Toronto Business
Councillors say T.O. newsletter a waste of money
Torontonians will receive a quarterly newsletter featuring the city's services and new initiatives, Mayor David Miller announced Thursday. But some councillors say the newsletter is not worth the hefty price tag.
Miller hails votes on water, trash
If you live in Toronto, get ready to pay 9 per cent more for water next year, just as you did this year, last year, and the year before. And just as you likely will every year until 2014.
Toronto starts collecting trash fees despite delays
Taking out the trash in Toronto just got a little pricier and some residents are already saying the deal stinks.
Years-old recalled chocolate surfaces in Toronto stores
Hershey chocolate bars recalled nearly two years ago over fears of salmonella contamination have popped up in convenience stores in the Toronto area.
Toronto film community 'cautiously optimistic' about lower dollar
Workers in Toronto's film community say they're hopeful the recent fluctuations in the Canadian dollar will help their industry. For them, a loonie worth 80 cents US should lead to more productions — and that should mean more work.
Recalled Hershey's candy being sold in Toronto area
Hershey's chocolates and candies recalled two years ago over salmonella fears and subsequently stolen from a recycling depot are now being sold in Toronto-area stores, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday.
Toronto rolls out $1.6B capital budget plan
Now is not the time to cut infrastructure spending, Mayor David Miller said yesterday at the rollout of Toronto's $1.6 billion capital budget.
Transit commission hopes to avoid Toronto's hybrid bus woes
Ottawa is trying to dodge Toronto's woes with hybrid electric-diesel buses. The Toronto Transit Commission is so unhappy with its hybrid buses that transit managers are trying to switch 250 hybrid electric-diesel bus purchases for this year and ne...
Maple Leaf battered by meat recall costs
A fatal listeria outbreak linked to its Toronto processing plant hit Maple Leaf Foods Inc. hard in the third quarter, but the company's private polling suggests consumers are ready to start buying its processed meat again.
Emission-free power plant opens in Toronto
Enbridge Inc. and FuelCell Energy have opened a power plant in Toronto that converts waste energy into electricity in what the companies are calling the first operation to pair fuel cells with an emission-free process.
New sponsor plugs into Toronto fashion week
The spring 2009 edition of L'Oréal Fashion Week is generating new levels of hoopla as it struts onto the runway today in Nathan Phillips Square.
Black & Veatch opens Toronto-area office
MARKHAM, ONTARIO — Black & Veatch, an engineering, consulting and construction company headquartered in Kansas City, MO, announced in an October 9 press release that it has opened a new office in this suburb north of Toronto due to ongoing growth ...
Toronto Pearson International Reduces Landing Fees
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) has announced that it is reducing landing fees and terminal charges at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Maple Leaf Foods Says Listeria in Plant Is Routine
Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada's biggest food processor, said new cases of listeria at a plant linked to a tainted-food outbreak were ``routine'' and fall within standards.
Toronto chips in$1.1-million to buy lake in Richmond Hill
TORONTO - The perennially cash-strapped City of Toronto may raise a few eyebrows with one of its latest spending decisions: The city is forking over $1.1-million toward buying a lake in Richmond Hill.
Despite cleanup, Maple Leaf not listeriosis free
More contaminated meat samples have been found at the Toronto plant at the centre of a massive listeriosis outbreak, despite a massive cleanup. The outbreak prompted the recall of thousands of tainted products and killed 20 people across Canada.
Beware risky deals, new city firm warned
While gleaming new towers sprout just around the corner on Yonge St., the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton bus terminal sits deserted.
Toronto to buy 120 more hybrid buses
The city's hybrid buses don't reduce emissions as expected, the batteries aren't lasting as long as expected, and whatever savings are realized in fuel consumption are overshadowed by the increased cost of hybrid technology, documents from the Cit...
Commuters In York Region Warned Viva Strike Could Last A While
It could be some time before the Viva bus strike is settled - bad news for the 35,000 commuters who rely on the service that operates out of York Region.
Toronto mayor wins praise for new development agencies
Mayor David Miller's plan to wind down the city's existing arm's-length economic development agency to make way for two new, more powerful corporations could slow progress on the waterfront, deputy mayor Joe Pantalone acknowledges, but he argues t...