With a rise in attacks — and tensions — some say the rules to keep everyone safe aren’t working. We love our dogs, but our parks are under strain. Off-leash dogs abound and bites are rising. Can the city enforce its way to a better coexistence?
The Noise Bylaw provides standards for noise, and applies to all properties in Toronto. The 2023 Implementation Review of the Noise Bylaw will assess amendments made to the Bylaw in 2019 and consider potential refinements.
The 2023 review will focus on the outstanding issues related to the bylaw and will include virtual and in-person public consultations in late summer or early fall of this year. The appropriate regulations for two stoke small engine equipment such as gas powered leaf blowers are proposed to be dealt with separately in 2024 in the context the proposal to ban them.
A new study sheds light on how short-term rentals like Airbnb make housing less affordable.
The average asking price for a rental unit in Canada reached $2,042 in June, marking a 7.5 per cent increase from 2022. Metropolitan districts are particularly affected by rising rental costs, with some local families forced to relocate due to a lack of affordable housing.
The City of Toronto is reminding pet owners about their responsibilities and requirements for owning a dog in Toronto and emphasizing the importance of keeping their dog leashed and under control at all times.
There has been a recent surge in incidents involving dogs that are off leash including incidents involving children, pedestrians and cyclists.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered how people work, move and interact with each other. Patterns of employment, shopping, food consumption and leisure have shifted markedly.
One of the most visible changes, particularly in big cities, is the embrace of e-bikes and other micro-mobility devices (scooters, hoverboards, e-skateboards, e-trikes, Segways and more).
Toronto Public Health (TPH) has received confirmation of one batch of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). These mosquitoes were collected from a northwest Scarborough location and are the first to test positive for WNV – an infection transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito – in Toronto this year.
The City of Toronto is in talks with two foundations to fund studies for University Avenue revitalization.
“The dream of modifying the roadway of University Avenue and transforming and connecting its patchwork of green spaces into a major park in the city’s downtown core came a bit closer to the possibility of being realized last month after a number of stakeholders committed to fund the studies necessary to push the project forward.” ~ Novae Res Urbis (July 14, 2023)
The 2023 Noise Bylaw review will focus on the outstanding issues related to the bylaw and will include virtual and in-person public consultations in late summer or early fall of this year. The appropriate regulations for two stoke small engine equipment such as gas powered leaf blowers are proposed to be dealt with separately in 2024 in the context the proposal to ban them.
On April 6, 2023, and again on June 16, the Province proposed more destructive changes to provincial planning laws.
The Alliance for a Livable Ontario (ALO), based on a comprehensive review by expert planning advisors, concluded that if implemented, the proposed changes will turbocharge sprawl and fatally harm Ontario’s agricultural sector and environment.