Toronto & Area

CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2023

Six years ago, a school board west of Toronto was making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Security had to be stepped up after racist outbursts at board meetings, a man was filmed tearing pages out of a Qur'an during discussions about religious…

Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2023

A Toronto-area community group says it has cash, jobs lined up and people ready to help two vulnerable Afghan families come to Canada, but it says the federal government is not moving fast enough to get the refugees out of danger…

Kelly Skjerven The Star Thu., Dec. 1, 2022

Newcomers searching for a home in Toronto’s tight rental market face “alarming” levels of discrimination, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

In a phone audit of rental listings that appeared this year…

Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2022

Homeless advocates gathered outside the office of Toronto Mayor John Tory on Tuesday to demand that the city immediately open more emergency shelter spaces for unhoused people ahead of winter.

The Shelter and Housing Justice…

Shawn Jeffords · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2022

The City of Toronto is expanding its shelter system as winter approaches, stressing that the need for beds continues to grow while the resources to fund them remain strained.

The city will add 1,000 spaces to its system during the…

Griffin Jaeger · CBC News · Posted: Sep 20, 2022

Members of the Iranian community in Toronto are taking a stand against what they say is the world's silence following the death of a 22-year-old woman in Iran after she was detained by the morality police.

Mahsa Amini was arrested…

Temporary measures required to help contain COVID-19 outbreak.

Students Will Still Be Able to Complete School Year.

Government Recognizes the Dedication and Sacrifice of Frontline Workers.