What Doug Ford’s expansion plans may mean for the Toronto neighbourhood nearest to Billy Bishop airport Bathurst Quay is the area that would be most affected by the Premier Doug Ford-backed proposal to expand Toronto’s island airport.

If you haven't been to Billy Bishop Airport or don't spend time on that section of the waterfront, you might not realize that thousands of people live 500 metres or so from the runway. Here's what expanding it could mean to them:

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We asked 12 notable Torontonians what they would do if they were mayor of this city. Here’s what they said In the runup to October’s municipal election, the Star is asking notable Torontonians and readers what they would do if they had the power of the city’s mayor.

If I Were Mayor I would end CafeTO on busy streets like Lakeshore (you cannot gaslight me into eating an expensive pizza next to streetcars and exhaust fumes). Fortunately other Toronto residents have better ideas and I would like to endorse Kevin Gausman for mayor: www.thestar.com/news/gta/we-...

And now they want her to pay back $7.9 million including interest and penalties! I’m sorry, if I sent in a nonsense turbo tax return and you hand me $5 million, I’m opening a Cayman Islands bank account and looking up countries with beaches and no extradition treaties.

'Here we go again' after CRA pays out another bogus $5M income tax refund, agency insider says | CBC News The Canada Revenue Agency has paid out another $5-million refund to a single taxpayer, this time to a B.C. businesswoman, despite what it now alleges was a bogus return that included "illogical" and "...

This story is wild. I just did my taxes and learned I was reassessed last year and owe $6.31. Meanwhile, the CRA handed a woman a $5 million refund no questions asked. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mothers are suffering injury, death during childbirth in Canada. Here's why it still happens - Investigative Journalism Bureau Samantha Hemmings stood in the operating room entrance, watching her sister Sophia on the table. “Help me, please,” she recalls her sister saying. “I can’t breathe.” In the spring of 2009, Sophia went...

We dug into 400+ recommendations stemming from dozens of maternal and neonatal deaths in Ontario and found troubling echoes: The health system isn't learning its lessons when it comes to childbirth tragedies. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/mothers...

Image of The Vancouver Sun's July 21, 1969 wrap, with the newspaper's name changed to The Moon! and the headline MAN WALKS ON THE MOON. Under that is one image of Neil Armstrong stepping on to the surface of the moon, and a second image of Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking around the lunar surface.

Am reminded of this July 21, 1969, "lunar supplement" from The Vancouver Sun, which changed its name to The Moon! for a wrap the day after Apollo 11 reached the moon

Gas prices so high people are driving their cyber trucks around Toronto again

The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.

The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps

A long-awaited LRT to serve Toronto’s booming eastern waterfront is finally getting funding Premier Doug Ford, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mayor Olivia Chow made the joint announcement about the Waterfront East LRT Monday.

A long-awaited LRT to serve Toronto’s booming eastern waterfront is finally getting funding

Jeremy Hansen is about to fly to the moon. In this Ontario town, his parents are ready for the risk — and wonder — of Artemis II Jeremy Hansen, 50, grew up on a farm in southwestern Ontario, the only child of two automotive factory employees. He will fly on NASA’s mission to return to the moon for the first time in more than 50...

‘Three separate decorative signs say, “I love you to the moon and back.”’

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I can’t stop thinking about this story:

Toronto residents will be heard on Billy Bishop airport, Liberal MPs say, as city council looks at legal options Premier Doug Ford announced plans to expand the airport and take over the City of Toronto’s role in governing the property, arguing that expansion was long overdue.

And another that gets into some the political dynamics at play: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Doug Ford wants jets at Billy Bishop. Here’s what is at stake for Toronto’s waterfront — and why some say there’s a ‘missing ingredient’ The waterfront's value is immeasurable to this city. That means the stakes of an airport expansion and of adding jets to the mix are sky high.

Here is another recent story that looks at potential impacts on the harbour: www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Tens of thousands are expected to live on Toronto’s booming waterfront. Jets at Billy Bishop may change all that Though details are still scarce, plans to bring jets to the island airport could dampen demand for waterfront homes — and reduce the number that can be built.

The actual plan to expand Billy Bishop airport is still being developed, but Premier Ford envisions jets and 5 times the number of annual passengers: 2M to 10M. One major thing any plan will have to contend with: the housing boom planned on the eastern waterfront:

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What the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” did next Alfreda Bikowsky led the CIA unit that tortured suspected terrorists and caught Bin Laden. Now, she is a life coach

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Today at Toronto city council: City to pay residents to shovel snow The Star’s city hall team will be updating throughout the council session that is scheduled to run Wednesday through Friday.

