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Toronto’s smoky skies are soon expected to let up. How long will the haze and heat last?
Residents should should expect some relief by Thursday morning, Environment Canada said, with a cooler 14 C expected Thursday ...
Putting up refugees in Toronto-area hotels has caused friction. This agency is taking a risk on a new approach
The just-opened Polycultural Reception House in Mississauga is for refugees referred by the UN and resettled to Canada. It’s ...
Toronto and GTA Flash Flood Anniversary Underscores Urgency of Severe Weather Preparedness
On July 16, 2024, residents in Toronto and across the GTA faced devastating flash flooding that led to prolonged power ...
Canada wildfire smoke triggers heat wave and poor air quality warnings in Toronto and the GTA; check who are at risk
Toronto and the GTA are under a heat wave and poor air quality warning issued by Environment Canada on July 14, 2025, due to ...
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Even more Beer Stores abruptly closing including two in Toronto
The wave of closures for The Beer Store continues to ripple through Ontario, with another 10 locations set to shut their ...
GTA home sales down year-over-year in June, listings up: real estate board
Greater Toronto Area-home sales ticked 2.4 percent lower in June compared with a year earlier as 6,243 properties changed ...
They came to Toronto for safety. Instead African asylum seekers faced racism, homelessness, says new report
The halls of Pilgrim Feast Tabernacles Church sit empty now, a stark contrast to 2023 when they were brimming with African asylum seekers who had nowhere else to go.
Air quality in Toronto among worst in the world Monday, as Environment Canada issues heat warning
Parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are under an air quality warning on Monday alongside an ongoing heat warning in the region, Environment Canada says.
Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch for parts of the GTA as heat warning continues
Environment Canada has placed parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) under a severe thunderstorm watch on Sunday as a heat warning continues for the region.