You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter These incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks There were nine residential break and enters reported in the district from Jan Toronto Police Service received 38 reports of a break-in at a home between Jan including nine in the district of North York In total 137 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 82.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 Two break-ins were reported at these locations: an apartment near Inn On The Park Drive and Leslie Street on Thursday a house near Apollo Drive and Tofino Crescent on Thursday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2025 a house near Forest Grove Drive and Restwell Crescent on Sunday a house near Bayview Avenue and Meadow Larkway on Friday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Fairlawn Avenue and Grey Road on Tuesday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Bedford Park-Nortown in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Comay Road and Culford Road on Tuesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Brookhaven-Amesbury in 2025 a house near Angus Drive and Seneca Hill Drive on Thursday a house near Cobblestone Drive and O’meara Court on Thursday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Doubletree Road and Patrick Boulevard on Tuesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Pleasant View in 2025 Find out where residential break and enters were reported in East York, Etobicoke, Old Toronto, Scarborough and York This story was automatically generated using open data collected and maintained by Toronto Police Service. 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Mall spans 80,000m² to the southeast with mid-rise residential buildings found on bordering properties to the north owing to its proximity about 7km to the east and over 15,550 residential units are proposed on its larger site There are 6,163 new residential units proposed on the Fairview Mall site Looking southeast from Fairview Mall Drive to the current site and Site Plan Approval applications to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developer.  Previous design by WZMH Architects for Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT The new proposal seeks approval for three residential towers of 35 increased from the previous top height of 134.4m The tallest tower replaces the office building while introducing a new public street along the east property boundary a sharp increase from the previous proposal’s 50,203m² with 82,202m² dedicated to residential space (up from 38,771m² and 9,259m² to office space (down from 10,883m²) The Floor Space Index (FSI) has risen from 5.96 to 8.42 The three towers would cluster around a new internal courtyard Office space has been consolidated within the eight-storey podium beneath the 39-storey tower There would be 2,755m² of indoor amenities in the podiums and 2,590m² of outdoor amenities including the courtyard plus terraces more than doubling the previous 2,428m² total.  Podiums for 39-storey (left) and 35-storey (right) towers The revised layout also introduces a 938m² POP (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space) at the corner of Fairview Mall Drive and Don Mills Road Development would proceed in three phases: the 39-storey tower and part of the POPS first followed by demolition for the 47-storey tower and remaining POPS Residential units have more than doubled in number The 47-storey tower would have five elevators the 39-storey tower four (plus three for office use) respectively.  A three-level underground garage would provide 388 vehicle parking spaces Bicycle parking has been increased from 449 to 1,011 spaces with 881 long-term and 96 short-term spots Don Mills station is a three-minute walk south with TTC bus routes along Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road serving as well as York Region Transit (YRT) services from tje north Metrolinx is studying potential extensions of Sheppard Line 4 to then Scarborough Town Centre area in the east (interchanging with the Danforth Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension) and to Sheppard West station on University Line 1 in the west.  An aerial view of the site and surrounding area UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development you can learn more about it from our Database file you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page UrbanToronto has a research service, UTPro, that provides comprehensive data on development projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe — from proposal through to completion. We also offer Instant Reports, downloadable snapshots based on location, and a daily subscription newsletter, New Development Insider that tracks projects from initial application.​​​ and the Fraser Valley broadly saw their values slip in the first half of the year with only six neighbourhoods across those markets reporting year-over-year gains Parkwoods-Donalda (up 3.7%) were amongst the select neighbourhoods to “buck” the downward price trend in Toronto while values in Vancouver’s Gulf Islands and West Vancouver-Howe Sound climbed 13% and 1.9% “Tight market conditions contributed to the uptick as well as a greater number of sales at the top end of the market,” says RE/MAX close to 93% of detached home values ‘fell short’ of last year’s levels in the first six months of 2023 — and this was despite a “rally in home-buying activity” in the second quarter “Anxious homebuyers were quick to identify the bottom of the market and jumped in with both feet in the second quarter of the year,” says Christopher Alexander home-buying activity dropped off in 95% of markets in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2022 with the only outliers being Bayview Village as well as Langley in the Fraser Valley (up 7.9%) “With inflation coming in hotter than expected in July the Bank of Canada is forecasted to raise rates yet again in September,” says Elton Ash Executive Vice President for RE/MAX Canada home-buying activity will likely remain subdued for the foreseeable future.” Ash also notes that “eerily similar circumstances existed in 1994,” when the Bank of Canada raised rates from 7.25% to 10.5% in the course of about a year “The impact on GTA’s housing market was immediate with sales softening and average price declining from close to $209,000 to $198,000 in 1996 with the market’s only saving grace the lack of inventory currently listed for sale.” Join the thousands of Torontonians who’ve signed up for our free newsletter and get award-winning local journalism delivered to your inbox Don Valley North includes the neighbourhoods of Bayview Village 70 percent of residents identify as a visible minorities and the average household income is lower than the city-wide average Incumbent Shelley Carroll has served on city council since 2003 The matrix below provides a head-to-head comparison of where council candidates stand The Local combed through city council records to review all the decisions made over the last four years and identified a dozen votes that are the most telling on key issues: homelessness We then sent the challengers a survey asking them how they would have voted on those same 12 motions and compared the results to Carroll’s votes Only one candidate responded to The Local’s survey: Christoff Ongoing coverage of Toronto’s 2022 municipal election hyper-local coverage of competitive ward races across the city and a Candidate Tracker tool to keep you informed this fall We don’t elect people to oversee any other specific public service The Toronto Police take three times longer than they should to get to the most urgent emergencies Why a $1.1 billion force doesn’t come when you need them Cost-cutting measures will push thousands of paratransit users onto the TTC with disabled and elderly riders forced into gruelling bus and subway trips The numbers don’t lie: this city’s incumbency advantage is the worst in North America she (unsuccessfully) ran as the Liberal Party candidate for MPP in Don Valley North As a member of the Toronto Police Services Board from 2014-2018, Carroll defended then-Deputy Police Chief Peter Sloly’s call for cuts and reforms. However, during the 2020 policing debate she did not support some of her progressive colleagues’ proposals such as a 10 percent budget cut or scrapping body camera plans Her platform focuses on climate action Carroll has been endorsed by the Toronto & York Region Labour Council playgrounds & parks” and “No Shutting down Small Businesses & places of Worship” Information about this candidate could not be found at time of publication Lindow says her campaign stands for priorities James Li is the incumbent TDSB Trustee for Ward 13 – Don Valley North since 2018. According to his trustee profile, he is business school graduate and currently works as a senior manager in the telecommunications industry. Li has been endorsed by the Toronto & York Region Labour Council she states she will advocate for annual funding for building repairs encourage lifelong learning and promote participation Romano-Dwyer priorities include student mental health modernized buildings and maintaining high academic excellence The City Clerk has voided the election for the MonAvenir school board in this ward The election will not take place on October 24 and a by-election will be held at a later date award-winning journalism thanks to the generous support of readers you're contributing to a new kind of journalism—in-depth from corners of Toronto too often overlooked Join the thousands of Torontonians who've signed up for our free newsletter and get award-winning local journalism delivered to your inbox non-profit journalism from corners of Toronto too often overlooked Tamara Babulal-Jones has been found after being reported missing by Toronto police Tamara Babulal-Jones had been last seen in Don Valley Village area and the information within may be out of date A missing 16-year-old girl who had been last seen in North York’s Don Valley Village area has been found Tamara Babulal-Jones had been last seen near Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East on Monday Police are reminding the public that a person can be reported missing at any time noting there is no mandatory 24-hour waiting period “If you are concerned for someone’s immediate safety you can report a person as missing to the Toronto Police Service by calling the non-emergency number 416-808-2222,” they said in a news release is a reporter and columnist for Metroland Media Toronto He is also an author of speculative fiction His most recent book is VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination Even if owning property in Toronto will likely never be in the cards for you keeping an eye on the city's topsy-turvy real estate market is like witnessing a car crash you can't look away from especially with interest rates being what they are right now The landscape keeps changing beyond expectations each month as realtors are anxiously awaiting more good news from economists, many of whom are predicting further mortgage rate hikes and even higher costs for some consumer goods Toronto's market has cooled substantially from the days of bidding wars and homes going for way over asking in just a matter of days prices have fallen as a result of the substantial decrease in activity with would-be buyers waiting on the sidelines until better financial times there are still some pockets in and around the city where home prices are still on the rise up double digit percentages from this time last year RE/MAX has outlined these areas in a new report that looks at how the cost of the average home — detached homes specifically mind you — have changed across the GTA so far in 2023 compared to up to this point in 2022 Toronto's central downtown core including Palmerston-Little Italy Trinity-Bellwoods and Dufferin Grove; prices here have increased 16.1 per cent to reach $2,468,708 by June of this year where prices for standalone homes have hit a whopping $3,111,667 a jump of 11.7 per cent from the same time in 2022; and Rosedale and Moore Park where prices climbed 4.3 per cent year-over-year to $4,337,829 were in Cedarvale and Oakwood Village area The eastern edge of Scarborough likewise saw prices lessen by 13.5 per cent in the north (to an average of $1,164,215) and 13.8 per cent in the south (to $1,296,629) Don Valley Village and Henry Farm area of North York was the place where the most homes changed hands by far with 21.4 per cent more home sales by June this year versus last (142 vs though prices were down 10.8 per cent in the same time period (to $1,954,568) The place with the least activity in Toronto proper during the last three months was the place where prices have spiked the most: Central Toronto where detached home sales were down 36.8 per cent IPRO REALTY LTD. via RE/MAX.ca The majority of residents in Don Valley East rent But in a city dominated by the politics of property owners On a sweltering day in early September, Colin Mahovlich stepped into the lobby of a 10-storey apartment tower on Roanoke Road in Parkwoods-Donalda a neighbourhood nestled on the east side of the Don Valley Parkway in Ward 16 — Don Valley East Just one floor of the tower is the equivalent of canvassing about a dozen bungalows but Mahovlich—a 28-year-old former customer service representative running for city council and a renter himself—wasn’t expecting a lot of handshaking or talk from the tenants inside to spend listening to some guy who’s promising them rent’s going to go down if they support these policies over the next 10 years.” Mahovlich launched into his campaign spiel about building more affordable housing in Ward 16 to lower rents She lives in the apartment with her husband who moved in with them because he couldn’t afford to get his own place “There’s four of us living in this one bedroom The family has managed to remain in their unit “My pension cheque goes in the front door and out the back door.” The Trotters are like so many residents of Ward 16 around 55 percent of Don Valley East residents rent compared to 45 percent who own their own properties Squeezed by decades of single-family zoning policy the replacement of older apartment towers with luxury condo developments and gentrification around the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project tenants like the Trotters are facing ballooning rents the residents here have been represented by Denzil Minnan-Wong an unabashedly pro-homeowner councillor with a long history of penny-pinching on