Mahdis Habibinia
City Hall Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
City hall bureau @TorontoStar and Don River geek • Got a story? I’m at [email protected] or 647-250-8267
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1 week 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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2 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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1 month ago |
thestar.com | Ben Spurr |Mahdis Habibinia |Ben Cohen
Even as Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow vowed a forceful response to Donald Trump’s tariffs, officials cautioned it could take time to break the city’s reliance on U.S. suppliers.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Mahdis Habibinia
Business experts, labour leaders, industry professionals and city officials overseeing Toronto’s economic health are leading the charge in Mayor Olivia Chow’s newly-recruited brigade to combat U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs looming over Canada.
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