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Leaside residents say higher tower project left them blindsided

A group of residents in a midtown Toronto neighbourhood is vowing to take their fight against a developer to the city's ombudsman.

Toronto backtracks on removing businessman's name from historic house after racism controversy

City officials in Torontohave reversed course on a controversial decision to remove the name of a prominent early 20th century Toronto businessman from a historic home, in light of new information brought forward by his descendants.

Dispute spells end of meal program for Toronto seniors

A meal program for lower income seniors in a rental building in the Bathurst-St. Clair area has been shut down by the sites property management firm.

Toronto looking at ways to beautify city streets

A midtown city councillor has launched an effort to reverse what he sees as the deterioration of Toronto's streetscape into "a filthy, ugly place" by doing a better job of selecting and maintaining street infrastructure, such as bike lane markers, trash cans and benches.

Etobicoke residents plead for help amid rat infestation

A rat infestation is plaguing residents in a south Etobicoke neighbourhood. And they're blaming an impromptu garbage dump set up by residents of a nearby homeless encampment in Mimicos Coronation Park for their new furry neighbours though a pest control expert and their local councillor say a nearby excavation site is likely contributing to the problem.

TCHC lowers man's ceiling below city standards

A Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) resident is speaking out after the social housing agency lowered the ceiling in part of his apartment to less than seven feet well below the citys regulatory standard.

Future of Church-Wellesley's 'orphan' parkette up in the air

Residents in a busy downtown neighbourhood say they've been struggling to have a popular parkette cleaned up but no one seems to be taking responsibility for its upkeep.

Help may be on the way for flood-prone Toronto neighbourhood

Residents in a flood-plagued north end Toronto neighbourhood say they've been waiting more than a decade for the city to make good on a plan to fix the problem.

Councillor calls for more visitor parking in Toronto developments

A suburban city councillor is calling for an overhaul of the minimum requirements for visitor parking at new housing developments, saying the current minimums are so low they could have a negative impact on families and seniors.

Monument to 11 who died in Balsam Lake canoe disaster restored

Almost 100 years ago, placid Balsam Lake, in the heart of the Kawarthas, was the scene of one of the worst pleasure craft disasters in provincial history: 11 boys and young men drowned when their oversized canoe capsized, in the dark waters, far from shore.