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10/21/2022

Over the past two weekends, a group called A Better Richmond Hill has held two rallies to encourage residents to vote out three councillors the group says have repeatedly disrupted council business, creating a “toxic environment” at city hall and making residents “embarrassed” to live here

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10/20/we-are-embarrassed-richmond-hill-residents-hit-the-streets-to-protest-a-bullying-culture-at-council-thats-upended-city-business.html

The rallies are symbolic of the divisiveness and mayhem that has taken over local politics in Richmond Hill this term.

10/20/2022

10/14/2022

The “beautiful and mild October” weather that southern Ontario has seen so far this month is coming to an end and many areas could even see snowfall soon, Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell says.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9192871/mild-october-coming-to-end-southern-ontario-snow/

The "beautiful and mild October" weather that southern Ontario has seen so far this month is coming to an end and many areas could even see snowfall soon, Anthony Farnell says.

10/11/2022

A busy stretch of Danforth Avenue has reopened following a high-speed, head-on collision late Monday night that injured five people, including three police officers.

10/09/2022

https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/10/08/canadas-recession-will-hit-earlier-harder-and-last-longer-than-expected-the-star-talked-to-economists-to-find-out-who-is-most-at-risk.html

Higher interest rates, ‘the harsh medicine needed to cool inflation,’ are already being felt by businesses and workers.

10/08/2022

Why has employment growth remained so strong? First, the US economy is holding on better than many expected. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate for real GDP growth in the third quarter of 2022 is 2.3%, suggesting that while the economy is now growing much more slowly than it did last year, we are still not in a recession. When the demand for goods and services strengthens, so does the demand for workers producing these goods and services.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/perspectives/jobs-recession-federal-reserve/index.html

To address inflation, the Federal Reserve is likely to drive the economy into a recession in 2023, crushing continued job growth.

10/06/2022

A backlog of cases at the province's Landlord and Tenant Board is creating hardship for tens of thousands of Ontarians who are having to wait more than half a year to settle a dispute.

During the pandemic, the province paused evictions and hearings for months at a time, causing stoppages in the board's work that many now see as the origins of the current delays

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-landlord-tenant-board-wait-problems-collapse-1.6605631

Ontario residents who turn to the Landlord and Tenant Board to resolve a dispute are having to wait eight months for a hearing, on average, and one landlord says the system has collapsed.

10/06/2022

The BA.5 subvariant still accounts for more than 90 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in Ontario but experts are now keeping a close eye on the spread of two other subvariants which they say could end up factoring into the next wave of the pandemic.

The BQ.1.1 and BA.2.75.2 subvariants are both raising concerns in scientific circles because of mutations that could help them more effectively evade immunity from vaccination and prior infection.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/why-scientists-are-keeping-an-eye-on-two-new-omicron-subvariants-and-what-they-could-mean-for-ontario-1.6097493

The BA.5 subvariant still accounts for more than 90 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in Ontario but experts are now keeping a close eye on the spread of two other subvariants which they say could end up factoring into the next wave of the pandemic.

10/04/2022

Gas prices in Ontario are expected to jump by 10 cents later this week, a single-day jump that one industry analyst says has only happened a few times this decade.

According to industry analyst Dan McTeague, prices at the pump will increase as of midnight on Wednesday
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-gas-prices-set-to-take-one-of-the-biggest-one-day-jumps-in-a-decade-1.6094226

Gas prices in Ontario are projected to jump by 10 cents later this week, industry analyst Dan McTeague tells CP24.

10/02/2022

That’s how Doug Hoyes describes the amount of debt Canadians are carrying. And he would know: the licensed insolvency trustee spends his days working with people who are drowning in debt, at a time when consumer insolvencies are hitting the highest levels since the start of the pandemic.

https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/09/30/how-inflation-rate-hikes-and-a-looming-recession-could-push-a-wave-of-cash-strapped-canadians-to-bankruptcy.html

The country’s big banks are preparing for the worst-case scenario as they brace for a flood of post-pandemic consumer insolvencies amid economic turmoil.

10/02/2022

Peel police continue to negotiate with an individual who has been barricaded inside a building next to a hospital in Mississauga since Friday morning.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-negotiating-with-barricaded-person-near-ont-hospital-1.6091013

Peel police continue to negotiate with an individual who has been barricaded inside a medical facility in Mississauga since Friday morning.

09/30/2022

Ontario is reporting 72 new deaths linked to COVID-19, as wastewater signals are once again on the rise after trending downward for months, according to the latest report from Public Health Ontario.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-ontario-sept-29-2022-1.6600738

Ontario is reporting 72 new deaths linked to COVID-19, as wastewater signals are once again on the rise after trending downward for months, according to the latest report from Public Health Ontario.

09/29/2022

Police say it happened at Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue around 7:30 p.m. on Monday.

Toronto paramedics tell CityNews a man in his 20s was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/09/26/pedestrian-reportedly-struck-by-ttc-bus-in-scarborough/

Toronto police have closed the intersection and are advising drivers to avoid the area while they investigate.