municipal infrastructure and services The councillor has been one of the most vocal critics in Toronto of rooming houses and transitional housing projects in spite of the city’s rental housing crisis When Minnan-Wong announced in July he wouldn’t run for a ninth term in office he told residents he had tried to represent both homeowners and tenants alike during his tenure I remain a proud and unapologetic defender of property owners’ rights,” he wrote in his resignation statement “The next Council needs to listen and show a greater sensitivity toward property owners and their communities.” (Minnan-Wong one of the 11 candidates running for office who all make vaguely promising comments on front door mats about improving affordability is how do you elect someone who will actually look out for the interests of people with landlords In a city dominated by the politics of homeowners Candidate Tracker is your go-to place for fact-checked biographies of all 11 Ward 16 candidates Stand just outside the Ontario Science Centre and look east and you’ll notice the tall apartment and office towers of Flemington Park looming over parking lots and wide thoroughfares But venture into the winding suburban streets of Don Mills and you’ll find a very different neighbourhood: impeccably kept bungalows multi-storey McMansions and aging midrise apartments Roughly 25 percent of Don Mills’ population lives below the poverty line while the neighbourhood’s average property price is north of $1.5 million Rent prices are far too high everywhere in Toronto be as tumultuous a market as the denser downtown wards The Eglinton Crosstown still isn’t online yet and Don Valley East’s condo market isn’t as hot as those of Liberty Village or Yonge and Eglinton Ward 16’s average rent in 2016 was $1,200 a month Just over half of all tenant households at the time spent more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs The pandemic saw a slowdown of rent prices Bloomberg News reported they’d increased 20 percent since last year Don Valley Community Legal Services gets calls from all over Ward 16 from tenants says they see all kinds of cases—from evictions over unpaid rent to tenants bothering one another or causing safety concerns in their buildings But the biggest share of cases by far are arrears cases—either tenants trying to preemptively lawyer up to avoid eviction or a landlord taking them to the Landlord Tenant Board “The arrears [cases] are just blowing everything out of the water,” he says According to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s 2021 national rental housing report Torontonians need to work an average of 35 hours a week at the city’s average wage just to pay for a two-bedroom rental apartment on 30 percent of their income Renting in Toronto simply isn’t affordable for many low-income renters Landlords also frequently neglect basic repairs Bilimoria says some landlords are behind on maintenance but are still applying for rent increases above the provincial guideline to do large-scale capital repair projects But the reshaping of Ward 16’s cityscape will also challenge the area’s renters Nearly all residential neighbourhoods in Don Valley East are solely dedicated to single-family homes Developers looking to get rich on high-volume tower complexes opt to buy unused land or older apartment towers and set up luxury condo units well out of the price range of many renters While the law requires developers to replace all the rental units they destroy they aren’t required to add any new apartments to grow rental stock—a serious problem in a city with a 1.8 percent vacancy rate “Does the city die when you make it so unaffordable that people can’t live in the city?” asks Stephen Ksiazek Ksiazek is the former president of the Don Mills Residents Association and owner of a foundation and waterproofing business and he is razor-focused on ensuring new residential developments include public amenities like playgrounds and community centres for residents he also acknowledges the need for better snow removal service tackling Toronto’s affordable housing crisis An influx of high-density luxury condo towers into Ward 16 concerns him especially the way in which they displace rental housing a series of towers and townhouses at 25 Saint Dennis Drive But Ksiazek says it’ll only replace the 167 rental units that once stood on the site; the rest will be condos starting in the $600,000 range at the corner of Eglinton Ave East and Don Mills a 60-acre development called Crosstown Place will add just shy of 5,000 residential units to the area by 2023—a mix of townhouses and high-rise units along with retail and office space “Half of the dwellings in central Don Mills are apartments,” Ksiazek explains and he says many residents simply cannot afford to own property “But a lot of these [new developments] are not aimed at that at all there are housing projects breaking ground in Ward 16 that Ksiazek doesn’t oppose One is a five-building tower complex on either side of Don Mills all overlooking the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT Given all the issues renters face in Ward 16 why would a majority of voters vote for someone like Minnan-Wong—a councillor who disapproved of highrise housing expansion and other methods of easing the rental affordability crisis for eight straight elections Part of the problem is that renters can sometimes literally be hard to reach While candidates hold barbeques and other out-of-home campaign events the time-honoured tradition of going door-to-door with flyers and slogans can be a difficult way to reach renters When Mahovlich arrived at the Roanoke apartment tower late that September afternoon he had to call the rental office at another site for access only to find that everyone had already left the office for the day A local resident who happened to be sitting in the lobby as Mahovlich fiddled with the keypad let him in Difficulty accessing apartment towers doesn’t stop committed candidates some candidates build bridges with local residents (renter or otherwise) through community events or just hanging out in the neighbourhood Others pointedly seek out renters as an untapped voter base Walter Alvarez-Bardales a Ward 16 candidate on leave from the Canada Revenue Agency puts issues of poverty at the very top of his platform he fled to Canada in his late teens and spent time living on the streets an experience he still finds difficult to talk about today Addressing issues like rising rents and Toronto’s criminalization of homeless people a lack of availability from the councillor,” Alvarez-Bardales said of Minnan-Wong While he believes renters could be critical to winning Ward 16 he suspects they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of elections Toronto residents have faced in the last year Turnout in municipal elections is always the lowest of the three orders of government—just 41 percent of eligible Toronto residents voted in 2018 or are just drained when a candidate comes knocking to understand how important and vital it is for city services to elect the right councillors,” Alvarez-Bardales said Then there’s the question of whether renters are able to vote in the first place and there is a huge immigrant population in Ward 16’s apartment towers Flemingdon Park is home to a multitude of communities—Eastern European Afghani—and recent arrivals are far more likely to be renters than owners Language barriers might also present a challenge renters in Ward 16’s immigrant communities might not necessarily speak English as a first language “I think that folks are less knowledgeable about their rights and also how to go about enforcing their rights,” he says If tenants have trouble understanding the eviction process voting in an election may be lower on their priority list The very issues driving Toronto voters to the polls also happen to be biased towards homeowner concerns and garbage collection all affect renters to some degree but their landlords are the ones paying the bills and maintaining their properties Nearly all tenant concerns around rent are the province’s jurisdiction and and some renters might be willing to vote for a councillor like Denzil Minnan-Wong Some oppose policies with the potential to lower rent As one woman told Mahovlich on his way out of the Roanoke Road building: “Have you worked recently downtown you can go to your balcony and ask your neighbour—it’s that close.” The candidate with the most name recognition, and likely the frontrunner, is Jon Burnside An ex-police officer who served in Flemingdon Park he eventually won a council seat and served on Mayor John Tory’s executive committee in his first term Community safety is high on his list of priorities but so is tempering what Burnside sees as the hysteria of rapid housing development at the expense of slow “We have to make sure that what we’re doing is going to work for everybody,” he said Burnside brings up Toronto’s Official Plan a blueprint for how the city should develop transit and land while also respecting the environment He points out it calls for neighbourhood “character” to be protected: in other words sprawling suburban communities shouldn’t need to put up with high-rise development in their midst Burnside initially characterizes this as destroying a neighbourhood before retracting it in favour of saying they “change the character” of areas “There’s lots of cheap land like Lawrence Avenue east of Victoria Park,” he says “There are lots of ways to be creative and build supply without altering the characteristics of neighbourhoods.” As a former councillor for Flemingdon Park Burnside understands the maintenance issues faced by tenants in older buildings But while he promises to fight for both renters and homeowners alike his vision for Ward 16’s rental market is one that may make it even tougher to bring in new rental housing at a time when the citywide vacancy rate is close to zero forcing lower-income renters like the Trotters to either move in with each other or leave Toronto entirely all of which was spent under Minnan-Wong’s previous terms Joseph Trotter is skeptical about promises that a new councillor could push through more housing and lower rent costs Gaylynn Trotter and her husband will cast her ballot this fall As she says: “Our thinking is—if you don’t a French school trustee election imploded when it emerged that no one running actually spoke French Now the by-election in Viamonde Ward 3 — Centre has a crowded slate of eager candidates and an increase in voter enrollment With dismal voter turnout and a third term for Tory the city’s election presented some expected results—and a few big surprises An investigation by The Local using FOI requests reveals a system that makes wealthy downtown neighbourhoods safer while leaving lower-income inner-suburban communities to fend for themselves A controversial supportive housing project on Cummer Avenue has become a point of contention between the three lead candidates hoping to lead Ward 18 When parents at the Viamonde school board became suspicious of the only two trustee candidates running in their ward Now one candidate says he’s ready to resign as the controversy threatens the legitimacy of the entire election the candidates who win Toronto’s downtown seats will inherit problems five low-profile challengers in Ward 21 — Scarborough Centre are hoping to break through the inertia of incumbency voting often feels like an easy political act that changes little My political engagement comes in other forms There were nine residential break and enters reported in the district from Dec Toronto Police Service received 25 reports of a break-in at a home between Dec In total 1,779 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down NaN per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Abbeywood Trail and Towercrest Drive on Saturday There have been 31 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Cummer Avenue and Ruddington Drive on Friday There have been 23 residential break and enters reported in Bayview Woods-Steeles in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Don Mills Road East and Don Mills Road West on Monday There have been 18 residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Flemington Road and Replin Road on Thursday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Englemount-Lawrence in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Cliffwood Road and Hollyberry Trail on Friday There have been nine residential break and enters reported in Hillcrest Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Groveland Crescent and Three Valleys Drive on Thursday There have been 14 residential break and enters reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2025 a house near Aldershot Crescent and Yorkminster Road on Thursday an apartment near Bayview Avenue and Heathcote Avenue on Sunday There have been 48 residential break and enters reported in St A break-in was reported at a house near Mckee Avenue and Wilfred Avenue on Tuesday There have been 32 residential break and enters reported in Willowdale East in 2025 Rendering: view from corner of Don Mills Rd and Sheppard Ave The 0.7-hectare property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road a 2-minute walk from Don Mills subway station and is kitty corner to Elad Canada's recently completed Emerald City development To the south across Sheppard Avenue is a residential low-rise townhouse community Surrounding land uses to the development site and property The property is located in a block shared with three existing multi-unit residential buildings all built in the Tower-in-the-Park style: 1650 Sheppard Avenue East The proposals include new public and private roads added to the block with the City overseeing a block context plan aiming to coordinate the intensification of the area Block Context Plan indicating the existing and proposed towers Image by IBI Group with Google imagery and rendering by Wallman Architects For this site, Wallman Architects have designed two residential towers with 50,082m² of residential gross floor area (GFA) and 982m² of ground-level retail The two towers follow the City's guidelines of 750m² floor-plates with their long edges parallel to Sheppard Avenue They each have their own base building area connected at the 3rd and 4th storey creating a 2- storey high breezeway at grade The building at the northeast corner of the property is proposed at 39 storeys while the building at the south end of the site closer to the intersection corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road Within the total 823 dwelling units proposed 10 units are townhouses facing west and north The unit mix is proposed at 2 studios (0%) Rendering: residential entrance for the north tower (view from Don Mills Rd) A total of 1,780m² of indoor amenity space is proposed The two residential towers share 868m² of E-W facing outdoor amenity space on the roof of the base building A rectangular 688m² portion of the lands located at the northwest corner of the Property is proposed to be dedicated for a new public park It would add to a larger piece of parkland associated with an adjacent redevelopment proposal Shared between the two towers are three levels of underground parking that accommodate 376 motor vehicles (327 for residents There is no surface parking proposed for the development Rendering: residential entrance for the south tower (view from Sheppard E UrbanToronto will watch for updates development you can learn more from our Database file for the project you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page UrbanToronto’s new data research service, UrbanToronto Pro, offers comprehensive information on construction projects in the Greater Toronto Area—from proposal right through to completion stages. In addition, our subscription newsletter, New Development Insider drops in your mailbox daily to help you track projects through the planning process There were eight residential break and enters reported in the district from March 11 to March 17 Toronto Police Service received 34 reports of a break-in at a home between March 11 and March 17 including eight in the district of North York In total 298 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 82.