Ben Spurr
City Hall Bureau Chief at The (Toronto) Star
Toronto Star city hall bureau chief. If you've got a story, email me at [email protected], or call 416 869-4547.
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1 week ago |
wellandtribune.ca | Ben Spurr
They’re amphibious, they float on a cushion of air, and they could be coming to Toronto’s island airport. An Ontario company that plans to use marine hovercraft to run a high-speed ferry service to Niagara has reached a deal with Toronto’s port authority to operate out of Billy Bishop Airport, the Star has learned. Representatives of Hoverlink Ontario Inc. said its service is still in the planning stages and it could be three years until its maiden voyage.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Ben Spurr
They’re amphibious, they float on a cushion of air, and they could be coming to Toronto’s island airport. An Ontario company that plans to use marine hovercraft to run a high-speed ferry service to Niagara has reached a deal with Toronto’s port authority to operate out of Billy Bishop Airport, the Star has learned. Representatives of Hoverlink Ontario Inc. said its service is still in the planning stages and it could be three years until its maiden voyage.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Ben Spurr
At a council meeting Wednesday, members approved a motion from Mayor Olivia Chow that asked the city manager to create a new position called congestion lead, or “czar.”The official will be responsible for finding “creative, cross-divisional solutions” to traffic problems, and “pre-emptively identifying” obstacles and remedies, according to the motion.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Ben Spurr
Toronto businesses are bracing for job cuts and widespread cost increases as a result of U.S. tariffs, according to a new survey conducted by the city. A report headed to Mayor Olivia Chow’s executive committee on Monday detailed the results of an online survey intended to gauge the impacts of President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies on the city’s economy.
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1 month ago |
therecord.com | Ben Spurr
Toronto businesses are bracing for job cuts and widespread cost increases as a result of U.S. tariffs, according to a new survey conducted by the city. A report headed to Mayor Olivia Chow’s executive committee on Monday detailed the results of an online survey intended to gauge the impacts of President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies on the city’s economy.
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“No one is spared - not the children, persons with disabilities, nursing mothers, journalists...or hostages. Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians, many daily - peaking on 18 March 2025 with 600 casualties in 24 hrs, 400 of whom were children.”
Latest report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) calls on the US to "act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza." https://t.co/EIcYOmwCmU
From @powellbetsy: ‘I was literally shocked’: Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson denies allegations of sex assault at Muskoka cottage https://t.co/4SMFHmPOAG
Scoop in this morning’s paper: A company with plans to operate a hovercraft ferry service between Toronto and Niagara has reached a 30-year deal to operate out of Billy Bishop Airport https://t.co/1bRoxqcpLt
