Monday 21 November 2016

Unfair parking fees on private lots aren't tickets — so you don't need to pay them, expert says - Business - CBC News


When you park in a private lot and get dinged by that ugly note on your windshield telling you to pay up, you're likely thinking it's an official parking ticket. But those invoices are not the same as the ones issued by the city — you don't necessarily have to obey them.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-parking-private-lots-1.3851956

Thursday 17 November 2016

Subway riders come together to help man late for job interview - Toronto - CBC News


After the bitter and divisive election in the U.S., Salma Hamidi says several random acts of kindness during a subway ride last week reminded her how happy she is to be Canadian.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-subway-kindness-1.3852355

Thursday 3 November 2016

Winter weather will engulf Toronto within two weeks


Toronto's been feeling particularly toasty lately. Other than a few flakes of snow last week (we're still in denial about it, okay), for better or for worse, we've been having a gloriously warm fall. But alas, the good times are coming to an end. By the middle of the month,...
http://www.blogto.com/city/2016/11/winter_weather_will_engulf_toronto_within_two_weeks/

Tuesday 1 November 2016

What's really driving Toronto's red-hot real estate market - Toronto - CBC News


With Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne throwing cold water on a foreign-buyers tax in Toronto's residential real-estate market, there's concern about another factor pushing house prices skyward: domestic purchasers buying homes solely as an investment, not as a place to live.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/foreign-buyers-tax-toronto-real-estate-investors-1.3824467