Today, Mayor John Tory announced the City of Toronto is extending its partnership with Ritual to launch Open For Business – a collaboration with Ritual and DoorDash to help local businesses across Toronto increase their commission-free online sales.
Ritual ONE is typically accessed by restaurants, bars and food services, such as cafes, bakeries, butchers and grocers. However, this program is available to any Toronto business that wants to access commission-free pickup and delivery.
Today, the City of Toronto launched a social media campaign to bring attention to the need to combat racism in our city, including anti-East Asian racism. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in incidents of racism against all East Asian communities in Toronto. Racial harassment/discrimination against East Asians can occur through stereotyping and overt prejudice, or in more subconscious, subtle and subversive ways.
The City of Toronto continues to respond to COVID-19. Today, Mayor John Tory, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, and Fire Chief and General Manager of the Office of Emergency Management Matthew Pegg provided an update on the City’s measures to combat the resurgence of the virus in Toronto and expressed support for new Province of Ontario restrictions.
In response to recommendations from Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, the City of Toronto is adjusting recreation programs in its recreation facilities to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Dr. de Villa recommended to the Government of Ontario last week that all indoor group classes in gyms and indoor sports team activities in Toronto be discontinued in response to rising COVID-19 infections. This is one of several recommendations made to protect the health of Toronto residents, keep schools open and quickly confront the current resurgence of the virus.
October 7, 2020
Geoff Smith, CEO EllisDon Sarah Downey, CEO Michael Garron Hospital
Dear Mr. Smith and Ms. Downey:
The discovery of hate graffiti last Friday, October 2nd at the Michael Garron Hospital construction site has once again sent our East End community reeling.
It is upsetting for the entire community that our new hospital extension, which is being built as a place of healing, has been repeatedly tarnished by hate.
Today, Mayor John Tory and the Canadian Live Music Association, in partnership with Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area and Ontario Creates, released the results of a long-awaited Toronto venues study, Re:Venues: A Case and Path Forward for Toronto’s Live Music Industry. Among other findings, the study confirms that the total economic impact of Toronto live music venues is $850 million annually, providing the equivalent of 10,500 full-time jobs.
Homelessness is an extremely complex issue and the City of Toronto continues to experience significant demand for emergency shelter. To ensure safe and welcoming places for people who need them during the coming winter weather, the City is providing details about the 2020-21 winter services plan.
The winter plan is part of the City’s Interim Shelter Recovery and Infrastructure Implementation Plan released today, which specifies measures needed over the next 12 months to protect homeless clients and to continue to provide shelter services safely while COVID-19 is a concern.
The City of Toronto is at a critical juncture in the spread of COVID-19, with the virus spreading in a serious way. At today’s COVID-19 update, Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, asked Torontonians to carefully plan their Thanksgiving and advised everyone to limit contact to the people they live with. The Medical Officer of Health urged people to not hold a big Thanksgiving dinner and please limit Thanksgiving dinner to people living in the same household. For those that live alone, the safest option is to join with others virtually. Mayor John Tory asked all people comply with public heath advice, stressing responsible behaviour right now presents the best chance of more normal holiday celebrations later in the year.
The City of Toronto launched a city-wide public education campaign today to remind all road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers – to exercise caution, stay alert and obey the rules of the road as traffic volumes continue to rise and as many students have now returned to school.
The Be Safe campaign, which advances the education component of the City’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, features a series of messages that promote awareness of the rules of the road, especially as they relate to cycling infrastructure, and remind residents to take extra safety precautions.
On Tuesday, provincial transit agency Metrolinx released updated designs for the most contentious section of the $11-billion Ontario Line: a 2-kilometre stretch between the Lower Don River and the intersection of Pape Avenue and Gerrard Street East.
