Mayor elect Olivia Chow approaches key issues of housing, budget short falls as new Mayor of Toronto; Doug Ford says he wants to be on common ground with Olivia Chow, but still intends to follow through with controversial Ontario Place plans; the first hydrogen electric powered train is now running in Canada, from Quebec City to Baie-Saint-Paul; and other news.
Olivia Chow’s to-do list: Housing, a gaping budget hole — and dead raccoons (Toronto Star)
Ford says he seeks ‘common ground’ with Chow on housing, repeats pledge to redevelop Ontario Place (Globe and Mail)
Canada’s first hydrogen train is taking passengers (CBC)
‘The market is incredibly fragile.’ Rise in GTA new-home sales in May threatened by interest rate hike in June (Toronto Star)
Oak wilt found in Canada for first time, sparking concern disease could spread and kill trees (CityNews)
Wildfire smoke bringing ‘high levels’ of air pollution to Toronto, weather agency says (CBC)
Olivia Chow needs to build a better city as Toronto’s next mayor (Globe and Mail)
He found a house for less than $200,000. Can you? (Toronto Star)
Doug Ford vs. Olivia Chow: How will Ontario’s premier and Toronto’s new mayor get on? (CBC)
Artificial intelligence to be hot topic at Collision tech conference in Toronto (Global News)
Toronto real estate market ticks upward (Globe and Mail)