4 d. ago Massachusetts Wants to Ease Environmental Rules to Boost Housing

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, who’s up for reelection next year in a state reeling from soaring home prices, is looking to jump-start housing construction by slashing environmental reviews.

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5 d. ago Massive free outdoor festival will shut down major Toronto street this weekend

Toronto is gearing up for the 29th annual Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival, billed as "North America's largest Ukrainian street festival."One of the last big street festivals of the summer is set to shut down a stretch of the major thoroughfare this coming weekend. This three-day celebration brings together music, dance, food, and culture right in the heart of the Bloor West Village neighbourhood.Over 50 artists — international and local — will perform across multiple stages over the course of the event, including the headliner, Ukrainian singer and actress Masha Kondratenko.Aside from the performances and special appearances, the grounds will also feature the Ukrainian Village Refreshments Garden, where you can listen to traditional tunes and sip on beverages courtesy Featherstone Winery and Nickel Brook Brewing. This small beer garden serves as a separate refreshment area, distinct from the rest of the festival's ...

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5 d. ago See the moment Toronto flight's landing gear collapsed touching down in St. Maarten

Multiple videos shared on social media over the weekend show the shocking moment a WestJet flight out of Toronto made a hard landing in St. Maarten, a tropical destination located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at the island's Princess Juliana International Airport and involved a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operating as flight WS2276 from Toronto Pearson Airport. Videos taken from several angles show the aircraft made a hard landing at 1:31 p.m., resulting in a small cloud of smoke on the runway. The airport confirmed that despite 164 passengers being onboard, no injuries were reported, although three people were taken for medical evaluation out of an abundance of caution. Today a WestJet B-737 had a right main landing gear collapse while landing at St. Marteen. No one was hurt. Jet [Reg. "C-GWSR"] was operating as Flight WS2276, inbound from Toronto. Updates later. pic.twitter.com/a1T7UEprcm&m...

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8 d. ago Ontario breaks ground on 1st Scarborough Subway Extension station

On Friday, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will all attend a ceremony to celebrate.

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9 d. ago Toronto bakery famous for its Jamaican patties shuts down again

A Toronto bakery known for its Jamaican patties just closed down despite a recent boost in popularity — but it's not goodbye forever.Even if the name means nothing to you, and even if you don't consider yourself a patty lover (in which case, your Toronto resident card will be revoked post haste), there's a high likelihood that you have been exposed to the spicy, flaky creations of Fahmee Bakery.If you've ever travelled through Bathurst, Warden or Islington subway stations, for example, and been immediately blasted with the scent of buttery pastry crust and scotch bonnet, you know exactly what Fahmee Bakery is all about, regardless of whether you succumb to the olfactory temptation and pick up a commute snack or not.The bakery, which was founded in Scarborough in the 1970s, is perhaps best known for supplying the aforementioned subway stations with their fair share of fuel, but also sells them fresh out of its brick-and-mortar location.With legend stat...

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1 week ago Huge elevated subway stations in Toronto gearing up to start construction

The $27 billion Ontario Line subway is a monumental step forward for Toronto public transit, and the mega-project is already making significant headway at various points around town.Work is now ramping up ahead of the official start of construction for what promises to be one of the most unique clusters along the 15.6-kilometre, 15-stop line linking Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto with the former Ontario Science Centre at Don Mills and Eglinton.Metrolinx has issued construction notices announcing the start of early works at the sites of Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park stations.Flemingdon Park StationThe transit agency shared via community notice that "site preparation work is underway at 770 Don Mills Road to get ready for Ontario Line construction."Flemingdon Park StationMetrolinx states that, over the course of a three-month period, crews will be installing fencing and gates, clearing trees and shrubs, and installing work trailers ahead of the official start of...

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1 week ago Important stretch of TTC subway will shut down for this entire weekend

TTC subway closures this weekend will cut off access to the westernmost stations on the TTC's Line 2 Bloor-Danforth on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7.The transit agency plans to shutter service along Line 2 from Kipling to Islington stations for the duration of the coming weekend, a stretch of approximately 1.4 kilometres that includes vital connections to GO Transit's regional network and Mississauga's transit provider, MiWay.The coming outage is the latest in a series of scheduled service disruptions planned to accommodate ongoing maintenance and upgrades — in this instance, work on the line's signal system.Weekend closures have become something of a theme on the TTC in 2025 as the transit agency aggressively attacks its work backlog, requiring frequent weekend and early weeknight closures to complete state-of-good-repair work.In early 2025, the transit agency announced that it would require a staggering 38 full-weekend closures this year alone.During ...

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2 w. ago Construction on Hwy. 413 to start soon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says

CALEDON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says construction on Hwy. 413 north of Toronto will begin within days. But Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria refused to say when the highway will be completed and how much it will cost taxpayers. The proposed 52-kilometre highway will connect Hwy. 400 in Vaughan with Hwy. 401 in […]

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3 w. ago On the map: “There’s almost nothing like this near Yonge and Lawrence” 

Investors are fleeing the Toronto condo market in droves, but the developers of The Aston Residences don’t mind.   Set to rise over the corner of Yonge Street and Woburn Avenue in North Toronto’s Lawrence Park neighbourhood, the 14-storey building is geared towards affluent local residents looking to downsize without sacrificing comfort or convenience, while remaining […]

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3 w. ago L.L. Bean is about to open its first downtown Toronto store this month

L.L. Bean, the popular clothing and equipment retailer, is gearing up to debut its first downtown Toronto presence with a storefront that the company is calling its first location not just in the city centre, but in any "metropolitan downtown market" in the country.The brand, which has been around for a whopping 113 years, is mainly known for its basic but high-end outerwear and other apparel, along with accessories, camping gear and home goods — think the late Hudson's Bay meets Mountain Equipment Company (MEC), but American.Although it hails from Maine, L.L. Bean has been successful enough within Canada to gradually expand its offerings north of the border, with local outposts including Oakville — its first in Canada, launched in 2019 — Niagara Falls, Kingston and Barrie, Ontario.The retailer also has a new-ish Toronto store outside the city centre in CF Shops at Don Mills as of 2020, which...

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