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 a house near Banbury Road and Larkfield Drive on Thursday an apartment near Dutch Myrtleway and Wax Myrtleway on Thursday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2025 a house near Burbank Drive and Sifton Court on Wednesday a house near Alamosa Drive and Appian Drive on Sunday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Mcallister Road and Yeomans Road on Thursday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Clanton Park in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Clovercrest Road and Ravenbury Road on Saturday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Margaret Avenue and Salinger Court on Thursday A break-in was reported at an apartment near John Drury Drive and Robert Woodhead Crescent on Friday There have been two residential break and enters reported in York University Heights in 2025 There were 15 residential break and enters reported in the district from Oct Toronto Police Service received 47 reports of a break-in at a home between Oct including 15 in the district of North York In total 1,801 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 41.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 a house near Chipstead Road and Tahoe Court on Saturday a house near Farmcote Road and Swiftdale Place on Saturday There have been 35 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Kennard Avenue and Shaftesbury Street on Sunday There have been nine residential break and enters reported in Bathurst Manor in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Lewes Crescent and St There have been 36 residential break and enters reported in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Blairville Road and Sheppard Avenue West on Sunday There have been nine residential break and enters reported in Clanton Park in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Kingslake Road and Tepee Court on Friday There have been 17 residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Bradenton Drive and Brahms Avenue on Friday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Hillcrest Village in 2024 a house near Hathor Crescent and Rowntree Mill Road on Friday a house near Aviemore Drive and Franel Crescent on Monday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Humber Summit in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Coronado Court and St There have been four residential break and enters reported in Humbermede in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Montford Drive and Pamcrest Drive on Sunday There have been 14 residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook East in 2024 Three break-ins were reported at these locations: a house near Cornerbrook Drive and Underhill Drive on Saturday a house near Beveridge Drive and Hatherton Crescent on Sunday a house near Brookbanks Drive and Don Valley Parkway on Sunday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Strathburn Boulevard and Sunset Trail on Tuesday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Pelmo Park-Humberlea in 2024 There were 10 vehicles reported stolen in the district from March 20 to March 26 Toronto Police Service received 36 reports of a stolen vehicle between March 20 to March 26 including 10 in the district of North York In total 460 auto thefts have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 — down 81 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Broadleaf Road and The Donway East on Sunday There have been four auto thefts reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2025 Two vehicles were reported stolen from these locations: a curbside near Burbank Drive and Windham Drive on Thursday a residential parking lot near Elkhorn Drive and Red Maple Court on Sunday There have been five auto thefts reported in Bayview Village in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Chiswick Avenue and Hearst Circle on Sunday There have been seven auto thefts reported in Brookhaven-Amesbury in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East on Saturday There have been five auto thefts reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Chalkfarm Drive and Marlington Crescent on Tuesday There have been 10 auto thefts reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway near Blossom Crescent and Firgrove Crescent on Friday There have been four auto thefts reported in Glenfield-Jane Heights in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Hendon Avenue and Yonge Street on Friday There have been eight auto thefts reported in Newtonbrook East in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Parkwoods Village Drive and York Mills Road on Wednesday There have been five auto thefts reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside around Brian Drive and Sheppard Avenue East on Saturday There have been two auto thefts reported in Pleasant View in 2025 Find out where auto thefts were reported in East York, Etobicoke, Old Toronto, Scarborough and York This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Despite detached home prices in Toronto and Vancouver posting year-over-year declines in the first half of the year a longer-term view shows prices are still elevated and in many cases higher compared to two or three years ago In its Hot Pocket Communities Report released Tuesday RE/MAX found that detached homes in nearly 93% of the 82 districts it analyzed in both cities—which included downtown neighbourhoods and exurbs—were cheaper in the first half of 2023 compared to the previous year The exact amount varied between as little as 1.5% in West Vancouver to a whopping 25.6% in the Toronto exurb of Brock “Anxious homebuyers were quick to identify the bottom of the market and jumped in with both feet in the second quarter of the year,” Christopher Alexander RE/MAX said the easing of home prices was the biggest driver of buying activity in the first half of 2023 especially for existing homebuyers looking to upgrade their current residence historical RE/MAX data show that despite the recent price drops valuations remain on par with—or still above—pre- and early-pandemic prices prices in the district encompassing the Don Valley Village and Henry Farm neighbourhoods—among the cheapest in the downtown core—dropped by 10.8% to nearly $2 million in 2023 prices in the district had jumped by 17.4% Vancouver East saw an 8.1% price drop in 2023 but that followed last year’s whopping 17.3% price gain And when it comes to towns outside of Toronto and Vancouver detached home prices declined 24.8% between 2022 and 2023 more than cancelling out any benefits from this year but they had shot up 26.47% the previous year prices for detached homes in these neighbourhoods largely haven’t declined over time RE/MAX cites a lack of housing supply as the largest factor driving affordability issues today It says that nine out of the 16 districts it surveyed reported inventory shortages This included the Gulf Islands and Whistler/Pemberton where new listings are down by nearly 43% and 23% Ash says homebuilders are slowing their construction projects largely because of higher interest rates inflation and uncertainty around carrying costs Potential buyers are staying in their homes unless they absolutely need to move which then reduces demand for new houses to be built “That then becomes a self-fulfilling cycle,” Ash says “You can’t get increased inventory if people just aren’t going to move.” But the housing inventory shortage isn’t new the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) concluded that developers would need to build 3.5 million more housing units by 2030 than they normally would to make housing more affordable for the average Canadian buyer Ash doesn’t see housing affordability relief in the near term for prospective buyers looking to buy in the greater Toronto or Vancouver markets and the potential for them to rise further Ash says he expects the market to be muted throughout the winter Assuming interest rates remain under control and the Bank of Canada doesn’t increase interest rates beyond September Ash expects the spring of 2024 to be a repeat of last spring Pent-up demand and higher buyer confidence along with a stable interest rate environment could see a return to 2023’s market conditions That ultimately means higher overall house prices especially if developers don’t pick up the pace—and anything they do start this year won’t be ready for some time “I don’t see inventory increasing a great deal,” Ash says pricing will start to edge up next spring.” Brennan Doherty is a Toronto-based writer. 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Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Sign In Register a building that will rise to 18 storeys from converging terraced arms being constructed alongside a mix of mid- and low-rise housing next to the Don River the project has advanced considerably and is fast approaching its final height of almost 62 metres, forming now reaching as high as the 14th floor A blog post by Tridel shared earlier this month notes that forming is expected to wrap up this summer with just a few more residential and mechanical floors remaining before the tower tops out As the two converging slopes rise to a shared point the reduced footprint of each successive floor allows it to be completed more quickly cladding installation now follows a few floors behind Scala is being finished in a mix of prefabricated precast concrete panels and window wall cladding finishes which also now cover the majority of the low- and mid-rises to the immediate north Looking west across Leslie Street to Scala The enclosing of Scala's lower floors is allowing interior work to proceed now with suite finishing taking place on the fifth floor at the start of the month Other common spaces including community amenities have also begun to have their interior finishes installed Exterior landscaping has also recently commenced while other public realm elements like the building of stairs and ramps connecting the adjacent Villaways Park to a central courtyard are well underway A rendering below shows off how the building should look when completed You can learn more from our Database file for the project UrbanToronto has a new way you can track projects through the planning process on a daily basis. Sign up for a free trial of our New Development Insider here Click here to see Canada's most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages A Toronto-focused program that offers a systematic approach to creating infill housing while broadening the base of potential participants has won the top prize in the sixth annual Housing Research Awards handed out by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation The project, billed as ReHousing the Yellowbelt offers citizen homeowners a kit with planning zoning and redevelopment tools to help them embark on the initial stages of transforming single-family homes into multi-unit housing compare from among multiple options and initiate design Partners in the program include the University of Toronto’s Master of Urban Design program, Tuf Lab and LGA Architectural Partners 29 the team was announced as winner of the $25,000 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research recognizing a “significant research contribution that helps us achieve our aspiration to make housing affordable for everyone in Canada.” director of the Master of Urban Design program explained that typically when a homeowner wants to explore infill housing on a property it’s a one-off project with outreach required to planners “What we wanted to do is start to systematize things like getting pricing systematize the process of understanding the zoning and this idea of a design catalog that we came up with that now the housing ministers have it’s trying to create a system to make it more cost effective to create cost savings for small construction projects,” said Piper The strategy was developed in part at the request of the City of Toronto’s planning department which instituted zoning reforms in May 2023 The changes permit the development of multiplexes — low-rise buildings with two to five units in a single structure — in all residential neighbourhoods Piper said he has been working on a plan since 2020 He explained governments and the construction industry “do a really good job of making large development less expensive,” and lenders are equipped to offer access to loans there is not a recognized pathway for accessing the professionals who can advise on individual projects U of T researchers identified post-war housing typologies across the city a website targeting non-professionals offering free multiplex designs and explanatory diagrams and text “We really believe it’s not going to be small developers that are going to create the most change in single-family neighbourhoods,” said Piper “It’s going to be homeowners and prospective homeowners who are going to be creating the extra unit.” Nonprofits and startups are also being targeted as new sources of infill development Piper recently learned the program will receive new funding to develop the platform for other cities and also to make it more customizable for users In future users will be able to type their address in and a report will be generated tailored to their home or the home they may want to buy The news of the funding was so fresh that Piper was not yet able to announce broader details you can take this and you can approach architects you can go to lenders about getting a loan Piper said there is reason for optimism about the prospects for uptake given the success of the approach in California 20 years ago it took a decade for the program to gain momentum The Toronto proponents are learning from the California experience The other two winners of CMHC awards were: Follow the author on X/Twitter @DonWall_DCN TORONTO — A new condo development along the Yonge and Finch corridor was recentl.. 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With the residential construction industry in such dire straits TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city's response to steep U.S There were 22 residential break and enters reported in the district from Feb Toronto Police Service received 86 reports of a break-in at a home between Feb including 22 in the district of North York In total 527 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – up 32.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 Five break-ins were reported at these locations: an apartment near Kimloch Crescent and Towercrest Drive on Tuesday a house near Firthway Court and Longwood Drive on Thursday a house near Larkfield Drive and Malabar Place on Saturday a house near Banbury Road and Larkfield Drive on Sunday a house near Gladwyn Road and Norden Crescent on Monday There have been 12 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2024 a house near Mason Boulevard and Vere Gardens on Tuesday a house near Alexandra Wood and Cortleigh Boulevard on Saturday There have been 17 residential break and enters reported in Bedford Park-Nortown in 2024 a house near Campbell Crescent and Old Yonge Street on Wednesday an apartment near Bayview Avenue and Post Road on Monday There have been 12 residential break and enters reported in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills in 2024 an apartment near Don Mills Road and Don Mills Road East on Thursday a house near Corning Road and Lesgay Crescent on Friday There have been eight residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Tumpane Street and William Cragg Drive on Saturday There have been five residential break and enters reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Shaughnessy Boulevard and Silkwood Crescent on Tuesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Henry Farm in 2024 a house near Francine Drive and Marisa Court on Tuesday an apartment near Francine Drive and Rondeau Drive on Tuesday a house near Hines Drive and Mcnicoll Avenue on Saturday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Hillcrest Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Crossen Drive and Goulding Avenue on Friday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook West in 2024 a house near Bannatyne Drive and Silvergrove Road on Wednesday a house near Normandale Crescent and Upper Canada Drive on Monday There have been 20 residential break and enters reported in St a house near Estelle Avenue and Mckee Avenue on Friday a house near Hillcrest Avenue and Longmore Street on Saturday a house near Hollywood Avenue and Kenneth Avenue on Saturday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Willowdale East in 2024 The open-concept home is powered by solar energy reducing the reliance on fossil fuels guests are welcomed into the open-concept living room area The Scandinavian-style gourmet kitchen was custom made and has a large marble island A view of the kitchen and living room area on the main floor of the home The home’s office space is well-lit and has ample storage space Another view of the spa-like primary ensuite The spa-like primary ensuite is luxurious and has a his and hers rainshower A floor to ceiling window along the walk out to the outdoor deck and backyard area This luxury home in the Don Valley Village neighbourhood uses Scandinavian esthetics and is 'built to last,' constructed with several structural features that provide exceptional energy-efficiency This luxury home in the Don Valley Village neighbourhood uses Scandinavian esthetics and is “built to last,” constructed with several structural features that provide exceptional energy-efficiency This net-zero luxury home in the heart of North York was designed with Scandinavian esthetics and “with a focus on health,” listing agent Jennifer Chen says The property has five bedrooms — four above grade rooms and one in the basement — and has a total of five bathrooms The home is open-concept and has several exceptional spaces including the custom gourmet kitchen with a large marble island and the master bedroom’s spa-like ensuite gives guests the Scandinavian spa experience The house located on 1B Marowyne Drive has tons of natural light European-style triple pane windows and vaulted ceilings on the second floor Chen says the home’s neighbourhood has “no other turnkey homes” that are built to “high performance standards and net zero energy design.” “This is a home that is not only attractive on the outside but also built with substance on the inside,” Chen says which claims to be energy-smart and “future forward,” boasts “high performance design principles” that prioritize health according to the property’s listing website Included in these design principles is a HEPA indoor air filter that runs all day providing clean air inside the home — removing allergens the home was built with an air-sealed structure and with a thick layer of insulation on the exterior that allows for “consistent indoor temperatures eliminating drafts and reduces substantial external noise,” the listing’s website says “As Canadians we spend 90 per cent of our lives indoors — air quality in your home matters,” Chen said The all-electric home is powered by solar energy limiting the use of and reliance on fossil fuels It uses a net-metering program that sends excess renewable electricity “to the grid in exchange for on-bill credits,” the home’s website says “During seasons where the solar panels do not generate enough power the house can use the credits to draw power from the grid.” The property promises “minimal upkeep” without sacrificing style and this is seen in the metal roof which the listing claims to be “ultra low-maintenance,” expecting to last for more than 70 years “This house offers energy independence liberating you from rising energy costs and providing long term savings,” the website reads The property’s website adds there are no gas charges for this North York home as there’s no gas line whereas a typical house on the market costs around $1,500 annually The home is great for those who use electric cars as it has two plugs for charging vehicles as well as two Tesla Powerwall batteries for backup energy The property also has a finished basement suite with a full kitchen Aside from being used as an additional living space the basement is ideal for a work studio or can be rented out The home is located minutes away from the Bayview Village and Fairview Mall Chen says it has “unparalleled access” to Highways 401 and 404 and is close to the TTC’s Leslie station on the Line 4 Sheppard line as well as the Oriole GO station The property website claims that the home is 20 minutes away from “almost everywhere in the GTA.” North York General Hospital is 3 minutes away from the home and the Upper Don Valley Recreation Trail is just across the street Chen recommends the home to comfort-seeking families or urban professionals who value energy efficiency and have a liking for sustainability and modern esthetics If you have interesting real estate listings in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, email us at edtbox@torstar.ca There were 12 vehicles reported stolen in the district from March 27 to April 2 Toronto Police Service received 39 reports of a stolen vehicle between March 27 to April 2 including 12 in the district of North York In total 494 auto thefts have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 — down 80.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 a driveway near Greenland Road and Waxwing Place on Tuesday a curbside around Leslie Street and York Mills Road on Wednesday There have been six auto thefts reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Driftwood Avenue and Driftwood Court on Wednesday This was the first auto theft reported in Black Creek in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway near Kingslake Road and Sandbourne Crescent on Friday There have been six auto thefts reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway around Jethro Road and Mayall Avenue on Sunday There have been 11 auto thefts reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway near Pintail Crescent and Rayoak Drive on Monday There have been six auto thefts reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from around Park Home Avenue and Yonge Street on Thursday There have been four auto thefts reported in Willowdale East in 2025 Five vehicles were reported stolen from these locations: a curbside around Catford Road and Council Crescent on Tuesday a parking lot near Chesswood Drive and Vanley Crescent on Friday a driveway near Hucknall Road and Sentinel Road on Friday a curbside near Flint Road and Martin Ross Avenue on Sunday a curbside around Dogleg Court and Sharpecroft Boulevard on Monday There have been 15 auto thefts reported in York University Heights in 2025 There were 38 residential break and enters reported in the district from March 19 to March 25 Toronto Police Service received 83 reports of a break-in at a home between March 19 and March 25 including 38 in the district of North York In total 1,000 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – up 31.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 a house near Banbury Road and Sagewood Drive on Tuesday a house near Bradgate Road and Chatfield Drive on Thursday an apartment near Rippleton Road and Terrington Court on Friday There have been 21 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Hi Mount Drive and King Maple Place on Friday There have been 16 residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2024 a house near Banstock Drive and Sawley Drive on Friday a house near Ballyconnor Court and Lonergan Crescent on Monday There have been 12 residential break and enters reported in Bayview Woods-Steeles in 2024 a house near Lawrence Avenue West and Otter Crescent on Tuesday an apartment near Lawrence Avenue West and Rosewell Avenue on Tuesday a house near Caribou Road and Glen Rush Boulevard on Thursday a house near Clyde Avenue and Dunblaine Avenue on Thursday a house near Brooke Avenue and Greer Road on Sunday There have been 29 residential break and enters reported in Bedford Park-Nortown in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Hullmar Drive and Wheelwright Crescent on Wednesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Black Creek in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Broadway Avenue and Walder Avenue on Wednesday There have been 17 residential break and enters reported in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near John Best Avenue and Plainfield Road on Friday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Brookhaven-Amesbury in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Faywood Boulevard and Joel Swirsky Boulevard on Thursday There have been five residential break and enters reported in Clanton Park in 2024 a house near Angus Drive and Seneca Hill Drive on Friday a house near Cobblestone Drive and Seneca Hill Drive on Sunday There have been 14 residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2024 an apartment near Dallner Road and Wilson Avenue on Wednesday an apartment near Epsom Downs Drive and William Cragg Drive on Friday an apartment near Downsview Park Boulevard and Stanley Greene Boulevard on Monday There have been 16 residential break and enters reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Ameer Avenue and Ridgevale Drive on Saturday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Englemount-Lawrence in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Flavian Crescent and Rameau Drive on Thursday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Hillcrest Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Bathurst Street and Sandringham Drive on Sunday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Lansing-Westgate in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Dorsey Court and Dorsey Drive on Sunday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Maple Leaf in 2024 an apartment near Bowerbank Drive and Deering Crescent on Saturday a house near Conacher Drive and Newton Drive on Monday There have been eight residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook East in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Fenelon Drive and Karen Road on Tuesday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Cherokee Boulevard and Tuscarora Drive on Wednesday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Pleasant View in 2024 a house near Bannatyne Drive and Woodsworth Road on Wednesday an apartment near Davean Drive and Shouldice Court on Wednesday a house near Davean Drive and Shouldice Court on Wednesday an apartment near The Links Road and Tournament Drive on Friday a house near Fifeshire Road and Toba Drive on Saturday There have been 32 residential break and enters reported in St a house near Estelle Avenue and Holmes Avenue on Thursday a house near Dudley Avenue and Spring Garden Avenue on Friday There have been 23 residential break and enters reported in Willowdale East in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Finch Avenue West and Lorraine Drive on Friday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Willowdale West in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Capitol Avenue and Glencairn Avenue on Wednesday There have been five residential break and enters reported in Yorkdale-Glen Park in 2024 Police are investigating after a stabbing in the Don Valley Village area on Wednesday evening Police responded to a call at Peanut Plaza in the Don Mills Road and Finch Avenue East area around 3 p.m They found a 17-year-old boy who had been stabbed in the torso The victim was taken to hospital in serious but non-life threatening condition Police say the boy was stabbed either at or near Georges Vanier Secondary School He was taken to a nearby store by friends where they called 911 and administered first aid The suspect reportedly fled the scene and it is unclear if the suspect was known to the victim A description of the suspect is not available at this time A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices There were 15 residential break and enters reported in the district from Jan Toronto Police Service received 31 reports of a break-in at a home between Jan In total 99 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 83.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Brucedale Crescent and Heathview Avenue on Wednesday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Bruce Farm Drive and Craigmont Drive on Saturday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Bayview Woods-Steeles in 2025 a house near Broadway Avenue and Cardiff Road on Saturday an apartment near Bayview Avenue and Kilgour Road on Saturday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Gleneagle Crescent and Kingslake Road on Wednesday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2025 an apartment near Dubray Avenue and Paxtonia Boulevard on Tuesday a house near Anthony Road and Northgate Drive on Friday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Ferrand Drive and Rochefort Drive on Wednesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Flemingdon Park in 2025 an apartment near Driftwood Avenue and Grandravine Drive on Thursday an apartment near Dombey Road and Kanarick Crescent on Sunday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Glenfield-Jane Heights in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Ardwick Boulevard and Songwood Drive on Tuesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Humbermede in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Centre Avenue and Pamcrest Drive on Wednesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Newtonbrook East in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Dallas Road and Lister Drive on Friday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook West in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Clipper Road and Van Horne Avenue on Friday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Pleasant View in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Ivan Nelson Drive and Robert Hicks Drive on Monday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Westminster-Branson in 2025 beyond its humble brick façade lies a picturesque fairytale cottage In the backyard of the Don Valley Village home a winding stone pathway leads to a tiny vine-covered cottage Mint green shutters and an ornate wooden door are affixed to the pale yellow abode A small fire pit and a pair of Muskoka chairs sit out front Since the home last sold in May of 2020 - for $1,049,000 - it has been beautifully renovated from top to bottom The open-concept main level offers a seamless flow between the kitchen Top Canadian Realty There were 25 residential break and enters reported in the district from Nov Toronto Police Service received 72 reports of a break-in at a home between Nov including 25 in the district of North York In total 3,190 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – up 21.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2022 A break-in was reported at a house near Banbury Road and Post Road on Wednesday There have been 65 residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2023 an apartment near Adra Grado Way and Okra Tomar Crescent on Wednesday a house near Dervock Crescent and Greenbriar Road on Monday a house near Burbank Drive and Sifton Court on Monday There have been 45 residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2023 a house near Deloraine Avenue and Falkirk Street on Monday a house near Ledbury Street and Melrose Avenue on Monday There have been 64 residential break and enters reported in Bedford Park-Nortown in 2023 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Jane Street and Milo Park Gate on Monday There have been 16 residential break and enters reported in Black Creek in 2023 a house near Crete Court and Salonica Road on Friday a house near Doncliffe Drive and Mount Pleasant Road on Friday a house near Valley Road and Valley Ridge Place on Monday There have been 69 residential break and enters reported in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills in 2023 a house near Faywood Boulevard and Invermay Avenue on Saturday a house near Clanton Park Road and Faywood Boulevard on Saturday There have been 22 residential break and enters reported in Clanton Park in 2023 A break-in was reported at a house near Clareville Crescent and Marowyne Drive on Monday There have been 32 residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2023 A break-in was reported at a house near Hawksdale Road and Tilbury Drive on Friday There have been 58 residential break and enters reported in Downsview-Roding-CFB in 2023 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Forest Manor Road and Parkway Forest Drive on Friday There have been 14 residential break and enters reported in Henry Farm in 2023 a house near Addington Avenue and Addington Place on Thursday a house near Bogert Avenue and Fennell Street on Saturday There have been 36 residential break and enters reported in Lansing-Westgate in 2023 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue West on Wednesday There have been 11 residential break and enters reported in Maple Leaf in 2023 A break-in was reported at a house near Cummer Avenue and Willowdale Avenue on Friday There have been 25 residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook East in 2023 A break-in was reported at a house near Sandpiper Court and Tetbury Crescent on Wednesday There have been 27 residential break and enters reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2023 Four break-ins were reported at these locations: a house near Gerald Street and Wimpole Drive on Friday a house near Bayview Avenue and Wimpole Drive on Friday a house near Bayview Avenue and Wimpole Drive on Sunday a house near Bannatyne Drive and Woodsworth Road on Monday There have been 75 residential break and enters reported in St A break-in was reported at a house near Caledonia Road and Lotherton Ptway on Saturday There have been 13 residential break and enters reported in Yorkdale-Glen Park in 2023 This article was published more than 6 months ago The flooded parking lot at Grand Touring Automobiles a luxury car dealership on Dundas Street.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Aerial view of the Don Valley Parkway from the Dundas Street bridge looking towards the Gerrard Street bridge in Toronto.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Cars stuck on the flooded Don Valley Parkway in Toronto after torrential rain.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Cars stuck on the flooded Don Valley Parkway in Toronto after torrential rain caused the Don River to overflow at the Dundas Street bridge.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail trapped a vehicle when it wasn’t able to make it through the deep water.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail The driver of a taxi that was trapped on Simcoe St wades through the water.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail With GO service halted from Union Station because of heavy rains commuters scramble to find alternative transportation home.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Aerial view of the Don Valley Parkway at the Gerrard Street bridge in Toronto after severe flooding closed the highway.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail The Don Valley Parkway at the Dundas Street bridge is closed both ways after torrential rains flooded the Don River and many parts of Toronto.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail A car is partially submerged in flood waters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press Traffic backs up on the Don Valley Parkway due to flooding following heavy rain in Toronto.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press West sits flooded following heavy rain in Toronto.Jordan Omstead/The Canadian Press The Bay Street concourse is blocked off due to flooding at Union Station in Toronto.Sean Vokey/The Canadian Press Drivers share food as they are stranded due to flood waters blocking the Don Valley Parkway following heavy rain in Toronto.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press A tow truck operator responds to submerged vehicles at an underpass at Parkside Drive and Lake Shore Blvd.in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press Drivers are stranded due to flood waters blocking the Don Valley Parkway following heavy rain in Toronto.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press Aerial view of the Don Valley Parkway at the Dundas Street bridge in Toronto.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail A record-setting downpour in Toronto on Tuesday caused flooding that submerged highways and streets knocked out power to large swaths of the city The storm dumped 98 millimetres of rain in just a few hours and was the fifth-rainiest day in Toronto’s recorded history The flooding brought back memories of the city’s wettest day in 2013 when an intense thunderstorm caused one of Canada’s most expensive natural disasters the city’s main rail hub downtown that serves the local subway as well as Via Rail passenger service and GO Transit commuter trains Nearly 170,000 customers were without power at the height of the outages while social-media users documented their flooded streets and basements Torontonians share scenes from massive summer storm that flooded DVP, Union Station which snakes through a river valley from downtown Toronto to Highway 401 in the city’s north end The Toronto Police Service said on X shortly before 1 p.m between Bayview Avenue and the Gardiner Expressway Toronto’s fire department said crews rescued 14 people from the highway flooding as stranded motorists were forced to wait hours before they could be redirected north People began playing volleyball in the middle of the closed northbound lanes to pass time while they waited said she was en route to pick up her 92-year-old mother for a doctor’s appointment when her Mercedes-Benz B 250 was submerged to the windows “I saw there was some water but I didn’t think it would pose that significant of a risk,” she said Stiliadis frantically began making calls for help which is when someone else on the highway called 911 on her behalf The fire brigade rescued people from a car stranded on a flooded section of the Don Valley Parkway on Tuesday Heavy rain swept over Toronto causing flooding she said her car was practically floating and waves formed by other cars driving by were moving her car she said her car was inches away from colliding with another vehicle It’s nothing I’ve ever experienced before,” she said “For this to be happening in Toronto is bizarre.” She was rescued by emergency services after being stuck for what seemed like 20 minutes Videos on social media show water pooling on the floor of a main concourse at Union Station which has retail and restaurants and connects to Union Subway trains were not stopping at Union and bypassing other stations because of power outages Toronto Transit Commission spokesperson Adrian Grundy said Several transit buses and streetcars were also making detours on their regular routes across the city because of localized flooding and there were other delays owing to traffic congestion which operates regional trains and buses across the Greater Toronto Area Toronto Hydro reported 167,000 customers without power by midday on Tuesday which was reduced to 109,000 by early evening An outage map on the Toronto Hydro website showed power down in several areas of the city most of the remaining outages were on the west side of the city said the power utility was responding to the scattered outages which were believed to have been caused by flooding at a Hydro One transmission station “We are working closely with Hydro One to resolve the issue and restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” Mr who lives near Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue said a portion of the basement in his house was flooded Tuesday morning “These extended power outages are becoming more frequent,” he said “We’ve had some pretty extended power outages in our area for several hours in the past.” Sandler blamed the power outages and instances of flash flooding in recent years on a combination of climate change and poor infrastructure Environment Canada had issued a rainfall warning for Toronto on Tuesday morning ahead of the storm predicting that it could dump up to 125 millimetres of rain by the afternoon a warning preparedness meteorologist at Environment Canada A weather station at Toronto Pearson International Airport recorded 98 mm of rain beating the previous record for July 16 of 29.5 mm set in 1941 Mayor Olivia Chow said Toronto was working to deal with the fallout from the massive downpour noting that emergency services had not been affected Long-term work is needed to deal with such weather events in the future “We really seriously have to deal with climate change because these kinds of days are going to be a lot more frequent,” she told reporters adding that there would be a review of preventative measures for flooding in light of Tuesday’s storm Mississauga Fire said a creek beside a nursing home had overflowed Fire crews and paramedics were on scene to help patients Even Canadian rap star Drake was dealing with flooding who owns a mansion in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighbourhood posted a video on Instagram that showed water pouring into a room with the caption: “This better be Espresso Martini.” Drone footage of the Don Valley 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions There were 27 residential break and enters reported in the district from Jan Toronto Police Service received 87 reports of a break-in at a home between Jan including 27 in the district of North York In total 360 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – up 48.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 a house near Mallow Road and The Donway East on Thursday a house near Rippleton Road and Terrington Court on Saturday a house near Denlow Boulevard and Penwood Crescent on Monday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Banbury-Don Mills in 2024 a house near Heathview Avenue and Oscar Court on Thursday a house near Restwell Crescent and Viamede Crescent on Saturday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in Bayview Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Bluffwood Drive and Saddletree Drive on Saturday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Bayview Woods-Steeles in 2024 a house near Mcglashan Court and Mcglashan Road on Thursday a house near Barse Street and Cranbrooke Avenue on Saturday There have been 13 residential break and enters reported in Bedford Park-Nortown in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Delahaye Street and Touraine Avenue on Thursday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Clanton Park in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Shaughnessy Boulevard and Trailside Drive on Friday There have been six residential break and enters reported in Don Valley Village in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Ranee Avenue and Varna Drive on Monday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Englemount-Lawrence in 2024 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Hasbrooke Drive and Pearldale Avenue on Thursday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Humber Summit in 2024 an apartment near Finch Avenue West and Hwy 400 on Saturday an apartment near Coral Gable Drive and Weston Road on Sunday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Humbermede in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Botham Road and Franklin Avenue on Tuesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Lansing-Westgate in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Connaught Avenue and Lariviere Road on Saturday There have been five residential break and enters reported in Newtonbrook West in 2024 a house near Lacewood Crescent and Three Valleys Drive on Thursday a house near Barnwood Court and Laurentide Drive on Sunday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Parkwoods-Donalda in 2024 a house near Balding Court and Medalist Road on Thursday an apartment near Vernham Avenue and Vernham Court on Friday a house near Hopperton Drive and Meta Gate on Sunday a house near Highland Crescent and York Mills Road on Sunday a house near Carluke Crescent and Fifeshire Road on Monday There have been 14 residential break and enters reported in St a house near Empress Avenue and Highgate Avenue on Tuesday an apartment near Doris Avenue and Forest Laneway on Thursday an apartment near Doris Avenue and Hollywood Avenue on Thursday a house near Highgate Avenue and Lailey Crescent on Monday There have been eight residential break and enters reported in Willowdale East in 2024 Comfortable homes for substantially less than seven figures Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value" The data behind the top places to buy real estate in Canada an insecure economy and job loss are all on the minds of young.. 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The content provided on our site is for information only; it is not meant to replace advice from a professional But here’s something you might not know: In covering politics I played poker professionally before I ever wrote a word about politics or built an election model I still feel more at home in a casino than at a political convention I have the numbers of dozens of top poker players in my contacts list—but few people who work in politics or government which I founded in 2008 and worked for until 2023 was an unexpected consequence of a law passed by Congress that ended my 3-year tenure as a professional poker player I’ve spent most of the past three years immersed in a world that I call The River The River is a sprawling ecosystem of like-minded people that includes everyone from low-stakes poker pros just trying to grind out a living to crypto kings and venture-capital billionaires It is a way of thinking and a mode of life People don’t know very much about the River But rich and powerful people are disproportionately likely to be Riverians compared to the rest of the population Given everything has taken place over the last six years—poker cheating scandals; Elon Musk’s transformation from rocket-launching renegade into ‘X’ edgelord; the spectacular self-induced implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried—you’d think The River had a rough few years Silicon Valley and Wall Street are still accumulating more and more wealth Las Vegas is taking in more and more money In a world forged not by the toil of human hands but by the computations of machines those of us who understand the algorithms hold the trump cards My mission here is to give you a tour to The River People in The River have trusted me to tell their stories because—let’s be honest—I’m one of them But I also hope I can highlight some of the flaws in their thinking The activities that everyone agrees are capital-G Gambling—like blackjack and slots and horse racing and lotteries and poker and sports betting—are really just the tip of the iceberg They are fundamentally not that different from trading stock options or crypto tokens The River is full of tributaries and niches and not all of the people in The River would describe themselves as gamblers But the various regions of The River have a lot in common and there are many connections between people in different parts of the environment: hedge-funders who play poker crypto billionaires who pal around with Oxford philosophers that take a mathematical approach to studying the human condition The River is not one discrete place so much as an ecosystem of people and ideas Residents in different parts of The River don’t necessarily know one another and many don’t think of themselves as part of some broader community Quite literally: How do people in The River think about the world It begins with abstract and analytical reasoning so it’s important to consider exactly what they mean The root words of the term “analysis” mean to break up divide or cut apart—so analysis essentially means to resolve something complex into simpler elements for instance—probably the most widely-used statistical technique in data science—the idea is to attribute a complex set of observations to relatively simple root causes a barbecue restaurant in Austin looking at its sales could run a regression analysis to adjust for factors like the day of the week and whether there was a big sporting event in town The natural companion to analytic thinking is abstract thinking—that is trying to derive general rules or principles from the things you observe in the world Another way to describe this is “model building.” The models can be formal as in a statistical model or even a philosophical model Or they can be informal as in a “mental model,” or a set of heuristics (rules-of-thumb) that adapt well to new situations there are millions of permutations for how a particular hand might play out and it’s impossible to plan for every one of them “don’t try to bluff out opponents who have already put a lot of money into the pot.” Those rules won’t be perfect you can develop more sophisticated ones (“don’t try to bluff out opponents who have already put a lot of money into the pot unless it’s likely they were on a flush draw and the flush didn’t come in”) All featured products are independently selected by our editors when you buy something through our retail links Vanity Fair may earn an affiliate commission Analysis and abstraction are the essential steps when trying to draw conclusions from any sort of statistical data so first you use analysis to strip out the noise and break it down into manageable components; then you use abstraction to put the world together again in the form of a model that retains the most essential features and relationships maybe you raised prices in August and wanted to see the effect this had on sales But probably it was that August was the month when University of Texas students return to town Statistical modeling—looking at past sales patterns—can usually account for this This is not easy as it sounds and there are many ways it can go wrong A third attribute in the cognitive cluster is decoupling It’s really just the same thought process as applied to philosophical or political ideas decoupling is: “The ability to block out context to play devil’s advocate.” Decoupling has been found by the psychologist Keith Stanovich to correlate highly with performance on certain tests of logical and statistical reasoning a type of intelligence that is valued in The River I think of decoupling as the tendency to make “Yes Let me give you a mildly spicy example of a “Yes I disagree with the Chick-Fil-A CEO’s position on gay marriage but they make a damned fine chicken sandwich Note that the speaker is not necessarily going to eat at Chick-Fil-A she might even reveal in the next sentence that she’s boycotting them despite how tasty the sandwiches are But she’s saying the CEO’s politics have nothing to do with the quality of the food; she’s decoupling them This type of thinking comes naturally to people in The River It tends to be highly unnatural when most people discuss politics however—particularly on the political left in the United States the tendency is to add context rather than remove it based on the identity of the speaker This is a big part of why “political types” tend to find people in The River abrasive There is also a personality cluster that can be found in the River These traits are a little bit more self-explanatory People in The River are trying to beat the market the average player loses money because the house takes a cut of every bet Investing is more forgiving; just putting your money in index funds still has a positive expected value professional traders are trying to do better than the market-average return So part of the job of people in The River inherently involves being critical of consensus thinking Silicon Valley in particular is proud of its contrarianism—although it can be conformist in its own way Some people in The River can turn these traits off in interpersonal settings It’s not a coincidence many Riverians like to get in fights about politics on the Internet people in The River are often intensely competitive that they make decisions that can be irrational gambling even once they’re essentially already set for life (think about Elon Musk’s decision to buy Twitter when he was then the world’s richest person and one of its most admired) If you haven’t gambled against other people before I have to tell you: it can be quite stimulating feeling as though you’ve outsmarted an opponent feels good your brain is literally flooded with dopamine It’s no surprise that people chase the rush I put risk tolerance in the personality cluster because being willing to break from the herd and go against the consensus is certainly not the safest professional path Entrepreneurs tend to have high levels of openness to experience and low levels of neuroticism the “Big 5” personality traits that correlate best with risk tolerance There’s another community that competes with The River for power and influence I think of The Village as a mid-sized city the sort of place that’s just small enough where everyone knows one another and is a little self-conscious about it It consists of people who work in government in much of the media and in parts of academia (although perhaps excluding some of the more quantitative academic fields such as economics) It has distinctly left-of-center politics associated with the Democratic Party Part of it may be a personality clash—remember Riverians love decoupling and Villagers hate it—but the communities find themselves increasingly at odds Media coverage is now much more adversarial toward the tech sector and generally skeptical of movements such as Effective Altruism (EA) and rationalism But the grudge cuts in both directions: people within The River are seeking more political influence Sam Bankman-Fried had wanted to become a major political player donating millions of dollars openly to Democrats Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter in 2022 was treated as a matter of existential importance by people in The Village but it shows the extent to which these communities see themselves as rivals and are ready to go to battle I have a unique vantage point as someone who passes back and forth between these worlds People in The River are—for better or worse—my kind of people and I’ve often felt like media coverage of me and FiveThirtyEight was misinformed But I do hear a lot of the complaints that these communities have about one another I don’t think they are always articulated well I have quite a few criticisms of The River and I think it could use critiques that hit the target more often So here’s a quick attempt to outline what I think are steelman versions of them A steelman argument—a favorite technique of EAs and rationalists—is the opposite of a straw man argument The idea is to build a robust and well-articulated version of the other side’s position Let’s begin with The River’s critique of The Village since it’s the one I’m more naturally inclined to sympathize with A common complaint among people in The River is that Villagers are “too political.” It means that Villagers are coupling when they should be decoupling The River worries that The Village’s claims to academic scientific and journalistic expertise are becoming increasingly hard to separate from Democratic political partisanship Riverians inherently distrust political parties particularly in a two-party system like the United States where they are “big tent” coalitions that couple together positions on dozens of largely unrelated issues Riverians think that partisan position-taking often serves as a shortcut for the more nuanced and rigorous analysis that public intellectuals ought to engage in They think these problems were particularly apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic and that The Village often adopted nakedly partisan positions—from endorsing public gatherings for the George Floyd protests after weeks of telling people to stay at home to pushing to discourage Pfizer from making any announcement of the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine until after the 2020 presidential election to suppressing discussion of the lab-leak hypothesis—under the guise of scientific expertise Riverians also think that Villagers are too conformist and not aware of the degree to which their views are influenced by confirmation bias and political and social fads within their communities Having a college degree is almost a prerequisite to the most prestigious Village jobs in academia But as voters sort themselves along political lines and as educational polarization increases Village communities have become increasingly homogenous politically the 25 most-educated counties in the United States voted for Biden over Trump by an average of 44 points much greater than the 17 point margin by which they voted for Al Gore over George W and Village institutions like academia and the media—which historically had traditions of nonpartisanship—are struggling to adapt to them And remember how competitive Riverians are Riverians worry that Villagers are stifling competition by increasingly focusing on equity of outcomes rather than equality of opportunity Riverians tend to hold the classic capitalist belief that the free market does a better job than central planners in sorting out winners from losers they believe that market competition benefits society as a whole by producing technological innovation and greater economic growth and improvements in the standard of living And they can cite some recent examples of The Village moving away from meritocracy elite colleges and graduate school programs have begun to deemphasize standardized test scores even though most research suggests that standardized tests are less influenced by social class or upbringing than other ways of evaluating applicants Riverians think Villagers are too paternalistic The extensive COVID-19 precautions imposed on college high school and elementary school students are one prominent example Riverians viewed these as failing a cost-benefit test given that young people were much less likely than the general population to have severe outcomes from COVID and the disruptions to education caused huge amounts of learning loss Riverians are fierce advocates for free speech not just as a Constitutional right but as a cultural norm Riverians are big into abstraction—they care about principles They also believe better ideas will win out in the “marketplaces of ideas” and that The Village’s attempts at speech regulation are hypocritical and often counterproductive Riverians aren’t necessarily “anti-woke”—well but a plurality identify as liberal politically But they see the culture wars as an annoying Village distraction from the things they really care about But the Village can make several strong counter-critiques of The River One strand of the argument centers around skepticism over unregulated capitalism and The River’s conceit of rugged individualism thinks it’s because competitions are often rigged in The River’s favor Riverians are powerful incumbents rather than the disruptors they sometimes claim to be and benefit from existing social hierarchies; you don’t have to be super-woke to notice that much of The River is very white Villagers are skeptical that Riverians are actually as risk-taking as they claim maybe poker players or small-business owners really are putting their own butts on the line But when it comes to really big business like venture capital founders and investors can fail several times over and still land on their feet the co-founder of WeWork who was widely regarded as having mismanaged the company as it lost about 90 percent of its market value nonetheless received hundreds of millions in venture capital backing for his new company The Village is also concerned about moral hazard on a variety of questions—from failing to take COVID-19 precautions to making highly-leveraged investments—it questions whether people taking on risks bear the consequences of their actions excessive risk-taking in the financial sector produced collateral damage to the economy as a whole while executives participating in excessively risky ventures were left relatively unscathed The Village also questions whether recent technological innovations have in fact benefited society Silicon Valley may talk a big game about rocket ships to Mars and lifesaving medical technologies but one of its biggest categories of investment is social media which has been blamed for everything from the revival of nationalist governments to depression among adolescents life expectancy in the United States has stagnated The Village also believes that Riverians are naive about how politics works and about what is happening in the United States it sees Donald Trump and the Republican Party as having characteristics of a fascist movement and that it is time for moral clarity and unity against these forces Villagers see themselves as being clearly right on the most important big-picture questions of the day from climate change to gay and trans rights So they view the Riverian inclination to poke holes in arguments and “just ask questions’’ of experts as being a waste of time at best and as potentially empowering a wake of bad-faith actors and bigots And Villagers generally don’t share The River’s interest in abstract moral philosophy some questions can be resolved through common sense and not everything needs to be put up for debate or subjected to cost-benefit analysis They also doubt whether Riverians are really as independent-minded and open to criticism as they claim The River has developed plenty of cults of personality How Miriam Adelson Went From Big MAGA Winner to Casino Loser in Trump’s First 100 Days Trump’s Lies Are Finally Catching Up to Him The UK Has Found Another Reason to Be Mad at Meghan Markle “It’s About Him”: How Trump Is Perverting the Presidential Photo Stream The Ballad of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson The Truth Underlying Pete Hegseth’s Job Security Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Protein How Sebastian Stan Became Hollywood’s Most Daring Shape-Shifter Every Quentin Tarantino Movie Meet Elon Musk’s 14 Children and Their Mothers (Whom We Know of) From the Archive: Sinatra and the Mob The shorter east building would rise 8 storeys to a height of 28.4 metres It would house 67 apartments and would front onto Godstone Road across the street from which are low-rise houses The taller building would rise 14 storeys and to a height of 48.45 metres on the west edge of the site closest to Don Mills Road The L-shaped building would house an additional 181 rental apartments 248 rental units are proposed as part of the infill development while the 174 rental units in the existing apartment building would be retained for a new total of 422 apartments. The new units are proposed in a mix of a single studio unit 160 one-bedrooms with average sizes of 59 m² 45 two-bedrooms with average sizes of 78 m² and 22 three-bedrooms with average sizes of 95 m² Residents would have access to approximately 362 m² of indoor amenity space proposed on the ground floor of the west building and 134 m² of indoor amenity space on the ground floor of the east building 733 m² of outdoor amenity space is also proposed including 308 m² of rooftop terrace space as part of the west building Additional outdoor spaces planned include a new children’s playground area on the south side of the site, and a privately-owned, publicly accessible open space (“POPS”) at the east side of the site, overseen by landscape architects Ferris + Associates Inc While the existing tower’s pool would have to be demolished to make way for the redevelopment residents of the current building will benefit from a new proposed 180 m² indoor amenity space 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Sign up for a free trial of our New Development Insider here Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker GTA-Homes » Master-Planned Communities » CF Fairview Mall Revitalization As a transportation hub packed full of shops and services, Fairview Mall is never short of people. And yet, despite these ideal conditions, this bustling North York shopping mall has been largely lacking in one type of person: the kind that calls it home This well-established transit-oriented retail centre is set to fulfill its destiny and become a major Toronto community through residential intensification as this will effectively place people near the services they need most while providing these same services with the clients they require this symbiotic relationship will continue to provide dividends to both sides for a long time to come Recently announced plans by developer Cadillac Fairview Corporation show the major shopping mall owner and operator will invest $80 million to transform 230,000 square feet of existing department store and other retail space at CF Fairview Mall into new stores and restaurants as well as improve pedestrian access to the mall Having targeted 2023 as the year these objectives are to be completed this builder has also said other investment plans to come may include the building of residential and office developments along the eastern periphery of the property; and with new condominium residences all but certainly coming to Fairview Mall this major development brings far-reaching ramifications these plans amount to Cadillac Fairview creating their very own master-planned community the tentatively-named CF Fairview Mall Revitalization Located at 1800 Sheppard Avenue East at the corner of Don Mills Road this popular meeting place looks to only get more popular As much as this signifies a massive rejuvenation effort for this venerable shopping mall in truth its fully-developed services and infrastructure have already made into an ideal residential community; as it is ready to welcome new residents at any time the only thing missing are homes for people to live in with the land already purchased and the builder’s intentions made public the only thing left to do is to wait for details on what kind of condominiums we can expect at this development what we do know for the time being is that this kind of redevelopment project will have an immediate positive impact towards rejuvenating the surrounding community The future residential development will more than likely serve as a catalyst for the creation of new parks inspire the rise of different housing options throughout the vicinity the surrounding neighbourhood will likely see improvements to sidewalks and changes to landscaping that will lead to an improved overall pedestrian experience But even without considering future improvements pedestrians already have their choice of excellent local businesses and services from which to choose demonstrating the inherent vibrancy that can be found throughout Don Valley Village the community in which Fairview Mall is located Fairview Mall is home to some 190 retail outlets and four anchor stores if its 880,000 square feet of retail space somehow proves to be insufficient locals will find the nearby area to be full of alternatives such as IKEA North York nearby services readily within reach of local residents include a public library fitness centres as well as North York General Hospital and a neighbourhood health clinic Don Valley Village is home to numerous educational and child care buildings such as Georges Vanier Secondary School and Esterbrooke Child Care while Seneca College of Applied Arts and Sciences is situated just a short commute away from this neighbourhood one that has already seen its fair share of condo buildings this area is also full of local parks like Forest Manor Park and Oriole Park that provide the community with ample green space just as local arenas like Oriole Arena and Woodbine Public Arena ensure lots of opportunity for skating activities As much as this neighbourhood caters to its residents with its amenities it also meets the needs of commuters by providing numerous transportation options to ensure locals can quickly travel throughout the city As the terminus of the TTC Line 4 Sheppard Subway line the on-site Don Mills Station allows subway commuters to reach Line 1 Sheppard Station in 9 minutes and reach downtown Toronto in just 48 minutes showing the importance of this major transportation corridor that may be extended sometime in the future Don Mills Station also serves as an important bus terminal for bus routes such as the YRT VIVA Green making this an important transportation hub for more than just subway commuters this mall also serves as a great location for motorists with its adjacent position to both Highway 404 and Highway 401 Details about residential developments at the Fairview Mall Revitalization may be unclear at the moment but it is clear that this pre-construction master-planned community already has all the elements required for success making it a great opportunity to watch and even invest in Be sure to sign up with GTA-Homes today to receive all the latest updates on this exciting new condominium development and you too could one day call this great destination “home.” Cadillac Fairview is one of the largest owners retail and mixed-use properties in North America the Canadian portfolio includes over 38 million square feet of leasable space at 67 properties in Canada including landmark developments such as Toronto-Dominion Centre Read more about Cadillac Fairview. 