regular readers have probably noticed that some of my writing, both ( Read more... )

Torontoist's Alex McKeen reported on a consultation process in Regent Park regarding a test project on guaranteed minimum income in that community.

Mike Connell has a strong opinion on how to cook the perfect steak. A cook for the Yonge Street Mission, he enjoys his job and is quick to say so ( Read more... )

This report in The Globe and Mail was a surprise to read last night. I have no idea as to how this will rebound onto politics in Toronto and wider Ontario.

In a stunning about-face, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will announce Friday that she will refuse to give Toronto permission to go ahead with Mayor John Tory’s plan to toll the Gardiner ( Read more... )

The Financial Post's Garry Marr describes how the Toronto real estate boom is driving up prices elsewhere in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and beyond, as far as Niagara.

Canada’s largest city just keeps getting bigger - at least in terms of what constitutes “Toronto” real estate ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Martin Regg Cohn argues that the online arguments between Kathleen Wynne and Kevin O'Leary may help the former, by giving her a highly public exchange with a political opponent who can be proved wrong.

When [Kevin O’Leary] trash-talks Ontario, it’s music to [Kathleen Wynne's] well-worn ears - those ears having been bent out of ( Read more... )

There are many reasons to criticize the government of Ontario's Liberal premier, Kathleen Wynne. There are many ways to criticize her. The personal abuse described in Mike Crawley's CBC News report is not one of these ways.

The replies to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on Twitter are not for the faint of heart ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Ben Spurr describes how the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension is set to finish in mere months. I, for one, will be excited to see, and ride, this extension of the subway. New stations!

Toronto’s first new subway project in more than a decade is almost complete ( Read more... )