TORONTO – In 2024, more than 400 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were involved in disciplinary proceedings for alleged misconduct. In approximately 5% of cases, the outcome was dismissal or forced resignation, according to data released by the federal police force itself. The rate of such measures increased significantly, rising fivefold compared with the previous year. Another ten cases resulted in demotions, doubling the numbers recorded in 2022 and 2023.
TORONTO – Mayor Olivia Chow’s latest budget has all the hallmarks of a pre-election document, both in substance and in style: after all, it’s her final budget ahead of the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
TORONTO – Last year, drivers in Toronto lost an average of more than four days of their lives stuck in city traffic, according to the latest TomTom Traffic Index, which ranks the Canadian metropolis as the second most congested city in the country, just behind Vancouver.
TORONTO – The city is struggling to recover from Sunday’s record-breaking snowstorm, which dumped more than 50 centimetres across much of Toronto—the highest single-day total ever recorded—with a peak of 61 centimetres in the downtown core, one of the largest amounts ever measured. Streets and sidewalks remain difficult to navigate, as residents make do with improvised sleds, spinning wheels, and paths that are still impassable nearly two days after the storm ended.
TORONTO – The Greater Toronto Area woke up this morning literally buried in snow, following a record-breaking winter storm that brought the largest single-day snowfall ever recorded in Toronto since records began in 1937.