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Councilmembers approved a plan more than two years ago to protect mobile home parks by requiring council approval on any closures or attempts to convert the parks into high-density “Mobile home parks are an important component of a comprehensive housing strategy for San Jose,” Cohen told San José Spotlight “It’s important that we preserve the mobile home parks we have as an affordable option for people.” Tony Melgerjo said he is optimistic about the park’s new management has family members who live in other nearby mobile home parks “I’ve lived here for 12 years so I’ve never had any problem with the area,” Melgerjo told San José Spotlight Contact Loan-Anh Pham at [email protected] or follow @theLoanAnhLede on Twitter Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" “San Jose has the highest number of mobile home parks of any city in the state.” This fact is always in every single article about mobile home parks and it’s mentioned in every single San Jose City report from Planning and Housing Dept What I think is more important is finding out what the percentage of existing land use in San Jose has mobile homes San Jose is a geographically large city and so it makes sense it has the most parks What is more telling would be land use percentage The last time this number was mentioned was in a report titled “Existing Land Use and Development Trends Background Report” dated March 21 It was the report done in preparation for the Envision 2040 General Plan Task Force In it is a great table breaking down existing land uses in San Jose Mobile Homes take up approximately 750 acres of land in a total of 88,406 acres of land in all of San Jose that works out to be 0.8% of land use dedicated to mobile home parks And keep in mind that’s before they bulldozed down Winchester Ranch The San Jose airport takes up 1100 acres or 1.2% of all land use I’m getting a bit tired of the old fact that San Jose has the most parks of any city anywhere Who cares Tell people what it really means in terms of the land it takes up It’s a great report if you like to learn about land use and what San Jose had in mind while developing its 2040 Envision Plan https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/22617/636688992191930000 It’s 2022…it would be nice to have and compare to 2008 The best use for the public at large would be to allow these mobile home parks to be redeveloped into much denser communities to create more housing since parks are single-story That would help create more housing supply Units could be set aside for existing residents while still creating new housing Instead the government restricts redevelopment and continues to limit the housing supply Let the free market solve Silicon Valley’s housing shortage You must be logged in to post a comment San José Spotlight is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom dedicated to fearless journalism that disrupts the status quo holds power to account and paves the way for change We’re changing the face of local journalism by building a community-supported newsroom that ignites civic engagement educates residents and strengthens our democracy 408.206.5327[email protected] Submit a News TipSubscribe to our newsletters San José Spotlight is a project of the San José News Bureau a 501(c)(3) charitable organization | Tax ID: 82-5355128 ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " A herd of feral goats living in a beauty spot outside Lynton have sparked hate mail, death threats, even a murder inquiry. William Atkins reports In the Crown Hotel in Lynton, they tell a gruesome tale about the Valley of Rocks on the clifftop path that leads from the north Devon village to the valley a dog-walker came upon a 300-yard trail of blood forensics tents erected and samples sent away for analysis but the drizzle is implacable and the ridges on either side are cloaked in fog barely slows down even when negotiating the sandstone spine of Castle Rock with the waves crashing 450ft below (he’s a young 54) He stops and raises his camera: 20ft ahead a small horned form hobbles out of the mist and on to a boulder When he isn’t driving lorries for Jewson, Kirby runs the Lynton Goats Facebook group though there are few if any left in the valley For a village whose economy relies on tourism soiled pavements and the reek of billies in rut aren’t trivial concerns“One was always aware that there were tensions,” Kirby says (he’s well-spoken “The Facebook group was intended as a forum where the different factions could meet on middle ground.” He’s wondering if the animal up ahead is a young billy the shape of its horns indicates it’s a female “The situation certainly isn’t as extreme as it was,” Kirby adds as we edge down a scree slope to the car park He suggests I listen to a recording of Mark Steel’s In Town the comedian visits a different British community and encourages his audience to laugh at its own parochialisms Steel visited Lynton and asked the crowd about the feral goats that inhabit the Valley of Rocks – who was for them and who against the roar of loathing sits uneasily with the light-hearted tone of the show a good place to start is Lynton’s cemetery situated between the valley and the village Of the 34 victims of the 1952 Lynmouth flood What stands out are the steel cages surrounding each floral tribute When the popular matriarch of a local farming family was buried a few years ago the bier’s wheels became clogged with dung and the wreaths left on her grave vanished no sooner than the funeral party had gone In 2005, the council erected a 6ft stock fence across the end of the valley closest to the village. It extends right to the sea down a near-vertical slope, but at low tide, the goats – being goats – can simply clamber down to the exposed foreshore and file into Lynmouth. When £40,000 was spent installing cattle grids on the lane through the valley, it was only a matter of days before the goats were tiptoeing across the bars. Read moreBack in 1995, before the blood could be analysed or the chef apprehended, the then mayor came forward with some information. “The police are aware, or should be aware, that goat culling goes on,” he told the North Devon Journal’s Cathy Newman (later of Channel 4 News It was the first clue to the real source of the blood: the shooting of a goat by a council marksman had simply gone home to bed after his tirade Various factions have tended to agree that the goats must be managed or contraception – has been a point of rancour for years a photo of Mayor Hibbert was displayed in a shop window daubed in red paint and one of her council colleagues received anonymous threats directed at his grandchildren either: one pro-goat campaigner I spoke to recently received a phone call so threatening In 1997, two years after the aborted murder enquiry, half of the 100 or so goats then living in the valley vanished almost overnight. An invoice came to light showing that the council had arranged for 40 of the animals to be killed. It was this incident that prompted Ray Werner and others to set up the Lynton Feral Goat Preservation Society “I was off up the mountain with Heidi and the herd,” he remembers when three goats were transferred to the valley from a feral herd in the Cheviot hills of Northumberland (“Feral” refers simply to a domesticated animal that has become self-sufficient in the wild.) Werner recently proved that the Cheviot goat is genetically identical to the rare old English goat whose ancestors were introduced some 5,000 years ago the Cheviot shares characteristics with the semi-feral Exmoor pony: bulky the presence of dairy goats already in the Valley of Rocks along with unwanted animals dumped there subsequently that has caused the conflict with the human population being hardier and having had little communication with people were less likely to enter the village or bully picnickers The billies are pretty good at trashing the village But it’s not their fault they’ve got a larder on the doorstepIn 1983 Lynton and Lynmouth town council appointed Werner keeper of the goats an unofficial role that entailed his visiting the valley six times a year from his home in London studying the herd and advising the council on management His ambition was to restore the herd to its 1976 genetic purity by selective breeding and the removal of crossbreeds but in the end his efforts were for nothing and do something silly that would disrupt the work: arrange for the goats to be shot or carted off Werner had a call from the police in Barnstaple: one of his goats was trotting around the square “It turned out the council had rounded up some of the goats behind our backs and taken them on a lorry to the abattoir “the billies are pretty good at trashing the village But it’s not their fault they’ve got a larder on the doorstep.” Joyce and her husband Eric moved to the area in 1993 and cofounded the Lynton Feral Goat Preservation Society with Ray Werner in 1997 Both worked in the public sector before retiring; Joyce in the library service and Eric as a bus driver Their priority, Joyce says, has always been the animals’ welfare. “The problem is, there’s been a long period of appalling management, and some kind of…” She pauses and glances at Eric. In 2002, they left the area for Cornwall, partly because of all the acrimony. The worst of it was during the foot-and-mouth crisis the previous year when the area’s footpaths were closed to prevent walkers from spreading the disease to livestock Lynton and Lynmouth’s struggling tourism providers campaigned for the goats to be removed so the paths through the valley could be reopened When Joyce presented a paper at a council meeting opposing the measure she began receiving what she calls “hate mail” the goats survived and the immediate area was spared infection (even if tourism all but dried up); but the resentments lingered Eric and Joyce Salter cofounded the Lynton Feral Goat Preservation Society but moved to Cornwall for a decade to escape the hostilities Photograph: Jon Tonks/The GuardianFeral goats will keep to a discrete home range provided they feel safe and have dry bedding fresh water and a range of nutrients (in the Valley of Rocks They’ll stray only if deprived of those things due to environmental or population pressures as well as eating flowers and bark on trees on the edge of the village the goats have often been found sheltering under porches (they hate rain) and drinking from the public toilets “We even took a water trough to the valley for them,” Joyce says and partly to be close to their burial plot in the cemetery Joyce is wary of reviving dormant enmities which nobody ever got to the bottom of: whether it was trophy-hunting; whether it was supplying meat for the hunt dogs.” The incident with the dead owl is not the last suspected attempt to harm the goats a walker found a heap of sweet peppers left under a shelter in the valley Noticing a quantity of blue grains packed into each one Analysis by Defra identified the substance as a mixture of caustic soda and rat poison Lynton’s ‘goat budget’ is about £2,000 a year Photograph: Jon Tonks/The GuardianSince his appointment last year Meakin has assumed responsibility for managing the goats on the council’s behalf (He has also done a stint as mayor.) He and his wife “I had hunting rifles in South Africa,” he says The grounds of Meakin’s house afford views over both the village to the north and the Valley of Rocks to the west a good surveillance point for monitoring the goats’ movements We are sitting in his conservatory drinking coffee as the rain patters on the roof One of the duties Meakin has taken on personally is to euthanise sick or injured animals and she said the dog was always so well behaved The only thing I could do was bring the kid back here and put it down.” The incident with the police still rankles He’d had reports of a lame goat on the football pitch and I saw some youths coming up the street Once he’d collected his rifle and the teenagers had gone on their way having yelled at him to “leave the goats alone” promptly called the police to report an armed male prowling the village (Meakin’s gun licence entitles him to carry a firearm on council property Goats don’t pay ratesAlthough they are feral the goats are ear-tagged and registered to the council meaning that Meakin and his colleagues are obliged to look after their welfare and sign off the vets’ bills (This year’s “goat budget” is about £2,000 or roughly £1.50 per resident.) “Some people believe that if you leave nature to itself “Leaving nature to itself is why they ended up with 240 sick goats when we arrived and they were always hungry.” He attributes the overpopulation at the time to the council’s reluctance to intervene for fear of further abuse (Joyce Salter blames the threats received by council members on animal rights activists from outside the area) It’s at this point that we’re joined by the current keeper of the goats Ray Werner having given up the role in 2009 and he sits with his forearms on the table Having received threats himself in the past and it’s from him that Meakin bought his rifle it becomes clear that Mackenzie is in fact the marksman who carried out the 1997 cull “I got rid of them,” he says matter-of-factly right down in the village.” He favours a .243 Winchester with a silencer “We’ve got written approval from virtually every hotel and B&B in Lynton that we can go on to their property to shoot the goats,” Meakin adds A few years ago a walker found sweet peppers packed with caustic soda and rat poison in the valley Photograph: Jon Tonks/The GuardianMackenzie admits that animals killed in the past were sent to the hunt kennels but only to be burned; they are also sold for meat “It’s a way to get some money back into the village,” he says “People have got the notion I’m making money out of it I charge £5 to dispose of a goat: shoot it contact Pierce’s [the local “collector of fallen stock”] human beings have affected the planet,” Meakin says “and we need to try and make sure we maintain a reasonable balance Even those who object to the goats’ incursions into the village accept that they contribute to the valley’s tourist appeal; and there are few other animals that can keep the bracken and scrub under control (cattle and sheep tend to fall off the cliffs). As a site of special scientific interest, the Valley of Rocks is managed by Natural England under a Higher Level Stewardship scheme and the council receives an annual grant of just over £10,000 towards its upkeep Natural England’s recommendation is that the herd be reduced to no more than 50 nannies with the help of volunteers from the village and the local agricultural college during which the goats are driven into a temporary enclosure all but 11 of the 64 goats removed were rehomed a programme was launched to give the nannies contraceptive jabs But it’s impossible to round up all the goats in such steep and perilous terrain Goats are recorded in the manor of ‘Lyntonia’ as far back as the Domesday book Photograph: Jon Tonks/The GuardianI walk back to the Valley of Rocks along the coastal path Joyce and Eric Salter still keep an eye on the goats and their names are often among the commenters on Kirby’s Facebook page and Joyce feels their efforts with Werner to preserve the old English goat were largely wasted I could go to the valley and sit there with the goats and think: ‘I never want to move from here for the rest of my life.’” But she’s no longer sure she and Eric will take up their plot in the cemetery They drove through the valley yesterday to recce the goats’ location “There was a big herd under Castle Rock,” she says “but there wasn’t a single billy.” I remember what Werner said about bad luck befalling the village if the herd were ever to go but most of their lives are spent browsing and chewing the cud the goats of the Valley of Rocks remain essentially wild I take a step closer and he vanishes into the bracken William Atkins is the author of The Moor (£9.99 Commenting on this piece? 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