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Toronto City Council to vote on proposal allowing up to four-unit multiplexes across city
A house for sale in the east end of Toronto, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
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Toronto city council scraps proposal to keep warming spaces open 24-7 until April
Unhoused residents adjust their shelter under the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto on Tuesday January 31, 2023 as the coldest weather in years arrives. A precedent setting legal ruling in Kitchener, Ontario on the eviction of unhoused encampments will see a wave of legal challenges starting in other cities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Supreme Court upholds Ontario law that cut Toronto city council during 2018 election
The first meeting of the new and reduced Toronto city council, is photographed on Dec 4 2018. City council now comprises 24 councillors after the Ontario government reduced city wards from 45 to 25.
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Toronto city council has passed budget with massive hole
The first meeting of the new and reduced Toronto city council, is photographed on Dec 4 2018.
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‘This is the perfect tree’: Success in a long campaign to protect a 250-year-old red oak in Toronto
Edith George wraps her arms around a red oak tree, that's approximately 250 to 300 years old, in North York, Ont. on Friday, February 7, 2020. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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Toronto city council unanimously approves motion to extend CafeTO outdoor dining program through winter
People sit on a restaurant patio in Toronto, on July 24, 2020.
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New Doug Ford vs. Old Doug Ford: Which one is Premier of Ontario?
The Editorial Board
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Toronto councillor Jim Karygiannis removed from office after running out of legal appeals over election spending
Councillor Jim Karygiannis speaks to media after an urgent session of City Hall council on Thursday, September 13, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Alberta appears to be crusading against its own cities – and Canadians should take note
Tim Querengesser
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Led by Mayor Tory, Toronto city council votes down 10% cut to police budget cut, supports body cameras
People take part in an 'abolish the police sit in' to mark Juneteenth, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality in Toronto, on June 19, 2020.
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Toronto Mayor John Tory backs list of police changes but opposes calls for 10-per-cent budget cut
Mahlikah Awe:ri and Gary Wassaykeesic take part in an 'Abolish the police' sit in to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality in Toronto, on June 19, 2020.
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A transit-oriented redesign of Toronto: filling space for the city’s next million people
Alex Bozikovic
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Toronto Mayor Tory open to police reforms, budget cuts, but calls a proposal to cut 2021 budget by 10% arbitrary
A Toronto police officer watches during an anti-racism march in Toronto on Saturday, June 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Supreme Court will hear challenge to Ontario’s move to cut size of Toronto city council
The first meeting of the new and reduced Toronto city council is seen in a Dec. 4, 2018, file photo.
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Court reinstates Jim Karygiannis to Toronto city council
Councillor Jim Karygiannis speaks to media after an urgent session of City Hall council on Thursday, September 13, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Ousted Toronto city councillor Jim Karygiannis seeks reinstatement at hearing
Councillor Jim Karygiannis speaks to media after an urgent session of City Hall council on Thursday, September 13, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Doug Ford government started work on cuts to Toronto City Council a day after election win
Doug Ford government started work on cuts to Toronto City Council a day after election win
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Toronto votes to continue allowing select group of labour unions to bid on construction projects
A meeting of Toronto city council, on Dec. 4, 2018.
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First-time council candidates face uphill battle in Toronto’s 25-ward election
Toronto's city hall council chambers are seen on Aug. 20, 2018.
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Incumbent vs. incumbent: Key races to watch in Toronto’s 25-ward election
Toronto's city hall council chambers are photographed on Aug. 20, 2018.
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Appeal court justices grant stay citing precedent, pave way for move to 25 wards in Toronto
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is photographed during a session of the Legislative Assembly on Ontario, Sept 17 2018.
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Where is Ford’s respect for municipal government - the heart of the rule of law?
Alice Woolley
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‘We will never, ever back down,’ Doug Ford declares as he presses ahead with plan to slash Toronto city council
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says Doug Ford, a onetime city councillor and failed mayoral candidate, is using the office of premier to settle scores with his old political adversaries.
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Doug Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause exposes dangerous loophole in Constitution
Marcus Gee
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Toronto’s municipal election is today. Here’s what you need to know
Toronto mayoral candidates John Tory and Jennifer Keesmaat square off for a debate moderated by Nicole MacIntyre, The Globe and Mail's deputy national editor, at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Oct. 9.
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Doug Ford’s powers are not limitless - thanks to a system he neither understands nor values
Carissima Mathen
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Doug Ford is challenging the rule of law itself
Marcus Gee
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Province had no duty to consult before cutting Toronto council size, lawyers argue
Toronto's City Hall council chambers is photographed on Monday, August 20, 2018.
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Toronto argues Doug Ford’s council reduction violates ‘constitutional principles’
Toronto's City Hall council chambers is photographed on Monday, August 20, 2018.
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Evening Update: What’s happening with Toronto’s city council; key figure in sponsorship scandal dies
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory meet inside the Premier's office at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday, July 9, 2018. A published report suggests the Ontario government is poised to reduce Toronto city council to just over half its current size. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin