Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Matthew Konhauser
Publication Date: May 27, 2025 - 21:07
Local organizers breathe sigh of relief as Toronto boosts festival security funding
May 27, 2025
The City of Toronto’s announcement that it will spend $2.1-million to increase security at festivals is being met with relief from local event organizers who say it is a first step toward developing a comprehensive plan to better protect pedestrians from hostile vehicle attacks. Meg Marshall, who organizes July’s OssFest street festival, a one-day event showcasing trendy restaurants, boutiques and cafes on Ossington Avenue, applauded the city for stepping up to bolster security following the vehicle attack at last month’s Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver.
Unpublished Newswire
The Toronto District School Board has been stopped from erasing the names of Sir John A. Macdonald, Egerton Ryerson and Henry Dundas from its schools.
The new legislation, introduced by Ontario education minister, Paul Calandra, on May 29, will require a board to apply to the minister before changing the name of an existing school.
If a board began using a new name on Jan. 1, 2025 or afterward, the law would still enable the minister to require a board to apply for approval.
Then it will be open to the minister to approve or reject the new name.
The legislation...
May 30, 2025 - 17:49 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
Premier Doug Ford says he encouraged efforts to remove a wooden structure that, for five years, has hidden the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald on the Ontario Legislature’s front lawn, saying the province has to support Canada’s first prime minister and stop worrying about the past.The decision to reveal the statue, pushed by Progressive Conservative and Liberal members of a legislative committee earlier this week, has reignited debate about Macdonald’s tainted legacy at a time when the province is facing new tensions with First Nations.
May 30, 2025 - 17:48 | Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
The province is currently in the process of passing Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, legislation it introduced to speed up mining projects in the north.
May 30, 2025 - 17:47 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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