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It's time to talk about what COVID did to Toronto, and to us
It's time to talk about what COVID did to Toronto, and to us

Toronto Star

time3 days ago

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  • Toronto Star

It's time to talk about what COVID did to Toronto, and to us

Here is the thing about trauma: You can try to forget it. You can pretend it isn't there. You can do everything in your power to bury it. Just don't expect it to stay underground. On Saturday, the Star published an essay by former city councillor John Filion on the four municipal leaders who took this city through COVID-19. We know their faces, all of them: John Tory, Joe Cressy, Eileen de Villa and Matthew Pegg. During the pandemic, we watched them, day after day, answering questions, laying out scenarios, shutting things down and opening them up again.

Letters to the Editor, June 6, 2025
Letters to the Editor, June 6, 2025

Toronto Sun

time06-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Toronto Sun

Letters to the Editor, June 6, 2025

Friday letters Photo by Illustration / Toronto Sun THE WORK OF THE MAYOR This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Re 'Chow's hard-left politics could cost city thousands of jobs' (Brian Lilley, June 4): Could John Tory be the 'comeback kid'? We better hope so because this city cannot survive a second term of the most incompetent mayor in recent memory! Imagine a mayor risking thousands of jobs because of an ideology — if you don't support one of Chow's special interest groups, she'll put the kibosh to your company. She also has the gall to instruct her followers to buy Canadian and shop local, but at the same time the city purchased two new ferries for $92 million, not from a Canadian ship builder, but went all the way to Romania to buy them. Under Chow's regime, should we assume the motto out of City Hall is now: Do as we say, not as we do? And if you happen to be one of Chow's special interest groups under the threat of losing a sponsor, don't worry, it appears the mayor will come to your rescue with taxpayer dollars to replace any monies loss to corporate sponsorship pullouts. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Wayne Fraser Toronto Island (John Tory is undoubtedly running for mayor again – and let's not forget he was the reason we got stuck with Chow) FUNDING PRIORITIES Olivia Chow is so out of touch with residents of Toronto — all she does is to pander to a few! While the Pride Parade is an important event in Toronto, with less sponsorship and funding this year, the parade should be dialled back accordingly. Most taxpayers in Toronto can think of many other uses for this hundreds of thousands of dollars. D. Sweeney Toronto (She is perhaps the worst mayor Toronto has ever had) NEW PUCKS I'm a big Leaf fan and have been for a long time. I would like to send a message to management: Please don't break up the current team, they're good enough to win. Just order some new pucks. The old ones weren't bouncing the right way. Davis Hull Milton (They need to make some changes) World Olympics Toronto & GTA Columnists Music

Permanent van attack memorial still a long way off
Permanent van attack memorial still a long way off

Toronto Sun

time24-04-2025

  • Politics
  • Toronto Sun

Permanent van attack memorial still a long way off

Officials including former Toronto mayor John Tory stand at the temporary van attack memorial at Mel Lastman Square on April 23, 2022. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun files Seven years after the Yonge St. van attack, there still is not a permanent memorial for the victims — but Councillor Lily Cheng promises progress is being made. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account On Wednesday afternoon — seven years since the day of the attack, April 23, 2018 — Mayor Olivia Chow led city council in a moment of silence and announced Canterbury Place in North York will be ceremonially renamed Heroes' Way to honour the first responders who sprang to action that day. On Thursday, council approved a motion from Cheng to begin the process of designing a permanent memorial at Olive Square Park, at Yonge St. and Finch Ave. Cheng told the Toronto Sun she feels 'terrible that this has been delayed to this point.' Planning concerns and staff turnover played a part, and despite its geographic significance, city hall has decided they couldn't make a memorial work at Mel Lastman Square. The square will host a commemoration at 10 a.m. on Saturday, at which the Heroes' Way street signs will be unveiled. That will take place near the temporarily plaque set up years ago to honour the victims. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Eleven people died and more than a dozen more were injured in the attack. The murderer, Alek Minassian, was convicted in 2011. 'It was the deadliest mass murder in Toronto's history and sent shock waves throughout the country,' Cheng's council motion said. Read More Cheng told the Sun that while not the Toronto landmark that Mel Lastman Square is, Olive Square Park is significant for Willowdale residents as that's where many came to mourn the day after the disaster. 'A lot of tributes and flowers were put there (in) the aftermath, so it is a fitting place for this memorial,' Cheng said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The rough plan is for the memorial to feature greenery, light and water — something 'calming' and less 'splashy' than a fountain, Cheng said. But Thursday's motion didn't finalize that — it calls for a report to come to a city hall committee in July that would establish the timeline for a design contest. 'I think it's better to do it right than to rush it,' Cheng said, 'and, you know, seven years is definitely not a rush, but I think that this approach, where we have prioritized journeying with the steering committee, which includes friends of victims, it's important that we do it in the community.' The council motion, Cheng said, is meant to provide 'comfort that there is a plan and it is moving forward' when the community meets for Saturday's commemoration. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Willowdale Councillor Lily Cheng Photo by Cheng added that despite all the delays in creating a memorial, the attack lives on as 'still a very fresh memory' for many Torontonians. At Wednesday's council meeting, Councillor Chris Moise said he was at the scene and even performed CPR on two victims who died, and it's 'a day that's etched in my mind.' 'I think anyone who witnessed (it) will not forget,' Moise added. Cheng said that's the point of Heroes' Way, which applies to a short North York road with a police, fire and paramedic station. 'I have heard that some who responded that day still have challenges that they deal with because of what they had to do or witness that day,' Cheng said. She said one of her constituents, Diane Broome, was essential to the Heroes' Way project and personally checked in on the Canterbury Place stations after the attack. She said she hopes the memorial can pay tribute to both the victims and 'recognize the strength of our community that emerged' with the actions of people like Broome. 'Right after the tragedy, I noticed all kinds of people stopping to check in on neighbours … you don't see that in an urban setting very often,' Cheng said. 'We hope that this memorial also … reminds us of who we are and who we can be.' jholmes@ RECOMMENDED VIDEO Toronto & GTA Toronto Raptors World Toronto Maple Leafs Editorials

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