East York News

Ontarians are fine with paying taxes as long as it's fair, says the Ontario NDP Finance Critic.

Toronto police are in the midst of investigating two separate stabbings around the city.

St. Clair Ave. between Bathurst and Dufferin in Toronto, as seen Feb. 9, 2012. The debate about above-ground transit and it's affect on the community rages on at city hall.

Longtime Riverdale resident Grant Gordon, the father of three sons and husband to broadcaster/author Gill Deacon, has been nominated as Toronto-Danforth's federal Liberal candidate.

Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins doesn't like being called the archdiocese's CEO.

CEO defends need for merger between Scarborough, East General hospitals. Friends of The Scarborough Hospital co-chairs Ed Castro, left, and Eden Garaj talk to residents Thursday, Feb.

A relative of Michael Eligon was minutes away from picking him up at hospital on Feb.

The Toronto Star originally set out to do a story about city streets named after notable black Canadians, hoping to tell the unknown tales of trailblazers whose names are part of our daily lives and commutes.

Leslieville business owner part of Shop Local campaign. East end residents and Torontonians as a whole are being asked to 'Shop Local' like the Shop Leslieville campaign.

With an open-concept layout, this north Toronto one-bedroom condo sold for 99 per cent of the asking price in just over two week.

On Wednesday night, after a day of debate and arguing, Toronto City Council voted 25-18 to reject Mayor Rob Ford's plans for making underground transit the future of Toronto's infrastructure development.

Toronto Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a man wanted for first-degree murder in relation to a 2011 homicide in North York.

Mayor Rob Ford is personally hitting the streets and malls and doorsteps telling Torontonians he won't stop fighting for new subways.

"We can't keep building roads. We have to invest in transit so incremental increases in the transit budget are entirely appropriate given the long-term strategy." - Rick Craven, Ward 1 Councillor A massive overhaul of Burlington Transit could be in the works in the next decade if the recommendations of consultants are followed in a comprehensive ... (more)

Woodbine Corridor resident pens ebook about love, aviation and travel. Brian Panhuyzen is the author of 'Night is a Shadow Cast By the World', which he recently decided to make available as an ebook.

That's the message from Loblaws vice-president of public relations after chief Galen Weston's controversial remarks at a Toronto food conference angered farmers and consumers alike.

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UPDATE: Ford loses motion to defer transit proposal. Mayor Rob Ford lost his attempt to have debate on the city's transit plans deferred at Wednesday's special meeting of Toronto Council.

Toronto city council meets today in a special session to vote on a motion by Transit Commission chair Karen Stintz.

A marijuana grow op valued at $200,000 was seized by police in a Don Mills Road and Overlea Boulevard apartment building Monday, Feb.