The City of Toronto continues to modify its services and operations to respond to COVID-19 and align with provincial regulations and orders and direction from Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health. There has been an increasing number of COVID-19 cases among the City’s Solid Waste Management Services’ staff. To ensure the safety of
By Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun April 28, 2021
It’s not enough to say you’re for the people. You need to show it.
The provincial government reconsidered playground closures and cancelled powers that would allow random police stops.
Now, in East York, many are hoping Premier Doug Ford will soon bring back lawn bowling.
“It’s a game that already has social distancing,” said Councillor Paula Fletcher. “We understand the risks of COVID-19, but this is an example of something that could be taken off the lockdown list.”
Today, Mayor John Tory confirmed the City of Toronto’s CaféTO curb lane installations will begin on Saturday, May 8, as planned to ensure there will be no delay for participating restaurants when outdoor dining is permitted again.
CaféTO curb lane locations provide expanded outdoor dining space by reallocating the public right-of-way on Toronto streets for use by restaurants and bars that have registered and been approved for the program. Installation of these locations takes time and requires crews, equipment and the preparation of detailed traffic plans. Installing these locations on schedule ensures that they will be immediately available to operators when public health orders permit outdoor dining.
Today, Mayor John Tory welcomed Netflix to its new home in Canada when Netflix announced the opening of an office in Toronto.
Netflix officials delivered the news to Mayor Tory in a virtual meeting this morning with Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre), Chair of the City's Economic and Community Development Committee, and Councillor Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth), Chair of the City's Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board.
As of 8 a.m. today, anyone 45 or older living in one of the 53 postal codes across Toronto designated as a high-risk hot spot by the Province of Ontario is eligible to book a vaccination appointment at a City of Toronto operated vaccination clinic. This change makes an additional 206,169 Torontonians eligible for vaccination at a City-run clinic.
A small number of first dose appointments are available at City-operated clinics next week, with greater availability starting the week of May 10. For anyone age 45 or older who has a postal code that starts with the following, registration through www.toronto.ca/covid-19 or the provincial booking call centre at 1-833-943-3900 is now open:
April 26, 2021
Today, Mayor John Tory announced that the first ActiveTO major weekend road closures of 2021 will be in place this weekend along Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East.
The following closures will be in place beginning Saturday, May 1 at 6 a.m. until Sunday, May 2 at 9 p.m.:
April 22, 2021 By ALEXANDROS VAROUTAS, Beach Metro News
Last year, a group of east end businesses got together and opened Gerrard East Market (GEM) as a way to work within COVID-19 lockdown rules.
String lights went up, picnic tables were built, and 22 tons of sand were dumped, turning the once unassuming parking lot on Gerrard Street East by Marjory Avenue into a tropical vacation spot where patrons could enjoy local food and beer and forget the pandemic for a while.
The City of Toronto is inviting members of the public to provide feedback on the proposed regulatory and compliance framework for multi-tenant houses, commonly known as rooming houses.
Multi-tenant houses are an important part of Toronto’s affordable rental housing stock, providing single-room accommodation to diverse communities including students, seniors, new immigrants and residents with low to moderate income.
Together, the City of Toronto, healthcare partners, pharmacies and Toronto Public Health have now administered more than one million COVID-19 vaccines.
To date, 1,004,339 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Toronto.
Toronto is the first local health region in Canada to administer more than one million doses of vaccine.
The Team Toronto effort is focused on getting as many residents vaccinated as quickly as possible based on available supply. It is also expanding mobile vaccination efforts across Toronto to bring vaccine to the neighbourhoods most in need.
Mayor marks Earth Day by highlighting the City’s $82.5 million investment this year in the Toronto’s Ravine Strategy.