09/29/2022

President of Canadians for Affordable Energy Dan Mcteague predicts that gas prices will increase to 153.9 cents per litre as of midnight on Thursday, and won’t stop there.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/gta-gas-prices-to-rise-five-cents-per-litre-on-thursday-increases-to-continue-this-fall-gas-analyst-1.6087478

Gas prices in the Greater Toronto Area are set to rise five cents tomorrow and are expected to continue rising this fall, according to one industry analyst.

09/28/2022

A report by Re/Max Canada forecasts the national average home sale price in Canada will fall 2.2 per cent in the final months of the year.

09/26/2022

It’s a first for Ontario roads, with the province set to open a new style of highway interchange called the ‘Diverging Diamond’ at the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) and Glendale Avenue in St. Catharines next week.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/09/23/ontario-diverging-diamond-interchange-highway-qew/

The construction project has been underway at Queen Elizabeth Way and Glendale Avenue since April of 2021.

09/25/2022

Gas price today
148.9cad

09/25/2022

Fiona was churning out hurricane-force winds at about 150 km/h when it made landfall around 4 a.m. Saturday in eastern Nova Scotia

At Port aux Basques, N.L., some homes have been washed away amid high winds and surging water levels

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/09/24/hurricane-fiona-as-storm-hits-newfoundland-a-woman-is-rescued-after-being-washed-away.html

RCMP Cpl. Jolene Garland said police were also investigating reports that a second woman had been swept into the Gulf of St. Lawrence under similar circumstances, but the Mountie said the status of that woman had yet to be confirmed.

09/24/2022

Ottawa is demanding answers from the Ford government after Ontario removed limits on profit-making by daycare owners who receive federal funding under the national plan to build a $10-a-day child-care system.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/09/23/ontario-weakened-its-10-a-day-child-care-funding-rules-now-the-federal-government-is-demanding-answers.html

Provincial education minister’s office says cost controls remain in place and will ensure child care fees are lowered.

09/24/2022

After my niece finished going to the bathroom, my sister-in-law was cleaning her up and noticed that there was a camera hidden in the corner,” she said.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hidden-camera-found-inside-ontario-tim-hortons-bathroom-1.6081469

An Ontario woman is issuing a warning after she says a hidden camera was found inside a Tim Hortons restaurant.

09/24/2022

The latest data from the Ministry of Health suggests that there were 8,354 new lab-confirmed cases over the last seven days, up from 7,945 the previous week and 7,419 the week before that.

The positivity rate, meanwhile, was virtually unchanged at 11.98 per cent.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/ontario-reports-slight-increase-in-lab-confirmed-covid-19-cases-as-other-public-health-indicators-remain-stable-1.6079977

Ontario is reporting a slight increase in the number of COVID-19 cases detected through PCR testing for the second consecutive week but most other public health indicators remain stable.

09/23/2022

As much as 200 millimetres of rain is forecast to fall on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec this weekend, as hurricane Fiona tracks towards the East Coast.

In addition to significant storm surge, potential for flooding in coastal and mainland areas and an "all-time'' low pressure across the region, the potentially "historic" storm is expected to cause widespread power outages due to trees and hydro poles brought down by powerful wind.

As much as 200 millimetres of rain is forecast to fall on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec this weekend, as hurricane Fiona tracks towards the East Coast.

09/23/2022

Ontario education workers including librarians, custodians and administrative staff are set to start voting today on whether to strike – and their union is recommending they vote yes.

09/22/2022

Canadian customers are venting their frustrations over a new credit card processing fee that Telus is set to introduce next month.

Beginning Oct. 17, the telecommunications giant will charge a 1.5 per cent processing fee to anyone who pays a bill using a credit card.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/telus-customers-flabbergasted-over-new-bill-payment-fee-1.6078936

Canadian customers are venting their frustrations over a new credit card processing fee that Telus is set to introduce next month.

09/22/2022

Toronto's Eaton Centre evacuated after multi-vehicle fire
Shoppers look on after being evacuated from the Eaton Centre due to a multi-vehicle fire in the mall's parking garage.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/09/20/torontos-eaton-centre-evacuated-after-multi-vehicle-fire/

Shoppers look on after being evacuated from the Eaton Centre due to a multi-vehicle fire in the mall's parking garage.

09/22/2022

In an interview with Bloomberg this week, Roubini said that a recession is likely to hit the U.S. by the end of 2022 before spreading globally next year, conceivably lasting for the entirety of 2023.

“It’s not going to be a short and shallow recession; it’s going to be severe, long, and ugly,” Roubini said

https://fortune.com/2022/09/21/long-ugly-recession-dr-doom-nouriel-roubini/

Rising debt and the rise of 'zombie companies' do not bode well for the economy's future.

09/21/2022

The Arctic polar vortex occurs in the stratosphere in the winter.
When the vortex weakens, shifts, or breaks down, the upheaval is often mirrored in the polar jet stream below.
Disruptions of the vortex often lead to cold air outbreaks in the mid-latitudes.
Computer models don't agree on how global warming will affect the polar vortex.

09/21/2022