Ontario recently announced plans to build the country’s largest energy storage plant, comprised of lithium-ion batteries, set to reduce emissions by storing fossil fuel energy for longer; Montreal city councillors put forward motion calling on federal support to construct a high speed rail network from Toronto to Montreal, reducing travel time to three hours; a week after the news of his affair broke, John Tory has officially resigned as the Mayor of Toronto; and other news.
Ontario has just unveiled the largest electrical-grid battery project in Canada (Toronto Star)
High-speed train between Toronto and Montreal one step closer to becoming reality (CTV News)
Toronto Mayor John Tory submits formal resignation over staffer affair after budget approval (Globe and Mail)
Toronto has another vacant unit tax and it’s complicated, scary (Toronto Star)
Canada is racing to net zero. But do we have the data to get us there? (CBC)
Toronto deputy mayor prepares for transition of power, not running to replace Tory (Global News)
Recession? What recession? Canadian employers ‘desperate for workers’ as hiring growth expected to continue (Toronto Star)
We must urgently reinvent public transit for the postpandemic world (Globe and Mail)
Niagara Falls tourist district dealing with influx of thousands of relocated migrants (CTV News)
How much income do you need to buy a home in Toronto? Thousands more than last year (Toronto Star)
Peel Region spends $55K on sole-sourced podcast on housing crisis (CBC)
Slippery Friday morning commute for Toronto, GTA; some buses cancelled (CityNews)