Caryn Ceolin

Toronto

Reporter and National Syndicated Content Producer at City News

News Reporter at Breakfast Television

Reporter for @breakfasttv @CityNewsTO. Have a story to share? [email protected]

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Articles

Toronto's top doctor sets record straight on drug decriminalization request

May 1, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin |John Marchesan

Toronto finds itself in the centre of a heated debate around drug decriminalization just as British Columbia is asking Ottawa to modify their federally granted pilot project. B.C. is one year into a three-year pilot project to decriminalize possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine. A Health Canada exemption was issued to allow the pilot to proceed.
High stakes for both PCs and Liberals in upcoming Milton byelection

Apr 27, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin |John Marchesan

We're less than a week away from a pair of provincial byelections that could further set the tone for the next provincial election in two years time. Byelections will be held May 2 in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, which has been vacant following the resignation of Monte McNaughton who left the Ford government to work for Woodbine Entertainment, and Milton. That vacancy was triggered in January when another cabinet minister, Parm Gill, resigned to run for the federal Conservatives in the same riding.
Popular St. Clair West patio at risk of closing over lights

Apr 24, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

Twinkling lights wrapped around Toronto's DeSotos Eatery on St. Clair West create a welcoming glow. But a fight to keep those lights on now threatens to turn the restaurant's lights off, for good. Owner Tony Merante said his patio is at the centre of a licensing dispute with the City, despite municipal authorities approving it almost a decade ago.
Mississauga tenants still displaced 2 years after flood

Apr 17, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

The water came rushing into Hazel Thomas' unit on a summer night in 2021. The roof of her Mississauga apartment building had been under construction when half the structure flooded during a storm. The rain revealed asbestos, destroying residents' possessions, and forcing them into shelters or the homes of family and friends.
Are there enough schools to support Ontario housing targets?

Apr 9, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

For years, the Toronto District School Board has posted signs at new residential developments all across the city, warning future residents nearby schools may already be full. But amid a push from all levels of government to get shovels in the ground and new homes built faster, the warning messages are raising new questions about whether Toronto's schools can keep up with the boom of young families, who will turn to vertical communities for housing.
Seniors facing eviction after Mississauga retirement home sold

Mar 27, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

Joyce Dodge has lived in her one-bedroom apartment at Chartwell Heritage Glen for 20 years. However, the soon-to-be 92-year-old is now scrambling, along with almost 200 other seniors, to find a new place to live as the Mississauga retirement home is set to close to make way for a private housing development. The residents are not just losing their homes in the middle of a housing crisis, but also the care they've become accustomed to.
How a small local grocer in Leslieville is keeping produce prices low

Jan 17, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

Torontonians walking past Leslieville's Raise the Root Organic Market are taking note of a price comparison chart posted in the window, against the backdrop of neatly stacked piles of colourful, fresh produce. At the local grocer, a 2lb bag of organic onions runs $1.99. That's two dollars cheaper than at Loblaws, the chart claims. Organic ginger that would cost you $2.49 per 100 grams at most large supermarket chains are more than a dollar cheaper.
Willowdale housing project given go-ahead after tribunal dismisses neighbourhood concerns

Jan 3, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin |John Marchesan

The City of Toronto can now move ahead with building supportive housing in Willowdale after residents who fought against the project were overruled. The narrow swath of green space on Cummer Avenue east of Yonge Street became a flashpoint in the debate over where to build housing for Toronto's unhoused. Neighbours raised concerns to the Ontario Land Tribunal about City Council's decision to permit dozens of modular homes next to a public housing facility for seniors.
Dozens of donated toys not delivered to families will be held until next Christmas

Jan 2, 2024 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin

Dozens of toys donated to the Salvation Army's annual Toy Mountain campaign didn't make it under a Christmas tree for local families in need this holiday, after a bin was not emptied in time. As of Monday morning, the donation bin at Promenade Shopping Centre in Thornhill was still overflowing with new toys meant to ensure deserving children had a gift to unwrap on Christmas morning.
Toronto churches housing refugees on verge of financial collapse

Dec 20, 2023 | toronto.citynews.ca | Caryn Ceolin |Meredith Bond

As the city pleads for more funding from the federal government for its struggling shelter system, Black-led faith groups that have kept countless refugees off Toronto's streets are also squeezed, leaving new claimants and those already in their care at risk of spending the coldest season on the sidewalks. Since the summer, dozens of recent arrivals to Canada have called Etobicoke's Pilgrim Feast Tabernacles home.