TORONTO – Support staff at Ontario colleges (post-secondary institutions) are on strike: a new contract agreement was not reached by the deadline — midnight between yesterday and today — and the 10,000 full-time support staff (represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union) didn’t get secure better wages, benefits, and job security. →
TORONTO – Long before there was a Vesuvius Observatory monitoring its seismic activity, the volcano famously buried two Roman cities under layers of its ash, pumice and pyroclastic surges. What’s left of Pompeii and Herculaneum serve only to haunt today’s travellers who walk among their ruins.
TORONTO – In almost every neighbourhood in Toronto and the GTA, homes sold for below asking prices last month, according to a report by Wahi, a real estate analytics firm. “In August, the share of neighbourhoods in underbidding territory across the region matched a three-year high” said Wahi’s Josh Sherman. According to the report, released on September 4 (and available here), 98% of GTA neighbourhoods with at least five home sales during the month were underbid in August, up from 95% in July and 89% a year ago. →
TORONTO – Summer is practically over, but wildfires are not. And while Western Canada continues to face emergencies due to smoke and air quality, the first frost warnings are arriving in Eastern Canada. →
TORONTO – Further evidence of how disconnected politics in Canada is from reality and everyday life, comes from a survey released today by Abacus Data, which shows that a majority of Canadians believe the current government is failing to address the country’s real problems: the high cost of living, the issues of healthcare, and unaffordable housing. →
