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Housing and tenant advocates are calling on O
stanley mug ntario to reinstate a ban on residential evictions that lifted Wednesday as the province stay-at-home order expired.They argued that losing housing during the pandemic would put lives at risk, and suggested evictions be suspended as long as provincial COVID-19 restrictions remained.Keeping everyone housed is one of the most important public health measures during a pandemic, ACORN Canada, an advocacy group for low and moderate-income families, said in a statement. We know that the pandemic is far from over. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The government halted all residential evictions when it imposed the stay-at-home order amid soaring COVID-19 cases in April. While that order ended Wednesday, along with the eviction ban, the vast majority of public health restrictions remain.Emina Gamulin, a tenant facing an eviction order, said the lifting of the ban was highly concerning. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW It been stressful, she said, adding that a number of her neighbors are also facing eviction orders and are still without work. 82
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What Evan Herbert fears most about living in Toronto is having to cross the street.The Corso Italia resident often crosses Dufferin Street near Rogers Road with his two-year-old son to take him to daycare 鈥?a seemingly normal activity, but not when vehicles are zipping by at 30 km/h to 40 km/h above the speed limit, he said.As part of the City of Torontos Vision Zero plan, the speed limit on Dufferin from Queen Street West to Eglinton Avenue West was reduced last year from 50 km/h to 40 km/h. This includes Herberts area. But Herbert said he sees no difference. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Those speed limits are essentially useless because they are ignored, he added.Down the r
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stanley cup with the same fear. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Members of the schools parent council have been circulating an online petition and reaching out to community members, advocating for a speed enforcement camera to be installed near the school this year in an effort to get drivers to be mo
stanley bottles re conscious of their speed as they travel through the area. We, the community living, working or sending our children to school in the area, urge the City of Toronto to install automated speed enforcement ASE cameras on Dufferin Street between Davenport Road and Rosemount Avenue, the petition reads. ARTICLE
