Mahdis Habibinia
City Hall Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
City hall bureau @TorontoStar and waterfront geek • Got a story? Email me at [email protected] or call 647-250-8267
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6 days ago |
thespec.com | Mahdis Habibinia
The family of a man who died last June after the vehicle he was in was struck by a person jumping from the Leaside Bridge is suing the city for failing to put up suicide barriers. Four days short of his 77th birthday, Harold Lusthouse had been a passenger in a car on the Don Valley Parkway, with his wife behind the wheel. They had been headed to a Father’s Day brunch. That’s when a man crashed onto their car from above, “violently crushing Harold,” the lawsuit says.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Mahdis Habibinia
Toronto will soon get a glimpse into what a future with driverless delivery vehicles on downtown and midtown streets may look like, but some councillors are questioning the process and benefits. The Ministry of Transportation has allowed Magna International to start testing up to 20 automated vehicles on Toronto’s streets to deliver small packages in some wards by the end of June. Because it falls under provincial regulations, city council did not have a say in how the pilot will roll out.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Mahdis Habibinia
“In the face of this trade war — senseless and hurtful — we are taking action to protect local business and jobs. We know businesses and workers are worried,” Mayor Olivia Chow told reporters at city hall ahead of city council’s executive committee meeting Monday.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Mahdis Habibinia
The last text message Harold Lusthouse sent his daughter was that he was on his way to the Father’s Day brunch last year she was preparing for him in her home. The meal Tali Uditsky made for her dad that Sunday in June was supposed to be a joint celebration. Instead, “I received a call … reminiscent of a horror movie,” she told city councillors on Wednesday. As Harold’s wife drove the two of them on the Don Valley Parkway, a man fell to his death from the Leaside Bridge onto their car.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Ben Spurr |Mahdis Habibinia
Toronto city councillors voted to give themselves a 24 per cent raise on Thursday after a report concluded they made less than their peers in other municipalities. While a majority of council members felt the pay increase was overdue, it was criticized by Mayor Olivia Chow as well as some staffers in councillors’ own offices, whose wages have been frozen as they attempt to unionize.
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