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Furey launches petition to reduce bike lanes

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Toronto mayoralty candidate Anthony Furey has launched a petition on his campaign website to slow the installation of new bike lanes in Toronto, and in some cases reverse them.

Toronto Mayoral candidate Anthony Furey said as Mayor he will halt Toronto’s “outrageous” pledge to create new dedicated bike lanes throughout the city and will remove the University Avenue dedicated lanes.
“The current approach to bike lanes in Toronto is outrageous — it has just gone too far,” says Furey.

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Chop Shop busted by police. Photo: WPAB
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Car stolen every 48 minutes in Ontario

RWN Staff

In Ontario, a car is stolen every 48 minutes. From 2014 to 2021, there was a 72 per cent increase in auto theft across the province, and a 14 per cent increase in the last year alone.

The Ontario government has announced it is fighting auto theft by investing $51 million in new measures to help police identify and dismantle organized crime networks and put thieves behind bars. The funding will support first-of-its kind auto theft prosecution teams to investigate and prosecute criminal organizations that profit from stolen vehicles.

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Anthony Furey is running for Mayor of Toronto. Photo: AF campaign
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Mayoralty candidate Anthony Furey demands City Hall open King Street during Ontario Line closures

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Mayoral Candidate Anthony Furey announced on May 1st plans to support the downtown core throughout the duration of the Ontario Line closure that includes calling on Toronto city council to immediately reopen King Street to through traffic, and at least

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Ontario Line construction on Queen Street begins May 1; work is expected to take 4 years

Rita Smith

Starting Monday, May 1, no vehicular traffic will be allowed on Queen Street in the heart of downtown Toronto.

There will only be pedestrian access to Queen Street, from Bay Street to Yonge Street and Yonge Street to Victoria Street, for an estimated four and half years. This diversion is to accelerate Metrolinx’s construction of an Ontario Line connection to TTC Queen Station.

“Richmond, Adelaide, King and Dundas are going to be packed for next four and a half years,” says 36-year veteran Taxi driver Jafar Mirsalari. “Drivers will need to go further north, or way down south, to avoid it.”

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Isn’t going from 5,500 Taxis to 86,000 VFH is the opposite of “Net Zero”?

Rita Smith

Do Torontonians actually trust their Council to create a “Net Zero” program which reduces emissions without decimating the downtown core? The same Council that voted for “Net Zero” while increasing the number of licensed vehicles for hire by a factor of fifteen – from 5,500 to 86,000?

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Tax deadline May 1st; filing required despite CRA strike

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The deadline for individuals to file their tax returns with Revenue Canada is Monday, May 1st, because since April 30 is a Sunday. A tax return is considered on time if the CRA receives it, or if it is postmarked, on or before the next business day after April 30 which in 2023 is May 1st.

The current labour action by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) does not change the deadline for filing tax returns. All paper returns and mail sent to the CRA will be stockpiled for future processing.

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The ‘8 March principles,’ as they are called, lay out a human rights-based approach to laws criminalizng conduct in relation to sex, drug use, HIV, sexual and reproductive health, homelessness and poverty.
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When living on the street was not an option

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by Hans Wienhold The UN’s latest idea that “life sustaining activities in public spaces” should be decriminalized is fuel for a rant. Each one of the points are logical implications of libertarianism; the problem occurs when they try to inject

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the April 21, 2023 announcement of Volkswagen's first Canadian plant. Photo: YouTube
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Canada invests up to $13 billion to bring Volkswagen to Ontario

Rita Smith

On April 21st, 2023, the announcement that Volkswagen will build its first Canadian plant in St. Thomas was made official.

Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were joined by Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and the federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, to announce the deal for St. Thomas, Ontario, and Canada’s entire electric vehicle supply chain.

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