Today at Toronto city council: City to pay residents to shovel snow

Today at Toronto city council: TTC safety, yacht club future and some Mamdani-esque ideas The Star’s city hall team will be updating throughout the council session that is scheduled to run Wednesday through Friday.

Toronto city council is back today for more debate. On the agenda: a beleaguered yacht club, a TTC safety plan from a mayoral hopeful, and lots more. You can catch up on yesterday and see what is ahead here: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tod...

John Tory and five other ex-Toronto mayors come out swinging against Doug Ford’s defunding of supervised consumption sites David Crombie, Art Eggleton, Barbara Hall, David Miller, John Sewell and John Tory said decision to close sites nearly a year ago caused “much harm.”

And in city hall related news: www.thestar.com/news/gta/joh...

Platform doors on the TTC would save lives and money. Why does it not have them? City council this week is being asked to commit to a pilot project for platform edge doors.

And here is a primer on what it would take to install platform doors on the subway: www.thestar.com/news/gta/pla...

Toronto residents will be heard on Billy Bishop airport, Liberal MPs say, as city council looks at legal options Premier Doug Ford announced plans to expand the airport and take over the City of Toronto’s role in governing the property, arguing that expansion was long overdue.

There’s a bit more on the fight over Billy Bishop airport’s future: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Today at Toronto city council: Crackdown on bad landlords approved; pushback against Billy Bishop takeover The Star’s city hall team will be updating throughout the council session that is scheduled to run Wednesday through Friday.

It’s a very busy Toronto city council session this week! You can catch up on what happened today here and follow along tomorrow: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tod...

‘It’s real’: Key dates for Toronto Tempo to build team ahead of their inaugural WNBA season Expansion draft, free agency, entry draft all on the agenda with first game in just six weeks after an uncertain off-season due to labour negotiations

It's all happening -- like, really happening -- for the Tempo

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Billy Bishop jets: Sizing up the potential changes to the airport — and the planes Earlier this month Ontario Premier Doug Ford revived a contentious proposal to allow longer-haul jets at the Toronto Islands airport.

Let’s talk about jets: how are they different from the planes that currently fly out of #BillyBishop? What would it take to accommodate them? And why now?

Here's a closer look from McKenna Hart.

This iconic Toronto strip club just closed its doors for good. Here’s what dancers and staff want you to know Filmores performers lovingly describe the club, whatever some in the public may think. “We really did create such a beautiful little community.”

This iconic Toronto strip club just closed its doors for good. Here’s what dancers and staff want you to know

Doug Ford said ‘whisper jets’ were coming to Billy Bishop. Here’s what aviation experts say about airplane noise Ontario’s premier said the jets coming to Billy Bishop airport would be quieter than the current turboprop planes.

And @andytakagi.bsky.social looked at whether “whisper jets” exist and what the noise and air quality concerns would look like: www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Doug Ford wants jets at Billy Bishop. Here’s what is at stake for Toronto’s waterfront — and why some say there’s a ‘missing ingredient’ The waterfront's value is immeasurable to this city. That means the stakes of an airport expansion and of adding jets to the mix are sky high.

Bringing jets to Billy Bishop would be a massively complex operation, touching every part of Toronto’s unique and precious waterfront. I tried to get into as many of the implications as space allowed: www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Michael Ford reveals why he may run for mayor of Toronto — and what he’s done since leaving Queen’s Park The nephew of Premier Doug Ford says he has been consulting the public for months about a potential mayoral run.

Doug Ford may be playing mayor of Toronto but his nephew might actually make a run for the job this fall. Here’s @dmrider.bsky.social and Mahdis Habibinia on Michael Ford and his unexpected possible foray back into municipal politics: www.thestar.com/news/gta/mic...

It serves a political purpose to create the problem of open air drug use across Ontario, especially in an urban centre like Toronto. Conservatives can claim that "crime is everywhere!" and weaponize the public's fear — no matter that they created the problem. No matter that thousands will die.

Ford government to end funding for supervised consumption sites — including two in Toronto In Toronto, Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site and the location at Fred Victor will lose their funding, according to letters sent to the site directors.

Ford government to stop funding all supervised consumption sites — including two in Toronto

GO train near Oakville was seconds away from ‘worst-case’ derailment, internal Metrolinx report shows Experts raise concerns about the GO network’s safety infrastructure and Metrolinx’s transparency.

GO train near Oakville was seconds away from ‘worst-case’ derailment, internal Metrolinx report shows #StarExclusive by @andytakagi.bsky.social