4 d. ago Vanke, China Overseas Land See Signs of Recovery After Historical Profit Slump

China Vanke Co., Ltd. and China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. are among the major developers reporting next week amid signs of recovery in the Chinese property sector.

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5 d. ago Sankofa Square signs ‘still in development’ despite old ones being trashed 

City council told now-former Yonge-Dundas Square won’t have signs designating it as Sankofa Square for months at least

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8 d. ago The World Naked Bike Ride is returning to Toronto this spring

Toronto will witness masses of naked riders passing through its landmarks and streets this spring as part of the annual clothing-optional World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR).The yearly tradition will see hundreds of bikers strip down to their birthday suits to protest against oil dependency and urban pollution, promote greater cycling safety on roads, and encourage body freedom for all.Since its inception over 20 years ago, the traffic-stopping event has also grown to include riders protesting censorship and nudity laws. There's no cost or registration associated with the event, so if you're keen on joining, all you have to do is grab your helmet and sunscreen.Make sure to also bring some body paint with you so you can decorate your bike (and yourself) with your message. Participants are encouraged to arrive at least one hour before the ride, which kicks off at Coronation Park and passes by landmarks and hotspots like HTO Park, the CN Tower, City Hall, Sankofa Square, Allan ...

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1 week ago Disgusting blob of living slime found in Toronto's new engineered river

You know that unsettling feeling you get when you're swimming in a freshwater body, and some underwater plant grazes your foot? Well, what if I told you that researchers recently found a wriggling, fist-sized blob of slime at the artificially forged mouth of Toronto's Don River? And what if I added on the fact that this slimy specimen is actually an entire colony of living things?Hopefully I didn't catch you right at lunchtime with this information, but the facts remain — there's a living slime monster lurking in a Toronto waterway. Okay, maybe I got a little too ominous there, as this living mass of goop found in the new mouth of the Don is nothing to fear, and is actually a sign that the engineered waterway is developing into a healthy river mouth.It may look like a jellyfish species ready to deliver a potent sting, but this ball of gelatinous life is totally harmless.Waterfront Toronto reported the discovery of a bryozoan colony living in the mouth of the Don...

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2 w. ago Another media giant has vacated its iconic downtown Toronto headquarters

Only a few months after CP24 and BNN departed from their long-time home at 299 Queen Street West, another of Toronto's major news outlets has likewise just vacated its legendary location a short distance away.This weekend marked the last time that City News staff spent at their 33 Dundas Street East office, which the brand had operated out of for around 16 years.Located in the heart of the downtown core — right at Sankofa (formerly Yonge-Dundas) Square — the building was actually first constructed as an Olympics-themed entertainment venue called Olympic Spirit Toronto, which was open briefly from 2004 to 2006.Rogers Communications then acquired the 43,000-square-foot space the following year, and eventually reopened it in fall 2009 as the headquarters for CityTV and Omni Television, calling it the "perfect place" that would be "a powerful television site...second to none" for its stations."A ...

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2 w. ago ‘UNDER MICROSCOPE:’ Renaming group dismissive of Dundas, consulting public

If you don’t like Sankofa Square, how would you feel about Sankofa Street? A freedom-of-information request, shared with The Toronto Sun by a reader, sheds light on the work done to rename Yonge-Dundas Square. Some of the documents, from late 2023, reveal talk of a non-existent consultation process and a loose approach to facts regarding […]

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2 w. ago Market Turmoil Breaks Years of Junk Debt Outperformance in EM

A plunge in global risk appetite is pushing emerging-market investors into higher quality dollar bonds, signaling a years-long rally in junk debt from developing nations might be at an end.

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2 w. ago Block of Toronto's Yonge Street could be protected from future demolition

Toronto's Yonge and Bloor area has been the site of intense development activity in recent years, but one block in the rapidly changing neighbourhood has managed to evade significant changes through the now-waning development boom.The City is pushing to ensure that this block remains protected for generations to come, and plans to have the group of four properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, a move that would safeguard the buildings from future destruction.A report filed in March by Toronto's senior manager of heritage planning, urban design, and city planning recommends that council state its intention to designate the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Act, citing their cultural heritage value as a reason for preservation.Located on the west side of Yonge Street, mid-block between Charles Street West and Bloor Street West, the properties span three contiguous buildings standing three storeys, and were constructed in 189...

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2 w. ago Ambiq heartKIT Wins the Artificial Intelligence Award at Embedded World 2025

AUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ambiq®, a technology leader in ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for edge AI, has been honored with the 2025 Embedded World Award in the Artificial Intelligence category for the groundbreaking heartKIT™ AI Development Kit (ADK). heartKIT, an open-source vital signs reference AI model, enables developers to easily create personalized, […]

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2 w. ago Ford Trucks and IVECO sign Joint Development Agreement for new heavy

Turin, Italy / Istanbul, Türkiye, 11th March 2025. Ford Trucks, the heavy commercial brand of Ford Otosan, and IVECO, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) that designs, manufactures and markets light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, today announce the signing of a binding Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the design and engineering of […]

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3 w. ago A dozen Toronto houses could be torn down for two huge towers

A quiet block of houses on a low-density Toronto street could be in for a major shakeup.Gairloch Developments and Fairway Developments have filed plans with the City of Toronto to redevelop a group of properties spanning 59 – 81 Lawton Boulevard, a block home to a dozen house-form buildings.All homes currently on site would be torn down to make way for the new residential complex.The developers have signed on local firm architects—Alliance, known for its minimalist landmarks like the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, to design a pair of high-rise residential buildings standing 38 and 43 storeys tall.The towers are slated to rise to approximate heights of 143 and 130 metres, orders of magnitude taller than the surrounding low- and mid-rise urban fabric.Despite a massive disparity between the proposal size and the existing built form on Lawton Boulevard, the proposal site's position a short distance north of St. Clair subway station puts it within a Major Transit Station ...

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