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2026-09-03 · Toronto Star · Environment

Toronto fire responded to 1,500 calls in last 24 hours: Jessop

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2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Politics

Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford to square off in debate at noon today

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2026-09-22 · Toronto Star · Politics

Toronto mayoral race tightens as Olivia Chow's lead over Brad Bradford shrinks in a new poll

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2026-10-15 · Toronto Star · Politics

Chow and Bradford each faced Star questions for an hour straight. Here's how they answered the tough ones

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2026-10-10 · Toronto Star · Politics

How homelessness, public safety — and wildly different visions — are shaping the election race in Toronto Centre

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2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Politics

Why the road to the Toronto mayor's office runs through the 'burbs: A map-by-map analysis of Ford, Tory and Chow wins

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2026-09-03 · Toronto Star

🔮 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and other city officials are providing an update at City Hall this morning after the violent storms dumped more than 100 milimetres of rain and knocked power out for tens of thousands of people. assertive

2026-09-15 · Toronto Star

🔮 A leading Toronto mayoral candidate has pulled out of a planned debate after alleging that the moderator was biased against him. assertive

2026-09-22 · Toronto Star

🔮 Mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford has made up ground on incumbent Olivia Chow in this fall’s Toronto election, according to a new poll. assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

🔮 The councillor for Beaches—East York argues that a detailed, external examination of the city’s finances is long overdue, and predicts it will uncover major savings that will help pay for his campaign promises — including costly proposals for the police and TTC — while he limits new revenue through a property tax freeze in his first year. assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

🔮 Mayoral rivals clashed Friday over who could take credit for protecting tenants at one of Toronto’s most notorious apartment buildings, with Olivia Chow asserting that a crackdown on the property’s landlord was the result of her decisions as mayor, and Brad Bradford accusing her of misrepresenting her record. assertive

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star

🔮 That’s because the former municipality, whose residents often feel forgotten by city hall, is set to play a potentially crucial role in the mayor’s race, with some predicting the contest will be decided by whichever candidate performs the best in Scarborough’s half-dozen wards. assertive

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

🔮 The road to the mayor’s office runs through Toronto’s inner suburbs. assertive

2026-10-08 · Toronto Star

🔮 The two leading candidates in the race for Toronto mayor will face off at noon today in the third of three debates this week. assertive

2026-10-10 · Toronto Star

🔮 Culverwell and others living in Toronto Centre say they’ve reached a breaking point over the social problems spilling into their parks and public spaces, and their demands for action have become the top issue as the ward gets set to elect a councillor this month. assertive

2026-10-15 · Toronto Star

🔮 With their electoral showdown less than two weeks away, the leading contenders to be mayor of Toronto offered acutely different visions of the city’s present and its future Wednesday. assertive