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@thestar.comPlanning experts say the city’s role has when it comes to housing has become more “constrained” under Doug Ford, but it still has some levers to pull — if the premier lets them.
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@thestar.com@thestar.comChris Alexander is out, and Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford are fighting to become Toronto's next mayor.
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@thestar.comPierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to launch a lawsuit against the owner of Hamilton steelmaker Stelco to protect jobs at the plant, where 500 workers recently received layoff notices.
@thestar.comA British Columbia woman who married an Islamic State fighter has pleaded guilty to terrorist-related charges in a Vancouver court.
@thestar.comThe move comes after Godfrey went public with a statement alleging that Ford’s office used his son's government-funded company and an unsigned contract as “political leverage” while seeking help to publish a pre-election column in Postmedia newspapers. https://mrf.lu/28Lnx
@thestar.comPremier Doug Ford has fired Progressive Conservative titan Paul Godfrey from the prestigious advisory council that oversees the Order of Ontario awards.
@thestar.comIn Theo Moudakis’s latest cartoon, Inspector Clouseau takes the lead on the Greenbelt scandal investigation.
@thestar.comAn SIU report cleared Toronto police officer Marc Pinizzotto and a fellow ETF officer of any wrongdoing stemming from the June 11 shoot-out, which left the suspect, Nicholas Bennett, with multiple gunshot wounds that left him critical condition.
@thestar.comDespite a slow start the fall real estate market, two home types are still luring buyers, but only in “popular” neighbourhoods.
@thestar.comFormer U.N. human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a judge on the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo, Norway.
@thestar.comA long-overdue change to the Canada Labour Code will soon ban certain forms of wage discrimination against part-time and temporary workers in federally regulated industries, but experts warn the way the law is written could limit its impact.
@thestar.comStatistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 6.5 per cent.
@thestar.comThe member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka will soon become the eighth MP to leave Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's caucus since the 2025 election.
@thestar.comOpinion: Amidst ongoing trade tensions, some have floated the proposal that Canada should respond to American bullying by turning off the pipelines. Wouter F. Germans Jr. explains that while cutting off oil to the U.S. might be emotionally satisfying, it would be economically devastating.
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@thestar.comCarney told a news conference in Sherbrooke, Que. that the program could reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 megatonnes annually.
The program is expected to cost the government up to $2 billion over the next eight years. https://mrf.lu/2fKrt
@thestar.comCanadians will be able to get rebates up to $10,000 for installing heat pumps starting early next year, as the government aims to get them in up to 820,000 homes.
@thestar.comIn today's editorial cartoon, Theo Moudakis depicts Mark Carney’s converging calamities.
@thestar.comThe Ford government is set to remove Etobicoke bike lanes next week. The government confirmed to the Star that work will begin Oct. 13 to remove bike lanes on a stretch of Bloor Street that has been at the heart of the city’s bike lane battle.
@thestar.com“This could end up being a close election, and we can’t afford to lose any votes to confusion on the ballot,” Olivia Chow’s campaign said in a release, telling voters that the incumbent mayor is the ninth candidate on the ballot. https://mrf.lu/2fyp1